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Grim is the word. Liverpool-Swansea was grim. Unrelentingly, teeth-grindingly, appallingly grim. There was, this time, no leeway to claim the opposition were too direct or the officials blinkered. It was a simply, starkly, awful performance. The shambling figures on...

MATCH REPORT: Everton 2 Liverpool 2

LUIS SUAREZ was denied a perfectly-good winning goal as Liverpool’s recent bad luck with referees continued at Goodison in the 219th Merseyside derby. The Reds raced into a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes that left the Blues shell-shocked after they had started the game the...

Rodgers says Europa players will recover in time for derby

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Final whistle report: Liverpool 1 Anzhi Makhachkala 0

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JOE COLE’S SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION

Grim is the word. Liverpool-Swansea was grim. Unrelentingly, teeth-grindingly, appallingly grim. There was, this time, no leeway to claim the opposition were too direct or the officials blinkered. It was a simply, starkly, awful performance. The shambling figures on...

MATCH REPORT: Everton 2 Liverpool 2

LUIS SUAREZ was denied a perfectly-good winning goal as Liverpool’s recent bad luck with referees continued at Goodison in the 219th Merseyside derby. The Reds raced into a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes that left the Blues shell-shocked after they had started the game the...

Rodgers says Europa players will recover in time for derby

By Joel Richards BRENDAN RODGERS believes Stewart Downing’s match winner against Anzhi Makhachkala was just reward for a good night’s work. The winger, who has recently been overlooked by the Liverpool manager, hit a superb strike which gained a valuable three points...

Final whistle report: Liverpool 1 Anzhi Makhachkala 0

By Joel Richards LIVERPOOL kept their Europa League hopes alive thanks to a superb effort from Stewart Downing gave them a 1-0 win over Anzhi Makhachkala. Despite Sunday’s Merseyside Derby appearing on the horizon, Brendan Rodgers opted to play a near-full strength...

INTERVIEW: DARREN BURGESS

By Daniel Garb Liverpool’s former head of conditioning, Australian Darren Burgess, and his sports science countrymen have now all departed Anfield. But they do so with fond memories, and plenty of stories. As the man entrusted with getting the players physically fit...