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With the season now over, we catch up with various Anfield Wrap contributors to get their opinion on how their season has gone and what the summer holds.On the first show Neil Atkinson speaks to Billy Grant, Rich Hobbs and Alex Hurst.
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Video assessing the key stats around Liverpool’s latest signing Milos Kerkez, who joins from Bournemouth.Neil Atkinson hosts, with the help of our partners at StatsBomb…
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Podcast looking back at the performance of Liverpool’s rivals last season, what to expect of them next season and how that may all play out.Neil Atkinson is joined by Josh Williams…
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Video explaining the theory behind the statistics used in football, taking a detailed look at Liverpool’s rivals last season.Neil Atkinson is joined by Josh Williams…
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The second part of The Anfield Wrap’s review podcast takes a look at what Arne Slot’s summer could look like from an analytical point of view.Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers…
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With Florian Wirtz finally scheduled to arrive on Merseyside for this medical and with reports again linking Liverpool with Alexander Isak, could Liverpool break their own transfer record twice in the space of one window?Rob Gutmann hosts John Gibbons, James Sutton and Mo Stewart.Download SAILY in your app store and use our code TAW at checkout or go to saily.com/taw to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase
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With Florian Wirtz finally scheduled to arrive on Merseyside for this medical and with reports again linking Liverpool with Alexander Isak, could Liverpool break their own transfer record twice in the space of one window?Rob Gutmann is joined by Mo Stewart, James Sutton and John Gibbons.Download SAILY in your app store and use our code TAW at checkout or go to saily.com/taw to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase
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A compartmental look at Liverpool FC’s 2025-2026 squad, assessing The Reds’ forward options at the start of the transfer window.John Gibbons is joined by Neil Atkinson…
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What we’d do if we had transfer powers around the Premier League this summer, helping Manchester City, Everton and Wolves.This time the task falls to Kris Walsh, Mo Stewart and Jim Johnson, with Neil Atkinson hosting…
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Talking through the latest Liverpool FC news from the heart of the city centre, as the fixtures for 25/26 season are released.John Gibbons and Neil Atkinson discuss…
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Talking through the latest Liverpool FC news from the heart of the city centre, as the fixtures for 25/26 season are released.
John Gibbons and Neil Atkinson discuss…
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Our June 2025 update on the sides who will by vying for a spot in the Premier League’s top six, with a focus on transfers to Serie A.Mo Stewart, Rob Gutmann and Neil Atkinson discuss…
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With Liverpool breaking a British transfer record to sign Florian Wirtz, fans are rejoicing at The Reds punching their weight in the market…THERE we go.
Liverpool’s signing of Florian Wirtz has set a new British transfer record. People love these things.
We’re usually criticised for not striking out so boldly in the market and if you look at the stats you can see why.
The last time we broke the record was in 1995 when Stan Collymore signed from Nottingham Forest for an astonishing £8.5m. £8.5m! That’s the equivalent of just short of £21m today. Imagine if our biggest summer signing was for £21m. People would lose their minds.
We may feature in the all-time top fee list, but that’s more for selling players than buying them. Kevin Keegan to SV Hamburg in 1977 (and it’s still far too soon to talk about that) and Fernando Torres to Chelsea (2011) spring to mind along with one other.
Everyone’s favourite is still the third highest of all time – Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona. You’ve got to laugh. I hope his back’s better now.
What’s really astonishing is just how many of the big-fee players struggled after their dream move – Grealish, Kepa, Morata, Hazard, Nicolas Pepe and pretty much the majority of Manchester United signings since 2014 must have wondered if it was worth it for anything other than financial reasons.
At time of writing, Kepa is about to go on loan to Arsenal for just £5m. He’s still the most expensive goalkeeper in history and only 30. Alisson Becker is 32.
Florian Wirtz’s signature seems less of a risk as it adds to an already competitive and successful team rather than hopelessly throwing money at a big name and hoping it comes up trumps. What’s more, his versatility will make his role more fluid.
I’m loath to think he’ll play in the left of a front three despite Luis Diaz being linked with a move away. I see him playing more in the Dominik Szoboszlai role behind the nine (whoever that might be) or even as the nine himself in a sort of withdrawn role. Not sure.
Well, nobody’s sure which is glorious. He’ll probably end up doing most of those things on his way to bringing in the 21st League title and the seventh Champions League.
What it does do is show the world that Liverpool and Arne Slot are serious. With Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong and probably Milos Kerkez in the bag along with securing Mo and Virgil and the new reserve keeper, we’re clearly looking at the big prizes with a real sense of optimism rather than a pipe dream.
We’re not buying for top four anymore. Those days are gone. Maybe this ‘buy loads of players every two years’ strategy is the way forward.
This brings up an important question. What are we doing about abbreviating the names of the new lads? Florrie? Jezza? Kerks? Will there be an online poll to finalise this stuff?
I love this signing and also the attention it brings. An early no-nonsense ‘we’re doing this’ statement not only to the league but to Europe. We’re not messing about. Oh, additions to the squad and young players are fine, but you can’t beat a full-on starter coming in and setting an agenda.
I’m looking forward to next season already.
Karl
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast, breaking down wage structures and discussing potential changes to be made at the left back and forward positions.Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Ian Ryan and Beth Lindop.Also in the show, John Gibbons chats to Ian Byrne and Ian Prowse about ‘A Celebration Of Zoe’s Place’ a concert which is being held in aid of the charity featuring a host of brilliant artists and hosted by Adam Rowe and Leanne Campbell, the event is on the 17th July and tickets are available now at https://www.mandsbankarena.com/whats-on/a-celebration-of-zoe-s-place/https://youtu.be/jUz0r5Bx9_8* Arne Slot’s Summer 2025: Part Two * Midweek Extra Gutter Special: Wirtz Imminent, Isak An Opportunity? | The Gutter Video * Midweek Extra Gutter Special: Wirtz Imminent, Isak An Opportunity? * Liverpool FC’s Forwards | The Squad Summer Update * Manchester City, Everton and Wolves: In Their Shoes
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With the Friday being pencilled in for the arrival of Florian Wirtz we look at what difference the German international might make to Liverpool and scrutinise, from a financial point of view, how Liverpool convinced Wirtz to choose the Reds of Manchester City and Bayern Munich, and with Milos Kerkez reportedly being next to arrive, what that might mean for Andy Robertson, who has been linked with a move to Spain.Rob Gutmann hosts and is joined by Ian Ryan, Beth Lindop and Neil Atkinson.Also in the show, John Gibbons chats to Ian Byrne and Ian Prowse about ‘A Celebration Of Zoe’s Place’ a concert which is being held in aid of the charity featuring a host of brilliant artists and hosted by Adam Rowe and Leanne Campbell, the event is on the 17th July and tickets are available now at https://www.mandsbankarena.com/whats-on/a-celebration-of-zoe-s-place/
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What we’d do if we had transfer powers around the Premier League this summer, helping Manchester United, Newcastle United and Bournemouth.This time the task falls to Josh Williams, Chris Barbour and Dan Austin, with Neil Atkinson hosting…
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Our June 2025 update on the sides who will by vying for a spot in the Premier League’s top six, with Arsenal and Tottenham the focus.Mo Stewart, Rob Gutmann and Dan Austin discuss…
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Podcast looking back at Liverpool’s performances of the season, the tactical changes implemented by Arne Slot and the effect they had on the pitch.Neil Atkinson is joined by Josh Williams…
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Video explaining the theory behind the statistics used in football, taking a detailed look at Liverpool’s last two seasons in the Premier League.Neil Atkinson is joined by Josh Williams…
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Manchester United 2 in the 2024-2025 Premier League season…AGONISINGLY poor.
Go wherever you like after that, but agonisingly poor.
There is one phase of the game where Liverpool individually and collectively look like a side competing for a league title – 0-1 to 2-1. Other than that, Liverpool aren’t good enough. For the first time since Nottingham Forest, it is more than fair to just say that.
What wasn’t good enough? The touch. The touch wasn’t good enough. So many Liverpool players were unable to get and keep the ball under control.
What wasn’t good enough? The covering. So often Liverpool failed to cover for each other and especially cover the gap Mo Salah leaves.
What wasn’t good enough? The composure. Liverpool found themselves hurried when they didn’t get their first touch right.
What wasn’t good enough? The 50-50s. We barely won a battle, first half. There was a lack of sharpness and certainty and sheer commitment in key moments. Liverpool were disappointingly flaccid.
What wasn’t good enough? The whole fucking show. The wrong team was picked. The wrong team never sorted themselves out. No one did Salah’s graft. No one grabbed it when it was broken in midfield. Liverpool limped along. It was the manager’s poorest showing of the season and the crowd – of which I am a part – was frankly not good enough either.
This: Manchester United are not fucking divvies. Their manager is no longer a divvy. Not good enough.
Virgil van Dijk is rightly frustrated by all of that. He shouts, waves at them, and bellows instructions. Liverpool’s defending is a victim of the weather, the ongoing contracts process, general disorganisation, and age. It is not the worst defending you have ever seen, but it’s not good enough today.
Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson are not quick enough in mind or feet. They let things go. Ibrahima Konate, back from injury, is naturally off the pace. Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister have a number of mistakes and mis-paces between them.
Curtis Jones looked like the old Curtis Jones. Decision making poor. Incision poor. Covering poor. He deserves to be hooked. Not good enough today.
Where Liverpool end up is where they should have started or at least 50 per cent of that – with an actual number nine. Manchester United’s back three have it all too easy and Darwin Nunez is a nightmare for them until he gets booked. And then he is a non-entity.
This is the constant Nunez paradox writ large. He has no gears. It is either all in to x, y or z, or a phantom. I have no time for phantoms. But then today is a bad time for that sort of logic, because there are too many phantoms – the whole of Liverpool’s side, including the goalkeeper for their equaliser, may as well have been ghosts. Manchester United wander through and are almost surprised to score.
And there there is the weather. Snow never sticks that much in Liverpool. We are right by the sea. Our main weather feature is wind. Things blow over. The Irish Sea keeps our climate more temperate than inland Britain. So the chance of the game being called off wasn’t high, thankfully.
Walking round the city before the match there are hundreds who have travelled long distances for this. You might have grown up on the other side of the world, but you know what Liverpool versus Manchester United at Anfield is, and you are desperate not to have it taken from you at the last minute because of the weather.
What we get is not snow but rain. A huge amount of wet rain. Rain pours off the ends of noses, pours through shirts and shorts, and causes balls and players to slip and err. In the end, the rain is the same for both sides. It adds drama, but it isn’t the reason a far better Liverpool side are held to a draw.
It isn’t a reason not to be good enough. Isn’t a reason to drop points. Nor is what happens last night – if before this weekend you offer me parity with Arsenal I take it, but that can absolutely fuck off too. In this moment. At this time.
Agonisingly poor. Bar Alexis Mac Allister and perhaps the two centre backs no Liverpool player is worthy of a 7/10. When it goes 2-1, Liverpool’s job is to find a way for 3-1, not do what they do.
Allowing for their manager being good, he gets to make today hard, but not make today this. This game has fallen perfectly for Ruben Amorin’s beleaguered Manchester United. They were in desperate need of a common enemy in order to stop blaming each other for the state of things.
Today, we give them 61,000 of them. This is Anfield, you can imagine their manager saying, a good fight here could save all our skins. Onana, in goal, shows this fight at its best. He is determined and even has a good go at saving Mo Salah’s penalty, diving the right way and isn’t far away.
But fuck that. Fuck excuses and fuck all of this being agonisingly poor.
Needs to be better. Who’s next? Nottingham Forest? We owe them. Into them.
No hiding places. A league to be won. 2025 has to bend our way. You get one of these.
No more.
Neil
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Sunday Best looks across the Premier League weekend as the Reds sit five points clear at top of the Premier League with TWO games in hand as Manchester head to Anfield.Neil Atkinson hosts Belinder Bhati, Mike Kearney and Ella Frederick.
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The Anfield Wrap’s AFQ Friday as Josh Sexton hosts George Trad, Abigail Rudkin, Phil Blundell and Kelly Forshaw.(Keep an eye on our Twitter feed to submit your questions for the next show)
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The Anfield Wrap’s pre-match warmup ahead of Liverpool v Manchester United during the 2024-2025 Premier League season at Anfield.Ian Ryan hosts Damian Kavanagh, Ian Salmon and Rob Gutmann…
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The Anfield Wrap’s reaction to the Arne Slot press conference ahead of Liverpool v Manchester United during the 2024-2025 Premier League season.Josh Sexton is joined by Kieran Molyneux and Pete Bolster…
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Virgil van Dijk may well go down as Liverpool’s greatest centre-back, but more importantly he’s a reminder of how far this team have come…I COULD write about Trent Alexander-Arnold.
But then you know my thoughts. I still believe it would be a PR disaster.
I’m enthused by Real Madrid’s approach because it tells me that moving to Spain this summer is far from a done deal.
You know my thoughts, but feelings fleet and change.
Can you make your right-back your highest earner? Is he now a right-back for the rest of his career? What does Arne Slot want from these positions on the pitch?
The pinch of anxiety around the contracts lingers like a New Year hangover. You had a great night, but the fear persists due to the ropey rendition of ‘Rock The Casbah’ you performed impromptu at 3am in someone’s kitchen.
Abstinence from such nagging doubts would be welcome.
Mohamed Salah reminds you every week how it’s still possible to be in love with footballers no matter your age or outlook on life.
Anfield’s most cantankerous, most weather-beaten and old in the tooth are coming to adore them, but mainly him.
Manchester United on Sunday. He likes playing against them, but the beauty of him is this applies across the league.
The scourge of English counties. The boogie man of Watford to Leeds and everywhere in-between.
To us, an Egyptian prince turned King. A ruler of records increasingly. I love how much Ian Rush’s achievements in front of goal for Liverpool winds him up.
He’s convinced himself they weren’t playing with goalkeepers in the 1980s, it’s the only way his record is possible.
One left out of the three. One more thud of melancholy reserved for the captain.
It’s funny Virgil van Dijk’s leadership is yet to define him in the way it does other captains. Even when he threw in the most Hollywood performance of all at Wembley last season to lift the Carabao Cup. You couldn’t have written a script for a leader any better.
I believe it’s because Liverpool have had so many leaders all over the pitch from 2018 that you take it somewhat for granted.
I remember growing up watching teams of the 1990s and simply thinking they were shrinking violets. Nobody across a back four wanted the responsibility. The shirt was a deadweight from John Scales to Phil Babb.
When players like Neil Ruddock and Paul Ince attempted to be that person, it looked horribly contrived and dripping in faux machismo.
Virgil remains the somewhat hipster choice of most important of all three because of Salah’s goals or Alexander-Arnold’s age.
The reality is he’s the best centre-back to grace the Premier League and possibly Anfield’s esteemed turf because of how easy he makes it look.
I could pull out numbers and stats, but the reality is that Sunday will mark eight years exactly since his debut and his levels have been nothing short of stratospheric.
I remember writing on these pages the night he signed about how, if he carried himself like the world’s most expensive defender, it was half the battle won.
I had also misjudged the sheer amount of talent he has. He might be my favourite ever Liverpool captain if he stays. Simply because I want more of his cool, his talent, at times his sheer boredom that this is too easy.
United this weekend, then. I have no interest in wasting your time or mine on them. It will be perilous because every league game is when the stakes are at our level.
Dreams are starting to form. The seriousness of what’s at stake is dawning.
No distractions, only focus. Led by one of the best, possibly the best centre-back in the history of the game.
He’s that good. They’re that good.
Enjoy them, enjoy this.
Dan
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Aston Villa’s questionable tactics were brushed aside by Liverpool as Arne Slot continues to tactically outsmart the opposition…AND then there were five.
Five points ahead of City. To say that this is dreamland is something of an understatement.
Top of both leagues having played Arsenal, Chelsea, Brighton, Villa, Milan, Leipzig and Leverkusen, no Alisson for part of that and with a new manager, a new system and three lads (almost) out of contract.
Not bad. I’m sure Arne wanted a decent start and, Forest aside, he must be content with how it’s going. He’d be hard to please with that if he wasn’t.
I like him. Of course I do, but I really like him. I love that he’s his own man with very strong views on how he likes to play the game. Let’s face it, if FSG had handed you and I the keys and told us that Jurgen left us some notes on what to do, we’d have just carried on with his system. 4-3-3, use the full backs high and be Liverpool.
Everything’s there so why mess about? That alone should get you Top Four if injuries go your way. You’d just carry on regardless. Well, I would.
Not for Arne Slot. He has his own ideas.
More than anything I love how technical he gets in interviews after the game. Ordinarily we’d be happy with ‘Well, that’s what Mo brings to the team’ and ‘it’s three points but it’s early days and we’ll just keep doing what we’re doing,’ but he’s not afraid of a deep dive.
After Old Trafford he went into details about targeting Casemiro’s space between him and his full backs. He also identified and shared that they usually press, initially from a striker and winger, but, this season they prefer the 9 and 10 do it so if you keep Mo and Lucho up high, it presses the Brazilian or whoever the number 6 is and they can be got at. You don’t really get that level of involvement from other managers.
He’s talking football to football fans. This is far removed from commentators who are usually just happy to drum up a controversy in the hope of making content. Tell us why, not what.
I’ve no issue with the two who covered the Villa game, both were fine, but some of the haranguing looked a bit desperate with very little tactical insight.
Maybe it’s just me but I prefer a commentator and pundit to tell me what I can’t see. Why does a player receive a pass in a certain way? What’s the benefit of a half turn? Why does he press there but not there? Why is he struggling against or getting something out of his man? The stuff that’s not blindingly obvious. So, it’s great to have the manager talk to us like we’d like to know rather than dressing it up with niceties and stats.
I like Emery, too. A manager who isn’t afraid of 4-4-2 when it’s needed is always refreshing. Villa will bother a few teams with him in charge. He’s an absolute coup for them.
One problem though. The timewasting. I can’t stand that, and I thought he’d be better than that.
It’s not just them and I know we’re all hypocrites here. If we’re 1-0 up in the 8th minute of injury time against City I wouldn’t be in any hurry for us to take a goal kick or suddenly collapse to a sudden cramp epidemic – but in the third minute of a game? When it’s still 0-0? Are you really playing for a draw at 0-0?
All that told us was that Villa would be happy with a point when they’re good enough to go toe to toe with us. That would frustrate the hell out of me if I’d travelled all the way up the M6 just for that form of surrender.
‘Yeah, we had a great day. We took 12 minutes out of the game by resetting the ball from a goal-kick. We loved it!’ Weird.
To give them credit, Villa did have a go at us once they got the ball away from their persiflage merchant keeper. Before Darwin’s goal it was an even game, but still they pissed about.
Surely the usual delaying tactics gave us further impetus rather than reducing it. Martinez and his back four weren’t taking the sting out of the game, they were allowing us to get back into shape and press from either flank whenever they went wide. What an odd thing to do! If they were leading, then fair enough but …
Actually, they still messed about when they were losing. I’ll never understand that.
I get why teams do that weird goal kick. They want to bring us out and play behind the press. There are two issues with it. 1) You have to be good enough to do it (A big hello to Wolverhampton Wanderers here) and 2) You have to hope that the opposing manager can’t see what’s going on.
And our manager is a man who looks at how full backs receive the ball and look at their number 6 for an easy option. He’s not going to fall for that. He’s likely to bring Virgil and Ibou even higher at a goal kick.
Timewasting burns my head out. Mostly because I’m stingy and feel that I’ve paid to see the ball in play.
That said, I hope we do it in a few weeks against City. I’ll pay for that.
But Arne’s unconcerned by such tactics. He’s looking at another international break and casually asking how Trent, Mo and Virgil’s agents are doing. Are they happy? Are they getting enough sleep? Do they need any printing doing? I’m quite curious myself.
Top of the league. Top of both leagues. Walk around that.
Rest a little. Have a week off. Go for a walk. Take in nature. Liverpool are alright here.
Karl
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 0 in the 2024-2025 Premier League season…FOR us, it is a double header.
Last weekend, against Brighton was a great example of what this thing is about – the crowd knew what was at stake more than the players because the crowd knew the Manchester City score.
Today, we have a double header. We get to live two games imbued with meaning for what we can hope to expect through the winter and into the spring. We get that. We are, I suppose, lucky. Lucky when it goes for you, certainly.
They get no such thing. Perhaps they know the Manchester City score, but they don’t know the story. Don’t know that City started brilliantly and wilted against a constantly improving Brighton team. They can’t know that.
For them, it is just a single header. A job to be done with singular focus. For them, there is only our business. And they show exactly that focus from the outset.
There was never a moment in the game where it felt as though Liverpool were going to lose it. For a period in the second half, you wondered if a set piece or a mistake or a deflection could offer Aston Villa the chance of a point, but at no stage this evening did the idea Villa could win it flit across your consciousness.
Aston Villa are a Champions League club. They finished fourth last season and will finish top seven this. They are the opposite of mugs and are a big crew. They may well not currently be at their best, but they never looked like landing a blow.
To reiterate a theme for the season for perhaps the last time – because everything from here is about that singular focus on a title – it was madness in the summer when so many of the punditry class tried to categorise Liverpool with the chasing pack and not with the sides that finished first and second. On many of their (Mancunian) parts it was wishful thinking, but it completely overlooked the gulf Liverpool had underlined.
Liverpool are much better than Aston Villa. They were last season and, right now, this, it is night and day. The story of the game is that difference writ large.
It’s important to be clear eyed. Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins are good. Very good. But one lapse after half time aside, they couldn’t get near Ibou Konate and Virgil van Dijk. Konate in particular dominated in every single phase of play.
Watkins is quick. Konate quicker. Rogers is strong. Konate stronger. Both can play, but Konate’s passing was sublime. It was Ibou’s pitch, Ibou’s game and they were privileged to share it with him, if not at all lucky.
The opening goal was a flash. It involved a frankly mad piece of refereeing, some great number nine play and a calm finish. Darwin Nunez could have had a hat trick and what he does for his second one-on-one will need a bit of looking at. But he makes a key contribution at the time Liverpool deserved it.
Mo Salah was integral there and then nearly again with Luis Diaz, and then finally when he realised that the world’s best goalkeeper wanted to get himself a seat in the Anfield Road end, and simply kept moving forward until there was just too much goal to hit and he duly obliged. Liverpool home and hosed. Liverpool top of the league.
Between the two goals, Curtis Jones looked like the Premier League’s premier midfielder, looked capable of dominating every phase of play and excelling on every blade of grass. He looked for all the world like the biggest winner you have ever seen.
Andy Robertson played well and exploded well through the game. The suggestion persists that his skillset could be the one with the greatest differential of use between Klopp and Slot, but today he suited the game down to the ground. It was important to push Leon Bailey back, important to push Aston Villa back.
Part of what Liverpool did brilliantly all game was make it so hard for Villa to get 25 yards from Liverpool’s goal. They could manage it – they are good players, after all – but by the time they got there they were knackered, they’d used up energy and excellence and had no more for the toughest bit.
Ryan Gravenberch would nick it and turn and suddenly Aston Villa looked like a side who had rolled a six only to land on a snake and be back by square one.
There is a lot to this. Liverpool are doing this through great coaching and appreciation of space. They are well drilled and are constantly talking to each other. They drop the line with certainty and push it similarly. They were up against a team of strong runners through the middle of the pitch but, when they needed to, they could squeeze that space like an accordian.
Liverpool squeezing. Squeezing the opposition and squeezing the table. It has been some time since the chance has been there to make the running. Right now our primary opponents for the big one are vulnerable and are having hard lines.
Well – good. About time.
Last season, Liverpool suffered an injury crisis that led to a huge number of players with fewer than 15 senior appearances playing a final, a kidnapping, four sendings off in their first 10 games and the most egregious VAR episode seen to date and kept pace with Arsenal and Manchester City until mid April.
The pair of them can tell their hard-luck stories walking, as far as I am concerned. When it involves a ransom and “good process, boys,” I’ll pay attention.
Until then though, we need to prepare ourselves for more single headers. It may well be that there is only one headline act, only one show in town this season. It may well be that everything ends up being on our terms.
We’ll have to see. There is two weeks now for everyone else to gather their forces and work out what to do about us. Because we’re eleven games in and there are some indisputable facts about this season – Liverpool are on the march. They are focused. They know how good they are. They know what is at stake.
Whatever happens from here happens, but on this Saturday night know this and hold this close – there is a football league to be won.
Promise.
Neil
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Dominik Szoboszlai is perhaps the player with the least defined role as a ‘Number 10’ at Liverpool, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing…WHEN we were in America this summer, I said on a show I thought the number 10 was more of an eight position.
We’ve become obsessed with numbering what we want from players since Claude Makelele turned up. Patrick Vieira was never a four (he really wasn’t). Teddy Sheringham never labelled a 10 (he really was).
If numbers on shirts representing positions were to return, it might do us all a favour. In lots of ways, it might solve the conundrum that is currently Dominik Szoboszlai.
Hungary’s captain has become a puzzling footballer to many. His gifts are unquestionable: athletic, quick, defensively responsible and an eye for goal.
Yet in loads of ways, he’s the Liverpool player whose identity has shifted most from this time 12 months ago.
Szoboszlai initially looked like someone who could get you 10-15 goals and assists, and you could almost guarantee there would be some goal of the season contenders in there.
His goals against Aston Villa and Leicester City early last season were like watching football through the decades.
The 1990s’ remnants of him punching the ball into floor and up in the net and 2010s’ strike across bar-and-in bouncer from 18-20 yards out.
Both looked like they could accompany the tones of Georgie Thompson and soundtracked by Sash’s ‘Encore Une Fois’ and ‘We Found Love’ by Rihanna.
On current evidence, he perhaps looks more suited to that Jürgen Klopp midfield eight than a Arne Slot number 10.
That said, he struggled in the second half of last season for form and fitness. The thing about Szoboszlai we’ve all come to know is that a bad game is noticeable.
That isn’t a criticism in the sense that he’ll still show supreme confidence and try to display his abilities. But Szoboszlai not influencing a football match doesn’t make sense.
His current identity is both pivotal and peripheral to what Liverpool are doing. I thought he was excellent against Bologna.
If he’d scored the chances he should have converted against Manchester United and Wolves, we’d be far more excited about his start.
Yet here we are, pondering the what.
There’s another part of the puzzle which remains unsolved, being what Slot actually wants from the position.
He’s hinted at more goals. That perhaps suggests he sees Szoboszlai’s role as chief creator. Someone tactically astute, but with all of the proficiency and lock-picking ability of Phillippe Coutinho between August 2016 and December 2017.
Szoboszlai’s season in numbers is noteworthy. He ranks extremely high, in the 87th and 96th percentile for turnovers and pressures. However, he’s lagging in the 12th and 31st percentile for dribbles and shots.
There’s no doubt he’s key to how the team are pressing. Usually, Szoboszlai will join with the number nine (there it is, again) to lead an opposition press and squeeze possession in order to win the ball back higher up the pitch.
His enthusiasm for this is palpable. What we’re all now looking for is some variation on his ability to score and assist.
He’ll never be Frank Lampard in the position, but arriving late on to moves and scoring more goals in and around the penalty box will certainly improve those numbers.
Now and again, a player comes to the club you can’t really pin down in terms of a positional identity.
The likes of Adam Lallana, Dirk Kuyt, and Danny Murphy became this incarnation of a football hatchet man.
If they were all in the same midfield, it would likely be part of a newly promoted giant killer labelled as some dysfunctional hype machine they’re queuing up to analyse.
Like those before him, Szoboszlai needs to be homed in a Liverpool team. He needs to find where on the pitch he’s most impactful.
Slot, for now, seems to believe this is where Szoboszlai belongs in his new-look Liverpool. A few more sprinkles of magic here and there will ensure the current noise around him quickly subsides.
There is so much we still don’t know. There is so much more to come.
For a player like Dominic Szoboszlai it should be about excitement, not trepidation.
Dan
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Bologna 0 in the 2024-2025 Champions League group stage…NO one quite knows what the job is yet. But everyone knows it requires beating Bologna.
Elsewhere, I think there is some goal difference padding and this makes sense. Suddenly, 15 points feels like it might need some odds lashing in there. Fifteen-plus.
Descending on Anfield, it was fair to wonder if Liverpool may see tonight as an opportunity for precisely that. But the truth is that Bologna took a bit of beating for a side whose next tough game kicks off around 64 hours after this one finishes.
In the fullness of time, it is going to be interesting to see what the Premier League sides find both hard and easy in this competition. Does it help having so many difficult games? Are you more battle-hardened? It seemed that way last night as Arsenal eased PSG out of the way. Or do you need to be able to compete neatly on both fronts?
All of this to the backdrop of not knowing the minimum requirement. Then you come out of the ground to see that Aston Villa, Benfica and Lille have beaten Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid respectively.
That only seven sides have six points, that 18 points – for Liverpool four more wins from six games – will definitely be enough, and then you realise that all this was both fine and dandy without ever really engaging the dander.
Liverpool were better than Bologna without ever being truly better than them for 20 minutes straight. Our opponents, who were a smart bunch last season, show they remain precisely that.
They – and their supporters – were a credit to themselves, posing questions Liverpool don’t look like answering, but questions Liverpool sort of don’t need to answer from Bologna, because they have better players.
Both sides end the game where one could argue each’s goalkeeper was the best performer. This doesn’t entirely make logical sense but it is true. Both deal with what comes their way brilliantly. Both react and anticipate to situations well and both pass the ball impeccably. They get their teams on the front foot.
Elsewhere, Virgil van Dijk gets Ryan Gravenberch on the front foot. There is an old Cesc Fabregas quote about passing with information on it. Van Dijk does this again and again, but it is easy to offer the information and another thing to show brilliance and right now that is what Ryan Gravenberch does.
He is irresistible. He plays deepest-lying midfielder like a dream, but can also be valuably and usefully moved. He turns away and surges with the same gusto as he wins it back. This is a player suddenly both in his pomp and aware he has far, far more pomp to come.
This season, he has been a pleasure to see become the best version of himself and there is a load more around the corner.
Mo Salah is constant and scores the goal he rarely does these days. Yet again, European football suits him. It’s a goal and an assist, and both are sumptuous. His thing is this – he has never seen a door he won’t constantly knock at. That means when it doesn’t happen it doesn’t seem entirely right. He picks his moments, but in doing so picks every last one.
Elsewhere but related, Dominik Szoboszlai remains the oddest number 10 you have ever seen – so maybe shake up the snowglobe, twist the kaleidoscope and look again, look past the handsomeness. Perhaps he is a John Wark/David Platt/Frank Lampard and not a Juan Roman Riquelme type. If he is the former then the ball needs to hit the back of the net more often.
That said, the work out of possession and in general progression couldn’t be any better. Couldn’t be more unstinting. He wants Liverpool to win more than you do and that is as good a jumping off point as any.
The referee was atrocious and Liverpool play again in a few moments – blink and you’ll miss them. They will warm down, sleep, recover, plan, sleep, travel, sleep and play. The challenge is the same as Nottingham Forest into AC Milan, but flipped between the domestic and the European. Last time, they did part two better than part one and we will need the same again.
Nobody said it was easy, but everybody knows it is the job. Get out of the week with win, win and, yes, win and then we get to all say everyone has been marvellous. This is the crux of the first half of English seasons. You get out intact and everyone has been marvellous.
The scoreboard remains a mystery. The challenge remains obvious. Just keep winning and count the points and the moments later.
Neil
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Footballers can be susceptible to losing their heads in the face of adversity during matches. Liverpool display character to keep theirs …I’m fascinated by football’s hard minutes.
Broadly speaking these are the times in a game where everything’s gone wrong and your head’s gone. I experienced several of them on Friday night when my team went 4-0 down in the first 15 minutes. I just wanted to get off the pitch or, at the very least, just sit down for a minute with the lads and try to find a way to plug the leaks. The referee had other ideas about that. We lost 8-1.
But you see these things happen at every level. A ‘now what do we do?’ minute of blank looks or furrowed brows aimed at the bench.
Neil’s book reminded me of the Dortmund game in 2016 when the German side led 2-0 after nine minutes. 3-1 on aggregate and with two away goals to our one. Slowly though, the Reds—and Anfield—got back into it and the opposition panicked. So much so that the Dortmund players got together in front of the Kop for an actual meeting to sort it out.
I’ve never seen anything like that. A meeting on the pitch to sort out a hard minute. I don’t know if that was a ballsy act or a panicked one. Either way it didn’t work. Minutes later they met their fate via Dejan Lovren’s finest seconds in a red shirt.
Things can go wrong. That’s the nature of the game.
It’s going wrong continually for Man United at the moment with yesterday a particular low point. Three minutes in and you’re already a goal down. They’d already been webbed by the Reds there and another heavy home defeat was unconscionable. A hard minute followed by a further 87 they couldn’t navigate. They could not control their fear.
