// THE MATCH REVIEW
Neil Atkinson’s post-match thoughts which reflect the emotions of following Liverpool Football Club…

Liverpool 2 Manchester City 1: Match Review
THERE is a murmur. The murmur becomes a buzz and then there is a noise. He is coming. He is coming. The noise becomes a roar as he is on the sideline stripped and ready. This is acclamation. The roar never subsides as he fights for a first ball, pops it off, gets in...



Liverpool 1 Borussia Dortmund 3: Match Review
MISSED you handsome. Missed you gorgeous. Let's start again. You forget the tours. This thing happens: the centre of the Liverpudlian universe moves to a whole new fixed location. You see it in a million ways. The most obvious is the football match but it goes beyond...



Liverpool 1 Real Madrid 3: Match Review
RIGHT now I am taking it badly. All things pass. This will too. But Liverpool have managed to find a way to make this defeat hurt when it never should have. They found a way to be less than their full selves. There is an argument that they managed this due to Mo Salah...



Liverpool 4 Brighton & Hove Albion 0: Match Review
WHAT a day in May, what a sight to behold, what a team in Red, with a goalkeeper in yellow, being vastly superior all over the pitch. Everything beautiful. The sun shone on Anfield today and Anfield shone right back at it. The football was effervescent from Liverpool;...



Chelsea 1 Liverpool 0: Match Review
ARSENE Wenger retiring. Alex Ferguson deeply unwell. That sort of Sunday. A Sunday that makes you think about these men in our game. It would be mad to not wish them both all the best, but dwell on the differences for a second. Both are tremendous football minds, both...
// THE MATCH REVIEW
Neil Atkinson’s post-match thoughts which reflect the emotions of following Liverpool Football Club…



Liverpool 2 Manchester City 1: Match Review
THERE is a murmur. The murmur becomes a buzz and then there is a noise. He is coming. He is coming. The noise becomes a roar as he is on the sideline stripped and ready. This is acclamation. The roar never subsides as he fights for a first ball, pops it off, gets in...



Liverpool 1 Borussia Dortmund 3: Match Review
MISSED you handsome. Missed you gorgeous. Let's start again. You forget the tours. This thing happens: the centre of the Liverpudlian universe moves to a whole new fixed location. You see it in a million ways. The most obvious is the football match but it goes beyond...



Liverpool 1 Real Madrid 3: Match Review
RIGHT now I am taking it badly. All things pass. This will too. But Liverpool have managed to find a way to make this defeat hurt when it never should have. They found a way to be less than their full selves. There is an argument that they managed this due to Mo Salah...



Liverpool 4 Brighton & Hove Albion 0: Match Review
WHAT a day in May, what a sight to behold, what a team in Red, with a goalkeeper in yellow, being vastly superior all over the pitch. Everything beautiful. The sun shone on Anfield today and Anfield shone right back at it. The football was effervescent from Liverpool;...



Chelsea 1 Liverpool 0: Match Review
ARSENE Wenger retiring. Alex Ferguson deeply unwell. That sort of Sunday. A Sunday that makes you think about these men in our game. It would be mad to not wish them both all the best, but dwell on the differences for a second. Both are tremendous football minds, both...