// THE MATCH REVIEW
Neil Atkinson’s post-match thoughts which reflect the emotions of following Liverpool Football Club…
Newcastle United 1 Liverpool 1: Match Review
THERE are days when it just gnaws and gnaws and then suddenly kills. There have been existential masterpieces which cannot match the sheer profound sense of desolation that last 10 minutes had for Liverpool and the worldwide diaspora of supporters. Feeling both young...
Spartak Moscow 1 Liverpool 1: Match Review
WIN or die, the banner read before kick off. Win or die. Liverpool, endlessly contrary, chose neither. They come away from Moscow the better side but not the winning side; they come away from Moscow a side that has failed to win but one unlikely to die in the...
Leicester City 2 Liverpool 3: Match Review
THAT. The Lads. They are The Lads. Getting to be The Lads. It's something that happens to a football team, something that happens to any decent enterprise, ignore the gendered language or anything else you like, you've knocked round here long enough and you know, I...
Leicester City 2 Liverpool 0: Match Review
IT suddenly all looked so hard. When it had looked easy. At least relatively easy. Too often this is a Liverpool side on top until they aren't. And too often a Liverpool side failing to make hay when the sun shines. The sun shone on Liverpool against Leicester. They...
Liverpool 1 Burnley 1: Match Review
THAT made me punch concrete and I might have broken my seat and my head throb and my Saturday night be mostly me chewing the inside of my mouth and maybe twitch. Anyway. Let's at least try and have a chat. Football matches are two sets of 11 men and while the overall...
// THE MATCH REVIEW
Neil Atkinson’s post-match thoughts which reflect the emotions of following Liverpool Football Club…
Newcastle United 1 Liverpool 1: Match Review
THERE are days when it just gnaws and gnaws and then suddenly kills. There have been existential masterpieces which cannot match the sheer profound sense of desolation that last 10 minutes had for Liverpool and the worldwide diaspora of supporters. Feeling both young...
Spartak Moscow 1 Liverpool 1: Match Review
WIN or die, the banner read before kick off. Win or die. Liverpool, endlessly contrary, chose neither. They come away from Moscow the better side but not the winning side; they come away from Moscow a side that has failed to win but one unlikely to die in the...
Leicester City 2 Liverpool 3: Match Review
THAT. The Lads. They are The Lads. Getting to be The Lads. It's something that happens to a football team, something that happens to any decent enterprise, ignore the gendered language or anything else you like, you've knocked round here long enough and you know, I...
Leicester City 2 Liverpool 0: Match Review
IT suddenly all looked so hard. When it had looked easy. At least relatively easy. Too often this is a Liverpool side on top until they aren't. And too often a Liverpool side failing to make hay when the sun shines. The sun shone on Liverpool against Leicester. They...
Liverpool 1 Burnley 1: Match Review
THAT made me punch concrete and I might have broken my seat and my head throb and my Saturday night be mostly me chewing the inside of my mouth and maybe twitch. Anyway. Let's at least try and have a chat. Football matches are two sets of 11 men and while the overall...