Liverpool can be equally susceptible to this. On Saturday, while fully in control against a poor Wolves side (to Gary Neville’s deep chagrin), Ibou and Alisson ballsed up a routine ushering of the ball to either keeper or stand and let them in. 1-1 and all control gone.
Of course we sorted it out but there’s nothing worse than letting in a side who have begged to be put away. That’s the moment when you begin to question fate and wonder if it doesn’t fancy beating some humility into you. Fate up against your will. A time when shouting at nothing seems to help but doesn’t.
Those are the times which can make or break a side. The ability to come back from them is the true definition of a quality side. It’s also the hardest thing to teach.
We couldn’t do that against Forest. We just decided to be stupid instead, but you’re going to get that with sides who don’t know each other well. Arsenal did it on Saturday and got over the line. That should please their manager more than the points.
And, of course, Jürgen’s sides were masters at it. How many last minute winners? Everton (twice), Norwich, Wolves, Villa … ‘Mentality monsters’
There’s so much to be said for putting your foot on the ball, resetting and going again, but life doesn’t always give you the chance to do that. I’m fascinated by those times. Where head and heart go in opposite directions.
The best armour against such times is not to have them. It was so much easier on the nerves that when we finally won the league, we did it at a canter, but those times are rare.
We put Wolves right. Ibou had a lovely moment of redemption with his block and his chest bump with Ali was like a goal in my heart.
Sometimes character wins more games than ability. Handy, particularly if the game’s awful.
This is a good start but it’s still a young, often naïve side. Maybe even a little flawed, I don’t know. The character we showed though was so, so encouraging.
Top of the league though. Early days, but top of the league.
Waking up to that is always nice.
Control your fear.
Karl
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Wolves 1 Liverpool 2 in the 2024-2025 Premier League season at Molineux…THE moment that felt like the turning point was when Anthony Taylor bowed to the pressure of the home crowd and booked Diogo Jota.
He hadn’t, at any stage, looked like booking Diogo Jota. But moments before Andre Trindade (tidy player, by the way) had gone in, out of control, on Alexis Mac Allister. Trindade was fortunate to escape a red card, but the Wolverhampton Wanderers faithful started to chant: “Premier League, Corrupt As Fuck.”
Taylor booked Diogo Jota and one of the bald men on our bench (look, I was in Row A and they all look and dress alike anyway) and then Jota decided that he was mad as hell and wasn’t going to take it anymore.
Few Liverpool players had been what could be honestly described as excellent and even after this that wasn’t the case for Jota either, but what he suddenly was – from then, till half time – was a whirling dervish.
He was everywhere and it was his ball from the breakdown that saw Ibou Konate head home. Nothing was going to stop him from having his say and it was the sort of game where one or two players showing genuine force of will meant they could impact for a spell.
It’s a funny game, football. Liverpool, who had been all control and poise in their wins so far this season, suddenly found themselves in a game where that sort of thing simply wasn’t possible. Or if it was, it was a fool’s errand – that in pursuing control they’d blunt themselves to such a degree, it wasn’t worth the risk.
The point is that had Liverpool got the second after Konate’s first everything would have been the plainest of sailing. But instead, often due to Liverpool themselves, the waters of Molineux remained choppy at best and tidal at worst.
Again, not to overegg it, Wolves don’t ever play genuinely well other than a 10-minute, first-half barrage. And Liverpool are never dreadful. But the game is never at peace. At the precise moment it may well be falling into Liverpool’s control, Liverpool have a spot of awful luck which they then compound with dreadful defending.
We’ve written here that you control a game by controlling the ball, the territory or the scoreboard and ideally you control two of those three at a minimum. Ibou Konate’s second key contribution saw Liverpool slip from potentially being able to control all three to all being beyond them for the rest of the evening.
Instead, we have to live a nervy close at Molineux, despite Mo Salah’s penalty, as 1-2 is the minimum requirement for The Reds on a day like today. There is no breathing space post-Forest. The clock ticks down and the scoreboard lacks a buffer, the team could do with more ball and more territory.
But the clock ticks down – the fourth way to control a game is to have the clock on your side and Liverpool very much had that. The first goal just before half time is the perfect time to score. The next great time to score is just after your opponent does. It kills all momentum and dents hope.
They managed that. And they then got to count the seconds. Finally, the relief came.
Because they weren’t good. They were brave and they grafted. They craved victory. But they weren’t imperious. Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch both did very well, as players around them either underperformed in the round or were very bad in five-minute bursts.
Mo Salah yet again looked like a man who was playing all the right notes, but not in the right order – though his penalty was as marvellous as his reaction to finding himself and others through was infuriating. Luis Diaz had the beating of his man, but was too often too deep.
Dominik Szoboszlai’s decision making was again vexing in a game against a poorer side and he really should open the scoring. But he is only there to miss it because he busts a gut to get there.
Andy Robertson was good in their half, but found the substitute Forbs tough to get near in ours. In that, there were echoes of Wolves in 2020 when Adama Traore made life incredibly difficult for him.
But those echoes were everywhere. Liverpool haven’t once found Molineux straightforward, but have managed to win there in seasons where they are deadly serious. It’s a reason why I’ve grown to love the game. It’s a bellwether.
Arne Slot himself may not know that and that would be perfectly reasonable. But imagine the hammerblow any late equaliser would have felt, the opportunity squandered.
To bastardise the old joke, every league season Liverpool get the chance to play at Molineux once. And it will tell us if they are on the way up or on the way down.
Liverpool have played at Molineux and it was fraught, and ragged, and emotional, and draining.
But Hi, Ho Wolverhampton – they would appear to be on the way up.
Neil
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FSG have caused some PR disasters since they’ve been at the club, but letting Trent Alexander-Arnold walk for free would be a legacy-defining gaffe…WHEN thinking about football’s greatest PR gaffes, I’m left ruing the decrepit millennial I am fast becoming.
Pining for the 1990s in some form or another.
Scandal, in such form, was traditionally organisational. Some manager or Chief Executive caught on a yacht, secretly being wooed into corruption on grainy film.
Or there was the occasional night out (bender) which usually involved an English team of some form abroad, which every player involved would bank for the decade later after-dinner circuit.
I’m loathe to use the phrase ‘these days’. Am I really getting this old? I’ll go with ‘the modern era’.
The modern era saves its PR disasters for the individual who pocket tweets a picture of an Aston Martin when getting shit off his own supporters on Twitter, puts some post-match apologist spiel out which starts with ‘say something like…’, or simply makes the cross of West Ham while still an Aston Villa player.
There is, of course, the murkier side of such scandal. The allegations against Manchester City or players exposed to gambling show the broad brush of a PR machine is still in operation at all clubs, and they won’t take any prisoners when in full swing.
Pep Guardiola and other City suits smiling at a camera with the yellow ticker tape of Sky’s breaking news in the background, exonerating City’s UEFA charges of financial rule breaches, will always be a bad look no matter the context.
Liverpool have held up their side of the PR disaster legacy, to be fair. There’s been no shortage of FSG blunders from ticket pricing to conspiring in a breakaway league coup.
John W. Henry staring down a camera telling us he wants to apologise despite not just asking people who are invested and knowledgable about these matters in the first place. Knowing the same pattern will eventually repeat in some form.
Oddly, transfers aren’t often as blundering from a public relations standpoint. The general mood music around transfers can be influential, even defining for clubs, but they rarely cross over.
One of the few examples of where it could is Trent Alexander-Arnold and Liverpool.
With every passing day, week and month, the contract impasse around Alexander-Arnold becomes an audible, piecing alarm in our ears.
Liverpool would cope, but they will lose a magnificently hybrid footballer who I believe is a rarity.
He’s a cheat code. Someone opponents like Bournemouth can make target one to nullify, only to realise Liverpool have quality everywhere else and he will still find a way.
I don’t think we’ve seen the best of Alexander-Arnold. I think he can become even more defining in games and in Liverpool teams to come.
Away from the pitch, any announcement that the player is leaving on a free transfer would be the biggest PR disaster for Liverpool Football Club since the Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra charges.
The club have worked incredibly hard to emit the reputation of smartest and coolest kids in class over the past 10 years. They have strived to play the game two moves ahead of everyone else.
Selling Philippe Coutinho was one of the greatest gambles of FSG’s reign. Even if Coutinho’s Barcelona career hadn’t nosedived in the way it did, Liverpool could point at a record transfer fee and where it was reinvested as mitigation.
They have none of that in this case. They can’t tap the side of their nose and wink if Trent leaves and Connor Bradley is player of the match in the next game because we all know that wasn’t the plan.
Losing this player now would smack of incompetence around Julian Ward replacing Michael Edwards, around Klopp’s last season, around Richard Hughes now.
There would be no stone left unturned in the inquest. Alex Inglethorpe would probably get a kicking somewhere.
There would be little accusation levelled at the player. The perception that someone should pledge allegiance on the grounds of being from the city is a loose, at times problematic concept.
Football is about egos and money and negotiation at an elite level. Trent is no longer a prospect – and by virtue, property of The Academy – asking Liverpool for a career. He’s a phenomenally established and brandable athlete who can call his own shots.
It’s impossible to know where any negotiations are at. Player and club aren’t saying anything definitive. Nothing is being briefed.
There’s a chance that Alexander-Arnold might be asking for the captaincy, to play in midfield or for his own seat at the coffee bar in Kirkby.
I doubt it. It’s likely he’s weighing up the financial package on offer (if there is one), how loved he feels and how nice living in Madrid and winning Champions Leagues might potentially be.
The time to try and hipster this out is over for Liverpool. They need to remove the sunglasses, take their hand out of their kecks and throw the kitchen sink at keeping the player.
If they don’t, there is no spin to be spun. A full house in the PR disaster sense that even Malcolm Tucker can’t save you.
Liverpool simply cannot afford to let that happen. The optics on this one are too bad.
If Trent leaves, it will undo so much of what they’ve worked so hard to create.
It could go some way to eventually define the FSG era.
Dan
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 5 West Ham United 1 in the 2024-2025 League Cup third round…THE delight on the pitch when Cody Gakpo makes it four somewhat dwarves the context he makes it four in.
League Cup, third round, home: they have only one goal on the board and they are down to 10 men.
But that doesn’t matter to Gakpo or his teammates who flock to him. Because his season in front of goal is up and running.
Gakpo was excellent here and excellent in Milan and has been perfectly fine from the bench, in that from the bench can be hard. But being excellent when you are a forward isn’t quite enough. You need and want goals. Goals aren’t the cherry on the cake, they are the cake. They do indeed pay the rent and Gakpo wants to do his share.
He didn’t want to reach October with a zero in the column. It’s important not to overlook this, to downplay its importance. It influences the game of every forward, albeit to differing degrees.
No matter the manager and no matter the player, at some point a shortage of goals bites and destroys confidence. Gakpo has been brimming with confidence so far this season, but one goal led to a second and gives the manager the traditional “good problem to have”.
Being honest, unless there is some bad news on the horizon, only the goalkeeper position is up for debate prior to Wolverhampton Wanderers with that debate being “is it worth risking Alisson at this stage of the season?”
Caoimhin Kelleher was quietly marvellous against West Ham United. He commands his six yard box oddly unobtrusively, in that he never gives it the big I am. He comes for a cross, drilled across his box and gets his body behind it. His distribution is excellent on both sides, which is a clear improvement on his performances in the early part of last season.
He looks comfortable in his skin, a top quality number one in waiting.
His run of games last season won’t only have given him confidence, but a body of work to look back on, assess and improve upon. The standards being what they are, the idea of time to assess and improve is massive and will be culturally drilled into these footballers and within that team within a team of the goalkeepers.
Joe Gomez showed once again that he is indeed an expert central defender and there should be no fears about any game where the decision is made to opt for him ahead of Virgil van Dijk.
That isn’t to say he is at van Dijk’s level because no one is. It is to say that football teams across the world manage to win games and keep clean sheets without Virgil van Dijk. And that if we want the best possible van Dijk for the longest possible time then perhaps Joe Gomez starting ahead of him next week at Anfield against Bologna is no bad thing.
First half, Curtis Jones played a bit too much like the version of Curtis Jones people have in their heads to have a pop at, but second half was marvellous. His every involvement in the second goal was exceptional, operating across 80 yards before the most delightful through ball put it on a plate for Diogo Jota.
Jones can support in all three midfield roles and this is something we may see across the next week.
Jota himself scored two of his three goals in this one, just missing a barnstorming Roger Jackson in the 110m hurdles run through them (one for the teenagers there), but instead offering “opportunistic header” and “cool one-on-one finish”.
He’s a marvellous goalscorer and a marvellous goalscorer of significant goals. On this evening, an equaliser and the goal to go ahead.
Darwin Nunez played well, Mo Salah got his name on the scoresheet, Federico Chiesa looked like he needed an hour, but looked bright. Wataru Endo’s second half was also better than his first and his game simplified is always his game improved.
Liverpool played well. First half, quite well as individuals and, second half, very well as a collective. West Ham United were well supported, but grew crabby on the pitch – though they weren’t four goals worse.
But goals are the cake not the cherry and Liverpool have them, organisation and depth in abundance.
You have those three things and you keep them in good shape then there is no end to what a side can be capable of.
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Mo Salah is proving he’s still got what it takes to be at the top level with Liverpool, so why has his contract been allowed to become a saga?I LOVE that they made it about Casemiro.
Dom Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch pressing and filling in and making life hell for them and all they want to do is talk about Casemiro. I knew they’d given up on the game as of that moment.
Scapegoating is always interesting. It usually arrives with deflection. From it being a tight game with Manchester United seeing more of the ball to ‘is this the end of him’. No talk of Liverpool or of United’s systematic failure to build an identity and credo. Just go to the knackered player and make it about him. I loved that.
I love going under the radar.
The facts sound harsh for them.
Man United couldn’t live with Liverpool. Furthermore, they couldn’t live with Liverpool at Old Trafford.
That’s a big deal. It’s a horrible place to go, the usual jokes aside, as its grandeur is genuinely impressive. It’s a place which puts you on the back foot immediately. The last thing you want to do is go to the home of your biggest rivals and be put on the back foot.
It’s understandable why we’ve baulked there so often in the past. We did it twice last season. What’s more, we did it twice to one of their poorest sides. That’s the power of the place.
Not Sunday, though. As with his first two games, Arne Slot’s Liverpool were all about control and trust. It was the equivalent of putting your hand on the forehead of a smaller man who’s taking empty swings at you with none of them landing. Have a corner, build some pressure, do your best. We’ll just take all this away from you in a minute.
It should have been 4-0 and Liverpool should sit on top of the league, but Dom, who may have played his best game in a year, got his legs wrong and fluffed his lines. Unprofessional? That’s harsh. I just think he didn’t believed what was happening and panicked.
No matter. Second will do for a fortnight. Make it about Manchester City instead just as they made it about Casemiro. Just let Arne do his work and leave us out of it.
The only real shock came after the game during the interviews and Mo Salah’s comment about this being his final year. After a huge win there it felt like having your Christmas presents taken off you on Boxing Day morning, but if anything it might be a good thing.
He clearly wants to talk to the club or rather, he wants the club to talk to him. He didn’t say anything about wanting to get off. That’s what I took from it. That and that it wasn’t a slip of the tongue. Not many players answer a question about their haircut with a discussion about a contract.
The club will have heard that and – what, with it being the international break – you’d hope they’re sitting down with Mo’s agent and a calculator soon. You’d hope, anyway.
I mean, why hasn’t it been done already?
Well, he’s 32 and the club would make a ton of cash if they let him go. Yeah, great.
FSG are famously risk-averse and don’t want to be lumped into knocking out a big expensive contract to a player who might turn into Casemiro in three months.
They’d also be idiots to even consider it.
The problem with late football careers is that you can never tell when it goes. Gary Neville often talks about a West Brom game when he got legged too often and called it a day.
I’ve just been reading Paul Merson’s brutally honest autobiography and he knew when the Championship and not the Premier League had become his level. Then he knew when even that was too much.
Does Mo Salah look like he’s anywhere near dropping his standards? Does he look like he’s stopped enjoying The Reds? Does he look like he’s happy with Gordon Hodgson being Liverpool’s third all-time goal scorer?
He’s just walked off the pitch at Old Trafford with his third goal of the season and two assists while laughing his arse off.
He doesn’t look like he’s going to cramp up walking down the stairs at any minute.
If you’ve got those players, you don’t mess around with their contracts. You don’t mess about with Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush.
Mo Salah is this generation’s Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush. That’s the highest compliment I can pay him. An absolute gold legend.
You don’t end his career here thinking you’ll just get another one. It’d be like replacing Shakespeare with Dan Brown because, technically, he’s in the same game.
Milk every second of Mo Salah, Liverpool. Milk every nanosecond, because every club in the world would want him.
We should too.
Don’t mess this up.
Karl
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An exclusive extract from Neil Atkinson‘s book ‘Transformer’ about the significance of Manchester United 0 Liverpool 5 at Old Trafford in 2021…YESTERDAY was a great day.
Everything came together as you’d hope and the company before, during and after the game was different class.
Before, before though I was in the studio, reading the audiobook, which I am still finding stupendously difficult.
Completely coincidentally I was reading the chapter below – the only game in my 19 Key Games which is against Manchester United and focuses on Mo Salah. Because we made them none of our business, there were always other, bigger, more significant games.
Then we do that yesterday and reinforce the work that was done for nine years to create the gulf between us with a brand new flourish. A cherry on top.
The book about Jürgen Klopp isn’t in any way nostalgic – it’s a rejection of it. Football is about building blocks and Arne Slot has spoken brilliantly about building on last season. That’s all you can do. Build. And never wallow.
The desire to talk about Liverpool and Manchester United has led to a twisted sort of punditry this summer. It’s led by the obvious, but it gets everywhere and drives me mad.
The underlying numbers of last season’s Manchester United put them at the foot of the mid-table teams. Not eighth. Closer to 14th. Liverpool’s put them firmly in Manchester City and Arsenal’s company.
What we are building on is an 80 point-plus side whose underlying numbers were actually a little better and who suffered a significant injury crisis. Slot is right to caution about the load question of the Champions League, but the rest is something to build on.
Whereas any cursory glance suggested they were and are in a pit and the fella in charge has no tools to sort this other than a shovel.
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The moment could prove perfect – looking back at what got us here and imagining what could come next. You build and build and build. One foot in front of the other.
Anyway, Key Game 10. When we went there and won 5-0. Because there is us. There are other teams. And then there they are…
You pick your key games and then realise there is only one against Manchester United. If you’d have told 2012 me that 2024 me would be writing a book about Liverpool and there would barely be a mention of Manchester United, he would never have believed you. But the fact is: they just haven’t been relevant. What Klopp has done by being the one man prepared to aggressively chase Manchester City down is leave United in our rear view mirror.
I’ve tried. You can make an argument around the 7–0 home win of 2023 because it equals their all-time record defeat, including when they were Newton Heath. It’s important to think about that: their joint heaviest ever defeat. Two of the other three 7–0 defeats took place when Stanley Baldwin was Prime Minister. However, if anything, that fact actually makes me annoyed referee Andy Madley didn’t give a nailed-on last-minute penalty for a rash challenge by Luke Shaw out of human decency. It’s always worth surpassing a Baldwin. Stanley, Mike, Alec.
You can make a stronger argument about including the 2–1 defeat in March 2018 when the whole of our end celebrated that Liverpool team, leaving the Mancunians bemused as they packed ten men behind the ball and hung on for dear life. ‘Aren’t we winning?’ ‘Well, this one 90-minute battle, yes. But the war, that is moving our way. We can see it. Can’t you?’ I’d even considered the 2–0 in the Europa League in 2016 at Anfield, but Dortmund somewhat steals its thunder. Because even then Manchester United, even in 2016, they were weirdly ceasing to be our business.
But I settled for this one. Part of the reason why, is the context of it being the first big win – the first big away win – after we were all allowed to be together. The other reason why, is that one of the best things about being brilliant across these seasons was the realisation that sides would quickly cease to be your business apart from when you played them, and when Liverpool played Manchester United on 24 October 2021 they ceased to be our business by half-time, as we were 0–4 up, and instead became Manchester United Football Club, and emphatically their own business.
In the list of things that just don’t happen, in the list of football miracles, being 0–4 up against Manchester United at Old Trafford at half-time is pretty high. In a way, the 0–4 at half-time is more damning than the 7–0 final whistle in 2023. You could kid yourself that just gets out of hand, and you can tell yourself, ‘Anfield.’
For years Manchester United were competing for the biggest honours when we weren’t. But not once did they come to Anfield and score four goals in a half. Not once did they come to Anfield and make a show of us – the one time they threatened it we got out with a 3–3 draw. That isn’t to say they didn’t win, or to say they weren’t better. Just to say, they were humiliated around the world in the biggest game in club football by Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool.
By Mo Salah’s Liverpool.
Salah’s attitude to Manchester United has been consistently wonderful. He’s treated them with absolute contempt and scored goal after goal against them, received a series of bookings for taking his top off and, on this day, on this occasion, he bagged a hat-trick yet came off frustrated because Liverpool stopped playing. They just stopped. Chose to stop. Because they could. For Mo this was inconceivable. There were more goals to score, was more embarrassment to inflict, more world stage to strut on.
The Salah of this period could well be the greatest one. He played his best football, scored his best goals, scored as heavily as he did (with the exception of his first season) in the first half of 2021–22. He was in his element, at one with his teammates, and unplayable.
In a number of ways Salah is perceived to be quite inscrutable. The smile, the hair, the fact he doesn’t do many interviews – and when he does he seems especially thoughtful and careful with his words. His madcap agent. Even his faith, and its public nature, gives him an air of difference to other players.
But the truth of the matter isn’t that he is inscrutable through his actions. Instead, look at all those actions and find simplicity. For me, it’s that he is very straightforward. He fucking loves playing for Liverpool. He loves scoring goals for Liverpool. He loves seeing the chaos he causes. He loves being Liverpool’s Mo Salah, and nothing in his professional life has ever given him more joy. He loves his teammates. He loves training. He loved signing a new contract for Liverpool, and had even had jokes in the video.
It’s hard being Mo Salah. Your world-stage identity is constantly up for grabs. You are one of the world’s most famous Arabs and Muslims, which too many in the West see as the same thing when they very much aren’t. You are the world’s most famous Egyptian in a post-Arab Spring world. You are African. You are a very public father of daughters.
But when he pulls our shirt on he is Liverpudlian, with all that that entails. We love him, we loved him quickly, and we won’t stop. Because he scores all the goals, all the different type of goals, and because we see beyond all the reasons he needs to be careful, and we see the man delighted to play for the team we are lucky to watch.
Even when he shows his faith and his humility after he scores for Liverpool, I love it when he turns back to us and gives it one more, gives it a little bit of ‘get on me’, as the other thing about Mo Salah the Liverpudlian is we’ve watched him grow from a lad in his mid-twenties who fancied himself to a man in his early thirties who knows he’s incredible.
The year before we had gone away, been separated, we hadn’t been there to be with him and this whole period, 2021–22, felt like him making up for lost time. Jürgen Klopp’s team needed a crowd, but so too did its maestro and that is what we got that October day.
Mo Salah loves beating Manchester United because he is one of us, and he gets to show that to the world when we play them – and he gets to show it to us too.
They walked out when he made it five. Walked out because the show was over, the humiliation complete, their cameo in this book done and dusted. Jürgen Klopp had delighted Kenny Dalglish and destroyed Alex Ferguson. At the point this game ended there was no overriding sense that Liverpool could be 45 minutes from a title by May. Optimism abounded – how couldn’t it? – but the magic of 2021–22 was that there was always just about to be another gift, another moment to cherish. There was the satisfaction of this job being done, of them not being our business, of them being so far away from us, and the sheer visceral delight that we went to their place and made that crystal clear. It was a gift to the Liverpool-supporting world. In a way, it was the follow-on from those scenes of celebration and defiance in March 2018 when we lost. We knew then that this was us, this right here. We knew that day they wouldn’t really be our business for a good long while.
That October night, town was staggering. Every pub had people spilling out of it. As I have said before, I don’t have many photographs of me at the match, but I do have videos. That night we made a video in Pogue Mahone’s. Me, Fuad Hasan and everyone I could get my hands on. We did it as a live thing, with the backing of a directional microphone we loved. Fuad shot our Jürgen documentary 12 months later. He is very good at rolling with the punches, and this was something I just wanted to do, something I could just imagine.
It looks like an advert with a half-a-million pound budget. An advert for a pub, perhaps. An advert for a beer, maybe. It was meant to be an advert for a podcast. But, ultimately, it looks like an advert for being alive, for being part of something shinier than you are and it making you shinier still. It looks like an advert for visceral living, an advert for the promise of the greatest night out of your life. It is, in many ways, in one quick capsule form, the purest gift of what it all has been.
It looks like being back, knowing you’ve been away, but finding your way back; to the greatest little boozer and to ‘Sally MacLennane’.
Neil
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Manchester United 0 Liverpool 3 in the 2024-2025 Premier League season…IT’S alright to just admit that we’re the fantasy.
Tell you what. Three games, three wins, none conceded.
There is something to be said about the quality of the opponents across the three games. Ipswich were willing, had a plan, but ultimately not good enough players.
Brentford were well organised and experienced but couldn’t land a glove. And now Manchester United, a football club sick to its core and players barely fit to share a pitch with Liverpool.
The first and most significant thing to take from the game is that they are simply none of our business. They aren’t Manchester City’s business. Not Arsenal’s. And they may not be Newcastle or Brighton’s either if they stay on this trajectory. They are a shambles.
But they were last season and we didn’t hold our nerve. There was more nerve that needed to be held last season. The thing I most liked about this game was when it fell. It fell without context other than one side is better than the other. It has better players, a better outlook and a better coach. It has an idea that everyone is right behind.
And that is damming. Liverpool have had more of a reset than Manchester United. Liverpool have in three games shown monumentally more development than these characters, these chancers, these charlatans have managed in years.
Remember what their high-profile cheerleaders and ex-players have said for years about them. Then look at what they say about us. Obsessing, just confess it, because it’s obvious. And then always, always, always remember this:
Take absolutely no notice of Mancunians speaking in bad faith where Liverpool is concerned.
Let’s all agree never to do it again.
Good faith. The best faith. Total faith. The manager couldn’t have earned any more to this point. His way of doing things has been absolutely spot on and he more than anyone will know in the big picture today doesn’t mean a great deal, other than our unbridled joy.
That joy, though, isn’t just about winning or even outclassing, it is about feeling reinvigorated by what we see.
Mo Salah is a picture of reinvigoration, is the absolute essence of it. He is taking such joy in his work and with it being a brilliant all-round player. A joy to watch and a joy to play with.
He lights the fuse after the game about his contract. He has been the best player this league has seen for the last seven years. He is making one hell of a point it could prove to be 10. He should have his eye on Roger Hunt’s goal total.
Ryan Gravenberch isn’t so much reinvigorated as ignited. The nature of our opponents still begs the question about how he will be in that position against a good side, but he can only dominate what is put in front of him.
The point has long been that first and foremost in the modern game that position needs a footballer, a midfielder. When you expect to be dominant you need someone who can play and play and play.
Gravenberch is that someone. First to everything and then silk with it. He is at the centre of the first-half goals.
Diogo Jota is a splendid number nine. He manages that today without a lot of final third touches, but his movement asks constant questions.
And then, in the ultimate, it was Luis Diaz who had the answers that mattered. Mattered for the game and mattered for him.
Mo Salah aside, the last Liverpool player to get a brace at Old Trafford was Roberto Firmino. The last before that? Steven Gerrard. The last before that? Fernando Torres.
That’s legendary company and while they may be a shambles, Old Trafford itself is still worthy of respect. While they may be the most pensive crowd in the country (Goodison well beyond pensive now), 75,000 Mancunians are still worthy of respect.
Do it there and you can do it anywhere.
Virgil van Dijk and Ibou Konate can do it anywhere. They are my favourite pair since Gomez in 2019 was saddled up next to the captain. Brilliant with and without the ball. Manchester United did occasionally pierce their armour, but Alisson Becker was there.
The running Dominik Szoboszlai got through was exceptional and his decision making terrific with the exception being not even getting his shot away when eight yards out between the sticks. This Liverpool side wants to create terrific chances, but that gilded the lily.
Loved Trent’s celebration when I saw it post match. In normal time it was bedlam in our end. You don’t get many “and he’s given it!” these days. But then deferred, then bedlam again for Diaz times two. It was an end eager to tell them — there’s us. Then there is you. We’re the fantasy.
And we could be living that life. I promise, I’m not getting carried away. Bigger challenges are to come, not least managing across a three-game week with Milan away slap bang in the middle of it. Bigger challenges than these. Proper football teams.
But I Ioved that. Loved sharing it. Love heading home with the points in the boot about to have a pint in Pogues on Seel Street and see all the smiling faces.
I’m not getting carried away but, tell you what, it’d be impossible to be more on the march after three.
Neil
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As Federico Chiesa becomes Liverpool’s sixth senior out-and-out forward, how does he fit into The Reds’ squad needs this season?FEDERICO Chiesa couldn’t look any happier to be a Liverpool player.
Player announcement media is often generic and predictable. I don’t get the empty chair thing. I mean I do, but it’s awful and looks like a still from a fancy furniture magazine rather than a football player’s imminent arrival.
The pattern is usually player in shirt. Player looking around at his new surroundings. Small video message to supporters. There weren’t many surprises with the Italian’s announcement, in that sense.
But his giddiness was palpable at the moment he’s handed the Liverpool jersey. Like Christmas morning, smiling so much you think he might burst into tears of overwhelm. Eyes scanning its beauty then back to the cameraman with sheer amazement.
After Martin Zubimendi stayed in San Sebastian because to leave he seemingly had to pay off the town’s debts and eat at La Tasca on Queens Square every night for the rest of his life, it was important to see Chiesa jump at the chance of playing for Liverpool.
I’m thrilled Liverpool have signed another forward for lots of reasons. Firstly, they’re the most fun. Especially the ones we tend to sign. They’re quick, combative and have the best chance of scoring goals and grabbing limelight.
The reality is, however, that Liverpool need him. They probably still need more players before tonight’s deadline and probably won’t sign them.
I’ve always been OK with the idea of a small squad. I get anxious thinking about the management and wellbeing of footballers I don’t know. Looking at them from afar and wondering if they’re happy.
Yet we’ve seen over years that if you’re going to compete domestically and in Europe, you simply can’t have a squad which uses, say, 13-15 players.
Manchester City are often cited as a case to the contrary, but in 2022-23 when they won the league and Champions League, they had 21 players who had made over 20 appearances.
Injuries and luck definitely play a part. We’re hoping that Liverpool’s slightly less intense approach may yield better fortune under Arne Slot.
Equipping your squad with more overall depth gives you a greater chance of regularly competing at the top level. That includes bringing in a sixth forward for three positions.
There’s lots of ways in which the likes of Newcastle, Arsenal and Aston Villa still look very short with and without European football.
Liverpool don’t and more to the point, they don’t have to worry about where people get games.
Last season, up until December, we watched Jürgen Klopp run two teams. The first was the full-strength weekend side, the second a midweek domestic cup and Europa League one.
In the 2021-22 campaign when we came so close to a quadruple, we finished the season having played 63 and used 23 players who all got 10 or more starts.
The intensity in the Premier League now means it’s the only way home. Five substitutes also means that in-game rotation purely for freshness should also become more of a factor going forward.
As mentioned, if you build for a situation where you play twice a week, you’ll probably finish in a position which enables you to. As ever, the weirdo in the room is Chelsea in all of these conversations, but hopefully you take my point.
It’s been striking how much of a void there’s been over the past couple of weeks. Football has been back, but we’ve had a lifetime between games where the only available entertainment is Neal Maupay.
The insatiable and increasing demand for more games makes you understand why so many thought the Super League would not just be unopposed, but welcomed. And why they were so jolted by the response.
We’ve become conditioned to a football extravaganza. We want more Liverpool, more intensity and more forwards.
We’ve just got another one. He couldn’t look happier to be here. It’s important to love what you do and to love them.
Just look across the road. It isn’t always easy.
Dan
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After excelling in the number six role since Arne Slot arrived, could Ryan Gravenberch be the answer to Liverpool’s prayers in the position?FOOTBALL is obsessed with number sixes.
The common feeling is that, like your goalkeeper, the better managers get one in and build around them.
Alex Ferguson had Roy Keane, Pep Guardiola has Rodri, Jürgen Klopp bought Fabinho and (to a lesser extent) Mikel Arteta paid a record fee for Declan Rice. Defenders, generic midfielders and forwards come with different skillsets and merely add differing spices to the central stew of your team, but the greats need a solid number six.
In the early 2000s there was even a brief time where Sky referred to it as ‘the Claude Makelele role’ in deference to Jose Mourinho’s choice, to explain it to a grateful nation unused to the intricacies of football formation in a manner that was in no way patronising.
Football loves a six. Even if they’re not actually sixes but just sit a bit deeper than their midfield mates.
Graeme Souness, arguably the greatest exponent in that role – though Jimmy Case used to ‘drop’ too – often speaks of how he spent so much time even deeper, usually between his centre backs so they could push out and protect the space left by their roaming full-backs.
Others, such as Fabinho and Javier Mascherano tended not to stray so far and preferred to put fires out without getting involved in starting them off.
Arne Slot, or at least the Liverpool hierarchy, don’t seem too bothered by the idea of a specialist six. Now that the Martin Zubimendi door is closed, they seem prepared to make do.
As the journalist James Nalton pointed out, the setup when pressing Brentford was a concrete 3-2-3-2 to squeeze the space.
Trent Alexander-Arnold was nowhere near the defensive side of thing at that point and sat in the forward three ahead of his sixes (Gravenberch and MacAllister) which tells us something about Slot’s attitude to the Scouser’s position. Nominally a defender, but needed upfield when they try to play it out from the back.
I’m fascinated by the six role too. Or, in our case, the six roles.
I was on the Post-Match Show after the Sevilla friendly, and we all agreed that Alexis Mac Allister is absolutely goosed. Spent, knackered, exhausted and depleted. The poor lad needed a beach more than anyone we’d ever seen.
It was surprising then that he played for so long at Portman Road, though his role seemed to be more minding the shop than forcing chances – the less energetic of the two deeper midfielders. In any case, it worked. He’s been great in both games.
Ryan Gravenberch, though. He was like a man possessed.
I’ve never known what to make of the Dutch international. He’s clearly gifted and wonderfully aggressive when the mood’s upon him, but I never really felt that he had a position nailed down. ‘Generic midfield’ again.
If he is the new six, for the time being at least, it’s part of a duo role with his World Cup-winning mate. In the pre-season friendlies, Slot had Dom Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones in there, so he clearly likes a compact 4-2-3-1 set up. Sometimes, at least.
James Nalton tells me that in Brazilian football the ‘two’ there consists of a holding player and a ‘segundo volante’ who would be more of a playmaker. You’d think that that would be Mac Allister with Gravenberch killing attacks and protecting his back four, but the Brentford game saw the opposite. Ryan was everywhere and they couldn’t live with him.
Of course, this could all change for United. It could just be an arrangement suited to Ipswich and Brentford. No one knows.
It’s certainly encouraging, though, and this has been a fascinating opening to Slot’s tenure. It seems based on control and baffling the opposition rather than mugging them through energy.
Liverpool walked around the pitch for the last 10 minutes against Brentford. They could afford to as Brentford looked mentally done in, as much as physically.
I hope we keep it like this, though.
Interesting times.
Karl
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Gauging the fan mood from the away end at Portman Road, as Liverpool got their campaign off to a great start with a win over Ipswich Town…WHAT struck me most was the ruthlessness.
I’ve been watching football regularly from 1976 and started attending matches in 1981. I’ve seen 11 different men in the dugout, and I’ve been lucky enough to see many opening day fixtures. I’ve seen managers replace legends; I’ve seen legends replace managers.
But I’ve never seen a manager take a centre half off at half time because he wasn’t winning his battles.
Talk about ruthless.
Stood on the back row of the bottom tier at Portman Road with an impressive 70 per cent view of the pitch (Jesus, those stewards), I just supposed Jarell had gone off because of a knock or as a precaution. I’ve never seen a like-for-like tactical sub involving centre backs, particularly at half time.
These are different times.
There are seldom certainties in football. Things change so rapidly. Looking back, I was happy with a point on opening day last season at Stamford Bridge but, once I got to see what Chelsea turned into, I later decided that we’d been sold some magic beans with that 1-1 draw.
Context is key. A 2-0 win against an excellent (the first half at least) newly promoted Ipswich side, though, will always be welcomed.
Sure, we were shaky in the first half, but we got a glimpse of what an Arne Slot team might look like.
The manager drew the odd line in the sand yesterday. Trent Alexander-Arnold is a full back again. No messing about. No ‘drift in there occasionally’. Just be a full back. I like that. Sadly, it looks like Joe Gomez is about to be a full or centre back for someone else. A shame, but it would make sense.
It would make more sense if we bought a replacement for both him and Joel Matip. Just a thought.
Day ones can make or break you. Brendan Rodgers went to the Hawthorns and was lucky to get nil – battered all over the park. Liverpool were terrible that day and the rest of the season wasn’t much better. Jürgen Klopp got a goalless draw on his, but you could see what he wanted almost immediately. Pressing and heart. That felt more optimistic.
Arne Slot seems to want control and aggression. I loved his post-match interview. I loved that he didn’t come out at full time to take a curtain call, even though it was his right to do so. It’s incredibly early days, but I love his ruthlessness there.
This Liverpool isn’t being allowed to rest on its laurels. The first-half performance wasn’t good enough and, despite both the improvement and the result, it’s right that that was what was on his mind more than waving to my sweaty mess on the terraces.
I felt for Jarell, though. To be honest, I thought he was great in that first half, but I suppose that’s the difference between watching it as a fan and looking at player through the prisms of instructions and accountability.
If Ibou Konate is to start the next few games, then this might be more about the bar being raised on the level of performance. Jarell’s day will come, though. No doubt about that.
Ipswich were good, too. It was nice to hear songs only implying that we’d somehow bought the referee (if we had he wasn’t keeping to his side of the deal) and that we were a bit quiet at times – none of the usual stuff. I like them for that. I like parts of Ipswich, too. Nice marina.
A lovely day and one that might be the start of something fresh.
I’ve missed this.
Karl
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Ipswich Town 0 Liverpool 2 in the 2024-2025 Premier League season…KEEP your powder dry.
Don’t let them tease you into letting your powder get wet.
Tease is the word today. Everything about Liverpool’s second half was teasing. Tantalising. Inviting. There was a cross Diogo Jota hung up second half that was in the air for about an hour, just there, tantalising. Liverpool in the space between full back and centre back – teasing. Everything Trent Alexander-Arnold did – inviting.
The opening goal was gorgeous in every phase, but the ball from Alexander-Arnold to Mo Salah was just delightful. Do what you want with that. Do whatever you fancy. Then there was the ball into Jota’s stride and it was inevitable.
It had been inevitable for about 10 minutes by then. That was the big second half shift. Liverpool went from a knife edge to certain. A tightrope to a country walk.
That makes it sound easy and it wasn’t. It was about standing up, standing firm and winning your battles. It remains the best thing about football, whatever changes, whoever changes, whatever cleverness there may be, footballers need to win their individual battles more often than not.
You won’t always win your battle – I loved Roger Federer on how he rarely won more than 55% of his points. That’s sport. But you have to make sure you are doing everything you can to win them and to then back your teammate up. First half, no. Second half, emphatically yes.
For me, this is what I like about the whole 90. Liverpool win more battles in the second half, but are close enough to back each other up for the whole of the game and that is part of why they never feel genuinely vulnerable while not being very good.
Through the game, Ryan Gravenberch looks good. He gives a daft freekick away first half which was a bit of not understanding the position, but apart from that he did understand the position and then second half he understood the assignment and did it ever so well. He looked like he enjoyed himself and got everything right.
Jota helps. God, does Jota help. He helps everyone, brings so many into play, makes it difficult to play for his opponent. He should score and then scores. In a weird way, that is exactly what you want from your number nine. It is all about being in areas and then sorting it out.
All game, Mo Salah is a livewire. He is horrible for Leif Davis to play against, constantly spinning around trying to work out his movement. The goal which settles the affair when it comes is pure Salah – excellence and application. The movement is great, but then it was all game. A key thing to take is how often Liverpool were in between the sticks less than 12 yards out. It is hard to do that and yet Liverpool managed it four or five times.
Win your battles. Get in position to show clinical finishing. That’s it. Keep your powder dry, but feel teased, feel tantalised. We’re capable of so much this campaign and nobody wants any hiding place.
That’s been the best thing since the new man turned up. No hiding places. Keep it under your hat for now, but know that it is there, under your hat, and walk tall.
We may be on the march.
Neil
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Both Arne Slot and Richard Hughes have had differing starts to their Liverpool careers, ahead of the new Premier League season kicking off…THINGS Arne Slot could have said and done in his first press conference:
- Committed to Trent Alexander-Arnold at right-back.
- Thrown Richard Hughes under a bus.
- Cast doubt on the future of Darwin Nunez or Luis Diaz.
- Questioned Martin Zubimendi’s character.
- Played down Liverpool’s capabilities going into the new season without any new players.
Unsurprisingly, he did none of these.
Still, there are managers and managers of rivals who would gladly indulge in such sullen acts of self-preservation at the expense of genuine ambition.
There are things we didn’t get to hear from press conferences that I would always like more of.
How does he view the squad after a week of having everyone back?
If not the name-checked Zubimendi, then how does he view his current options for midfield?
Is Diogo Jota messing though, gaffer?
Generally, the overriding sense of arrival from Slot is reverberating and reassuring.
He presents as someone who is exactly where he should be. Somebody who has a job to do and needs to get back to a 20 by 20 square of grass and a tactics board.
It’s been notable how many times he’s used the word ‘perfection’ over the summer.
A yearning, at times, to tell us we’re not perfect. A sly wink and nod at the unspoken sense that he really wants us to be.
Striving for perfection is a fool’s errand if you believe you can attain it. If you believe there is always an opportunity to be better in some form, perfection can be a healthy vice.
He wants to point out the squad was left in good condition whilst reiterating there are ways we can improve. He seeks perfection rather than demands it.
It’s now a waiting game into how consequential his actions will implement such improvement.
We will likely see more patience. At times more stagnation and inactive periods in games. If that means we concede less goals in the first 15 minutes, I’m sure we’ll all deal.
Slot is comfortable in the guise of head coach. He will call himself manager, we will call him manager, however his entire schtick is geared towards coaching.
So, as we look for clues into a man less transparent than the last, we realise it’s ourselves who maybe need the greatest adaptation.
In addition to Slot, there is Richard Hughes. Another new face. Another delve into the unfamiliar.
Unfortunately, narratives have already been attached from some after this week. Forget your last win, now you’re only as good as your last transfer.
If he hasn’t already, Hughes will have realised quickly that a job at Liverpool takes on greater gravitas than most.
We need him to be batting any criticism off, to be the coolest man in the room. Frankly, he needs to be working three steps ahead of everyone right now.
There’s the glaring need to have the squad ready to compete on all fronts compounded by a PR exercise following the Zubimendi drama.
Liverpool need to remain calm. Offering a sense of desperation to the market won’t benefit anyone. That being said, this remains mostly a situation of their own making.
Thankfully, we’ve got the football to occupy us again.
Ipswich looks like a massive custard pie. A promoted side with a revitalised Portman Road welcoming Premier League football for the first time in 22 years.
Liverpool have to navigate this. They have their own vigour to bring to the party.
We’ve witnessed a maturity in Harvey Elliott and Jarell Quansah in pre-season.
Mohamed Salah is seemingly loving the new regime. Ryan Gravenberch looks starving for what’s ahead.
Whisper it: nobody is out injured.
We return to the notion of a battle of wits we can see. To key moments of brilliance and frustration and bad officiating.
But these are the fundamentals which will tell us how life under this manager, sorry, head coach, might unfold. And we need more of them.
Sometimes, when uncertainty reigns, the best thing to do is to look into someone’s eyes and glean what you can from how they present themselves.
Arne Slot is someone who doesn’t give much away, but his calmness is reassuring nonetheless.
He believes he’s exactly where he’s supposed to be.
Dan
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How it felt as a fan to see Arne Slot’s Liverpool run out at Anfield for the first time and what we learned from Sunday’s friendlies…ANFIELD with a sense of newness.
There aren’t many times you travel to a match and have no idea about what’s to come. Not the final score or level of performance, but other factors.
There are so many questions. The formation, the press, the style, the Joe Gomez centre back or full back question, the Trent Alexander-Arnold question, the body language of the nearly-out-of-contract lads and, of course, the new man in the dugout.
Let’s start with him.
He didn’t give us a thing. Barely a wave. Three times we tried to get a song going (and we’ll have to do better at that one) just to say hello and he insisted on talking to his team instead.
I’m all for that. I loved it, in fact.
A tiny percentage of me doesn’t get on with the smiling, happy persona of managers – grinning like he can’t believe they’ve got the job. That may sound harsh but, as Ian Broudie said when he bumped into Liverpool players in town: “You don’t want them in bars. You want them doing press-ups.”
A nothing game and the only animation we got was him urging Kostas Tsimikas upfront and telling Dom Szobo to tuck in a bit more. He was busy and that’s a good thing. They’re all doing press-ups now.
You can’t answer those questions in one game – or even back-to-back games. Is Curtis Jones a six now? Is it Ryan Gravenberch? If the front three were so good, what of Cody Gakpo? Harvey? Does he see Trent as a right back or was yesterday just a one-off?
Still, as Paul Senior said on the Post-Match Show yesterday, we’ve got five subs now. Liverpool have options.
And options are good things. If Plan A is a dud then Plans B, C and D might work? I’ve no idea what Plan A is anymore as this isn’t Jürgen Klopp’s glorious 4-3-3 (with in-game variations) but that too is a good thing. No one knows what to expect at Portman Road.
Me? I’d start Diogo Jota as the nine and then I’d keep him there till he gets tired or injured. He’s the best finisher at the club and though that’s a remarkable statement given that his mate has knocked in 211 goals for us, I stand by it. He’s the striker I trust the most.
That’s not to slag Darwin Nunez off, but sometimes certainties trump artistic endeavour. I’ve always been more John Aldridge than Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
But anything could happen. Everything is new. There are no certainties. There is only a blank canvas and sometimes that’s just as exciting as a settled side.
It all starts at Portman Road. That’s only a 40-mile drive for me (yesterday’s was considerably longer), but one I can’t wait for. Anything could happen. The possibilities are endless. That’s both exhilarating and petrifying, but having lads who love scoring and can finish clinically when they need to makes this more the former than the latter.
Anfield in the sun. The Kop an airless greenhouse. There’s nothing better.
I can’t wait for Saturday. I can’t wait for Arne Slot to ignore us again because he’s busy. I can’t wait for Liverpool.
Karl
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 3 Manchester United 0 on the 2024-2025 pre-season tour of the USA…THE final of the three US games saw Liverpool outscore Manchester United by three goals to nil.
I’m loath to nail down “outplay” despite the scoreline. Both of Liverpool’s goalkeepers are pressed into very good service and Manchester United miss the target with some other good chances.
Liverpool, though, are broadly the better side. They play through phases brilliantly and spurn both chances and chances to create chances themselves. They look better set up and more excitingly set up at that.
They also looked the easiest they had to play through in those early stages, perhaps precisely because they were enjoying it a little too much the other way. This is possibly instruction today, though – noticeable that Curtis Jones is stealing into the box first 10 and Wataru Endo is doing likewise around the 77th minute.
In terms of the selection, Endo’s absence with Ryan Gravenberch being selected instead was, due to Dominik Szoboszlai being fatigued, the most noteworthy choice the manager makes.
Gravenberch does well. Again, takes a little bit of time as it has for others, but once we get beyond 15 or so he is often the deepest of Liverpool’s midfielders on the ball and does well while being pressed very aggressively. He does the same job as Jones and Szoboszlai in the previous game – baits the press, builds the play and backs the play up.
It’s such an involved role and Jones takes it to the next level by adding goalscorer for Liverpool’s second. Proper goalscorer too – he’s between the sticks and in the six-yard box when Mo Salah picks him out.
Salah was released by Jarell Quansah with an excellent ball and Quansah was yet again his oasis of calm through first-half tumult.
Fabio Carvalho’s first half will have pleased the manager. He is constantly involved and gets his reward with a lovely shift of his balance for the opening goal. It deflects home but he doesn’t care. It has been a good pre-season for him to date and one which won’t hurt.
His Liverpool career may remain one which came at the wrong time, but whatever happens next for him – whether with Liverpool or not – he’s a player good enough to play for a team with European ambitions. European ambitions are always worth having and our opponents will play European football next season.
Carvalho looks at home in our company and in theirs.
Ibou Konate looks a footballer who hasn’t played very much at all for three months and who has a whole new thing to prepare for. And isn’t playing on his usual side. But he gives it away cheaply twice by the 13th minute. Something to work on.
One full back scores a tap in and the other hits the byline time and again. I’ve no idea what you would do with Conor Bradley if you were facing him. He can go both ways, can play it and carry it and hits bylines with abandon.
Both goalkeepers make good saves as I have said, but goalkeepers get to make saves. It is part of the job. Liverpool look the most porous they have through the preseason. Something to work on.
And that’s the thing. The manager will love the video. Again and again Liverpool just make the wrong choice, but the point is that the right choice is there – we can see it. That suggests a lot is going well and it just needs that bit more. The same will be the case the other way, a second ball missed, a slightly off choice made. This is his job and the work is the point.
These, though, are as much cultural events as they are football matches and the long-term significance is much more about the former as it is the latter. It was another excellent visit all round from Liverpool – strong inclusive events and a good fan park that those who attended will remember. There were 77,000 in the ground for this one which is fantastic.
A thing about American sport is the event itself conjures the meaning. So many games are played every day in this country, but a huge move of people offers clout to affairs that can ultimately be devoid of meaning.
For this tour they came from all over to see Liverpool. The significance isn’t the results, as sound as they are; the buoyancy the performances offer matters yes, but the weight comes from the people themselves. They turn up in such numbers it offers the meaning.
It’s cultural outreach. Liverpool brought the best version of themselves in this specific moment on and off the pitch in 2024.
Not perfect, not yet, but a lot to be pleased with and proud of.
Neil
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How football and music become intertwined in our memories with past life events, and the power of nostalgia…MARTIN Phillips died this past weekend.
If that name means nothing to you, he was the lead singer of the New Zealand band The Chills. If The Chills mean nothing to you but you’re sensitive to jangly indie music and love a recommendation, then indulge yourself and thank me later. Start with their compilation ‘Kaleidoscope World’.
Words cannot express just how much I love that band and it hurts that this weekend saw its full stop.
(Yes, but this is about football, isn’t it? Liverpool have just played, Karl! What about Mo Salah’s goal? The academy lads who’ve stepped up? What is the formation?)
Music and football will always be linked for me. The two key obsessions. The Chills will always be entwined with the double winning season on 1985-86 when, a year out of school, I was open to all senses and ever so ready to be swept away by a passion of any kind.
A scratchy cassette of their first Peel Session plays over Kenny Dalglish’s Stamford Bridge winner in my head and washes over my heart. Rolling Moon, in particular. No idea why.
Obviously, that’s different for everyone. Divock Origi’s goal in Madrid might be synonymous with a song you heard in the pub that night. Likewise, a horrific defeat might bring Celine Dion to mind.
My two biggest obsessions but there’s one crucial difference. While football often disappoints, music never lets you down. Sure, your favourites might throw the odd dud out every now and then, but you’ll always have a better one to cling to.
Football seasons don’t work that way. If you’ve been lucky enough to see your team run around the pitch with a cup in May, it means little by August. There’s always another challenge to cut a celebration short, but we can put ‘Tonight’ by Bowie away safe in the knowledge that Ziggy is still there.
Being from New Zealand, Martin and The Chills weren’t around here much. I saw them only three times. The first was in Tufnell Park in 2014 when they played ‘I Love My Leather Jacket’ – a love song from Martin who had one bequeathed to him by former Chill Martyn Bull who died at just 22.
At the final chords played, my mate Tony turned to me and said: “That’s the best song about a coat I’ve ever heard.”
Yes, I know. ‘Famous Blue Raincoat’ by Leonard Cohen, but I still think he’s right.
(Football, Karl?)
One by one the heroes disappear. I write this on what would have been Ray Kennedy’s 73rd birthday and though everyone must be sick to death of me banging on about him, it’s telling how episodic flashes stay with us for decades.
A through ball at Anfield in 1977, a grin to the away end after a breathtaking lob, a familiar intro to a song, a chorus that won’t leave you alone. Synapses flashing all over the place. Both have the power to form a smile and revel in its glory so many years later.
They’ll always be linked. Tell me you can hear ‘This Girl’ without shouting ‘Gini Wijnaldum’ after the pause or ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ and reason solely that it’s from an old (absolutely mad) musical and has no other reference.
And somehow we feel that this is just the purview of our generation. That nothing like that happens to younger people in the same way we can’t imagine our grandparents pogoing or getting pumped about a really nice foxtrot, but it’s the same thing. Only the date of year changes. I’d be lost without both of them.
Jürgen Klopp has gone now. Probably sat on a beach, drinking something unhealthy, but his legacy never will. Soon his tenure will be seen as we treat all nostalgia – slightly saccharin while blithely ignoring all the bits we didn’t like at the time, but that’s what we do. We can still live on the afterglow of what he gave us.
Reading comments online it seems that some are already after Arne Slot, mostly for not being Jürgen, or calling next season a failure because we’ve not bought anyone yet. I think that’s borne of a fear of change. A fear of a lack of Jürgen, perhaps, but Arne Slot will have his own time, his own songs, his own moments for the ages.
It’s why I can’t get into battles about investment or stats. Football is soul for me, in the same way music is.
It’s how it makes you feel. It’s about collectivism in the face of opposition, it’s about the whole day, the full experience and not just the hours staring at a pitch. It’s everything in the same way that there’s more to music than stroking three chords. It’s where it takes you that’s the key.
I never properly met Martin Phillips, but last year he complimented me on my Lou Reed T-shirt and asked me if I’d visited the exhibition of the great man’s work in New York. A lovely conversation, if somewhat unusual as he was standing on a stage at the time and I was surrounded by an audience keen to get on with the next song.
Similarly, Liverpool’s very own Barry Venison once told a teenage me to “get your fucking arm out of my car,” when I pursued him for an autograph once. Heady times.
That’s nostalgia, though, and it’s not for everyone. The author Milan Kundera once said of it: “The Greek word for ‘return’ is nostos. Algo means ‘suffering’. So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.”
There might be something in that, but we’ll always have the good times and who wouldn’t want to cling to those. We all need something to attach to.
Rest in peace, Martin.
Karl
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We’ve had a fabulous three days here and adored the hospitality. It ends with a tailgate when the team drops and it was good to see Slot pick what he must have thought was his strongest possible side.
The teamsheet sets the pulse racing – let’s see what this is. Of course, it can’t quite live up to that. It is, after all, the second game of pre-season. But there was something to finally get our teeth into.
The shape is fascinating from Liverpool. If we had to put the numbers to it, I’d be tempted to settle on 4-2-4-0. The wide players were Mo Salah and Fabio Carvalho, situated a little asymmetrically with Carvalho dropping deep and then Dominik Szoboszlai and Harvey Elliott playing as ten-ish types, but both able to pull wide onto their stronger foot.
There was movement from that, of course – there should always be – but what there was relentlessly was a pair of midfielders stationed in front of the back four. Both full backs appeared to have scope to raid, which Conor Bradley was able to do more effectively but also, being fair, doing so in support of Mo Salah. When one full back goes the other seems to invert a little.
The shape changes a little after the raft of substitutions on 62 – Harvey Blair plays as a slightly more orthodox line leader. Still the wide players make the pitch very big indeed and still two sit in front of the back four.
The shape tempts Betis to creep up the pitch, creates room for over and underlapping, and puts real pressure on the ability to retain possession in the middle third. It elicits the first goal; an excellent one with every bit of execution fast and certain ending with an inch-perfect finish from Dominik Szoboszlai, who played well in the round.
Is this the overarching plan? The manager suggested it wouldn’t be, but there was still a lot to take. But it’s important to keep it in perspective of what he has available. Because we have been desperate to have something to read into, the temptation will be there to read too much. For now it is a first data point, no more, in specific circumstances. While it was obviously different, the differences weren’t deeply pronounced as Curtis Jones suggested, but there is a direction of travel.
Jones played well until he went off. Very sharp in possession and sat as deep if not deeper than Wataru Endo, but able to turn and receive the ball under any pressure at any time.
Just seeing Curtis Jones go off around the half-hour immediately brings concerns but, as ever in football, it’s a revolving door and Trey Nyoni impresses with a performance of genuine range. He’s an exciting talent who looks so mature. His performance is the takeaway as a positive and the midfield being as involved as it is means he is continually involved. When the raft of second half changes are made he moves behind Blair.
Sepp Van Den Berg looks a perfectly good defender. He has a turn of pace, but also a good touch. The expectation remains he will move on, but someone will be getting a player.
Bradley was full of exuberance and strong running. Ben Doak tormented his full back when he came on and Kaide Gordon found neat areas. Vitezslav Jaros looked full of confidence and made an excellent late save.
The first one is out the way and as said it has been a privilege to be in Pittsburgh. It’s a sports city full of energy and they’ve welcomed us all in marvellously. The circus moves itself along now and us with it, Philidelphia via Washington.
We know a little more but only a little. Important not to get carried away in any way shape or form.
Not yet. Not yet.
Neil
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The Sport Show takes a look at the sporting world beyond football – with a Scouse, star-studded chat about the Olympic Games in Paris 2024.Mo Stewart hosts Olympic Liverpudlian royalty in track and field athlete Anyika Onuora, taekwondo athlete Bianca Cook and tennis player Neal Skupski…
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The Anfield Wrap’s news bulletin on Monday 22nd July, as Takefusa Kubo is linked with Liverpool and the WSL fixtures are announced for 24/25.Neil Atkinson hosts…
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As Liverpool welcome a new manager to signal a new era for the club, Anfield is ready to embrace the future…IT felt like the longest interregnum you could imagine.
Morning.
We’re back, then. In all the ways.
It occurred to me a few weeks back I had been neglecting you all; treating these emails with the sort of indifference my LinkedIn has had to put up with for years.
Then I wondered – does it matter? Scary thought in general, but in this particular instance what I meant was there isn’t reason or point for a while.
I mean, I could have banged out 500 words on why the Ian Maatsen deal was perfectly reasonable (Villa have done well out of their PSR mates – you need to keep an eye on them), but it wasn’t what I would call essential.
Instead there was a red letter moment on the horizon. The end of the summer tournaments. That was always going to be the start of something, the start of the new thing, the cool thing, the exciting thing.
I’ve written a book while I wasn’t writing to you, but the book is me writing to you as well. The book is for and about you, but it is also about the importance of renewal, a rejection of nostalgia, a paean for togetherness and a reminder of the value of visceral thrill. The moment is the only thing worth living in – the moment is the gift.
When writing the book the word “gift” just kept coming up. It was a subconscious not stylistic choice and then the moment of realisation that it was there and the why of it.
And it goes on. Because if it doesn’t then the whole thing was a waste of time and we cannot have that. What we can gift to one another on a daily basis is what makes us who we are and what makes life worth living. If we are in the privileged position of having the capacity to gift more then let’s do it. Make it an act, not an airy-fairy flavour.
Coming up for air after finishing the book text, I have caught myself charging around town like a maniac seeing what we can help with, making slightly mad promises – which doesn’t feel sustainable in the long run, but let’s see where it ends.
It goes on. I had a ball at Liverpool’s new museum launch last Thursday, delighted it ended with a picture of Arne Slot, but delighted to see everyone. I got in the cab and said “Anfield, as close as you can get please, mate” as though it was the first game, but the place was packed with people you’d missed.
Do get to the museum if you can; it doesn’t wallow in the past, it frames it and sees it as a springboard for the best possible tomorrow.
The thing is, it always goes on. Shankly said football was “a hard, relentless task which goes on and on like a river,” and while for him the task may have been hard, for us it can never become that.
It must go on and it must go on with a lightness of touch, as the thing to look forward to. The football professionals should find it hard, but I like that it doesn’t relent. It means there is always something to look forward to. There is always something new.
We’re ready for it here. We’re making a few changes over the course of the year; we always do as you know. We’re going to give The Coach Home a year off. Mo Stewart did a brilliant job hosting that last season, but it has meant less of him on the Mondays in the round and we’d rather have that and it means we can do more with The Friday Show.
The Friday Show itself will no longer be free; instead The Gutter on a Thursday will be free until the end of August and then TAW Midweek Extra will cover the midweeks as our second audio freebie with some specials thrown in here and there.
The impact of the midweek games this season has, if anything, been underplayed. I’m convinced the Swiss System will be an improvement in all the senses that matter and convinced you’ll agree with me once we have had some lived reality.
There will be more Talking Reds in August especially and they will hang around through the year on video.
We added some excellent new contributors last season and brought some more experienced ones back a bit more regularly and I am certain you’ll enjoy what we have lined up for all of them.
I’m certain because there is so much to get our collective teeth into. I can’t wait for them to play in Pittsburgh, to see what it looks like, see where it can go. The longest interregnum you could imagine.
But it’s over. I hope everyone involved in or who cares about the summer tournaments had a lovely time, but that’s all finished now, that messing about. The river is back and the river is a gift. So is doing this. I hope you always receive it as such in all the ways.
Into this. Together. Good to be back, good to come up for air.
All my love,
Neil
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Fans of Liverpool and England would’ve been happy with Trent Alexander-Arnold’s big moment at EURO 2024, but how much will that feeling stick around?I’M made up for Trent Alexander-Arnold. Absolutely made up for him.
To go through the nonsense he’s endured with the national team – from scapegoat to hero – and come through it with headlines can only be a good thing.
I’ll admit to mixed feelings here. My own relationship with England has changed significantly over the years. It started in 1975 when I saw them for the first time on the telly, beating Scotland 5-1 at Wembley. Kevin Keegan played so I was into it.
When I was a kid in the 70s, I was all over them as they had half the Liverpool side in the team. I got onboard with Italia ‘90 and I was at Euro ‘96, coincidentally at the Netherlands game, but since then… Well, things changed a bit.
You’ll know why and either scoff at that or nod accordingly. Let’s just leave it there and talk about the football rather than cultural identity and the unwillingness to stand for a sitting monarch. No, I don’t boo it, but I’m not getting off my arse for them either. I’m scum, I get it.
Back to Trent. It’s easy to be paranoid in these situations. Southgate has been a manager under pressure and was mere minutes from being ousted by an, at best, alright Slovakian team.
He’s faced criticism for including and then dropping Trent and then chooses him for the fifth pen. A scapegoat in the making? If he scores it’s all fine, but if he doesn’t it’ll be ‘well, I told you’. He couldn’t win.
I’m not sure if that’s true or not, but the press would be the first to point out that it was a Scouser (and our/their disassociation from the national team) who ballsed it up.
Unlucky, lads.
Thus it came to pass that a lad with a working knowledge of West Derby chippies became a national hero to those who aren’t overly keen on the existence of West Derby or the areas around it.
On the whole, I’ve enjoyed the tournament. I was in Copenhagen for the Denmark-Germany game and seeing the pubs with their reverse St George flags (the oldest in the world, fact fans) all over the place was great.
The energy in the capital was amazing. It was an energy that lasted right until five minutes in when everyone realised that Germany are pretty good and Michael Oliver was the referee.
For their part, England have been awful and it’s not difficult to see why. Harry Kane will score goals (which, admittedly, is all you can ask him to do), but not do much else in terms of coming deep or creating space.
There isn’t enough full-back cover and the best right back in the world (I don’t care if you’re laughing) is nowhere near his best position. I like Kyle Walker, incidentally, so that isn’t a slight on him.
Poor Bukayo Saka has played pretty much everywhere so far, and Conor Gallagher has gone from being ‘the-next-to-Rice’ answer to being the exact opposite. Hardly any shots on target, a telling paucity of quality and two tedious rounds of extra time to endure. Great.
Tell that to the BBC, though! At half-time on Saturday it was all I could do not to rewind the telly and check if I was watching the right game. Jesus, the hagiography! The fervour mounted with every soundbite. I thought Rio Ferdinand was about to pull a shirt on and get out there such was his enthusiasm for what he’d seen.
It’s that reluctance to see the game as it is without the accompanying jingoistic zeal which made it so unappealing. I’d rather be told that a shit game is a shit game than sit through the opportunistic ‘we’re still in this’ idiocy. England have a hell of a squad and, in particular, a dream of a midfield, but it lacks the cohesion to make it work properly. It’s led to some awful football.
Awful maybe, but by no means unsuccessful. Southgate may be a genius given his unrivalled success of two semis and a final so maybe there’s a method in all this sterile stuff. Two wins this week and he gets a knighthood. Probably.
Napoleon once said that he ‘would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good’. Is he just lucky? I don’t know. Maybe that’s harsh on Southgate. He’s been ‘good’ for a while now even if his brand of football is far from that.
The semi will probably see Trent watching Virgil van Dijk and Cody Gakpo from his now familiar place on the bench, but it’ll be (one of) the Scouser(s) in our team who made it all possible. It probably won’t earn him a recall, but it gave us non-believers something to cheer about on Saturday. Liverpool put England through. That’s how I chose to see it anyway.
A mate of mine summed up these tournaments as ‘football without pain’. I get that entirely.
I’ll always watch because someone is kicking a ball around and there’s the possibility of a Liverpool player doing well, but the result is usually met with indifference rather than joy or sorrow. It’s just someone else’s team with fans singing songs I wouldn’t go near. That stance might well be heretical for some, but that’s how it is. Trent won on Saturday.
Our new manager will have more cause to hope that doesn’t continue. I love that he was so pleased for Cody on Friday.
Maybe it would mean more if — politics aside — Jarell Quansah, Harvey Elliott and Curtis Jones were involved. They aren’t, so it’s a moot point. So I hope that all three Liverpool lads (five if Ryan Gravenberch and Joe Gomez get on) do well in the semi final.
Liverpool first. That’s not said to be antagonistic, it’s just how things are, and it’ll never change. I’m certain some fans of other clubs feel the same way.
If it’s your team, then I hope they do well.
Oh, but leave Sweet Caroline alone. At least give us that.
Karl
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They don’t make centre halves like Alan Hansen anymore, but could Leny Yoro be the answer to Liverpool’s prayers in defence?IT’S great news about Alan Hansen.
For many of us, he’s the man we think of first when people talk about legendary Liverpool centre backs.
Younger people often smirk when us older lads claim that X was the best of whatever position in the history of the club, citing numerous health and nutrition improvements in the current crop, but I don’t care this time. Alan Hansen is Liverpool’s greatest centre half. Don’t @ me. Virgil van Dijk is great, but Jockey was perfect.
‘Jockey’. I’ve never understood that ‘e’ in his name given that it references his nationality rather than being the world’s tallest horse rider. Must be just me.
He came to us in 1977 from Partick Thistle when he was just 22 years old and, as was the custom back then, was used only sporadically when he arrived. Strange to think that one of the greatest players in our history had to work his way in to oust Tommy Smith. I suppose you’ve got to be sure when it comes to your centre backs.
This is still the same case today.
I recently appeared on The Gutter show with Rob Gutmann, Neil Atkinson and Stu Wright where we discussed the replacement for Joel Matip and maybe even Ibou Konate.
Naturally, Leny Yoro’s name came up and, though I inadvertently called him ‘Lenny Lawro’ on more than one occasion, I promoted his cause. Admittedly, I’ve only seen him play a few times but he’s a hell of a player. His tackling and reading of the game are great, particularly for such a young player.
If we splashed the cash, my only bugbear is that we might have to go through a season with just him and Jarell as centre halves. Good though they may be, they’re only 18 and 21 respectively. I’d prefer an older hand next to one of them should something happen to Virgil.
I mean, it’s probably a moot point anyway as Madrid will probably swoop for him, barely play him and send him off on an unsatisfactory loan to Getafe or whoever a year later. As long as no one else can buy him, they’ll take a financial hit. Political transfers.
And that’s the problem Liverpool face these days. Finance. In May 1977, we could afford to risk £100,000 on a kid from Clackmannanshire, but £40-60m on a centre half who may need to spend some time getting used to the league, his new team, our football and a new country? I can’t see that. There’s an ocean between bravery and risk aversion.
Jockey’s fee seems paltry nowadays. It’s the equivalent of £778,000 today. Jesus, we could spot a player back then.
Now the scouting team have had to find a Leny Yoro before he becomes Europe’s hottest property, before he becomes Leny Yoro.
We’ve done it before by bringing in players from smaller clubs – Andy Robertson, Harvey Elliott etc – but those are players who have to bed in before they get a sniff of first-team action. The problem with summer transfer windows is that people want, even expect, first team ready players. And they need them to settle in at once.
But we’ll probably never see Lenny. Not for a good while, anyway. The enormous clubs always have first dibs. We’re an enormous club too, but we’re often scared of saying so. Once Madrid made come-hither glances at Jude Bellingham last season, we were out.
Oh, I know we bid for Caicedo but how many of us thought that that was likely? I always thought that was done to irritate Chelsea rather than a serious consideration and I’m all for that.
That sounds harsh. We’ve spent a ton on the team that won everything, but we seem to prefer our young players to be under contract in their teens. Buying a teenager for experienced international figures doesn’t seem our style somehow.
Maybe that will change under Arne Slot. No one knows. No one knows anything yet. This is a weird state of limbo.
It’s good news for Jarell Quansah, though. There’s only one spot next to Virgil and Joe Gomez seems to be more full-back these days, in the same way people have stopped talking about Trent Alexander-Arnold being a right back. He is a right back, by the way. I’ve never been convinced about his (ugh) ‘quarterback’ thing.
Maybe Ibrahima Konate is the long-term solution, but his Goodison performance got a lot of people’s backs up last season.
All the same, there’s a defensive question to be answered.
In the meanwhile, Jockey’s out of hospital and that’s the best possible news. Word has it that he was taking the piss out of Graeme Souness when he visited him, so that was always a good sign. I’ve only met him once. He was taking the piss out of Steven Gerrard that time. Long story.
I just wish he were 22 again and looking for a club.
Karl
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Living in Norwich but with a job that takes me to Ipswich a good deal, the last 12 months have been fascinating here.
While the Canaries have been the more successful club of late while ‘the Town’ have, for the main part, been awful (Roy Keane, Mick McCarthy), the rivalry is as strong as ever.
For a brief time, it looked like ‘The Old Farm’ derby would be reenacted in the playoffs with the yellow and greens just about making the playoffs while hoping that The Blues fall from the top two. That would have led to carnage around here.
I’ve always been wary of other derbies. Do Espanyol fans truly hate Barca to the same extent that I/we hate the other lot, or is it just a case of familiarity and geography breeds contempt? I suppose it’s a one-sided struggle in the same way that some old-school diehard Tranmere fans can despise The Reds without us even noticing.
In any case, Ipswich and Norwich don’t get on regardless of where they are.
My girlfriend often tells the story of how her eldest, then around eight years old, would refuse to eat peas and sweetcorn on the same plate because of the similarities to Norwich’s colours. That’s the sort of pettiness I can get on with. He had the excuse of childhood back then, but he hasn’t changed, to be honest.
But Ipswich away is perfect for The Reds. Alright, we’re away from home again on the opening day but the ‘computer’ (yeah, right!) could have been crueller. It’s the least it could do given the Stamford Bridge opener last season. That’s Manchester City’s privilege next season.
We haven’t had an opener in front of a home crowd since we beat Norwich in 2019. We won the league that year.
I think we’ll be alright, but you can see why it’s been chosen. Sorry. ‘Randomly generated by a computer.’ A boisterous home crowd for a newly promoted side combined with Arne Slot’s first competitive game in charge. It’s also a 12.30pm game so will be a nightmare to get to from Liverpool. I bet they thought long and hard about that element. No?
Obviously, everyone has to play each other twice so it shouldn’t matter, but October looks tricky. A week between Chelsea at home and Arsenal away. Late November/early December doesn’t look like a riot either. City at home, Newcastle away and then the away derby. At least we can’t play that bad again at Goodison as last season…
May starts with Chelsea and Arsenal again followed by Brighton and finishing with Palace at Anfield. Luckily, we’ll have league title number 20 safely wrapped up by then, sat next to the League Cup with the FA Cup and Champions League to come, so they shouldn’t be an issue at that stage.
I love that we’ve got Ipswich, though. I love that they’re back. In the early ‘80s they were a big and respected rival to The Reds. A proper club. An opinion I won’t be sharing around my adopted city.
I love it when the new fixtures come out. They seem so relevant when they don’t really make a blind bit of significance in real terms. Arguably a bit like football itself.
It all starts again on August 17th. Lenny Yoro’s debut and, though I’m still recovering from last season and still need time to recuperate, I can’t wait for the circus to come to town again.
And, yes, I’d love your spare ticket in the away end.
Karl
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Liverpool chairman Tom Werner’s ‘crazy idea’ about playing a Premier League game is further evidence of football eating itself for profit…“I’M determined one day to have a Premier League game be played in New York City.
“I even have the sort of crazy idea that there would be a day where we play one game in Tokyo, one game a few hours later in Los Angeles, one game a few hours later in Rio, one game a few hours later in Riyadh and make it sort of a day where football, where the Premier League, is celebrated.”
Tom Werner, Liverpool’s chairman, may well have been drifting off into a reverie when talking to the Financial Times in the same way a former Home Secretary gushed about her ‘obsession’ to deport people to Rwanda.
Maybe he was thinking aloud rather than offering a serious point for consideration. It’s the only explanation I can offer.
John Henry, his mate, has since stated that he’s not investigating the possibility so hopefully that’s that, but it’s yet another gaffe from the club’s hierarchy.
In the days of football fora, many voiced concerns about the future of the games. I can remember one discussion led to the idea of Texas Liverpool kicking off at midnight against the Manchester McDonalds on Christmas Eve at the Parrydome sponsored by Nesquik. Manager Alan Curbishley standing proudly on the sidelines.
All very laughable at the time. I mean, no one would look at scheduling a Christmas Eve game or including a brand name in a club’s name. RB Leipzig would agree with that.
It’s OK, though. Tom says that travel would be subsidised to cut down on costs.
This is what happens when you give football over to people who know nothing about it or its culture.
Don’t get me wrong, the game is for everyone and I’m not suggesting that it belongs solely to me just because I happened to be born in the same city as the club. I love our global support and have written extensively on its glory, but this is such a poor idea. It exposes an astonishing ignorance about their ‘product.’
Please, please, please. Just leave the game alone. It doesn’t need further ‘improvement’ or new revenue streams. We’ve already got people in an office in Uxbridge deciding if a goal has been scored or not. We don’t need another ‘crazy idea’.
Can we just have football people run the club rather than venture capitalists hell bent on hawking our badge over continent after continent for the sake of the almighty dollar? Let’s face it. Tom won’t be standing in Yankee Stadium misty eyed at the sight of NY Reds watching a Premier League game in their own city. This is all about revenue.
Yes, but we need to compete. Agreed. We do, but we don’t have to lend our name to every hare-brained scheme just to do so.
This may well be the rantings of an arl-arsed fan, but I just want to see Liverpool play at Anfield or at an away ground in the UK. I want us to have some dignity. I want us to protect what our badge means and I want custodians who know something of what this all means.
I’m not sure I want the former Producer of Mork & Mindy messing around with footballing decisions. Just sign the cheque and pay the wages.
It’s hard enough getting to the ground as it is. Many of us are at the biting our lip stage when asked ‘what are we doing at the weekend’ question.
‘Tokyo, love. We’ve got Stoke at home.’
Not that Tom thinks that people like me are going to go. They don’t want you or I. This would be a strict cash machine game meant to pull Hollywood involved. Get Justin Bieber to throw out the first pitch. Or something.
This may have been a non-starter at the moment, but the game has changed so much since the club wore Hitachi shirts and put a McDonalds logo on the outside of The Kop. Bad ideas have a way of being normalised and then accepted.
Please just leave the game alone. It seems to have survived pretty well up till now.
Karl
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With the Arne Slot era now officially underway at Liverpool, here are 5 of his most pressing matters to sort through…THE mural paint is only just dry, the hangover barely subsided but the transition of feeling from the past to the future remains unsettling in its purgatorial state of limbo. We await Arne Slot like ‘a woman who waits for her man in jail’ to coin his predecessor.
Down time is needed for everyone, we forget this. Patience in this sense is very much a virtue as we await the first look at Liverpool’s new boss. First impressions are important. Vibes have validity before any ball is kicked. But people need a holiday, and as sad as it remains, we all need to forget the last fella to a certain degree (still buy the book!).
Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool was a marriage so perfectly constructed you need time to decompress. Football doesn’t deal well with happy ever afters. It is a constant metamorphosis cocktailed with the groundhog nature of Rust Cohle’s ‘time is a flat-circle’ thesis. Everything is repeated. Everything is once again new for Liverpool Football Club. Whilst Slot’s poker face needs work, the former Feyenoord manager’s enthusiasm has been amenable, dare it be said, commendable.The likelihood is he’s already hard at work in his new role.
The handover has been done. The Klopp-bobble-head and ‘normal one’ mug have been removed from the desk. We await the first look at our collective future, and there are issues at hand which need addressing. Here’s five things already in Slot’s in-tray:
Trent Alexander-Arnold’s future
On and off the pitch, this is a key issue for Liverpool’s hierarchy. Slot has very much been brought in to manage and coach the team, hopefully less in the Rafael Benitez vs Tom Hicks mould. While it is widely hoped the vice-captain commits his future to the club for what will be his peak years, Slot has a decision to make on which position on the pitch he will occupy.
We’ve now had around 12 months of the right-back inverting into central areas to bolster Liverpool’s midfield capabilities and look to orchestrate from more advanced positions. On the face of things, the tactical tweak has worked. StatsBomb shows Alexander-Arnold’s metrics for open play xG (expected goals) assisted are up from 90th percentile to 97th. While his dribble and carry OBV (on ball value) has gone from 15th percentile to 43rd.
He will likely represent England at Euro 2024 in an advanced midfield position and you get the feeling he would leap at any opportunity to transition permanently into a central midfielder.
You can also understand why. Klopp’s physical and tactical demands often leave players feeling they need to occupy two, even three positions in a game. This has been particularly notable for Alexander-Arnold, who’s exposure positionally has become the centrepiece of attention around questions relating to Liverpool’s defensive frailty.
This will be one of Slot’s biggest calls: does he stick with an orthodox method already in place or finally release and remake one of world football’s biggest talents?
To 4-3-3 or not to 4-3-3
The Alexander-Arnold question leads into the Dutchman’s next big call, which is whether to replicate Klopp’s 4-3-3 system with a single pivot defensive midfielder, or ‘six’ as the outgoing Reds’ boss refers to it, or to flip the midfield triangle and implement two deep-lying midfielders as he did to such great effect at Feyenoord with Mats Wieffer and Quinten Timber. If moving central may beatify Alexander-Arnold, it might also provide the perfect opportunity for Slot to use him and a mixture of Alexis Mac Allister and Wataru Endo at the base of operations for his team to flourish.
Slot’s tactical approach can look more of a conventional 4-2-3-1 or 4-2-1-3, which begs the question of who occupies the sole advanced midfielder position. Curtis Jones and Dominik Szobozslai’s form dropped in-line with injuries in the second half of the campaign. Ryan Gravenberch still feels like a project for any manager. Harvey Elliott’s development has been an undoubted positive, but he remains a player who looks more comfortable operating in wider midfield areas.
At their best under Klopp, Liverpool employed Fabinho as a single deep-lying midfield destroyer – their ‘lighthouse’ as assistant Pepijn Lijnders referred to him. You feel to do the same again, Liverpool would have to go back into the market and go big. There’s a lot for Slot to consider when contemplating how to set up his new team, but ultimately you get the feeling he will be guided most by his own principles and how he views the challenge of Premier League football.
A message to fans, the media and PGMOL
Klopp’s first Liverpool press conference was littered with promises and proclamations which had the club’s supporters eating out of his hand. One of the forgotten segments was the challenge he laid down to the English press pack squeezed inside Anfield’s makeshift press conference room that day, which was to ‘prove wrong’ the negative reputation he had been forewarned about them.
It’s fair to say that while Klopp was generally amenable and bristling with energy, some of his more contemptuous characteristics would show in press conferences and around fourth officials. Whether fans like it or not, having a relationship with officials and journalists which doesn’t burn any bridges it passes undoubtedly helps everyone.
Slot’s reputation is one of an incredibly measured person and coach, one who doesn’t lose his temper easily. While matters like officiating will always be contentious, especially with the added entanglement of VAR application, coming in peace as opposed to Klopp’s occasional confrontation might be a welcome change to some.
Make Liverpool more efficient
OK, so we know there was a perception that Liverpoool’s ‘misfiring’ forwards ultimately halted their title challenge. That Darwin Núñez deleted Liverpoool related social media posts, or that Klopp and Mohamed Salah had a bit of a touchline spat at West Ham. But how lacking are Liverpool in clinical proficiency, and is it a problem for Slot?
According to StatsBomb, the Reds ranked in the 90th percentile for all attacking metrics in the 2023/24 season apart from xG per shot, which only managed to reach 64th percentile, which equated to a rate of 0.10 goals per 90 minutes. To go deeper, Understat shows Liverpool are at their least efficient in terms of shot conversion from inside the penalty box (they are underperforming xG by nearly 12 goals) and when a game state is drawing (almost 10 goals). Núñez is the main culprit in terms of xG, with a league underperformance of around 8.05 goals on his tally of 11.
What would also help Slot and Liverpool hugely is if they could stop needlessly going behind in matches to make life harder for themselves. Klopp’s side claimed 31 points from losing positions in 2023/24, however towards the end of the campaign, when the margins tightened, they couldn’t pull the same rabbit out of the hat.
How does Arne Slot solve this? The obvious answer might be the transfer market, with more questions over Núñez and the likes of Ibrahima Konate’s future than before. Despite the headlines, Salah remains incredibly consistent with his output and registered another 25 goals and 14 assists in a season many viewed as his worst for the club.
There is something else which Klopp heavily alluded to in his final weeks, which is the concept of mental and physical fatigue. It remains notable that no English side reached the final of any European competition, despite its league being viewed as far superior to most across Europe.
What’s more, players such as Manchester City’s Rodri are openly voicing their concern about burnout and the amount of games they’re being asked to play.
The 2022/23 season set a new record of 1,084 goals scored across a 38 game season in the Premier League. That record had been smashed by the 1,246 goals scored in 2023/24.
We can argue English football has never been as entertaining, but another way to view it is that the product is being diluted by ramming quantity over quality. And that players’ mental and physical output is leading to less concentrated football. It’s an issue for every coach in the league, and is about to become one for Arne Slot.
DO NOT TRY TO BE THE LAST GUY!
In Klopp, Liverpool had the most quotable, passionate and reasoned voice in charge of the club since Bill Shankly. Slot’s biggest mistake would be to try and mirror this. To step into the family household as the uncool new dad and try to imitate old dad. Slot simply needs to be himself and let his football do a lot of the talking.
Brendan Rodgers came into Liverpool with the CV of a promising and developing coach, but snippets of his man-management left you with a sense he was more The Office than Gladiator when it came to rallying his players and supporters.
Klopp gave birth to a new generation of success and purpose for Liverpool supporters. The affinity and bond shared between them shouldn’t try to be infringed or imposed on. There’s no feeling Slot will do this, thankfully, and therefore the only remnants of the German’s personality will live through sycophantic managers plagiarising his fist-pumps to an adoring crowd who will pretend it is a completely authentic and new concept.
The hope for everyone at Liverpool is that Slot can be the Bob Paisley to Klopp’s Shankly. If the one lingering sadness is that Liverpool were denied the silverware they deserved under Klopp, Slot’s greatest way of forging an affinity with a stadium which remains one of the most reasonable in football is to show straight away he means business when it comes to delivering the biggest honours.
If he can do that, it will lay claim to a whole new love affair which will leave Liverpool feeling fine.
Dan
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As Liverpool Football Club celebrated their birthday turning 132, Karl Coppack remembers how his support has changed throughout the years…ON June 3, 1892, Liverpool Football Club were founded following a rent dispute with Everton.
It’s our birthday. I’m glad it’s your birthday. Happy birthday to you.
Despite slanderous calls to the contrary on various TAW shows, I was not around to see any of that happen. My own relationship with the club came much, much later.
My family are from the Scotland Road area of the city (known simply as ‘Scotty’) and I lived there till I was four. I grew up in Croxteth but from the age of 4-10 I was a resident of Norris Green to the north of the city.
I can’t remember the exact months, but seeing as many people recall dates by matches, I know that we won the European Cup in Rome while I was sat on a Norris Green carpet and retained it a year later on a Crocky one.
Ours was a blue house, albeit with ties of red curiosity. My dad was a blue, though hardly a Goodison regular. He didn’t care that his only son was favouring the red side. The odd jibe against Kevin Keegan was all he managed and his main barbs were reserved for Everton’s first team and manager Billy Bingham, but, in footballing terms, ours was a broad church.
He certainly wanted Liverpool to win that first European Cup, though he didn’t go so far as to celebrate the goals. Maybe he just didn’t want to see his son miserable. That was the school’s job.
I was obsessed with Liverpool by then. Absolutely obsessed and I knew then that, unlike dinosaurs, the Six Million Dollar Man and my Euro ’76 Panini sticker album, this was more than a passing interest. This was forever and the fury of that flame within me would never be diminished.
It has, of course. Never to the extent that I would serve my time better in different directions, but the magic loses its potency as you get older. Inevitable, really.
For a start, Liverpool is no longer a mystery. Bus rides past the ground back then always had me with my nose up against the window, refusing to blink. I just had to take it all in and guess at the magic that happened from within those walls.
The ground itself was shoddy with its peeling paintwork and clumps of weeds growing from between the gaps of the steps leading up to the back of The Kop, but it held such majesty for me. The European Champions were in there somewhere. The greatest club in the world. What’s more, they were just a 15 minute bus ride away. I felt privileged.
It never occurred to me that kids of the same age were doing the same thing at, say, Villa Park, Pittodrie or even Prenton Park, but of course they were. Kids are still doing things like that now, though in a very different context and means. I love that.
Nothing is stronger than the alignment between club and young fan. Nothing comes close. That fire is strongest when first lit. Every moment from then is a lessening sense of attachment. Oh, the support will always be there, but never as zealous.
Over the years I’ve met some of those players and found them to be just normal lads used to a job near my house. No longer were they the Gods of yesteryear.
I saw Bruce Grobbelaar in my mum’s local Chinese last year and barely lifted my head to acknowledge him. Two decades earlier I walked past Didi Hamann and Stephane Henchoz as they left Melwood. One of them was smoking. I looked the other way, appalled. Even though I was older than the pair of them, I felt let down. No one wants to see behind the magician’s cloth.
I don’t even know what the current manager sounds like.
But none of that takes away from my love of the club. They’re still my waking thought and I still need time away from them and the emotional exhaustion once in a while. I love a summer. Liverpool don’t lose in June and July. I can put them away for a bit. I need to.
I sometimes wonder if this obsession is healthy. I’m forever using old games as reference points. My girlfriend recently jokingly asked me if I knew who Liverpool were playing on the day we first met. I smiled weakly by way of answer but kept quiet.
Of course, I do! We beat Ipswich away 2-1. Ian Rush with a late winner.
Like you, I’ve got mates who can provide a forensic hour by hour breakdown of when games were, what the score was and what they were doing at the time. I can do that. I can tell you everything about Ian Rush’s ‘last’ game for Liverpool against Watford in 1987 before he trotted off to Juventus. Then again, I can watch the highlights of a recent game online and wonder if I was there. Age.
It feels like it’s our birthday as much as the clubs.
I often wonder what it must be like to be like this with another club. My Norwich mates have the most intense conversations around their club and celebrate or deride players I’ve never heard of, so I suppose it must be the same for them too. I wonder if their interest has gone from full on zealotry to mere fascination since they were kids.
Anyway, happy birthday to the 132-year old Reds.
Happy birthday to you too.
Karl
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Arne Slot will have the job of his career on once he walks through the doors at Liverpool, but things are good at Anfield…A NEW manager, then.
I could sit here and tell you that I’ve watched Arne Slot’s rise from his Academy days at PEC Zwolle and have long prophesied his almost inevitable ascendence to the greatest job in world football, but you’re too smart to fall for that. All I know is that it’s the beginning of a new age.
New ages come with new issues. What sort of things can his players look forward to? A breezy set of systems built with wellness in mind? Or a harsh, authoritarian regime? Can they still knock off early on Fridays?
Personally, I’m not a fan of uncertainty. If something works, don’t change it, but we can’t do that. In any case, Arne Slot isn’t Jürgen Klopp and must be allowed to do his own thing under his own steam. He faces numerous decisions before he’s even walked through the door.
Where does he play Trent Alexander-Arnold? Which does he prefer as a nine? Darwin Nunez or Cody Gakpo? Jarell Quansah over Ibou Konate? Is he having Mo Salah’s new haircut?
This is an unusual time inasmuch as a new manager usually replaces a failing one, but that’s far from the case here. Slot has to deal with a fan base who are still wistfully looking at Jürgen’s empty car park space rather than a group of people baying for change (see Kenny Dalglish replacing Roy Hodgson).
But he must be allowed to go at his own speed. He must set his own targets.
It’s hard to know what they could be. Jürgen brought in a trophy and the return of Champions League football in his final term. If Arne can do that straight out of the gate he’d be off to a flyer.
Then again, Rafa Benitez came in after the mind-numbingly dull 2003-04 season and promptly delivered another European Cup through the greatest game in our history. No pressure, there.
And this is before Arne has to deal with all the external stuff around his job.
Mad kick-off times, little resting time between games, stupid international friendlies, an autocratic refereeing body who goes on national television to tell you that wrongs are right, state-owned rivals with the spending power of Croesus on pay day and, of course, the most bipolar fan base in the world.
Not easy, is it?
But that’s the game now. Coaching, tactics and management play only a small part of the whole. The whole ephemera around it must be exhausting. That’s not just the case for the bigger clubs.
On his first day in charge of Swindon Town, Glenn Hoddle had to buy new washing machines for the woman who washed the kit. Not quite what he expected when he left for work that day.
Hopefully he’ll be spared that. We’re probably alright for white goods.
And he comes in with a hell of a squad, a buoyant youth team, the final days of Pep Guardiola (if the rumours are to be believed) and a support guaranteed to sing his name.
As I said, I know little about him. The only footage I’ve seen is him hoofing the ball into the air Rugby League-style during his playing days and his laughing his arse off when Antony, the world’s most loved footballer, feigned injury in front of him when Feyenoord played Ajax. Both incidents made me like him immediately.
The future will be interesting, but also a little daunting for those who fear change. He’s going to need patience and faith as well as that sense of humour to deliver what’s required here. This is his time now and we can’t colour it with what’s gone on before.
Maybe one day he’ll leave Liverpool to fanfare and songs about his replacement. Maybe he too will start up an Instagram account which I can’t stop watching. I hope so.
All very exciting, all very frightening.
A new age. Here we go again.
Good luck, everyone.
Karl
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Arne Slot has built up an impressive CV in the Netherlands, but does it tell us how he will fare as Liverpool manager…FILLING a vacuum is never an easy task.
In the absence of truth and knowledge, the mind walks a narrow path of grasping for answers that always seem excruciatingly out of reach.
That’s where Liverpool are right now, a long way into the abyss, and no turning back now.
Haunted by the ghost of after-the-lord mayor shows past – Graeme Souness, David Moyes and Unai Emery – all stare down Arne Slot as he makes his long way to the Main Stand dugout.
But he’s not bothered. Aloof, grinning happy to associate himself with Liverpool Football Club in his final Feyenoord press conferences.
One wouldn’t be unreasonable to ask is this really happening?
Yes, yes it is.
Jürgen Klopp’s successor is soon to walk through the Kirkby front door as The Reds’ manager, and few really know who he is.
You really ought to find out.
So this is him…
Arne Slot led Feyenoord to the Eredivisie title in 2022-23 after a seven-year wait.
His team finished second in the Eredivisie this campaign, seven points behind runaway leaders PSV Eindhoven.
Slot’s side won the KNVB Cup, the Dutch equivalent of the English FA Cup, beating NEC Nijmegen in the final.
Slot, now 45, helped Feyenoord to reach the first-ever UEFA Conference League final, which they lost 1-0 to Roma.
A league title and more trophies at a big club, after a long wait, sounds familiar.
Cool, but we have had one of the most charismatic leaders consign himself to a lifetime of posting padel selfies on Instagram, so what’s this fella like as a human being?
Slot grew up in Bergentheim, a small village in the Netherlands’ bible belt.
He began coaching the village’s football teams at 14 years old to older children.
Slot’s charisma often comes through in press conferences, and like Klopp, has a great rapport within the dressing room.
One of his former players, Myron Boadu, said: “Arne is a fantastic person and a fantastic trainer.”
Slot took over at Feyenoord in 2021, and has since imposed a high-tempo passing style of play that has been likened to Pep Guardiola’s.
Feyenoord play a 4-2-3-1 formation which draws the opposition out, before threading the ball into the space behind.
They sat third in the Eredivisie for number of short passes completed, behind PSV and Ajax – albeit the latter saw a lot less success.
Feyenoord have created an impressive 80.3xG in 30 league matches thus far this season.
He, like Klopp, enjoys attacking football.
Last summer, Slot was linked heavily with moves to Leeds United and Tottenham Hotspur, before signing a new contract at Feyenoord until 2026.
He knew it wasn’t the right time to move, and he was under no illusions about it.
Slot was previously manager of AZ Alkmaar, before being dismissed in December 2020 due to not being fully focused on the club, his eyes already set on a new life at a port city.
He was already being courted by Feyenoord, and Slot was willing to listen to their offer.
Slot is determined in the pursuit of ambition, and if channelled in the right way, can be of huge positive significance.
However, he too abandoned Feyenoord pretty quickly once Liverpool came knocking, and it has crossed my mind whether he would be as willing to skip port, away from the jurisdiction of the purple wheelie bin, if the opportunity ever arose.
The Dutchman earned 2.11 points per game while at AZ, the most of any coach in the club’s history.
According to his former assistant manager Marino Pusic, “He has a lot of feeling for good atmospheres in stadiums and appreciates the fans a lot.”
Slot’s style will be a gift to us fans, as his high-tempo passing football makes its way to Merseyside.
While he bares many similarities to Klopp, he will bring a fresh idea or two as well.
I can see him combining the fierce ball-winning capability of Wataru Endo with the intelligent passing of Alexis Mac Allister.
Giving Dominik Szoboszlai more attacking freedom in the 10 role could get the best football out of the Hungarian over a longer period than we saw this season.
It is always scary when you take a leap of faith from the trusted managerial nous of someone like Jürgen Klopp.
Time will tell whether this leap of faith will land.
Luke
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With the Jürgen Klopp era now in the past, it is now the time to assess the legacy his leadership of Liverpool fans will have…LEADERS are generally in short supply.
Not the tagline you want to accompany a pivotal forthcoming general election, but here we are.
Who have been the real, standout, inspirational and recognisable figures throughout my life that I – a Millennial born and raised in North Liverpool – can hang my Porto or Atletico Madrid cap on?
In a city which lays claim to most leadership figures from sources of football, politics or music, you end up with lines through a list.
An odd squad of the controversial, the grotesque and those just lacking in something, despite giving everything.
The thing about leaders is you get to choose them. It’s one of your single remaining sources of independent agency.
So, while you might scoff at sovereign fawning over the Crown and tales of Churchillian war-general hyperbole from hordes of Peaky Blinders extras, you are entitled to pick your own fighter.
Leaders can and often do let you down because you need them to fix too much, to make the world make sense.
Sometimes leaders make fools of you with time. Sometimes they age like milk.
A reminder they come from every imaginable source.
From Rafa Benitez to Jeremy Corbyn. From Alex Turner to Luis Suarez.
They can make fools of us all.
The thing about Liverpool is that its best people, its leaders and community stakeholders, its propellors of inspiration and embodiments of help often – if not always – exist in the shadows. They do for this very reason.
The perception of themselves is one without grandiose until you point out just how special they are. At which point they’ll give you a little shake of shoulders and mutter something inaudible as a plea for you to change tact.
Remind you of anyone?
Jürgen Klopp is, at his heart, a local leader. Someone who describes himself as a normal person living a very abnormal life.
He’s right, but it also forms part of his endless contradictions. He’s an extrovert until he’s incredibly introverted. He’s bombastic until the point of shy. He’s limelight gold, until all he wants is privacy.
Leaders are meant to be complex. It forms part of the mystique.
Of how we’re always trying to solve them. To complete them like a game then extract their brilliance onto ourselves.
On Anfield’s pitch on a fine Sunday afternoon, when an army of Liverpool staff were bumbling about over an erected stage, where to put people in suits and just what to do with the departing Liverpool manager, you got the feeling this was one of the rare occasions the place looked unorganised and like it had no idea about what it was doing.
The scantness of the feeling is massively down to Klopp’s contribution to a legacy of excellence. What he’s left us is priceless. Liverpool can withstand the rain in a manner Manchester United now can’t.
They’ll have to improve to better City again, and that unknown is what’s had everyone feeling an undoubted sense the future is increasingly opaque.
In his departure, Klopp did the thing he’s always done best: he motivates. Anfield – amongst an expectation of something much more funeral procession – was a celebration.
Supporters received our own unique team talk from the German. He talked about us, the power of us and the facilitation of him.
He begged, reminded and warned us not to lose our own agency in what happens next, and he gave us the greatest gift of all by declaring himself one of us. Klopp now becomes a stakeholder of Liverpool in the way he always wanted.
He becomes a legacy of someone who has done their bit and hopefully improved things (he did). He operates in the same shadows, now he’s no longer Liverpool manager.
The key differential is that Liverpool’s true leaders will continue going about their lives with impunity from attention and spotlight. Jürgen can’t do that, even if he wants to.
His anything-but-normal life won’t allow it. He had to do things his way and has done so with an explosion of life and light.
Others won league titles on Sunday and still they made it about us. They chose culture wars over their own manifesto pledge and, in truth, they looked a little bit wet and sad. Like they wanted to be put out of their misery.
They strive for what Liverpool has, even with being the ones stood on the podium.
The city of Liverpool, you, me and all of us were gifted with true, loving and such trusting leadership that we can now govern ourselves if we choose. To lose sight of Jürgen’s message means it will all have been in vain.
Jürgen Klopp was a truly unique leader, in what became an era that will come to signify and define so much of who we shall become as a collective. It was that important. He was that special.
The thing about true leaders is they’re incredibly good at telling you someone else is better. Don’t be fooled.
In a world where people’s flaws are so often used against them and held up as ransoms, he wore his open and honestly and remains one of the greatest ever embodiment of our club.
Maybe our guy now disappears into Black Forest anonymity for the rest of his days, offering only the odd Instagram update to add to his wonderful list of contradictions that we accept because he accepts ours.
Maybe he gets to be the stakeholder who operates in the shadows. We’ll wish him well in whatever endeavour he chooses.
If he needs us, we’re here. If we need him, he’s already told us he’s there and we already knew.
He was a gift. In a dark corner of the British experiment he was called.
He served. He is counted. He did his bit for Liverpool.
In a week where leadership has shaped the narrative, we can once again consider ourselves so very lucky that Jürgen was a Red.
Dan
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Jürgen Klopp ended Liverpool’s trophy drought and in doing so completed the task of uniting the fanbase that his predecessors could not…TO see how far you’ve come, you have to look at the beginning.
In August 2015, no one knew what a Brendan Rodgers season looked like. His first was far from great, but there was optimism as the signatures of Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho gave the lie to the adage that you can’t buy quality in January.
His next season took us on the crest of the highest wave.
They might have fallen short, but 2013-14 will always be one of my favourite seasons. They were that close.
And then came his worst. Sure, we’ve finished lower, but 2014-15 saw the club take a backward step.
And then we kept going. The semi-final against Villa would have been the nadir had Steven Gerrard’s last ever Liverpool game not sank us further.
It finished 6-1 to Stoke, and they even gifted us our goal so Stevie could have a present. Stoke City bought one player that season, we had a whole influx of nothing much.
It was hard to tell which was a typical Brendan season. Zenith or nadir.
I’m not sure he knew either. He lasted 11 games of the following season and won just three of them.
By Goodison Park in October, we knew he was gone. He stood in the dugout looking lost, but it wasn’t going to be his concern for much longer.
It was an awful game. 1-1. Danny Ings.
I never thought we’d get Jürgen Klopp. Like everyone, I knew about the antics on the touchline and mad pronouncements, but I knew that if he said he was having a full year off, then that’s what he’d do.
A man keen to reacquaint himself with his couch and daytime telly. He was knackered. All played out.
He’d taken chunks out of Bayern Munich with an unfancied team and it had used him up too much. The man needed a rest and given what this club does to managers, it seemed unlikely that he’d be heading here.
The other option, or favourite at least, was Carlo Ancelotti. I could live with that. I’m glad I didn’t have to.
A few hours after Goodison, the betting sites had stopped taking money on the former Dortmund manager. I was with my mates in the car on the way back from the game when the news came in. One of them said ‘I just want someone I can get behind.’
I saw his point. Rodgers, Kenny Dalglish, Roy Hodgson, Rafa Benitez, Gerard Houllier, Roy Evans, Graeme Souness. Everyone of them left with a slice of the fanbase wanting them gone.
Liverpool fans like a faction. I’m in several.
Liverpool managers seldom have universal backing when they’re heading for the door. It was February 1991 when we were last all together.
How does a man come in from Germany and heal those divisions?
And it didn’t start well for me, personally. I thought he might be a bit of a media darling. A maverick. A soundbite who would tell you black was white.
Then there was the baseball cap (I hate the things) and his liking for Genesis. I thought the Beatles t-shirt was a way to get around people like me and I wasn’t buying.
That lasted until half-time into his first game away at Spurs, I wanted to see a change.
I was tired of watching The Reds feel sorry for themselves. I wanted them to bust a gut to get a win over the line.
It didn’t come in that game – it finished 0-0, but Liverpool legged Spurs all over the pitch that day.
There was urgency, there was rush, there was Gegenpressing – the new word we’d all learned which used to be ‘put him under’. It wasn’t a football match – it was an aerobics class. They worked their arses off.
The team that day? Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Mamadou Sakho, Martin Skrtel, Alberto Moreno, James Milner, Philippe Coutinho, Adam Lallana, Lucas Leiva, Emre Can and Divock Origi. Not an 11 to quicken the pulse.
Three years later, one of those lads would seal a European Cup final for Liverpool. A lad who had already been written off, scored in a European Cup final for Liverpool.
But getting everyone onboard? The football was one thing, but how do you deal with the most argumentative, opinionated, right and wrong fanbase in the game?
He went after the Main Stand when he thought support was lacking. That rankled with me at first.
No one likes to be told they’re not doing enough, particularly if they’re paying for it, but he had a point. There could be no spectators here now – only auxiliary staff.
Sometimes he got that wrong (Seville), but he knew that this was about all of us, not just his squad and the bounce of a ball. We all had to come in with him. And we did.
Comparisons with former greats make me uneasy. We must be on our third or fourth ‘new Shankly’ by now and it’s unfair to all parties that they’re made so easily.
He’s our first Jürgen. He’ll be our last too unless he sees sense and realises that daytime telly is still shit to this day.
Our Jürgen. A man you’d want a pint with.
A strong man to have on your side, but overwhelmingly charismatic and with a sense of fairness. The sort of man who laughs off your concerns, but does it with care.
A human being. A hero to some, but most of all a good man.
Jürgen would tell you he’s fallible, maybe too emotional when clearer heads are called for, but that would just be modesty. He’s always fair.
What’s more, he was always brutal when it was needed. He used to hug Jordan Ibe at the end of every game, but he soon sold him when he realised we needed an upgrade.
Pep Guardiola must be glad to see the back of him, the PGMOL will have their own party, but his exhaustion has left the game duller, a little beiger.
I feel a bit sorry for the new lad. He’s got work to do and a lot of people to win over.
Worst of all, he’s not Jürgen and people will always think that when an inevitable misstep occurs.
Bob Paisley will always be my favourite Liverpool manager, but back then I was of an age where I wanted someone to lead us somewhere.
Jürgen is this generation’s version. I adore him, and it’s rare in this game, that you can adore a man for his personality and character as much as his ability.
He came here as a stranger and leaves as not just one of us, but the best of us.
Some doing, that.
Karl
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Wolves 0 in the 2023-2024 Premier League season…THE golden rule of this post-match writing work has always been to never write them before a ball has been kicked.
There was an urge this week to cheat. After all, what was going to happen, really? Game, palaver, Klopp.
But that urge was suppressed because of part three. Klopp.
He always has his own agenda, has his own ideas, has his way of being. And he always exists in and inhabits the moment. The moment is everything with him. It has been part of the magic.
Another part of the magic has been how he wants everyone to be the best version of themselves. He wants to create the circumstances where that is constantly possible. He wants that for everyone. For his players. For the team around him. And for us. The supporters.
He has wanted that since the day he arrived, not just the best for us, but that we be the version of who we can be. And that we help one another in being the best version of who they can be too.
That didn’t stop today. So there weren’t tears, there was instead an enormous call to arms. This does not stop. This cannot stop. Because if it stops then he has failed. We have failed, but he has too – his intention has always been to bequeath the best possible club to his successor and we are part of that. We are active, we have been active and we remain active.
He was right to point that out, that he didn’t change us from doubters to believers, but instead created the circumstances which made that easier. We had to do that ourselves. We had to be active. We had to be alive and to make change.
Change isn’t something inherently bad. It isn’t something to be scared of. Part of why he chimes deeply with me, and presumably with you, is because he is a rare voice in this increasingly desolate country which can speak and chooses to speak with optimism from a place of reason, who chooses to speak progressively and without fear.
He backs himself and his people, and, crucially, he backs you and he backs me and I can’t think of anyone else’s backing I want more.
All things. Must pass. Nothing lasts forever, nothing good and nothing bad. All the things we have experienced over the past nine years are ours to remember, relive, reflect on and celebrate. And to ensure it does not stop. This cannot stop. Not for me, not for you and not for all of us. Not for Liverpool.
Often in these scenarios – the immensely emotional – the game itself can be a challenge.
Not today, though. This isn’t hard going. Liverpool’s possession game is very strong. The captain is being the captain and is having one of those games where he has decided he is going to roam all over the park and bollock anyone who doesn’t pass to him. He was a scream, Virgil van Dijk.
Wolves are defensively robust in the first half. They are playing to absorb Liverpool’s pressure and to kick through the middle. After 20 minutes pass with no goals, you wonder whether this is a strategy that will put Liverpool again a goal behind, as it feels like we have been too often this season, but then the daft and dangerous red card challenge occurs and it is likely to be all over bar the shouting.
The opening goal is a cracker. Harvey Elliott picks out Alexis Mac Allister, who heads home delicately before the scramble gets the second.
Second half, Jose Sa makes some very strong saves. Liverpool players strike the ball with both effort and abandon, knowing nothing turns on this result and that Anfield would love to see them score. Sa, though, does not oblige and Liverpool yet again don’t kill a game.
That doesn’t matter, though. The game is theirs.
If there is a slight shakiness in the red ranks, it’s in the midfield. Waturo Endo loses out in physique terms to some of the Wolves players, who are physical in the centre and like tent poles at the back.
By the time injury time at the end of the match is called, nobody cares. We are singing Jürgen Klopp’s song and we know we are all done. Good done. Happy grief. Sweet sorrow.
A sign in the lower Kenny unveiled in the final minutes just said, ‘He said so.’
Yes. He said so. He did what he said. How rough is the world outside Anfield that we feel someone achieving what they said is remarkable, is wonderful.
Children in Merseyside tonight deserve some people to deliver what they said for them. There are a bloody lot of things that need to be done for people. But in our corner of L4 tonight, we applauded a man who delivered what he said and this is all why he sticks out like a sore thumb. Why he chimes in this era which lacks authenticity and decency and honesty.
He wanted to change things and he did. He wanted us to believe in him and we did. Tonight he told Anfield that he believes in us. If we want to achieve things in the future, we can never forget that lesson.
It’s hard to resist the bait and switch of “the big man is the best of us etc etc” and then have it be about Joel Matip, but we shall resist by virtue of saying that Joel Matip was indeed the best of us. He has been an integral part of a team which won everything and those integral qualities have been everywhere around the place given the way his teammates and manager speak about him.
It’s been a truly great Liverpool career and therefore a truly great career and whatever happens next he deserves the very, very best.
Thiago Alcantara has in so many ways been my favourite. I want him to be happy. He plays football like a man who has jokes. I want smiles and laughs.
The heart swells at the sight of so many of the coaching staff leaving to start anew. It’s sad obviously, but I hope they are excited. I hope they are emisseries too, chatting about the way they do it in Liverpool, the way they love it in Liverpool.
But it all means we get to start anew too. New journey, new memories, new miracles. We get to put a show on for a new crew, a crew who should be excited because they are about to get to do the best thing they will do in their whole lives. Imagine being them, seeing all this, this thing of ours and being about to take responsibility for it all.
Because it needs responsibility. It needed it throughout, needed the greatest care to have the greatest careless moments, needed responsibility to drive our hedonism, has needed them to need more than want and want for all time with their collective skills. They wanted to win the league more than me and that is why I got what I wanted more than anything – to win the league.
And now it changes. Now the guiding force and some of the supporting force has gone. But not really; we know that. We know how this works. Just because someone isn’t here, doesn’t mean they aren’t really here. Just because only 3,000 can be in an away end or 60,000 in Anfield doesn’t mean there aren’t millions of us amassed together in a grand spiritual space, yearning and loving and wanting our players and one another to be the best versions of ourselves. That’s how this works. How it has always worked. And how he has reminded us it has worked.
Just because he isn’t there, just there, opposite me at Anfield, doesn’t mean he isn’t here. Because the way this works is that he always will be. You are always here, too. We are always here together and that we now includes him – the greatest living Liverpudlian. All the best ones come from outside. Another part of the magic.
Go well, big man. Nobody could have asked for any more.
All my love.
Neil
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Here is an extract from Dan Morgan’s new book, Jürgen Said To Me (released May 13th), on the night that Liverpool won the Premier League…THE manager and team would have to wait until the evening of 22 June against Chelsea at Anfield – the penultimate match of the Premier League season – to get their hands on the elusive piece of silverware, the absence of which had haunted the club for three decades.
Klopp made the exception of talking about an achievement before a contest in his programme notes, reserving special praise for the Liverpool faithful: “Our supporters too, although absent since the season restarted, remain the wind in our sails,” he said in his ever-quotable style. “It has been their wait, their anguish, their dreams. I hope wherever in our city, region, the country, or the world they watch from, they realise it is they that make LFC the club with the biggest heart and the most joyful soul in world sport.”
Millions would again tune in from around the globe to witness a crowning moment, accompanied by a pulsating match in which Frank Lampard’s team refused to become part of the procession. The 5-3 scoreline had everything, including a riled-up Lampard accusing Liverpool’s bench of “giving it the fucking big ’un”, in a touchline squabble.
“I think the fact it was a night game, and a competitive, intense game as well really helped the occasion,” Neil Jones recalls. He was one of a limited number of matchday press present inside the stadium for what should have been Anfield’s most celebratory event in decades:
“It was possibly one of the best lockdown games I witnessed, played with quality and a pleasing amount of needle. I’m not sure you’d have gotten that with a 3pm Saturday against Burnley or Southampton.
“I was very aware of the fact that so many friends and family members were missing out on a moment I’m sure they would have dreamt of and imagined so many times. There was a degree of guilt in that respect, but also a desire and a determination to do as much as I could to bring the night to life for those who couldn’t be there.”
If the match delivered, Liverpool were determined their alternative celebration would too. An erected stage in the middle of the Kop was to be the scene for Henderson’s now infamous shuffle. It felt legendary in that sense, but also somewhat melancholic – a sentiment that Jones echoed:
“As a journalist, it was a somewhat surreal sight, the music blaring, fireworks and strobe lights and ticker tape, but all in front of an empty stadium. I thought Liverpool as a club did a good job in the circumstances, and the players all seemed to enjoy themselves, but you couldn’t avoid the feeling of ‘imagine what this should have been like’ as Jordan Henderson and the squad were on that stage in front of the Kop.”
For Jones, a Scouser who emanates from the Bootle area, this was what hit home most: “I remember leaving Anfield, probably just after midnight, and there wasn’t a soul about. The media entrance was part of the red zone, so was fenced off. I think that, possibly, was when the strangeness of it all hit me. I should have been fighting my way through the happiest, drunkest and most vibrant crowds I’d ever seen, and I wasn’t. I was walking to my car alone, a 30-year dream realised but an unavoidable feeling of ‘this isn’t how it was meant to be’. I picked a friend up on the way home. He’d been to the pub to watch the game. He’d had a drink and enjoyed himself. I hadn’t, and I didn’t. And I was one of the lucky ones.”
But, somehow, the dissonance of the situation didn’t detract from the unity of the fact. For the likes of Kavanagh, the biggest weight of all had been lifted and a manager some outside had written off as a cheerleader had delivered on his first press conference promise to win a title for the club. What’s more, he’d done so brandishing a smile and enjoying the journey with trademark vigour.
“It was so wonderful and as good as I’ve ever seen before. But it was the interviews he did that night and seeing him sob uncontrollably about what it meant. Rafa [Benítez] got Liverpool, but he’s not an extrovert. He made us incredibly hard to beat and hard-working. This manager leads in every way possible. He brings the crowd on to the pitch. The holy trinity of the manager, the team and the supporters in tandem can achieve wonders.”
Klopp had relished the journey and taken a city and supporter base with him. He delivered just as he said he would. Nobody could have envisaged just how it happened, but the curse had finally been lifted.
On 29 June 2020, a week after becoming champions and with Liverpool in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic, Klopp took it upon himself to write an open letter in the Liverpool Echo. In it he promised celebration, displayed gratitude and pleaded for patience among the people of Liverpool as the wait for a return to normality continued. He also curated a line that possibly best describes his own ethos and just why Liverpool were now champions of England, something so painfully yearned for:
“I already knew and liked the German word ‘solidarität’ before I came to Liverpool and now I have learned that the English word is solidarity, because I have heard it used by our supporters during the last few months. For me, it is the word more than any other that captures what Liverpool people are about.”
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Anfield was covered in glorious sunshine at the weekend as Liverpool got a dress rehearsal ahead of Jürgen Klopp’s swansong in a fortnight…ANFIELD in the sun.
You can’t beat Anfield in the sun. The chance to wear shorts, to drink outside in beer gardens, smiles all around. It puts the world in a better mood when the Anfield turf seems shinier.
And we did that on Sunday. After weeks of doubts, grimaces and pressure from within and outside, The Reds stop feeling sorry for themselves and got on with what we’re best at.
And Tottenham couldn’t live with it. If we’ve had a tough time of it of late then they too have been in the bunker. Still, at least they had that nice lap of honour with kids on the pitch and that last September when two wrongly given red cards, an own goal and a PGMOL debacle won them a game of football.
I know. I’ll get over it. I just wish Jürgen Klopp had done the fist pump thing at their end too. ‘Mate.’
In a strange way, that wasn’t my personal highlight of the day, nor was it my fortnightly surprise at just how the Sing Fong chippy opposite The Kop can work through a queue of customers. Have you seen that place? There can be a half-mile queue outside the shop on matchday and they can get through it in about three minutes. British Gas, take note.
No, it wasn’t the game or the hardest-working fast-food emporium in L4 that delighted me. It was the pub. The pub afterward.
‘Football without fans means nothing,’ said Jock Stein. Football without your mates is lesser still.
I love going to the match but not all of it, in fact, there have been times when hardly any of it is about the actual game. It’s the running into people inside or outside of the ground. Either stopping for a chat or a slap on the shoulder as you pass an acquaintance. Maybe a nod across the concourse.
These things are important. During the pandemic, the comedian Elis James wrote: ‘All I’m asking for is an away trip, cans on the train, a late winner (3-2, having been second best all afternoon), the players to punch the air in front of us at full time and for a man whose name I don’t know but have been on nodding terms with since 2001 to compliment my new coat.’
That’s just perfect.
Liverpool got over itself on Sunday. The past few weeks have been disappointing, but we’re alright. It was nice to watch a game which didn’t have too much riding on it. A standard 11 versus 11. A straight shootout. Then to see, mock, hug and enjoy your mates afterwards.
And it’s strange how we let this whole farrago get into our heads. How we let it shape us and inform our moods.
I spent Saturday on the Suffolk coast, intermittently going into a pub to watch Ipswich’s promotion. At the final whistle, my girlfriend pointed out a man who was stood alone, holding an empty glass diagonally across his chest. It had probably been there for a while, unnoticed. As he gazed at the pitch, a tear ran down his cheek.
He hadn’t seen his side in the topflight for over two decades and though I made sure I didn’t remind anyone which ground they were relegated on back then, I knew what he was going through well enough.
It’s why we do this. Moments like that. You think nothing good is ever going to happen to your side, you sit through seasons of dross and cling to every false dawn with no sight of reward. Then a perfect alchemy is created before your eyes. From Blackpool at home to Barcelona took nine years.
No one knows what happens next for Liverpool Football Club. Is the new man going to be Bob Paisley’s to Jürgen’s Bill Shankly or will it be Rafa Benitez to Roy Hodgson? Sure, the infrastructure is going to be in place, but new managers often like to tear down and begin anew. Suddenly, everything is less certain.
But none of that matters yet. It’s sunny out there. You can’t move for free Vitamin D. Shorts are on. Beer gardens are open. The parks are green. Liverpool exist and is about to have the biggest farewell party in its history. A happy farewell party because he’d hate to have us upset.
Be happy because it happened.
Karl
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 4 Tottenham Hotspur 2 in the 2023-2024 Premier League season…THERE is a golden rule of doing these which I only ever have crossed once and regretted – Aston Villa home 2015-16.
It is this…
Do nothing before kick off.
Today I was tempted. I didn’t, but I was tempted. Though I couldn’t stop thinking about the rare thing presented to us.
Today wasn’t a dead rubber – do we need to reflect on how much of our sporting language comes from bridge and horse racing? – but instead something different and rare regardless: a game at Anfield where the situation allows relaxation and without too much cant.
Add the sun. Add the bank holiday. The idea of a game of football which doesn’t feel like a matter of life and death, while not to be thrown away, is quite the treat. No one has anything to prove, not really. The treat is exactly that. The gift is that.
You’d prefer an alternative where it is about being top of the pops, but you also need to remember there is another alternative, scrabbling for fourth like our opponents or struggling to sixth like we can see just down the 62.
We get the sunshine and a sunshiney showing, we get to revel in the entertainment and get the entertainment to be a microcosm of it all.
I would have taken any four goals. Tap-ins from two metres away, goalkeeping errors, soft penalties, anything. Liverpool needed four goals and on a beautiful afternoon at Anfield, they scored four and let in two against Tottenham in a manner befitting the end of a momentous, turbulent, difficult, exciting and meaningful season.
When it went four I said: “There are two more goals in this.”
You can make the point at 4-0 up on 60 minutes, the game changes. The disorganisation after the subs is frustrating from the idea of the two more being red in hue. We go from playing with joy and abandon to looking like we have forgotten which foot to kick the ball with.
Richarlison – despite the soundness of his politics versus his contemporaries – is swerving all over the place, rules of the game be damned. Son is a great player. Released from the yoke of Harry Kane, he is troublesome to defend against in the final quarter of the match and suddenly Liverpool don’t look entirely in control of their own half.
That’s the less good bit, then. We let two in when it would have been more spectacular to take Tottenham to the absolute cleaners. This season has been complicated in precisely that sort of way.
However, this game is otherwise massive, massive fun. Mo Salah looks so much better for a few days off. He is charging round terrifying the Tottenham defenders. His pace and range is spectacular and he scores a sweet opener 16 minutes in from a beautiful cross and everyone’s shoulders drop.
Liverpool are all over Tottenham in the first half. There is a swagger. The manager backs Harvey Elliott because he loves him and Alexis Mac Allister looks firm (he loves him too). It’s so much better than the shaky midfield of the past few games. Confidence seems to flow where it has been stuck before.
Andy Robertson slots one in on 45 – the most perfect time to score in God’s universe – and Anfield applauds. Well done, everyone.
Robertson was an absolute delight. A whirling dervish, a source of constant invention and aggression. Every single foray forward looked likely to result in goalmouth action. Mac Allister tucks in, Robertson goes and Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo interchange and Tottenham have no idea who is where.
We come back out for the second half and goals seem nailed to the mast. Cody Gakpo, having been potent on the left and having set up Mo Salah’s goal, delightfully takes one for himself. Nine minutes later, Gakpo is as shocked as everyone by a Harvey Elliot wonder.
Struck beautifully in the Gerrard form from miles out, the ball paces way over the keeper only to curve and meet the underside of the crossbar as if the almighty determined it so. Marvellous to watch. All the better coming from Harvey Elliott given his effort and excellence in the rest of the game. It was a game of working, a game of class.
Both sides, actually. Because all of this precedes the shakeup when the subs come on, but all of this is not undermined by it. Yet Tottenham’s masses stayed till the end and there were two more goals in this; scored by Tottenham. It is an imperfect Liverpool performance, but it is masses and masses of fun for all that. A more deeply troubling Tottenham performance, but you see why they stayed – they never gave up.
It’s been emotional and knocked lumps out of us, this campaign, and today was taking off tight shoes, getting into a warm bath; it was Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works, not Windowlicker, and it has felt for a long time like our only speeds are 30mph or 100mph.
Today though, they play 70mph in the sunshine and Spurs can’t cope and I couldn’t have been happier. No need for the whip, no need for reminders. Liverpool hit the front four out and Spurs couldn’t make up the ground for all their best efforts.
In amongst all the emotion this season, in amongst everything. This fun is the best way to be. Working class joy at Anfield. Ours to enjoy.
And one more Anfield game to come in this now grand farewell and we got to practise that today, too.
God has given us these days of leisure. I’d have preferred less leisure today, but this is what we have been given and it is what we will take and revel in.
You take the hand dealt. You don’t miss a trick.
Neil
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After a fractious encounter with Jürgen Klopp last Saturday, is it right that so many Liverpool fans are writing off Mo Salah?THE numbers never lie with Mohamed Salah.
They never tell fibs, unlike the eyes. Sometimes the eyes lie. They pull with sadness and frustration.
The eyes tell you all is not right in the world of Liverpool’s number 11. West Ham was a misnomer of sorts.
That Salah was upset at not playing should be of surprise to nobody. That Jürgen Klopp would worry more if Salah wasn’t moody in this situation tells its own story.
But we’re attaching the endgame, again. Suddenly, what once could’ve been construed as passion and caring is manifested into infighting. Symptomatic of a wider lawlessness around discipline since the manager announced he was packing it in. And then, a jump to the inevitable clamour to get shot.
Bad egg, bad apple, choose your food source. It’s all bad, suddenly he’s all bad.
Salah isn’t scoring, what else is he doing? Bad.
The only solution is money, tons of it. Naive Saudi millions which we decide the amount of. That’s how it’s going to work.
What I love most about these Salah conversations is nobody seems to have any agreed, rational idea of what current transfer value is at any point.
Transfermarkt has him currently at €65m, for context. There was a time when he was simply priceless. When it wasn’t worth discussing numbers of currency because none of it was worth replacing him for.
Ask around now and people will bark ‘£150m’, ‘£70m’ like they’re at a Bargain Hunt auction.
Then there are those who ‘will happily drive him’ to the Middle East because all that matters to them is the last game. Hopefully they at least get him to weigh in on fuel.
We’ve seemingly decided we won’t miss him in some quarters. But then the numbers don’t lie.
And there isn’t a team on this planet who wouldn’t miss the numbers. Salah has 24 goals and 13 assists in 41 games this season.
This is one goal more and the same number of assists he posted in Liverpool’s title-winning 2019-20 season. The output remains phenomenal, as does the ability to constantly get on the pitch.
The hamstring issue obtained at AFCON earlier this year is the only injury absence of note next to his name since the 2018 Champions League final. His game has morphed, bent and broken into becoming able to find new ways of assisting goals this season.
He found Andy Robertson at Wolves with a slide-rule pass and repeated the trick on a couple of other occasions. A master who remains able to remaster his trade.
Whether you think he does enough in games or dislike his penalty technique. Or whether you think he was out of order in The London Stadium, you simply cannot argue with the numbers.
Klopp said today, in a press conference ablaze with his other musings, that he and Salah have too much respect for last week to be a problem.
What wasn’t said on account of him taking aim at TNT, FIFA and Simon Hooper was that Salah’s intentions are fundamentally good. That he still ultimately wants to fight the Liverpool fight and hates, hurts when the team underperforms.
That was the case when he put his head above the parapet when Liverpool failed to defend their title or qualify for the Champions League. Words are cheap, his are expensive on account he doesn’t say a lot of them.
When he does, it’s usually to call out when something hasn’t been good enough.
He is expensive.
Liverpool’s reported highest earner means the highest standards will be demanded. The rhetoric this week has been briefings of a new deal in the works.
There remains the question of a new manager, and another year on the clock of the once immortal Egyptian. Another year of Salah doesn’t guarantee anything for Arne Slot.
And yet seemingly it does.
The numbers don’t lie, friends. Mohamed Salah remains part of the solution, not the problem.
Dan
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Are the final weeks of Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool tenure a disaster that’s been coming, or are they a setback on a trajectory set for revival?WELL, this isn’t good.
The final days of Rome. Relationships in tatters, certainties atrophying toconcerns, the golden age a lifetime ago.
My thoughts come the final whistle flew to my favourite scene in The Godfather. The garden scenewhere the outgoing Don Corleone transfers power to his youngest son. He knows that what lies ahead might be turbulent so he passes over what knowledge he has. It’s a beautifully written scene.
“There wasn’t enough time, Michael. There wasn’t enough time.”
There was enough time for Klopp 2.0. We thought there might have been and in those days when it seemed possible, you live it like there’s no chance of failure. But it wasn’t to be. The legs grew tired, the miracles were fewer and we just didn’t have enough. Palace was frustrating, Goodison a horror-show and West Ham a mush of ‘alright at times’ and ‘FFS Liverpool’. Antony Taylor netted the equaliser with an assist from some pretty unbelievable incompetence.
Goodison hurt the most. That’s the one ground you show up at. If you have to outfight them, then be prepared for that. If you have to show patience when there are fires all over the pitch then bring the ball down and pass it. Liverpool had none of that. We were bereft of ideas, quality and tactical nous. On the touchline, the manager looked lost. No one needs to see that. That man deserves everything.
He’s since had more to deal with in the dugout. Come Saturday, the frustration spilled out when his record goalscorer had a go at him. The last thing we need.
“You have two people who are equally important to the football club,” said Stephen Warnock on the BBC.
Not even close, mate. Not even close. I don’t care how many goals he’s scored. You don’t do that.
And you certainly don’t carry it on afterwards.
It’s probably nothing – we all have disagreement with our bosses – but it wouldn’t have happened when Rome stood stronger.
My mate summed it up perfectly at the weekend. “This isn’t us.”
But it’s difficult to work out what ‘us’ is this season. A turbo charged new XI who could take on the world’s most expensive club, or one that’s been swinging wildly and just connecting at the right time.
Have we just gone above our level for so long that muddier form was inevitable? Is it just a bad month? Is a trophy and Top Four a great season and we should just get over ourselves just because we blew a gasket in the last few weeks? Isn’t it all of those things?
Let’s face it, that’s a decent campaign and if Slot mirrors it next season he’d have had a hell of a start. It’s just that this season made us dream and they’re the best kind of seasons. The one where you have to keep a clear head and remember how we’ve developed rather than looking askance at others, with the trophies we’ve craved.
A season of change which has delivered a trophy and the boardroom’s trophy of Champions League football revenue. It just doesn’t feel like enough when we’d had a decent glimpse at the title.
“There wasn’t enough time, Michael.”
But there’s always time. There’ll always be Liverpool. Jurgen’s notice period doesn’t end that. There’ll be more drama, glory and disappointment to come. It just won’t be the same without him.
This isn’t good, but it’s hardly disastrous. Time always gives perspective. On Wednesday night I was calling them everything under the sun. I’d never go for the manager but that Gomez/Tsimikas substitution had me frowning for a long time and the idea of Jurgen getting it wrong is always an uncomfortable opinion.
Now, with Top Four confirmed and the other fixtures less interesting, it seems fair to look at what he’s done this term. A new midfield, the kids winning at Wembley against a side that brought on an £80m player to take a penalty and the months where transition looked like fast-tracking.
Alisson, Trent, Matip, Virgil, Robbo, Hendo, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Mane, Firmino, Salah. Those were the days, but they couldn’t last forever. How do you out-buy age and form? Well, you need time and a cruise liner worth of perspective. That’s never easy and it’s harder to assess that when they’re walking around lost in Goodison, or stymied at the London Stadium.
The last few weeks haven’t felt like fun and I hated the feeling of dislike I had for so many players last Wednesday night. There was a time when I had a pretty low opinion on most of them, as they were talking a big game while delivering little. The 1990s, in fact. It was with a sense of nostalgia that I was able to tell myself that we’d gone a bit shit again.
But this is progress. This is definitely progress. The good signs are there and if the new lad can harness the development of Conor, Bobby, Jayden, Jarell, Lewis and James then we’re onto something.
I just wish this had ended better for Jurgen. That’s the biggest regret.
Incidentally, my favourite scene in my favourite season, ends with the young Michael patting the old man on the shoulder and saying, ‘We’ll get there, Pop. We’ll get there.’
We’ll always get there.
Karl
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after West Ham United 2 Liverpool 2 in the 2023-2024 Premier League season…THEY play well.
It is the infuriating factor. They never ever play brilliantly, but brilliantly can’t be the bar. If a 90-minute game has 18 five-minute periods, Liverpool are the better side by some distance for any given 12 of them. Four are shared and two are lost.
The lost two result in West Ham United goals and, more than anything, it is this which needs to be addressed. It’s OK for Liverpool to be second best for a bit, but it isn’t alright for that period to be an amateurish mess.
It is this which marks both these periods out which do us in. Had Liverpool got to half time 0-0, had the same half time, then they find themselves 0-2 and West Ham have packed in.
Had Liverpool just dealt with basic situations, up to and including just giving a free kick away, at 1-2 then they see it out.
Instead, we end up chasing one more game after conceding first. We end up needing a goal with 10 to go yet again and playing well chasing it, but time ticking down. We end up with images of Klopp having murder with Salah. We end up with what could have been.
The key point is this – you just can’t keep conceding first. You just can’t. Today is sort of justifiable precisely because they play well, because it at least isn’t the first 30, but it adds to the general sense of insecurity.
Two things are true from this campaign – what has been achieved with this level of injury is exceptional. What has been achieved while conceding first so often is exceptional.
I am sympathetic (but not that sympathetic) about the former, but I am very short of sympathy around the latter.
And today is that day which tells precisely that story. West Ham are worthy of credit. They hang in and defend for their lives. Kurt Zouma is really good, as is Emerson. I like them an awful lot for a side of their level.
Liverpool are better. Cody Gakpo is really good, sharp and bright and just don’t fucking argue with me, you bore. Luis Diaz carries a constant threat, but should stay onside for the moment of a million penalties. I like Harvey Elliott an awful lot and Wataru Endo helps pen them in. Ryan Gravenberch shows a way home, while Andy Robertson loves Liverpool more than me – which takes some doing – but he has well and truly done it. He is the best of us, my favourite now, my warrior of choice.
Still, the key point for any Liverpool side is not just possible but likely: break 80 points. A memo to Arne Slot – break 80 for five consecutive seasons and you will win at least one title and likely two.
This season hurts because they had picked their moment and timed their run and then nothing. Or not nothing, but not enough.
We’ve asked the world of The Manager. Knocking around ours, I refer to him from time to time as The Manager. I think The Manager will want to do an early pre-season. I think The Manager will want to take them away late January.
Sam Brocklehurst, my partner, says, when I talk about him and his plans and his ideas “he’s not your manager”. But he is. He is and you know what? He always will be. I think what comes next can win more often, win more trophies, I genuinely think that. But there is only one Manager. Only one.
They play well. But they will only win one trophy and, all in, they should maybe only win one trophy. It could perhaps have another one, but we deal with where we are.
Three to go and two are homes. Listen – they should win today and they should be well better at Goodison. But the thing is this – the greatest ever Liverpudlian has to get off in three weeks; the thing about Liverpudlians is all the best ones come from outside.
Three to go and two are homes. We get to be the best version of ourselves. To be clear – I was livid Wednesday and am livid now, but my anger is empty, performative, useless. Like yours.
My jokes and my love is all about being open, welcoming, generous. So let’s emphasise the latter. Let’s emphasise the gift we have been given from here.
Liverpool should have beaten Crystal Palace. Should have beaten Everton. Should have beaten West Ham. They haven’t. What’s our next move?
We’ve three more to celebrate the best thing that ever happened to us. Not least because we got to fall in love. Imagine that. Jaded and exhausted and then suddenly in love. Still often exhausted, but invigorated because of love.
Basically this – we can go dancing three more times. Basically this – he is The Manager and we had him together. Basically this – they play well. But it isn’t now what it was then.
They play well and so do you and, frankly, I love you. Three to go. Come find me. I am not hard to find.
They play well.
Neil
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After the news that Liverpool are reportedly after Arne Slot, can a moneyball manager be a successful successor to Jurgen Klopp?ARNE Slot hasn’t exactly been unclear about his intentions.
There are many of us who will adopt the position of Feyenoord supporters and wince at his brashness about wanting to become Liverpool manager.
The counter argument is that in a world where replacing Jurgen Klopp is one of the hardest tasks in football, Slot’s certainty and conviction is a welcome relief from the seemingly conservative decision from Xabi Alonso to stay put.
It’s hard to argue the job of replacing Klopp hasn’t been made ever-so-slightly easier by Liverpool’s relinquishment of further trophies this season.
We will adopt recency bias, to this extent, however it won’t extend when reflecting on Klopp’s tenure when the time eventually comes.
The reactions remain strong to Liverpool’s current unravelling. In some quarters they are completely unhinged.
Nobody will remember how this season eventually finished when reflecting on Klopp’s time. If you feel differently, remind me who knocked Manchester United out of the Champions League in 2012/13, again?
That said, the derby was unacceptable. It was up there with the worst performances under the German. Under no circumstances do you walk into Everton away in first gear.
These players have, in my opinion, built up enough credit this season. They’ve shown themselves to be capable in the face of many challenges.
They might be enduring the worst hangover you’ve ever felt – come downs aplenty – but there should be lots to build on with this squad.
A lot of the hypothesis around choosing Slot seems to stem from matching playing styles. Advancing full-backs, high-intensity and a three-forward approach suggests the club are not looking to move far away from current strategy.
The biggest difference will of course be the personality of manager. It will require the most amount of retraining and patience.
In every sense, Slot will not be Klopp. He won’t offer you life guidance along with managing your football team. He won’t speak on social and cultural matters. He won’t turn around and bollock the Main Stand if he feels they’re being entitled.
We can’t expect him to. Yet the pin of expectancy will be placed in different places depending on who you are. At the very least, we can expect a team with a third-place finish and a domestic cup to aim for around the same again next season. Or perhaps that’s unfair?
The key will be that we believe in him and them. We’re all now left wondering whether this entire thing is made up by unique, generational figures as efficacious as Klopp.
To that end, you wonder how much you can ever Moneyball a manager or head coach.
Brendan Rodgers had all the hallmarks of a young, talented coach with an attractive philosophy. Yet he was incredibly aloof from a lot of the emotional connection supporters sought.
Rodgers could protrude an image of the How to Win Friends and Influence People manager to an external eye. He was also more divisive internally than many had perhaps expected.
There was always a longing for Shanklyism in a modern form, and Klopp gave us that in spade loads. We could believe in him because he was, and still is, the perfect embodiment of Liverpool FC.
The first task for Slot, or whoever it is, will be to convince through results. The second will be to impose themselves in their own way on this place and its people.
It seems like Liverpool have made their choice. It was always going to bold. It was always going to be led by data.
The biggest shoes to fill, but Arne Slot seemingly isn’t shy about stating his intentions.
Dan
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How Anfield has changed and evolved down the years and how the customs of Liverpool supporters have also shifted…I’VE changed seats this season.
Previous campaigns have found me at the Lower Annie/Main Stand corner flag where, it is safe to say, the atmosphere seldom interrupts the game.
Of course, any seasoned match-goer will tell you that “in’s in” and you never complain about where you are as long as you’re in the ground, but when the chance came to move on, I took it with both hands and a click of a mouse.
I watched the Aston Villa game in the Lower Kemlyn and it IS the Lower Kemlyn. I know, yeah. Still clinging to that term despite it being the Kenny or whatever. That’s the gift of age. I hope we do well against Leicester Fosse in the Milk Cup.
The view was beautiful. Anfield is beautiful and the weather helped. The turf looks gorgeous, the Main Stand enormous and the away fans (no I won’t ‘sit down/shut up’) a mile away. Anfield feels like home.
I made my own Anfield debut 42 years ago and that too was in the Kemlyn. A little higher up and closer to the Annie Road but also, in a much different ground. The slate grey seats are long gone and the grass has less sand on it nowadays.
It was November 1981 when I first walked to my seat without looking at the pitch (Superstition No. 1) and refused to sing the first verse of YNWA (Superstition No. 2). It was to be another decade before I sat there again. I wasn’t meant for the seats. I always wanted to be elsewhere.
In another coincidence, it was Villa again which marked another debut, this time on the Kop. I was rather late to this in 1985 due to a number of factors including the lack of a Red Dad (oh, he was fine for trips to Goodison but saw that my heart wasn’t in it), money and albums.
I couldn’t afford both. It was the match or music and music won. If push came to shove I’d probably do the same today. Music hardly ever lets you down, apart, of course, from Be Here Now.
Obviously, going on The Kop was much different back then. Firstly, you could just show up. None of this credit and passes on your phone business back then. As long as you had cash (I think it was around £2.50 in 1985-6), got there early and were prepared to queue, you were in.
Secondly, it was rarely comfortable. You never ended up in the same place even if you had your own ‘spec.’ You’d be pushed down the steps, pulled back up and get and then shoved along.
My mate Fiona and I preferred the crash barrier half way up to the left of the penalty area and would, madly, arrange to meet there despite 10s of thousands of people getting in the way. It worked, though we’d usually agree to meet outside rather than at the final whistle as God only knew where you’d end up.
That’s all gone now, of course, and though it sounds more like warfare than a spectator sport, I miss it and the customs that went with it.
Singing the players’ names while they warmed up. We always began with Molby that season — repeating the word ‘Rambo’ to the Seven Dwarves song — before going round in order.
Then there’s applauding the opposition goalie when he ran to our end. Paul Cooper of Ipswich always got a special reception. We liked him. Peter Shilton’s was equally vocal, though less supportive and always with one word. A name. If you know it, he blocked me on Twitter for mentioning that name. Sod him.
I think that keeper thing still goes on, but it’s much more muted. I like it, not because it makes us like the thoroughly great lads we are, but because it must confuse the hell out of them from time to time. To be welcomed? By them? Why?
But this is a different age and customs must change. I thought that as I looked around the ground last Sunday. It’s changed so much. Everything so new.
I hope we keep being different too. I hated sitting near that away end, listening to the same songs in different accents. I like that we’re us.
I hope my seat in the Annie is OK for West Ham too. That too must change.
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The discourse around football has become a distraction from the on-pitch action and created drama off it, so where do we go from here?THERE’S an afterglow to the Emirates Stadium on what has been a sun-kissed September afternoon.
Micah Richards is pitchside and asks – inquisitively though no less playing the role of a fisherman teasing his bait into a lake – what the issue is with a Manchester United side that have just lost 3-1 to Arsenal late on.
Gary Neville is stood, microphone raised to his right. He is so eager to get in that he starts to make sounds usually preserved for regurgitation, such is his desire to enlighten us with his insight.
“It will always seem I’ll mention the owners, I will”, Neville spouts. “Because they’re still messing around with this football club.”
There’s a nationwide sense of mockery and eye-rolling apathy which is only excused in certain points of Moss Side and Salford.
Other retired professionals weigh in. Roy Keane polishes his high pitched “this is Man United” template for the gazillionth time. Richards is somewhat reserved from his usual jovial, often hysterical self.
Theo Walcott cuts the look of a person who’s ended up in the middle of an argument between two individuals in front and behind him in a supermarket checkout over trolley etiquette.
David Jones hasn’t quite mastered the summer casual suit vibe and is shifting uncomfortably in a Zara slash Autograph boss-of-a-considerably-younger-workforce two piece.
Somewhere, Mike Dean is milling about, probably enjoying the hospitality stood on a table belting out “My Way” in one of the lounges. He’s backed the referee on one call today. You’ve earned it, son.
All told, it’s a smorgasbord of cliché, criticism and an overall sense that this whole endeavour is tired.
Over on Premier League productions, there is a review of the game presented by Ian Wright and Kelly Cates.
They show the in-game clips of Wright, Peter Schmeichel and Michael Owen watching each action-packed incident and Wright meets it with a wry grin as the camera pans back to him.
His reactions weren’t performative. They were somewhat muted given the euphoria you would feel as a Gunner. Still, he looks slightly sheepish at seeing them.
Wright talks about what played out: “I thought Arsenal first half had a lot of good possession of the ball”, he notes.
“If that was United’s plan (counter-attacking football), then [I thought] we can deal with that.”
He goes on to make other salient points which offer evidence of a pundit who has dedicated time and effort to the subject matter.
A small ask. A reasonable expectancy, but one you nevertheless feel is absent from some who rock up on what feels a bit of a jolly.
Neil and I went to the Podcast Awards in November and Wright was named pundit of the year. His message on stage was simple: “Do your research.”
These are two examples of two very different settings. There should be mitigation for managers, players and, to a degree, pundits who are thrust in the aftermath of a result into a postmortem of why, what and who.
Neville is a perfect example of someone who sounds much more considered and informed on Monday Night Football than Super Sunday, especially when he’s been commentating.
He believes Declan Rice can win Arsenal the league. He believes Trent Alexander-Arnold can’t defend. He’s entitled to those opinions and others, but they seep through in his commentary and have done for some time.
Jamie Carragher isn’t exempt. This isn’t a Manchester United versus Liverpool thing. It’s a state of play conversation about how we analyse football in 2023.
If your team appears on the TV schedule for Sky at 4:30pm on a Sunday and you’re not going to a game, there’s a myriad of considerations before you get to your own game hypothesis.
Who is the referee? Who is commentating? Who’s in the studio? These are all factored in before you’ve looked at the opposition or how your own team might line up.
Most pundits are passionate about their opinions and biases and we should embrace that. But there’s an increasing feeling that production around football is becoming centred around creating drama away from the pitch.
This got out of hand with Carragher in the past. It did so again on Sunday after an alleged altercation between Keane and an Arsenal supporter. Something extremely ugly and a thing everyone should be seeking to avoid.
We know that any live game will have Neville making noises at mostly innocuous challenges, Keane frowning, and now Dean agreeing with whatever decision VAR has taken.
VAR was meant to eradicate a lot of the subjective debate we have around football. Instead, it has intensified it.
Eric Ten Hag astoundingly questioned the credibility of straight lines on Sunday in a manner which was more MAGA than Manchester United.
But VAR has increased conspiracy and suspicion. We’re no longer dealing with human error, but a society of secret handshakes and omertà at Stockley Park.
It has gone from one person’s decision to a perceived establishment sabotage of our clubs in the eyes of some.
The theories and distrust widens and the arguments become more entrenched. Yet this only means that you have more clippable content.
More penchant for on-screen heated debate and more reenactments of middle-aged men in a pub desperate to be heard.
Other networks, such as TNT and Amazon Prime, have their own copycat methods. It’s a plug-in-and-play textbook of ex-pros, irritating hosts and strung-out commentary with the exception of people like Laura Woods, Clive Tyldesley and Ally McCoist.
Amazon did try to shake things up early on with a no-thrills approach to build up and making some games commentaryless – a feature designed to make you feel more in-sync with those in stadiums.
There is, therefore, a question of what people want from these platforms. For every Rory Smith there will forever be a Chris Sutton. The ying to our collective yang.
There’s also the popularity of fan watch-along channels on YouTube.
These pages are a content goldmine because they’re so extreme in reaction. Supporters can custard pie figures like Mark Goldbridge when United concede a late goal or giggle, even relate when there’s some performative tangent about a pet-hate player who has given it away on the halfway line.
It clearly has like, comment and subscription value.
Maybe it isn’t too long before Sky or another platform experiment with handing over the keys to the asylum and let the YouTube contingent run riot over a studio.
There are, as we know, some incredibly knowledgeable and informed voices within fan media, so this idea isn’t an entirely disastrous one. Far from it. I’d listen to most people on The Friday Show over the majority of those I grew up watching.
There is another future possibility, which was mooted in the Super League proposals and also comes up in conversation around abolishing the 3pm blackout, being that club TV channels may get to host a small portion of live games on their own networks.
This would work in theory, because it takes away a lot of the bile that comes with tribalism. You can dislike Gary Gillespie or Phil Thompson on LFCTV, but you are in alignment with their obvious bias. They have no need to try and seem impartial, either.
One can only imagine a world where Liverpool’s punditry team for a game consists of Gibbo, Daniel Sturridge and Cates. Honestly, I would pay the fees.
Instead, we have to settle for pundits who’ve gone a little bit off and continue to play the role of a cantankerous Irishman who looks at the floor when someone wonderfully nonchalantly yet engrossingly insightful belts out a bit of Usher at Stamford Bridge.
I’m sick to death of hearing about the Glazers on a Sunday afternoon. Alas, he will, by his own admission, not stop talking about it.
Someone tell Mike it’s time to leave.
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Looking at the Academy youngsters who featured for Jürgen Klopp’s side in pre-season, including Jarell Quansah, Ben Doak and more. Josh Sexton hosts the Liverpool Echo’s Paul Gorst and Liverpool.com’s Matt Addison… Below is a clip from the podcast – subscribe for more on Jarell Quansah, Ben Doak and Liverpool’s Academy… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s reaction to Jordan Henderson’s interview with The Athletic about the reasons behind his move to Al-Ettifaq in Saudi Arabia.John Gibbons hosts Fuad Hasan and Josh Sexton…
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Karl Coppack’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 3 Aston Villa 0 in the 2023-2024 Premier League season…WELL, that was just lovely.
Anfield on a sunny day is unrivalled. Anfield with an early two-goal lead and the constant booing of a former Evertonian, even more so. It’s the simple pleasures.
Were Aston Villa time-wasting at 2-0? Did I dream that? What was the plan there? Some sort of reverse psychology? I like a bit of jazz hands mind games from time to time, but that threw me completely.
Anyway, yesterday was all about The Reds. The Reds with a new midfield and an old/new defence. Oh, and a hell of a forward line.
The middle three, though. I’m always a bit worried about seeing new players for the first time. What if I spot something that sticks in my head and colours their future in a negative light?
I was at Vegard Heggem’s home debut in 1998. The Norwegian right back warmed up with some lovely keepy-ups and first touches, but then started rubbing his hamstring. I always think of that when his name comes up.
None of that yesterday, though. Big Dom Szoboszlai running the show and Alexis Mac Allister having that wonderful ability to have three white shirts around him, but still seemingly have half an hour on the ball.
Align that to Curtis Jones’ energy and we had a midfield alchemy which gripped the game and wouldn’t let go. Previous incarnations have been criticised for being too slow, too old or too injured, so it was nice to see us so strong there.
There was a time when the midfield was the be-all and end-all of the English game. Your central quartet (I’m going back a bit) had to be strong and creative to help out your big man and little man upfront.
That was the classic shape, but that was abandoned in favour of just being good at either end. Arsenal and Manchester United would win an armful of trophies playing like that. Yeah, Keane and Vieira, but they could carry some deadwood with them.
Of course, Jürgen Klopp realised that it was the full backs who provided the creativity so more or less left his midfield to fight and provide rather than dazzle and inspire.
Szoboszlai and Mac Allister in particular look more like piano players than removal men, so this really is a ‘new Liverpool.’ This is the midfield so many of us wanted, though that’s not to criticise the previous incumbents. They won everything, after all.
Of course, all eyes were on Mo Salah. On the drive home last night, the radio news reports talked more about the Saudi bid more than his goal. I’m not sure how much juice there is in ‘man stays at football club’, but they had a go all the same. He said he’s staying, so did his manager and so did Big Dom and I trust him implicitly.
That didn’t stop me worrying about him going to The Kop at the end of the match with tears in his eyes. I watched his every movement. It’s a strange set of circumstances when you’re hissing ‘Just applaud us and get off the f___ pitch’, to your beloved genius goalscorer.
That’s exactly what he did and he went down the tunnel with an air of ‘I’ll see you all in a few weeks,’ rather than ‘Well, that was nice, but’… Sorry media outlets.
A new Liverpool? You can’t expect everything to be smooth immediately, but 10 points from 12 with two tricky aways done feels good. It’s certainly better than spending truckloads and being somewhere between, say, 11-14th places in the league. Don’t get me wrong here. I reckon Fulham will be okay.
Anfield in the sun. Nobody does it better.
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While Liverpool’s transfer window remain in flux, it’s hard to have any final thoughts about exactly where it leaves feelings about the squad…WELCOME to an email in flux.
Writing for The Anfield Wrap on a Friday has loads of perks. You can go for the pre-match anticipation angle or Saturday morning coffee table approach.
You try to capture a mood based on what’s happening. In the spirit of the 2023 summer transfer window, I’ve been left picking up the pieces by an ever-moveable beast.
At the time of writing, people are wondering why a people carrier they suspect to be carrying Liverpool’s latest signing has stopped near the Shell garage on Queens Drive.
Ryan Gravenberch is due to become the fourth midfield addition of this summer. I hope they find it in them to do something at centre-back, or right sided centre-back, or right-back.
This has been one of the oddest windows in recent history. The emergence of the Saudi Pro League’s interference into the dealings of Premier League clubs has left many shaking fists at clouds.
It’s a situation which has connotations for all clubs. It has increased Chelsea’s penchant for silliness. Has led Liverpool to a more dramatic midfield overhaul than many expected and has finally rid us, once and for all, of N’Golo Kante turning up twice a season to throw in a man of the match performance against us.
Yet it hasn’t lit a blue touch paper in the same way Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain did in the summer of 2017 – a transfer which set in motion Liverpool’s ability to later sign both Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker.
Perhaps that will come with time. But, at present, it feels telling that when you look around the league you see a shortage of options now combined with a shortage of time.
Manchester United look horrible at full-back and six positions. Arsenal need a striker and a centre-half. Newcastle still feels all a bit underwhelming. Everton need, well, everything.
Liverpool may have arguably pulled off the biggest coup in Dominik Szoboszlai. He looks the gear in every sense.
Alexis Mac Allister will grow into the role with aplomb. Wataru Endo is a project. Gravenberch is currently untested. Alongside them is a rich blend of youth and experience. In front of them is box office entertainment.
Behind them, I remain underwhelmed. Jürgen Klopp is displaying cryptic moodiness around Ibrahima Konate’s latest injury. The referees association have decided to adopt a more schoolteacher and police officer persona, and will throw the book of contradictions and hypocrisy at Van Dijk following his sending off at St. James’ Park.
I’m not delighted that it will be Joe Gomez and Joel Matip for any run of games – not least because of their ability to break down.
There is still time to do something. Liverpool’s third or fourth choice centre-back is also their backup right-back. The fifth choice is completely unproven, despite being promising.
Whatever happens, it won’t be perfect, but imperfection is across the board, and will make for a season of jeopardy.
Manchester City remain the obvious outliers, but the reality is they will until Pep Guardiola decides he’d rather study the New York ballet scene’s resemblance to team shape and structure for a bit than monotonously consume English football titles.
For now, that’s Arsenal’s worry. They are already showing symptoms of ‘City-itis’ with their baggy-eyed approach to points.
They’re living in a world where two points dropped before the August bank-holiday leaves you resembling a dramatic close-up of Cillian Murphy incongruously fighting with his conscience.
Liverpool look young and look like they’re having some fun. There is definitely more spring in their step.
They are unpredictable but steeped in quality. They might go on to improve incrementally, while also leaving you muttering the phrase “you never know, you know”.
One more through the door today, maybe two. An email in flux with everything still a possibility.
The certainty is a mammoth task on Sunday and the need to bring ourselves in full voice and angry protest.
These have our points. We’re about to go on a journey with this new thing.
It needs to be all of us, together.
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“In the first training camps, he did very well, everybody praised him in high tones but still he wasn’t really playing in the end.”
“He never really got a chance by Nagelsmann to really show his strengths
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Despite the lack of calm heads off the field, it was faith and calm heads that prevailed on the pitch for Liverpool against Newcastle…LET’S talk about faith. George Michael was keen on it.
Football support is a largely masochistic endeavour. In terms of silverware, hardly anyone wins anything even once in a lifetime. The majority – the overwhelming majority – fail.
Seasons are seldom successful. You are not ‘by far the greatest team the world has ever seen’, despite your weekly claims. But you turn up and do it anyway.
Games are slightly different, though it’s a fool that is completely sold on a huge victory before kick off.
The comedian Jasper Carrott once suggested that the Golden Goal ticket should (an antiquated scratch card game which gave you a minute and second of the game – say, 44 minutes 26 seconds – on which the first goal was scored), in Birmingham City’s case, read ‘October.’ He also observed ‘you lose some, you draw some’. We’ve all been there.
But there’s always a chance in a one-off game. An ill-deserved three points, a draw stolen from a hated rival, celebrating because a player who once wore your shirt scored against someone you don’t like. The Pyrrhic victory.
Faith, then.
A goal down, the silliest booking I’ve ever seen and a red card which was dubious at best. What’s more, The Reds have lost their heads and can’t get past the Newcastle press.
You need your captain there, but he was busy kicking tables over and punching walls somewhere else. You need your vice captain then but he was in a running battle of headspace with another player and losing. So what do you do?
You take time out. You calm down. You remember what you’re about.
Not easy when they’re lashing tackles about with impunity and the ref’s urging you to just frown at him, but you play with a straight bat.
That’s the team, though. What about us? They’ve got skills for this. What have we got?
We have faith.
No game has ever ended on 28 minutes. No club has bought two centre halves at half time. No game has ever been won by shouting about investment on the internet. All you can do is dig in and shout.
I saw this game in a pub in a remote part of South Wales. That’s three games in three different countries so far this season. I’m like Bill Bryson in Adidas. The pub was loud in its criticism for the majority of the game and then raucous in its joy. Faith was never lost.
Darwin Nunez had faith, too. Think about it. He can’t speak the language other than four words, he’s seen the system change, others come in and take his place and seemed set to play 10 minutes a fortnight. But he knows what he’s good at and knows it will be needed.
I suppose that’s because he knows there are still flaws in the side. There’ll still be rejigs and trials as Jürgen Klopp chops and changes so the door is never closed. Just take your chances.
This was a game won on patience and faith.
Liverpool aren’t great yet. They’ve just done great things. Two red cards, two hard aways and behind in two games. Seven points. That’s been achieved by working things out when things go wrong. You need faith to do that.
Here come Villa. Dig in again.
You gotta have faith.
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“He’s got a lot of potential and could be this proper all-rounder, complete, Jack of all trades, Klopp kind of midfielder. ”
“He was in ‘Golden Boy’ talk a couple years back. If you can get anywhere near his ceiling… you’ve got a proper player there.”
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The Weekend looks back on the latest round of Premier League fixtures, including Liverpool’s comeback against Newcastle, West Ham’s victory over Brighton and Spurs performance on the road at Bournemouth. John Gibbons hosts Neil Atkinson and Phil Blundell… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the Premier League weekend… […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s review podcast after Newcastle United 1 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League at St. James’ Park, looking at the stats and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Newcastle 1 Liverpool 2… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after Newcastle United 1 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League at St. James’ Park. Neil Atkinson hosts John Milburn and Paul Johnson… Recent Posts:
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Newcastle United 1 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League at St. James’ Park… YOU’D have taken a point. The smart money is to take a point before a ball is kicked. The super smart money is to take a point at 1-1 when down to […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Newcastle United 1 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League at St. James’ Park. John Gibbons hosts Kev Walsh, James Sutton and Andy Bell… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Newcastle 1 Liverpool 2 reaction… Recent Posts:
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Sunday Best looks across the Premier League weekend in the context of The Reds, ahead of Newcastle United v Liverpool at St. James’ Park. Neil Atkinson hosts Mike Kearney, Jackie Willcox and Mike Bankole… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more of the best from Newcastle v Liverpool… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, as Bayern Munich potentially hold the keys to both Ryan Gravenberch and Mo Salah’s futures. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson and Ian Ryan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Bayern Munich, Ryan Gravenberch and Mo Salah… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s Press Conference Extra looks at the wider context around Jürgen Klopp’s media briefing, ahead of Newcastle United v Liverpool. Andy Heaton host Neil Atkinson and Neil Jones… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the Newcastle v Liverpool press conference… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Friday night, for a 2023 preview of Newcastle United v Liverpool in partnership with Erdinger. Neil Atkinson hosts Kev Walsh, Ian Salmon and Stu Wright… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s news bulletin special on Friday August 25, as Jürgen Klopp suggests that Ibrahima Konate is a doubt for Newcastle. Neil Atkinson hosts… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Ibrahima Konate being a doubt for Newcastle… Recent Posts:
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Reaction to the Jürgen Klopp press conference ahead of Newcastle United v Liverpool in the 2023-2024 Premier League season at St. James’ Park. Josh Sexton is joined by Phil Blundell and Shaun O’Donnell… 19mins Recent Posts:
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Christian Falk from Bild talks to The Anfield Wrap about Ryan Gravenberch, Mo Salah and more on Liverpool-related transfer news. John Gibbons hosts… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Ryan Gravenberch, Mo Salah and other Liverpool transfer news… Recent Posts:
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As the links to Saudi Arabia refuse to go away, is Mo Salah really prepared to ditch his quest for further records to break with Liverpool? THE concept of legacy isn’t as immovable as we think. Defining legacy can be completely based on individual, sometimes skewed opinion. If this rather queer summer of football […]
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Fan previews ahead of the Premier League weekend, including big games already for Everton, Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest. Neil Atkinson hosts Mo Stewart, Ian Ryan, Everton fan Luke Davies from The Tenth Pint Podcast, Crystal Palace fan Robbie Scotcher and Nottingham Forest fan Rich Ferraro from The 1865 Podcast… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s pre-match warmup ahead of Newcastle United v Liverpool in the Premier League at St. James’ Park, plus the opposition view. Ian Ryan hosts John Gibbons, Damian Kavanagh and James Sutton, plus Newcastle United fan Charlotte Robson from True Faith… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more pre-match build […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s Wildcards panel discuss Dominik Szoboszlai, the best signing by a rival this summer, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and more. Emilia Bona hosts Adam Smith, Neil Docking, Mike Kearney and Josh Sexton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Dominik Szoboszlai and Liverpool fans… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s news bulletin special on Thursday August 24, as Dejan Lovren shuts down the rumours that Mo Salah wants to move to Saudi Arabia. Neil Atkinson hosts… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Dejan Lovren, Mo Salah and Saudi Arabia… Recent Posts:
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The latest video on Liverpool transfers with Saudi Arabia still sniffing around Mo Salah to be their next high-profile recruit. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Phil Blundell and Ian Salmon… 29mins Recent Posts:
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Neil Atkinson gives his thoughts on the latest around Liverpool transfers, the Anfield Road Stand updates and the upcoming Newcastle game… AFTERNOON all. Hope you are all enjoying the new shows. This is one of those emails which is more of a bitty, this is more “where we are” than a “big premise” email. […]
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers with Saudi Arabia still sniffing around Mo Salah to be their next high-profile recruit. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Phil Blundell and Ian Salmon… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Saudi Arabia and their pursuit of Mo Salah… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s Neil Atkinson is joined by a special guest to discuss a big football talking point, including Manchester City’s in-game dominance. Neil Atkinson is joined by Ken Early… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Manchester City’s dominance… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s news bulletin special on Wednesday August 23, as the Alexis Mac Allister red card versus Bournemouth gets overturned. Neil Atkinson hosts… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on … Recent Posts:
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A look at Liverpool FC’s 2023-2024 squad, assessing The Reds’ options in defence and midfield as we approach transfer deadline day. John Gibbons hosts Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s review podcast after Manchester City 1 Newcastle United 0 in the Premier League at the Etihad, looking at the stats and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Manchester City 1 Newcastle United 0… Recent […]
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Anfield is now not just a football stadium but a destination in its own right. Join Neil Atkinson as he shows you some of his favourite things to do in L4, including bakeries, pubs, murals and of course the famous Anfield Tour. For more visit liverpoolfc.com/tours… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s news bulletin special on Tuesday August 22, as Bayern Munich stand firm on not selling Ryan Gravenberch (for now). John Gibbons hosts… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Ryan Gravenberch’s Bayern future… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, with links to Bayern Munich’s Ryan Gravenberch and Crystal Palace’s Cheick Doucoure refusing to go away. Rob Gutmann hosts Craig Hannan and Josh Williams… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Ryan Gravenberch and Cheick Doucoure to Liverpool links… Recent Posts:
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Rattling through 10 topics in 10 minutes handpicked by you, including Jürgen Klopp’s reaction to his song being sung at Anfield on Saturday. Harriet Prior is joined by Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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The latest on Liverpool’s transfer rumours, discussing the links to Kalvin Phillips and whether the Manchester City midfielder is a realistic option. John Gibbons hosts Paul Gorst from The Liverpool Echo… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Kalvin Phillips… Recent Posts:
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Fan reaction to the weekend’s Premier League games, as Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Aston Villa emerge as the latest big winners. Harriet Prior hosts Tottenham Hotspur fan Flav Bateman from The Fighting Cock, West Ham United fan Andy Middleton and Aston Villa fan Tom Fahy… Below is a clip from the show – […]
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The Weekend looks back on the latest round of Premier League fixtures, including which teams sit either side of the vibes divide. John Gibbons hosts Rob Gutmann and Fuad Hasan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Premier League vibes… Recent Posts:
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Liverpool are still walking a tightrope between being a scary proposition for the opposition and a scary proposition for their own fans… “I’VE seen things you people wouldn’t believe. “Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be […]
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The Anfield Wrap talk through five things we’ve learned from Liverpool versus Bournemouth, including Dominik Szoboszlai, Luis Diaz and more. John Gibbons is joined by Harriet Prior… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s news bulletin special on Monday August 21, as Liverpool appeal the Alexis Mac Allister red card versus Bournemouth. Neil Atkinson hosts… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more reaction to Liverpool 3 Bournemouth 1… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast after Liverpool 3 Bournemouth 1 in the Premier League at Anfield, plus the latest transfer talk. Neil Atkinson hosts Mo Stewart, Stu Wright and Josh Sexton… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s review podcast after Liverpool 3 Bournemouth 1 in the Premier League at Anfield, looking at the stats and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Liverpool 3 Bournemouth 1… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast after Liverpool 3 Bournemouth 1 in the Premier League at Anfield, plus the latest transfer talk. Neil Atkinson hosts Mo Stewart, Stu Wright and Josh Sexton… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool 3 Bournemouth 1, as well as reaction to all the news and events that […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning reaction to Liverpool 3 Bournemouth 1 during the 2023-2024 Premier League season. John Gibbons is joined by Kristian Walsh… Recent Posts:
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 3 Bournemouth 1 in the 2023-2024 Premier League season… BACK at Anfield. Back being angry at the refereeing. Back watching Liverpool go 1-0 down. Back being blown away by the attacking talent on show. We’ll get to the refereeing, I promise. Let’s start with […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after Liverpool 3 Bournemouth 1 in the 2023-2024 Premier League season at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts Phil Blundell and Neil Docking… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Liverpool 3 Bournemouth 1 in the 2023-2024 Premier League season at Anfield. John Gibbons hosts Damian Kavanagh, Sian Bennett and Jake Nolan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Liverpool v Bournemouth reaction… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s Press Conference Extra looks at the wider context around Jürgen Klopp’s media briefing, ahead of Liverpool v Bournemouth. Andy Heaton host Neil Atkinson and Neil Jones… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the Liverpool v Bournemouth press conference… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Friday night, for a 2023 preview of Liverpool v Bournemouth in partnership with Erdinger. Neil Atkinson hosts Rob Gutmann, Phil Blundell and Steve Graves… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s reaction to the Jurgen Klopp press conference ahead of Liverpool v Bournemouth in the 2023-2024 Premier League season. Josh Sexton is joined by Mo Stewart and Robbie O’Neill… Recent Posts:
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The signing of Wataru Endo has been met with some negative responses from fans, so where do Liverpool stand in this transfer window arms race? TURBULENT times, chefs. Liverpool’s transfer mayhem has resembled the kitchen of a Chicago sandwich bar, more than a slick footballing operation being spearheaded by middle aged men in blazers […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s pre-match warmup ahead of Liverpool v Bournemouth in the Premier League at Anfield, plus the view from the opposition. Ian Ryan hosts Andy Heaton, Damian Kavanagh and Craig Hannan, while John Gibbons speaks to Bournemouth fan Sam Davis from Back Of The Net… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe […]
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Fan previews ahead of the Premier League weekend, in which Spurs get their first post-Harry Kane home campaign underway against Manchester United. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Tottenham Hotspur fan Paul Duhaney, Manchester United fan Teza Simukulwa, Wolves fan Rich Hobbs from Wolves Fancast and Brentford fan Billy Grant from Beesotted… Subscribe to The Anfield […]
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The latest video on Liverpool transfers as Wataru Endo flies in for a medical, we take a look at what he will bring to Anfield. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Ian Salmon and Jake Nolan… Recent Posts:
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Former Red and journalist Erik Meijer joins The Anfield Wrap to react to Liverpool’s imminent new signing Wataru Endo from VFB Stuttgart. Neil Atkinson hosts… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Erik Meijer on Wataru Endo… Recent Posts:
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Supporters have been surprised by the sudden move for Wataru Endo, but have Liverpool just pulled off a masterstroke in this transfer market? I SAID yesterday we’d discuss names. Wataru Endo happens to be the first name in question, then. He looks likely to sign today. Likely. We have been here before. But let’s […]
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers as Wataru Endo flies in for a medical, we take a look at what he will bring to Anfield. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Ian Salmon and Jake Nolan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Wataru Endo ahead of his move to Liverpool… […]
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Japanese football writer Masatoshi Mori gives the Japan perspective on Liverpool’s imminent new signing Wataru Endo from VFB Stuttgart. Josh Sexton hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Wataru Endo… Recent Posts:
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Stuttgart fan and journalist Noah Platschko gives the VFB perspective on Liverpool’s imminent new signing Wataru Endo. Josh Sexton hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Wataru Endo… Recent Posts:
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Bild reporter Tobi Altschaffl gives the Bundesliga perspective on Liverpool’s imminent new signing Wataru Endo from VFB Stuttgart. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Wataru Endo… Recent Posts:
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German football writer Joel Sanderson-Murray reacts to the breaking reports that Liverpool are set to sign VFB Stuttgart defensive midfielder Wataru Endo. Josh Sexton hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Wataru Endo… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s reaction to the breaking reports that Liverpool are in advanced talks to sign VFB Stuttgart defensive midfielder Wataru Endo. Neil Atkinson is joined by John Gibbons and Rob Gutmann… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Wataru Endo, as well as reaction to all the news and events that […]
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Liverpool may have to compromise on a defensive midfielder at this point in the transfer window, but fans shouldn’t feel embarrassed by that… A LOT has gone on and will continue to go on across the next few weeks. Tomorrow we may do actual names. But today let me recommend a couple of pieces […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s Neil Atkinson is joined by a special guest to discuss a big football talking point, including rising transfer fees. Neil Atkinson is joined by Rory Smith… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on football’s rising transfer fees… Recent Posts:
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A bigger picture analytical look at the stats and trends around the Premier League’s top six and their record against sides in the top 10. Neil Atkinson is joined by Josh Williams…
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AFS takes a look at the sporting world beyond football, bringing you a preview of the upcoming World Athletics Championships and more. Mo Stewart hosts Steve Graves and Philippa Smallwood, as well as special guest Anyika Onuora… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the World Athletics Championships… Recent […]
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, as Jorg Schmadtke comes in for early scrutiny after a disappointing week of the transfer window. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Mo Stewart and Adam Melia… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Jorg Schmadtke and Liverpool in the transfer window… Recent Posts:
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The latest on Liverpool’s transfer rumours, discussing how The Reds missed out on Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia, plus what they do next. John Gibbons hosts Ian Doyle… Recent Posts:
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Fan reaction to the weekend’s Premier League games, as Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion both win big to start the season. Harriet Prior hosts Newcastle United fan Alex Hurst from True Faith, Brighton & Hove Albion fan Alan Wares from Albion Roar and Fulham fan Jack Collins from Fulhamish… Below is a clip […]
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The Weekend looks back on the biggest talking points from the latest round of fixtures, such as the winners from the Premier League’s opener. John Gibbons hosts Rob Gutmann and Josh Sexton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the Premier League’s biggest winner of the weekend… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast after Chelsea 1 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge, plus the latest transfer talk. Neil Atkinson hosts Harriet Prior, Neil Jones and Andy McCann… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap talk through five things we’ve learned from Liverpool versus Chelsea, including the Mo Salah substitution reaction and more. John Gibbons is joined by Pete Bolster… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, as The Reds reportedly agree a fee for Romeo Lavia but uncertainty remains over what’s next. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson and Craig Hannan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more as Liverpool agree a fee for Romeo Lavia… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s review podcast after Chelsea 1 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge, looking at the stats and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Chelsea 1 Liverpool 1… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast after Chelsea 1 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge, plus the latest transfer talk. Neil Atkinson hosts Harriet Prior, Neil Jones and Andy McCann… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Chelsea 1 Liverpool 1, as well as reaction to all the news and events that […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning reaction to Chelsea 1 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge. John Gibbons is joined by Andy Heaton… Recent Posts:
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Chelsea 1 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge… HEY now, little speedyhead. The game changes but players adapt. Today it was remarkable the level of players passing forward or final-third, sideways 30 yarders. There were so many genuinely excellent line-breaking passes from […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after Chelsea 1 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge. Neil Atkinson hosts Steve Graves and Paul Johnson… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Chelsea 1 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at the Stamford Bridge. John Gibbons hosts on the road in London… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Chelsea 1 Liverpool 1 reaction… Recent Posts:
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Neil Atkinson hosts Belinder Bhati, Dan Morgan and Adam Smith on Sunday Best.. They are looking back at yesterday’s games and talking about belief both good and bad and what is established at this stage of the season. Looking ahead to Liverpool’s game against Chelsea. And, inevitably wondering where this bid is. Below is […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s Press Conference Extra looks at the wider context around Jürgen Klopp’s media briefing, ahead of Liverpool v Chelsea. Andy Heaton host Neil Atkinson and Neil Jones… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the Liverpool v Chelsea press conference… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Friday night, for a wider round-up around Liverpool, Chelsea and Moises Caicedo. Neil Atkinson hosts Damian Kavanagh, Craig Hannan and Josh Williams… Recent Posts:
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The latest on the Moises Caicedo saga, as Liverpool and Chelsea both continue to battle it out over the Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder. Neil Atkinson hosts Josh Sexton and Josh Williams… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Moises Caicedo latest… Recent Posts:
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Alan Wares from Albion Roar joins Neil Atkinson to talk through Brighton and Hove Albion’s sporting model, Moises Caicedo’s quality and his suitability for Liverpool along with Alexis MacAllister and also a quick look ahead to Brighton’s weekend fixture against Luton Town. Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Moises Caicedo […]
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Reacting to the latest Liverpool news from the heart of the city, after Liverpool agree a record fee to sign Moises Caicedo. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons… Recent Posts:
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A new opening for a new season. Recorded at 6am this morning Neil Atkinson and Rob Gutmann chat all things Moises Caicedo before getting into The Friday Show proper…. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Mo Stewart, Chelsea fan Chris Barbour, Nottingham Forest fan Rich Ferraro from The 1865 Podcast, Burnley fan Natalie Bromley from No […]
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A special early morning recording of the Gutter with Neil Atkinson joining Rob Gutmann to discuss Liverpool’s bid for Moises Caicedo which appears to break the British record. Where has this come from? What does this tell us about Liverpool’s approach and Liverpool’s season? The starting point of your day is here. Below is a […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s power rankings looks at who tops Liverpool supporter thoughts at this time, including Mo Salah, Alisson Becker and Cody Gakpo. Neil Atkinson hosts Phil Blundell and Kristian Walsh… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s pre-match warmup ahead of Chelsea v Liverpool in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge, plus the opposition view. Ian Ryan hosts Kev Walsh, Ian Salmon and Fuad Hasan, plus Neil Atkinson speaks to Chelsea fan Chris Barbour… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more pre-match build up around […]
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The latest video on Liverpool transfers, with The Reds now rivalling Chelsea for both Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Neil Docking and Josh Williams… Recent Posts:
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Liverpool’s hard line over transfer fees could prove costly yet again, as Chelsea reportedly enter the race to sign Romeo Lavia… ‘HOW much is a Cornetto, mate?’ ‘£1.90.’ ‘Here you go. £1.70.’ ‘It’s £1.90’ ‘Would you take £1.73?’ Would you? The new season starts on Friday night and we’re arguing with Southampton about paying […]
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, with The Reds now rivalling Chelsea for both Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Neil Docking and Josh Williams… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool, Chelsea, Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia… Recent Posts:
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Our fourth and final part of our as Anfield Wrap contributors relive their favourite seasons throughout Liverpool FC history, telling the tales of the 2000-2001 campaign. John Gibbons hosts Kev Walsh, John Mackin and Kev Sampson… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool FC’s 2000-2001 season… Recent Posts:
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The latest episode of NIVEA MEN’s “Dear Liverpool” series saw Trent Alexander Arnold surprise Imad Ali, creator of The World In One City, a football tournament that brings together teams from different nationalities all based in Liverpool to compete to call themselves champions. The Anfield Wrap wanted to find out what happened next. World In […]
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An lookahead of Liverpool’s opening run of fixtures and reflecting on the end of last season and what that can tell us as the Reds hope to get a flying start to 23/24. Rob Gutmann hosts John Gibbons, Mike Bankole and Paul Cope.. Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more overviews […]
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The latest on Liverpool’s transfer rumours, with The Reds still in talks for Romeo Lavia and Salah’s rebuttal of the Saudi Pro League. John Gibbons hosts Ian Doyle… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap talk through five things we’ve learned from Liverpool’s pre-season, including the press, set pieces and individuals’ roles. John Gibbons is joined by Mo Stewart… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s review podcast after Liverpool 3 SV Darmstadt 1 at Deepdale, including a look at the stats and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Liverpool 3 SV Darmstadt 1… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast after the Reds final warm-up game of the season, with Liverpool recording a 3-1 against SV Darmstadt at Deepdale. Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan, John Gibbons and Stu Wright. Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool 3 SV Darmstadt 1… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast after the Reds final warm-up game of the season, with Liverpool recording a 3-1 against SV Darmstadt at Deepdale. Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan, Jordan Singleton, John Gibbons and Stu Wright. Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool 3 SV Darmstadt 1… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after Liverpool 3 SV Darmstadt 1 at Deepdale Stadium in the Reds’ final pre-season game. Neil Atkinson is joined by Harriet Prior and Phil Blundell… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Liverpool 3- 1 SV Darmstadt 98 at the Deepdale in the final pre-season run out. John Gibbons is joined by Fuad Hasan, Andy Heaton and Andy Bell. Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more reaction to Liverpool 3- 1 SV Darmstadt 98… Recent […]
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The EPL is back which means our EPL show is back. It is about Somalian athletes and Japanese men dressed as dogs and what we can take from that. It asks the core questions such as “how many headers would you win against Andy Carroll?” It pushes into whether or not Sporting Directors should be […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning discussion around Liverpool’s last pre-season friendly versus SV Darmstadt and the shape of the team moving forward. John Gibbons is joined by Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers from the heart of the city, as Rob Gutmann hosts Craig Hannan, Adam Melia and Adam Smith as they pore over FSG’s risk averse approach to the transfer market and the spurious Mo Salah links to Saudi Arabia. Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more… […]
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers from the heart of the city, as Rob Gutmann hosts Mo Stewart and Neil Atkinson as the Reds seemingly conservative approach to getting deals over the line threatens to derail a midfield rebuild… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Friday night, for a wider round-up around Liverpool in the transfer market this summer. Neil Atkinson hosts Mo Stewart, Adam Melia and Jake Nolan… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, with The Reds’ pursuit of Romeo Lavia and Andre Trindade looking set to go late in the window. Rob Gutmann hosts Phil Blundell, Josh Sexton and Stephen Evans… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool’s Romeo Lavia and Andre Trindade pursuit… Recent […]
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With fans becoming increasingly worried about the lack of depth in Liverpool’s midfield, is there a definitive size that the squad should be? LIVERPOOL once had the luxury of boasting Jari Litmanen as their fourth forward to accompany Michael Owen, Emile Heskey and Robbie Fowler. It was deemed an embarrassment of riches. Yet there […]
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Fans from around the Premier League offer the latest on their teams, with Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal, Everton and West Ham United. Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan, Arsenal fan Jim Johnson, Everton fan Luke Davies from The Tenth Pint Podcast, Manchester City fan David Mooney from the Blue Moon Podcast and West Ham fan Andy […]
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Jürgen Klopp’s reaction to The Anfield Wrap’s documentary and other times footballers have restored fans faith in them… I’VE never been a fan of pre-season friendlies. I can only think of a handful I’ve attended over the years. I’d rather Reds who can’t make many games fill the stands than me. I’ve only seen […]
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The Anfield Wrap talk through five things we’ve learned from Liverpool’s pre-season, including the pros and cons of Liverpool’s formation. Neil Atkinson is joined by Neil Jones… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s review podcast after Liverpool 3 Bayern Munich 4 at the Singapore National Stadium, including a look at the stats and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Liverpool 3 Bayern 4… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s Wildcards panel discuss Liverpool’s front three to start the season, wildest transfer fees, Stuart Broad and Barbie/Oppenheimer. Emilia Bona hosts Harriet Prior, James Sutton, Ryan Paton and Sanj Shetty… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool’s front three to start the season… Recent Posts:
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Our latest update on the sides fighting for the Premier League’s top six, with Chelsea, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur the focus. Mo Stewart hosts Phil Blundell and Kristian Walsh… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap are in Singapore following Liverpool’s pre-season tour, with a diary featuring Cody Gakpo and some old friends. John Gibbons hosts Craig Hannan and more… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool in Singapore… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after Liverpool 3 Bayern Munich 4 at the Singapore National Stadium on their pre-season tour. Neil Atkinson is joined by Josh Sexton and Fuad Hasan… Recent Posts:
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Assessing the key stats around Liverpool’s transfer targets and potential departures, focusing on The Reds’ options at centre-back. Neil Atkinson hosts Harriet Prior, with the help of our partners at StatsBomb… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Liverpool 3 Bayern Munich 4 at the Singapore National Stadium on their pre-season tour. John Gibbons is joined by Craig Hannan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more reaction to Liverpool 3 Bayern Munich 4… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap are in Singapore following Liverpool’s pre-season tour, with a diary featuring the guys from A BOSS Night and more local supporters. John Gibbons hosts Craig Hannan, Kieran Molyneux, Shaun O’Donnell and more… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool in Singapore… Recent Posts:
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The latest on Liverpool’s transfer rumours, with The Reds still in talks for Romeo Lavia but also short on Southampton’s valuation. John Gibbons hosts James Pearce from The Athletic… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap are in Singapore following Liverpool’s pre-season tour, with an exclusive interview of Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from our exclusive interview with Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap are in Singapore following Liverpool’s pre-season tour, with an exclusive interview of Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Recent Posts:
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Tobi Altschäffl from Bild sits down with The Anfield Wrap to discuss what went wrong for Sadio Mane at Bayern Munich and other big topics. John Gibbons hosts… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Sadio Mane, Bayern Munich and the latest from Liverpool’s pre-season tour… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap are in Singapore following Liverpool’s pre-season tour, with a diary entry about a special press conference and an exclusive interview. John Gibbons is joined by Craig Hannan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool in Singapore… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast after Liverpool 4 Leicester City 0 in a pre-season friendly at the Singapore National Stadium. Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan, Stu Wright and Josh Williams… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s review podcast after Liverpool 4 Leicester City 0 at the Singapore National Stadium, including a look at the stats and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Liverpool 4 Leicester 0… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast after Liverpool 4 Leicester City 0 in a pre-season friendly at the Singapore National Stadium. Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan, Stu Wright and Josh Williams… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool 4 Leicester City 0… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning discussion around Curtis Jones and what comes next for Liverpool’s midfield in terms of personnel. Neil Atkinson is joined by Kristian Walsh… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, with reports suggesting that Kylian Mbappe on loan could be an option for The Reds. Rob Gutmann hosts Adam Smith, Fuad Hasan and Paul Johnson… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the reports of Kylian Mbappe to Liverpool on loan… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap are in Singapore following Liverpool’s pre-season tour, with a diary entry featuring Andy Robertson, CEO Billy Hogan and some local supporters. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool in Singapore… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Liverpool 4 Leicester City 0 at the Singapore National Stadium on their pre-season tour. John Gibbons is joined by Craig Hannan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more reaction to Liverpool 4 Leicester 0… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after Liverpool 4 Leicester City 0 at the Singapore National Stadium on their pre-season tour. Josh Sexton is joined by Mike Kearney and Abi Rudkin… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s John Gibbons and Craig Hannan are following Liverpool in Singapore, with a video exclusive from The Reds’ open training… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap are in Singapore following Liverpool’s pre-season tour, with a diary entry featuring Virgil van Dijk, Pep Lijnders and more. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool in Singapore… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s AFQ Friday is hosted by Neil Atkinson and he is joined by Phil Blundell, Lizzi Doyle, John Milburn and Siobhan Biggane. (Keep an eye on our Twitter feed to submit your questions for the next show) Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Friday night, for a wider chat around how many midfielders Liverpool need. Neil Atkinson hosts Mike Kearney, John Milburn and Pete Bolster… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, with The Reds at risk of losing out on Romeo Lavia and leaving themselves short once again. Rob Gutmann hosts Mo Stewart, Josh Sexton and Sajad Iqbal… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool’s pursuit of Romeo Lavia… Recent Posts:
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Fans from around the Premier League offer the latest on their teams, with a look at Liverpool, Newcastle, Aston Villa and Sheffield United. Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan, Phil Blundell, Newcastle United fan Alex Hurst from True Faith, Aston Villa fan Tom Fahy and Sheffield United fan Anna Wilson… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for […]
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Looking at the latest transfer rumours within the world of Liverpool this summer, including Romeo Lavia, Andre Trindade and the defence. Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan and Josh Williams… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s Lost Tapes looks back at two games from Liverpool’s past that may have been forgotten, with Leeds in 2021 and Everton in 2015 up next. Dan Morgan is joined by Phil Blundell to relive it… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on past Liverpool games, including Leeds, Everton […]
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Our July 2023 update on the sides fighting for the Premier League’s top six, with Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United the focus. Mo Stewart hosts Phil Blundell and Kristian Walsh… Recent Posts:
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As the Jordan Henderson saga continues to rumble on, a personal legacy is in question among Liverpool supporters… AND there he goes. He won it all, he sold it all. I don’t think I’ve been so disappointed in a departure since Fernando Torres left for Chelsea. Given the lies he’d been sold by the […]
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Alphabet Soup is the A-Z of Liverpool – the club, city and culture – and in this edition we discuss things in the area that begin with C. John Gibbons hosts Andy Heaton, Sian Bennett, Mike Kearney and Ian Salmon… Below is a clip from the podcast – subscribe for more on Liverpool; the club, […]
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Looking back at the Liverpool career of Robbie Fowler across his two spells, from Toxteth’s boy wonder to a returning hero under Rafa Benitez. Ian Ryan hosts John Gibbons, Rob Gutmann and Kev Walsh… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Robbie Fowler at Liverpool… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, with time moving fast and reports suggesting Romeo Lavia is still The Reds’ number one target. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson and Paul Johnson… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Romeo Lavia and Liverpool’s transfer targets… Recent Posts:
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The latest video on Liverpool transfers, with time moving fast and reports suggesting Romeo Lavia is still The Reds’ number one target. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson and Paul Johnson… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap answers YOUR random football questions, including the managerial sack race, Liverpool’s top scorer this season and more. Adam Smith hosts Andy Heaton, Damian Kavanagh, Mike Kearney and Sanj Shetty… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool’s top scorer… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s review podcast after Greuther Furth 4 Liverpool 4 in The Reds’ second pre-season friendly, including a look at the stats and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Greuther Furth 4 Liverpool 4… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast, taking stock of Liverpool’s pre-season so far, what we’ve seen and what The Reds could still do with. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Shaun O’Donnell and Joel Richards… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast, taking stock of Liverpool’s pre-season so far, what we’ve seen and what The Reds could still do with. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Shaun O’Donnell and Joel Richards… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool’s pre-season so far and what’s left of the transfer window… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap talk through five things we’ve learned from Liverpool’s pre-season, including Darwin Nunez, Trent Alexander-Arnold and more. John Gibbons is joined by Phil Blundell… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after Greuther Furth 4 Liverpool 4 in their final pre-season game before they leave Germany. Neil Atkinson is joined by Craig Hannan… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Greuther Furth 4 Liverpool 4 in their final pre-season game before they leave Germany. John Gibbons hosts Josh Sexton and Robbie O’Neill… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more reaction to Greuther Furth 4 Liverpool 4… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, as Joao Palhinha’s name emerges as a target for The Reds, despite an injury for Fulham in pre-season. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons, and Adam Melia… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Joao Palhinha to Liverpool… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Friday night, for a wider chat around Liverpool’s transfer window and what they need to do before it slams shut. Neil Atkinson hosts Phil Blundell, Emilia Bona and Kristian Walsh… Recent Posts:
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Dan Pezzotta from the AtalantaPOD provides insight into potential Liverpool target Teun Koopmeiners, from the Atalanta perspective. Josh Sexton hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Teun Koopmeiners to Liverpool… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s AFQ Friday is hosted by Neil Atkinson and he is joined by John Gibbons, Olivia Graham, Emilia Bona and Anna Walsh. (Keep an eye on our Twitter feed to submit your questions for the next show) Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, as concerns creep in that The Reds’ may be running out of time to make moves this transfer window. Rob Gutmann hosts John Gibbons, Mike Bankole and Robbie O’Neill… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool running out of transfer window time… […]
Are Liverpool Running Out Of Transfer Window Time?: The Gutter appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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Fans from around the Premier League offer the latest on their teams’ summer transfer window business so far. Neil Atkinson hosts Mo Stewart, Manchester United fan Teza Simukulwa, Chelsea fan Chris Barbour, Crystal Palace fan Robbie Scotcher and Fulham fan Jack Collins from Fulhamish… Below is a clip from the podcast – subscribe for more […]
The Premier League Summer Transfer Window: Friday Show appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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Looking at the latest transfer rumours within the world of Liverpool this summer, including Cheick Doucoure, Marco Verratti and Levi Colwill. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons and Mo Stewart… Recent Posts:
Cheick Doucoure, Marco Verratti & Levi Colwill | Transfer Round-Up appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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Robbie Scotcher provides insight into Liverpool target Cheick Doucoure, from the Crystal Palace perspective. Neil Atkinson hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Cheick Doucoure to Liverpool… Recent Posts:
Cheick Doucoure To Liverpool? – The Crystal Palace Perspective: TAW Special appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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The Anfield Wrap’s preview of the Women’s World Cup 2023, featuring England Lionesses legend Fara Williams and BBC Sport’s Emma Sanders. Harriet Prior hosts alongside Sophia Linn, M&S Eat Well Nutritionist… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on the Women’s World Cup 2023… Recent Posts:
Women’s World Cup 2023 – Preview: Free Special appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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The Anfield Wrap’s review podcast after Karlsruher SC 2 Liverpool 4 in a pre-season friendly at the BBBank Wildparkstadion, including a look at the stats and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Karlsruher SC 2 Liverpool 4… […]
Karlsruher SC 2 Liverpool 4: The Review appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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Assessing the key stats around Liverpool’s transfer targets and potential departures, including Cheick Doucouré. Neil Atkinson hosts, with the help of our partners at StatsBomb… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after Karlsruher SC 2 Liverpool 4 in a pre-season friendly at the BBBank Wildparkstadion. Neil Atkinson hosts Kev Walsh and Andy Bell… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Karlsruher SC 2 Liverpool 4 in a pre-season friendly at the BBBank Wildparkstadion. John Gibbons hosts Phil Blundell, Josh Sexton and Pete Bolster… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more reaction to Karlsruher SC 2 Liverpool 4… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s Lost Tapes looks back at two games from Liverpool’s past that may have been forgotten, with Salzburg in 2019 and Fulham in 2013 up next. Dan Morgan is joined by Neil Docking to relive it… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on past Liverpool games, including Salzburg, Fulham […]
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Dissecting Liverpool’s transfer rumours, including the latest on the futures of Jordan Henderson and Fabinho, plus potential replacements. Harriet Prior hosts Dominic King from the Daily Mail… Recent Posts:
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The latest video on Liverpool transfers, including Teun Koopmeiners being the newest name on The Reds’ list of midfield replacements. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson and Phil Blundell… Recent Posts:
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Football Daily’s Zac Djellab provides insight into Liverpool target Levi Colwill, from the Chelsea perspective. Harriet Prior hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Levi Colwill to Liverpool… Recent Posts:
Levi Colwill To Liverpool? – The Chelsea Perspective: TAW Special appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, including Teun Koopmeiners being the newest name on The Reds’ list of midfield replacements. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson and Phil Blundell… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Teun Koopmeiners… Recent Posts:
Teun Koopmeiners The New Name On Liverpool’s List: The Gutter appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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Assessing the key stats around Liverpool’s transfer targets, focusing on the list of potential Jordan Henderson and Fabinho replacements in midfield. Harriet Prior hosts Neil Atkinson, with the help of our partners at StatsBomb… Recent Posts:
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Part three as The Anfield Wrap contributors relive their favourite seasons throughout Liverpool FC history, telling the tales of the 2000-2001 campaign. John Gibbons hosts Kev Walsh, John Mackin and Kev Sampson… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool FC’s 2000-2001 season… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap answers YOUR random football questions, including Jordan Henderson, Saudi League money and more. Adam Smith hosts Mike Kearney, Ian Salmon, Fuad Hasan and Karl Coppack… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Jordan Henderson and Saudi League money… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast, with Fabinho and Jordan Henderson looking at moves away, what’s next for Liverpool’s midfield? Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan, Kieran Molyneux and Neil Jones… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning reaction to last week’s bombshells that see Fabinho and Jordan Henderson possibly heading out of Liverpool. John Gibbons is joined by Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast, with Fabinho and Jordan Henderson looking at moves away, what’s next for Liverpool’s midfield? Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan, Kieran Molyneux and Neil Jones… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more reaction to the reports around Fabinho and Jordan Henderson potentially leaving Liverpool… Recent Posts:
Fabinho, Jordan Henderson & Liverpool’s Midfield – What’s Next?: The Anfield Wrap appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, as Fabinho and Jordan Henderson look towards the exit, who is on the list of midfield replacements? Rob Gutmann hosts Mo Stewart, Harriet Prior and Josh Williams… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool’s list of midfield replacements… Recent Posts:
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Kabir and Sahbi from the weTalk Ajax podcast provided insight in April into Liverpool target Ryan Gravenberch, from the Ajax fan perspective. Josh Sexton hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Ryan Gravenberch and the Ajax perspective… Recent Posts:
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Reaction to today’s transfer developments, as Fabinho looks set to leave but a Jordan Henderson move still seems complicated. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons and Steve Graves… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Fabinho and Jordan Henderson look to leave Liverpool… Recent Posts:
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While fans will always idolise footballers, the Jordan Henderson to Saudi Arabia saga reminds us that we are not of the same world as them… I WAS prepping for a Lost Tapes show recently. Looking back at Liverpool’s trip to Leeds United in the aftermath of an announcement for a new European Super League […]
The Jordan Henderson To Saudi Saga Is A Stark Reminder To Fans appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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As part of The Anfield Wrap’s JÜRGEN docu-series, this is part two of Rafa Honigstein’s exclusive interview all about Liverpool’s manager Klopp. Neil Atkinson hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Rafa Honigstein on Jürgen Klopp… Recent Posts:
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From The Anfield Wrap’s JÜRGEN docu-series, this is part two of Rafa Honigstein’s exclusive interview video about Liverpool’s manager Klopp. Neil Atkinson hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, including the reports around Jordan Henderson and Fabinho, and how The Reds could replace them. Rob Gutmann hosts John Gibbons, Ian Ryan and Andy Heaton… Subscribe for more on Jordan Henderson, Fabinho and incomings at Liverpool… Recent Posts:
How Liverpool Replace Jordan Henderson & Fabinho: The Gutter appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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The Athletic’s Oliver Kay discusses the Saudi Pro League amid the interest in Jordan Henderson and Fabinho, and the moves already made for Steven Gerrard and more. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Henderson, Fabinho & Saudi Arabia… Recent Posts:
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Looking at the latest transfer rumours within the world of Liverpool this summer, including Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, and who replaces them? John Gibbons hosts Phil Blundell and Josh Williams… Recent Posts:
Jordan Henderson/Fabinho Out, But Who In? | Transfer Round-Up appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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The Guardian’s John Duerden discusses the reports surrounding Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson’s potential move to Saudi Arabia. Josh Sexton hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Jordan Henderson to Saudi Arabia… Recent Posts:
Jordan Henderson To Saudi Arabia? – John Duerden: TAW Special appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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Paul Amann from Liverpool’s LGBTQ+ organisation Kop Outs joins The Anfield Wrap to discuss the Jordan Henderson to Saudi Arabia reports. Josh Sexton hosts… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Jordan Henderson to Saudi Arabia… Recent Posts:
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Reacting to the latest Liverpool news from the heart of the city, as captain Jordan Henderson ‘seriously considers’ a move to Saudi Arabia. John Gibbons hosts Andy Heaton… Recent Posts:
Jordan Henderson To Saudi Arabia? | Reaction Special appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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The Anfield Wrap reacts to the reports that Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson is ‘seriously considering’ a move to Saudi Arabia. John Gibbons hosts Ian Ryan, Harriet Prior and Josh Sexton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Jordan Henderson to Saudi Arabia… Recent Posts:
Jordan Henderson To Saudi Arabia?: Reaction Special appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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The Daily Mail’s Dominic King discusses the reports surrounding Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson’s potential move to Saudi Arabia. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Jordan Henderson to Saudi Arabia… Recent Posts:
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AFS takes a look at the sporting world beyond football, bringing you a preview of this year’s Open Championship and an update on NBA free agency. Mo Stewart hosts Phil Blundell and Adam Smith on the golf, plus Josh Sexton on the basketball… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on […]
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Ryan Adsett provides insight into Liverpool target Levi Colwill, from the Brighton & Hove Albion perspective. Harriet Prior hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Levi Colwill to Liverpool… Recent Posts:
Levi Colwill To Liverpool? – The Brighton Perspective: TAW Special appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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The latest video on Liverpool transfers, assessing the numbers in The Reds’ midfield and discussing the lessons of last summer around recruitment. Rob Gutmann hosts Harriet Prior and Josh Sexton… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, assessing the numbers in The Reds’ midfield and discussing the lessons of last summer around recruitment. Rob Gutmann hosts Harriet Prior and Josh Sexton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool’s midfield and more transfer links… Recent Posts:
Liverpool’s Midfield & Last Summer’s Lessons: The Gutter appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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Dissecting Liverpool’s latest transfer rumours, including the report surrounding Levi Colwill, Jordan Henderson’s potential exit. John Gibbons hosts The Liverpool Echo’s Paul Gorst… Recent Posts:
Levi Colwill, Jordan Henderson & More | Talking Transfers appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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Part two as The Anfield Wrap contributors relive their favourite seasons throughout Liverpool FC history, telling the tales of the 2000-2001 campaign. John Gibbons hosts Kev Walsh, John Mackin and Kev Sampson… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool FC’s 2000-2001 season… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free exclusive interview podcast with Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard, discussing the resurgence of Curtis Jones. John Gibbons hosts… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Steven Gerrard, Curtis Jones and all the news that matters to you… Recent Posts:
Steven Gerrard On Curtis Jones: Free Special appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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The Anfield Wrap’s free exclusive interview video with Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard, discussing the resurgence of Curtis Jones. John Gibbons hosts… Recent Posts:
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Alphabet Soup is the A-Z of Liverpool – the club, city and culture – and in this edition we discuss things in the area that begin with B. John Gibbons hosts Andy Heaton, Sian Bennett, Karl Coppack and Paula Murphy… Below is a clip from the podcast – subscribe for more on Liverpool; the club, […]
Alphabet Soup: B appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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After helping England U21s to success at the European Championships, what can we expect from Curtis Jones next season with Liverpool… THERE aren’t many takers for international support amongst Liverpool fans. It would be wrong to say that all Reds feel that way, but many tend to need some skin in the game before […]
Analysing Curtis Jones’ Role At Liverpool After England Success appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast, taking stock of the squad as Liverpool players return for 2023 pre-season duties with a crucial period ahead. Harriet Prior hosts Neil Docking, Sean Rogers and Josh Williams… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more reaction as Liverpool return for their 2023 pre-season… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast, taking stock of the squad as Liverpool players return for 2023 pre-season duties with a crucial period ahead. Harriet Prior hosts Neil Docking, Sean Rogers and Josh Williams… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning reaction to a big weekend for Curtis Jones with the England U21s and what his ongoing resurgence means for his Liverpool role. John Gibbons is joined by Craig Hannan… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, including Jordan Henderson, Marc Guehi and The Reds’ other defensive targets. Rob Gutmann hosts John Gibbons, Fuad Hasan and Adam Melia… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Marc Guehi and the rest of Liverpool’s links… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s Ian Salmon speaks all about the role football has played in his life and how that role has changed throughout the years. Adam Smith hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Ian Salmon… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s AFQ Friday in association with Brewery Bus Tours podcast as Josh Sexton hosts Harriet Prior, Kev Walsh, Ryan Paton and Emilia Bona. (Keep an eye on our Twitter feed to submit your questions for the next show) Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap contributors relive their favourite seasons throughout Liverpool FC history, telling the tales of the 2000-2001 campaign. John Gibbons hosts Kev Walsh, John Mackin and Kev Sampson… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool FC’s 2000-2001 season, as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you… […]
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, including Kylian Mbappe and the Liverpool link that refuses to go away. Rob Gutmann hosts Ian Ryan, Shaun O’Donnell and Ian Salmon… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Kylian Mbappe and the rest of Liverpool’s links… Recent Posts:
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Rattling through 10 topics in 10 minutes handpicked by you, including the links to Levi Colwill and why he tops Liverpool’s defender wish list. Harriet Prior is joined by Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s Wildcards panel discuss Liverpool’s Romeo Lavia links, Roberto Firmino and Steven Gerrard’s moves to Saudi Arabia and more. Emilia Bona hosts Neil Atkinson, Adam Smith, Damian Kavanagh and Pete Bolster… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool’s Romeo Lavia links… Recent Posts:
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Fans from around the Premier League offer the latest on their teams, starting with Manchester United, West Ham and Fulham. Neil Atkinson hosts Manchester United fan Ant Shaw, West Ham fan Andy Middleton and Fulham fan Jack Collins from Fulhamish… Below is a clip from the podcast – subscribe for more of the latest from […]
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As part of The Anfield Wrap’s JÜRGEN docu-series, this is part one of Rafa Honigstein’s exclusive interview all about Liverpool’s manager Klopp. Neil Atkinson hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Recent Posts:
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As part of The Anfield Wrap’s JÜRGEN docu-series, this is part one of Rafa Honigstein’s exclusive interview all about Liverpool’s manager Klopp. Neil Atkinson hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Rafa Honigstein on Jürgen Klopp… Recent Posts:
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Dissecting Liverpool’s latest transfer rumours, including the inside track on how Dominik Szoboszlai secured his move from RB Leipzig to Anfield. Harriet Prior hosts The Liverpool Echo’s Paul Gorst… Recent Posts:
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The Athletic’s Jacob Tanswell provides insight into Liverpool target Romeo Lavia, from a Southampton writer’s perspective. Harriet Prior hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Romeo Lavia to Liverpool… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, including reports that Thiago Alcantara or Jordan Henderson may leave Anfield before The Reds move for Romeo Lavia. Rob Gutmann hosts Jake Nolan and Josh Sexton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the futures of Thiago, Henderson, Lavia and more… Recent Posts:
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The latest video on Liverpool transfers, including reports that Thiago Alcantara or Jordan Henderson may leave Anfield before The Reds move for Romeo Lavia. Rob Gutmann hosts Jake Nolan and Josh Sexton… Recent Posts:
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An Anfield Wrap special on Liverpool’s proposed move for Romeo Lavia, the latest on Khephren Thuram and FSG’s search for investment. Josh Sexton hosts journalist Ben Jacobs to discuss… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Romeo Lavia, Khephren Thuram and FSG… Recent Posts:
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If Jürgen Klopp was asked to produce a docu-series about himself, how would he go about it? We think Jürgen would tell the stories of the people and places that have influenced and impacted him throughout his career as a football player and manager. Supported by ERDINGER, The Anfield Wrap travelled to Glatten, Frankfurt, Mainz, […]
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Football supporters will know how that love of the game can help to break down barriers when meeting new people, but it can go even further… WITH the signings of Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai, Liverpool have signed two elite internationals. We like talking about elite athletes here, but, maybe, since it’s the […]
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Supporters Lucy Highnett and Nick Illingsworth provides insight into Liverpool target Romeo Lavia, from the Southampton perspective. Harriet Prior hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Romeo Lavia to Liverpool… Recent Posts:
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Martin Henkel from the Mitteldeutschen Zeitung gives his perspective on Liverpool’s new signing from RB Leipzig, midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai. Harriet Prior hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Dominik Szoboszlai to Liverpool… Recent Posts:
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Fans from around the Premier League offer the latest on their teams, starting with Manchester City, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest. Neil Atkinson hosts Manchester City fan David Mooney from the Blue Moon podcast, Bournemouth fan James Roach and Nottingham Forest fan Rich Ferraro from the 1865 Podcast… Below is a clip from the podcast – […]
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A compartmental look at Liverpool FC’s 2023-2024 squad, assessing The Reds’ options in Defence and how things lie ahead of the new season. John Gibbons hosts Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast, with morning after reaction as Dominik Szoboszlai signs for Liverpool and The Reds weigh up further moves. Neil Atkinson hosts Mo Stewart, Harriet Prior and Phil Blundell, while Neil also speaks to Ian Salmon about his play Whatever Happened To Billy Kenny?… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast, with morning after reaction as Dominik Szoboszlai signs for Liverpool and The Reds weigh up further moves. Neil Atkinson hosts Mo Stewart, Harriet Prior and Phil Blundell, while Neil also speaks to Ian Salmon about his play Whatever Happened To Billy Kenny?… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more reaction […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning reaction to the arrival of Dominik Szoboszlai at Anfield and what he brings to Liverpool. Neil Atkinson is joined by Jay McKenna… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, with Dominik Szoboszlai now confirmed and reports suggesting Romeo Lavia may be next. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Adam Melia and Josh Sexton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Dominik Szoboszlai and the rest of The Reds’ transfer targets… Recent Posts:
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AFS takes a look at the sporting world beyond football, bringing you a preview of this year’s tennis spectacle at Wimbledon. Mo Stewart hosts Grace Mailey and doubles participant Neal Skupski… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Wimbledon preview… Recent Posts:
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Recruitment analyst Jasmine Baba gives her perspective on imminent Liverpool signing from RB Leipzig, attacking midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai. Josh Sexton hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Dominik Szoboszlai to Liverpool.. Recent Posts:
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A compartmental look at Liverpool FC’s 2023-2024 squad, assessing The Reds’ options in midfield and how things lie ahead of the new season. John Gibbons hosts Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s live podcast talking through Liverpool transfer links, with The Reds’ looking to sign Dominik Szoboszlai. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Sean Rogers and Dan Morgan… Also, John Gibbons speaks to Tony Padilla about his book ‘Fantastic Numbers’ and Neil Atkinson speaks to Ste Martin about the annual Anne Williams Golf Day. Press […]
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Rafa Honigstein from The Athletic gives the Bundesliga perspective on Liverpool target – RB Leipzig’s Dominik Szoboszlai. Neil Atkinson hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Dominik Szoboszlai to Liverpool.. Recent Posts:
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Assessing the key stats around Liverpool’s transfer targets and potential departures, including Dominik Szoboszlai. Neil Atkinson hosts with the help of our partners at StatsBomb… Recent Posts:
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Reacting to the latest Liverpool news from the heart of the city, with Liverpool looking to sign RB Leipzig midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai. Neil Atkinson hosts Craig Hannan… Recent Posts:
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Aranyossy Áron, Hungarian football journalist, gives the Hungary perspective on Liverpool target – RB Leipzig’s Dominik Szoboszlai. Josh Sexton hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Dominik Szoboszlai to Liverpool.. Recent Posts:
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Sebastian Stier from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung provides insight into Liverpool target Dominik Szoboszlai, from RB Leipzig’s perspective. Josh Sexton hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Dominik Szoboszlai to Liverpool… Recent Posts:
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Christian Falk, head of football at Bild, gives his perspective Liverpool’s potential new midfielder – RB Leipzig’s Dominik Szoboszlai. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Dominik Szoboszlai to Liverpool… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s three strikes are Declan Rice and the quietness of the transfer window, Manchester United’s takeover and Liverpool’s pre-season plans. Adam Smith hosts Ian Salmon and Josh Sexton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Declan Rice, Manchester United and more… Recent Posts:
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With the seasons all wrapped up, it’s time to have a review of what went on around Europe – looking specifically at Bundesliga and Ligue 1. Mo Stewart hosts Bundesliga commentator Kevin Hatchard and Ligue 1 journalist Jonathan Johnson… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more of the latest from around […]
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Dave Powell from the Liverpool Echo discusses Liverpool’s position at 19th in the Premier League’s ‘owner investment’ table. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool, FSG and the club’s owner investment… Recent Posts:
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Dissecting Liverpool’s latest transfer rumours, including Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai interest and what the next steps are for a move. John Gibbons hosts The Liverpool Echo’s Paul Gorst… Recent Posts:
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Carl Anka from The Athletic provides insight into reported Liverpool target Khephren Thuram from their ’50 To Watch’ list. Neil Atkinson hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Khephren Thuram… Recent Posts:
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Guido Schafer, chief reporter for the Leipziger Volkszeitung, gives his perspective on Liverpool target – RB Leipzig’s Dominik Szoboszlai. Neil Atkinson hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Dominik Szoboszlai to Liverpool… Recent Posts:
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Remembering the arrival and legacy of Sadio Mane at Anfield, seven years to the day since he made the move from Southampton to Liverpool… IT’S the summer of 2016 and I’m sat in the Anfield Wrap studios. We’re about to record The Gutter so there are other people milling around. Josh Sexton and Adam […]
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, including reports that The Reds may face more competition for Romeo Lavia and Micky Van de Ven. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson and Mo Stewart… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Romeo Lavia, Micky Van de Ven and the rest of Liverpool’s targets… […]
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The latest video on Liverpool transfers, including reports that The Reds may face more competition for Romeo Lavia and Micky Van de Ven. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson and Mo Stewart… Recent Posts:
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If Jürgen Klopp was asked to produce a docu-series about himself, how would he go about it? We think Jürgen would tell the stories of the people and places that have influenced and impacted him throughout his career as a football player and manager. Supported by ERDINGER, The Anfield Wrap travelled to Glatten, Frankfurt, Mainz, […]
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Rory Smith, chief soccer correspondent at The New York Times, discusses the Saudi Pro League investment and the nature of nation states being involved in football. Neil Atkinson hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the Saudi Pro League and the future of football… […]
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The Anfield Wrap answers YOUR random football questions, including the most This Is Liverpool moment, alternative Anfield Exercises and more. Adam Smith hosts Mike Kearney, Neil Docking, Mike Bankole and Karl Coppack… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for reaction to more great Liverpool moments… Recent Posts:
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As part of The Anfield Wrap’s JÜRGEN docu-series, Adam Lallana sat down for an exclusive interview all about Liverpool’s manager Klopp. Josh Sexton hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Recent Posts:
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As part of The Anfield Wrap’s JÜRGEN docu-series, Adam Lallana sat down for an exclusive interview all about Liverpool’s manager Klopp. Josh Sexton hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Adam Lallana on Jürgen Klopp… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s Lost Tapes looks back at two games from Liverpool’s past that may have been forgotten, with Southampton in 2017 and Reading in 2007 up next. Dan Morgan is joined by Neil Atkinson to relive it… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on past Liverpool games, including Southampton, Reading […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast discussing Liverpool’s business during a generally quiet summer window and expectations for 2023-2024. John Gibbons hosts Ian Ryan, Shaun O’Donnell and Josh Williams, while John also speaks to Imad Ali the creator of the World In One City… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more reaction to Liverpool’s summer transfer […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast discussing Liverpool’s business during a generally quiet summer window and expectations for 2023-2024. John Gibbons hosts Ian Ryan, Shaun O’Donnell and Josh Williams… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning reaction to the reports around Nicolo Barella and the madness of this transfer market. John Gibbons is joined by Andy Heaton… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, taking stock of the rumours and assessing how many midfielders The Reds need. Rob Gutmann hosts Phil Blundell, Josh Sexton and Adam Melia… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the Khephren Thuram to Liverpool rumours… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s AFQ Friday podcast as Josh Sexton hosts Phil Blundell, Mike Kearney, Kelly Forshaw and George Trad. (Keep an eye on our Twitter feed to submit your questions for the next show) Recent Posts:
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Rattling through 10 topics in 10 minutes handpicked by you, the players at the top of Liverpool’s transfer wish list. Harriet Prior is joined by John Gibbons… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s live podcast going through Liverpool’s forwards and assessing the expectations ahead of the new season. John Gibbons hosts Mike Bankole, Stephen Evans and Robbie O’Neill. Also on the show, John speaks to Anu Omideyi from Liverpool Lighthouse about a recent visit from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Luis Diaz, as well as the upcoming […]
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Football coach Neil Dewsnip sits down with The Anfield Wrap to discuss his experiences working with Steven Gerrard, Trent Alexander-Arnold and more. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Neil Dewsnip on Steven Gerrard, Trent Alexander-Arnold and more… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Thursday night, for a chat about Mo Salah’s six years at Anfield and his best Liverpool moments. John Gibbons hosts Damian Kavanagh, Adam Smith and Dan Austin… Recent Posts:
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With the seasons all wrapped up, it’s time to have a review of what went on around Europe – looking specifically at La Liga and Serie A. Mo Stewart hosts La Liga expert Euan McTear and Serie A specialist Conor Clancy… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more of the latest […]
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Clive Smith, chair of the Haemophilia Society, speaks about the infected blood scandal, the ongoing inquiry and the impact of Hillsborough Law. Neil Atkinson hosts this first in a series of podcasts highlighting organisations which are part of the Hillsborough Law campaign… Recent Posts:
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Daniel Geey sits down with The Anfield Wrap for a chat about how football will develop over the next three-four years, from a legislative perspective. Neil Atkinson hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Daniel Geey… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s review podcast takes a look at what Jürgen Klopp’s summer 2023 could look like from an analytical point of view. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Jürgen’s summer 2023… Recent Posts:
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Dissecting Liverpool’s latest transfer rumours, including the latest on Ryan Gravenberch, Micky van de Ven and more of The Reds’ targets. Harriet Prior hosts The Liverpool Echo’s Paul Gorst… Recent Posts:
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Peter Crouch sat down exclusively with The Anfield Wrap for a free podcast discussing his new documentary ‘That Peter Crouch Film’ and more. Harriet Prior hosts… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on the Peter Crouch documentary, as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you… Recent Posts:
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Peter Crouch sat down exclusively with The Anfield Wrap for a free video discussing his new documentary ‘That Peter Crouch Film’ and more. Harriet Prior hosts… Recent Posts:
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Remembering Liverpool’s 2013-14 season ahead of its 10-year anniversary; a campaign some supporters still remember fondly… IT’S hard to believe it was 10 years ago. The unbelievable season of 2013-14. June 2013 saw a brief glimpse of optimism for Liverpool. The previous season, Brendan Rodgers first, was never going to receive much in the […]
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Clive Tyldesley sits down exclusively with The Anfield Wrap for a chat about Liverpool, the Premier League’s top seven and more. Neil Atkinson hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Clive Tyldesley on Liverpool and the rest… Recent Posts:
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The latest video on Liverpool transfers, including the rumours about The Reds’ monitoring Kyle Walker’s situation at Manchester City. Rob Gutmann hosts Harriet Prior and Ian Ryan… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, including the rumours about The Reds’ monitoring Kyle Walker’s situation at Manchester City. Rob Gutmann hosts Harriet Prior and Ian Ryan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the Kyle Walker to Liverpool rumours… Recent Posts:
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Opposition fans review the 2022-23 Premier League season for their teams, starting with Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Burnley. Neil Atkinson hosts Alex Hurst, Tom Fahy, Robbie Scotcher and Natalie Bromley… Below is a clip from the podcast – subscribe for more season reviews from Newcastle, Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, Burnley and beyond… […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s review podcast takes a look at what Jürgen Klopp’s summer 2023 could look like from an analytical point of view. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Jürgen’s summer 2023… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast discussing Nicolo Barella and what The Reds’ rivals have planned for their summer transfer windows. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Jake Nolan and Neil Jones… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more reaction to Nicolo Barella, Gabri Veiga and more Liverpool targets, as well as reaction to all the news […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast discussing Nicolo Barella and what The Reds’ rivals have planned for their summer transfer windows. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Jake Nolan and Neil Jones… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning reaction to the reports around Liverpool’s midfield shortlist, including Ryan Gravenberch. Neil Atkinson is joined by Rob Gutmann… Recent Posts:
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Opposition fans review the 2022-23 Premier League season for their teams, starting with Arsenal, Wolves and Brentford. Neil Atkinson hosts Jordan Jarrett-Bryan, Rich Hobbs and Billy Grant… Below is a clip from the podcast – subscribe for more season reviews from Arsenal, Wolves, Brentford and beyond… Recent Posts:
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The debate rages on about Liverpool’s lack of transfer activity during the summer of 2019, but there is a lot that gets lost in the nuance… WHERE did it all go wrong? For a now disgraced Prime Minister with an 80-seat majority – the answer likely lies between deceit and outright, well, lies. For […]
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Looking at the latest transfer rumours within the world of Liverpool this summer, including Khephren Thuram, Benjamin Pavard and Levi Colwill. Neil Atkinson hosts Mo Stewart, Kristian Walsh and Shaun O’Donnell… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s live podcast talking through Liverpool transfer links, with mad summer rumours about Mo Salah and his future. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Kieran Molyneux and Robbie O’Neill… Also, John Roche from Northern Lights speaks about the upcoming Ray Kennedy Cup for Parkinson’s disease awareness, and Rob May talks about this weekend’s Laces […]
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The 18th episode of Agony Hour in which Ben Johnson hosts Neil Atkinson, Rob Gutmann, Phil Blundell and Paddy Fitzsimons to respond to YOUR problems. Got a problem to send to the panel? Email agony@theanfieldwrap.com and you might feature on the next show… Recent Posts:
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As part of The Anfield Wrap’s JÜRGEN docu-series, James Milner sat down for an exclusive interview all about Liverpool’s manager Klopp. Harriet Prior hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from James Milner on Jürgen Klopp… Recent Posts:
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As part of The Anfield Wrap’s JÜRGEN docu-series, James Milner sat down for an exclusive interview all about Liverpool’s manager Klopp. Harriet Prior hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s AFQ Friday podcast as Neil Atkinson hosts Rob Gutmann, Ben Johnson, Phil Blundell and Paddy Fitzsimons. (Keep an eye on our Twitter feed to submit your questions for the next show) Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Thursday night, for a chat about Liverpool’s fixtures being announced & the latest transfer targets. Neil Atkinson hosts Mo Stewart, Damien Kavanagh and Harriet Prior… Recent Posts:
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Luke Entwistle from GFFN provides insight into rumoured Liverpool target Khephren Thuram of OGC Nice, from the French perspective. Harriet Prior hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Khephren Thuram… Recent Posts:
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What we’d do if we had transfer powers around the Premier League this summer, helping Everton, Brentford, Bournemouth and Wolves. This time the task falls to Neil Atkinson, Phil Blundell, Ian Ryan and Dan Austin… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Everton, Brentford, Bournemouth and Wolves… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s reaction video to Liverpool’s fixtures for the 2023-2024 Premier League season being released. Josh Sexton hosts Neil Atkinson and Harriet Prior… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s reaction podcast to Liverpool’s fixtures for the 2023-2024 Premier League season being released. Josh Sexton hosts Neil Atkinson and Harriet Prior… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool 2023-2024 fixtures… Recent Posts:
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Dougie Critchley from Football Daily provides insight into rumoured Liverpool target Khephren Thuram, from the European perspective. Harriet Prior hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Khephren Thuram… Recent Posts:
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A free podcast speaking to Manchester City fan Nick Stapleton about the chaos caused by UEFA around the Champions League final in Istanbul. Neil Atkinson and Dan Austin host for The Anfield Wrap… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more reaction to all the news and events that matter to you… Recent Posts:
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The latest video on Liverpool transfers, discussing Khephren Thuram, Gabri Veiga and Liverpool’s summer sales. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson and Dan Austin… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, discussing Khephren Thuram, Gabri Veiga and Liverpool’s summer sales. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson and Dan Austin… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Khephren Thuram, Gabri Veiga and Liverpool’s summer sales… Recent Posts:
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What we’d do if we had transfer powers around the Premier League this summer, helping Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. This time the task falls to Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons, Phil Blundell and Ian Ryan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United […]
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As the world continues to move on so does life as a supporter of Liverpool, but with every passing season we keep going back to what we know… ANOTHER season done. My 46th. It’s 46 years since I swapped an all-consuming passion for a Panini dinosaur sticker book to sole devotion to Kevin Keegan, […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s second review podcast diving deep into Liverpool’s 2022-2023 season, including a look at the stats and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Liverpool in 2022-2023… Recent Posts:
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Bild journalist Christian Falk provides insight into rumoured Liverpool target Benjamin Pavard, from the Bundesliga perspective. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Benjamin Pavard… Recent Posts:
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Dissecting Liverpool’s latest transfer rumours, including the news surrounding one-time Reds target Kylian Mbappe’s Paris Saint-Germain future. John Gibbons hosts The Liverpool Echo’s Paul Gorst… Recent Posts:
Is Kylian Mbappe Back On Liverpool’s List? | Talking Transfers appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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Munich-based journalist Felix Haselsteiner provides insight into rumoured Liverpool target Benjamin Pavard, from the Bayern perspective. Harriet Prior hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Benjamin Pavard… Recent Posts:
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What we’d do if we had transfer powers around the Premier League this summer, helping Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Brighton & Hove Albion and Nottingham Forest. This time the task falls to Neil Atkinson, Dan Morgan, Teza Simukulwa and Jim Johnson… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Newcastle United, Aston […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast discussing rumours linking Khéphren Thuram, Benjamin Pavard & Levi Colwill to Liverpool Football Club. Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan, Adam Melia and Phil Blundell… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast discussing the latest transfer links to Thuram, Pavard, Colwill & Liverpool’s next steps in the transfer window. Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan, Adam Melia and Phil Blundell… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more reaction to transfer links to Benjamin Pavard, as well as reaction to all the news and […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning reaction to Manchester City winning the UEFA Champions League Final, from Brasco Lounge in the city centre. John Gibbons is joined by Ian Salmon… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, discussing Benjamin Pavard and whether Liverpool need new defensive options. Rob Gutmann hosts Mo Stewart, Harriet Prior and Phil Blundell… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more of the latest on Liverpool transfers… Recent Posts:
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What we’d do if we had transfer powers around the Premier League this summer, helping West Ham, Chelsea and Crystal Palace. This time the task falls to Neil Atkinson, Dan Austin, Paul Duhaney and Teza Simukulwa… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on West Ham, Chelsea and Crystal Palace’s transfer […]
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Looking at the latest rumours of all the stars linked with Liverpool Football Club. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Phil Blundell & Dan Austin… Recent Posts:
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The fourth part of The Anfield Wrap’s transfer committee game 2023, in which we map out Liverpool’s summer of business. Neil Atkinson hosts the latest panel… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Liverpool FC transfer committee games… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s live podcast talking through Liverpool transfer links, with Alexis Mac Allister wrapped up and Khephren Thuram rumours heating up. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Adam Smith and Belinder Bhati. Also in the show, Neil talks for Paul Duhaney about Africa Oye and Harriet Prior chats to Emma Sanders about Liverpool FC Women […]
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AFS takes a look at the sporting world beyond football, bringing you buildup to The Ashes test cricket series between England and Australia. Mo Stewart hosts Sanj Shetty and special guest Issy Wong… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on The Ashes… Recent Posts:
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Spanish football journalist Alexandra Jonson provides an insight into Gabriel Veiga, after Liverpool are reported to be leading the race to sign the midfielder… Harriet Prior hosts Alexandra Jonson… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Gabriel Veiga… Recent Posts:
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Second part of The Anfield Wrap’s review of the standout stats and assessing the tactical setups seen across Liverpool’s 2022-2023 season. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s AFQ Friday podcast as Neil Atkinson hosts George Trad, Kev Walsh, John Elledge and Anna Walsh. (Keep an eye on our Twitter feed to submit your questions for the next show) Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Thursday night, for a chat about Alexis Mac Allister to Liverpool being announced. Neil Atkinson hosts Phil Blundell, Emilia Bona and Craig Hannan… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap reacts to the announcement that Alexis Mac Allister is officially a Liverpool player, joining from Brighton & Hove Albion. Neil Atkinson hosts Harriet Prior and Josh Sexton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the Alexis Mac Allister to Liverpool announcement… Recent Posts:
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Callum Jacobs on his book A New Formation: How Black Footballers Shaped the Modern Game, featuring Ian Wright, Andy Cole and Anita Asante. Neil Atkinson hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Callum Jacobs on ‘A New Formation’.. Recent Posts:
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The third part of The Anfield Wrap’s transfer committee game 2023, in which we map out Liverpool’s summer of business. Neil Atkinson hosts the latest panel… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Liverpool FC transfer committee games… Recent Posts:
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The latest video on Liverpool transfers, discussing the arrival of Alexis Mac Allister and the rumoured £35m fee. John Gibbons hosts Harriet Prior and Adam Smith… Recent Posts:
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The latest podcast on Liverpool transfers, discussing the arrival of Alexis Mac Allister and the rumoured £35m fee. John Gibbons hosts Harriet Prior and Adam Smith… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more as Liverpool close in on Alexis Mac Allister for £35m… Recent Posts:
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Reacting to the latest Liverpool news from the heart of the city, answering your questions about Alexis Mac Allister and more. Harriet Prior hosts Fuad Hasan… https://youtu.be/J9Sbdo4PDd8 Recent Posts:
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Assessing the key stats around Liverpool’s transfer targets and potential departures, focusing on The Reds’ options in midfield.Neil Atkinson hosts Harriet Prior, with the help of our partners at StatsBomb…
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Dominic King from the Daily Mail has the story ahead of Alexis Mac Allister’s medical with Liverpool, from The Reds’ perspective.John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap…
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The first part of The Anfield Wrap’s transfer committee game 2023, in which we map out Liverpool’s summer of business.Neil Atkinson hosts Rob Gutmann, Kev Walsh, Sian Bennett and Craig Hannan…
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A compartmental look at Liverpool FC’s 2022-2023 squad, assessing The Reds’ options in attack and how things lie after the end of the season.John Gibbons hosts Neil Atkinson…
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With the signing of Alexis Mac Allister seemingly imminent, what could he bring to this Liverpool team – next season and beyond?A WORLD Cup winner, but not just someone who happened to be in the winning squad, Alexis Mac Allister shone in Qatar and provided a key assist in the final.
The attacking midfielder is someone who will perform on the big stage and rarely cracks under pressure (see his last minute penalty against Manchester United).
He is also in keeping with Liverpool’s tradition of signing players who have played well against The Reds. Mac Allister was excellent at Anfield in the 3-3 draw, and at one point went past about four or five of Liverpool’s players, before being brought down by James Milner.
He was also integral when Brighton destroyed Liverpool 3-0, which proved to be The Reds nadir for the campaign. The Argentine ran the show and made a key interception and pass for The Seagull’s opener.
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The Brighton number 10 is an excellent technical player. In essence he is an attacking, creative midfielder who can beat his man and score goals. He’s also strong on set pieces, so a great option if Trent Alexander-Arnold is not available, or if The Reds want to try something different.
He is Premier League quality and speaks English, a value which is understated (see Darwin Nunez, who Jürgen Klopp repeatedly admits has struggled due to the language barrier).
Liverpool are crying out for threats from midfield, especially with Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain out of the picture. Think back to Forest 1-0 Liverpool, Bournemouth 1-0 Liverpool, Liverpool 1-1 Villa, Liverpool 1-2 Leeds (a game in which the score was 1-1 for the majority of the match, with Liverpool unable to break the deadlock) and the difference Mac Allister could have made in those situations.
Alexander-Arnold and Curtis Jones have been excellent at creating, but what happens, like against Villa, when they have an off day? And we also don’t know if Trent will still be playing in his new role next season (even if he is, we still need a player like Mac Allister), and Jones is known to be very unfortunate with injuries.
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Being able to rotate between Mac Allister, Jones, Alexander-Arnold, Harvey Elliott/Fabio Carvalho (if he isn’t loaned out or sold) and one other midfielder (be it Mount, Bellingham, Gravenberch, Nunes, Gallagher, Barella, Eze, Veiga, Christian Poulsen, me, etc) gives The Reds a plethora of creative midfielders to choose from, and that luxury could make a huge difference (especially, if they sign me).
Another key factor is availability; Mac Allister hardly ever misses games, and god, will that be refreshing on the back of saying farewell to two of the most injury-prone players we have ever come across. And if Thiago stays, and continues his trend of missing games, his lack of availability won’t be as much of an issue should Mac Allister maintain his track record of frequent availability. He’s only missed three games in the last two seasons, which is incredible.
I’m not sure how much Liverpool miss Gini Wijnaldum in terms of his playing style and what he offered; he could have helped the team in some ways this season but, more than anything, Liverpool miss having a player who could play 90 minutes most weeks of the season.
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Mac Allister got off to a slow start in the Premier League, which is why there is such frustration around lazy comments like: “Why don’t we find players like Brighton, players like Mac Allister and Caicedo, before they shoot up in value? Sack the scouts and get Brighton’s!”
I have a feeling those same fans would be begging the club to sell the player.
Transfers are a food chain; smart clubs like Brighton buy raw players and give them time to develop, while ‘compromising’ their performance in the league and tournaments in the meantime, until the players hit their stride, then the richer clubs swoop in and pay big money.
Mac Allister got off to a slow start in England, but in 2021-22, managed to hit 10 goals and assists from midfield, and this season, has gone up to 15 involvements, including an impressive 10 goals, having proved a pivotal figure in Brighton’s most successful ever campaign, with The Seagulls qualifying for Europe for the first time in their history.
Statistically, Mac Allister is alongside Caicedo when it comes to pressing stats, which is impressive given he is also in the 79th percentile for xG in the league; better than any of Liverpool’s current midfielders.
The Argentine is also in the 78th percentile for key passes, which is also better than any of The Reds’ midfield numbers, bar Alexander-Arnold (if you count him as a midfielder). Mac Allister’s numbers aren’t mind-blowing, but are very good, and under Klopp, these numbers may well become elite.
And it’s important to note that these statistics are compared to all players in the league, not just players in Mac Allister’s specific position.
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I especially like this goal; it shows he can press and it’s a goal from a Klopp midfielder if I’ve ever seen one; reminiscent of Naby Keita’s against Huddersfield in 2019, as this one was also only a few seconds in.
Mac Allister is the perfect age and will only improve under Klopp’s guidance. He could elevate Liverpool back to where we want The Reds to be.
A more defensive enforcer would be great in addition to the World Cup winner, but if as rumoured, the Alexis Mac Allister announcement is imminent, it will be a fantastic start to the transfer window for Liverpool.
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With Liverpool closing in on Alexis Mac Allister and looking to get deals for Manu Kone and Khephren Thuram over the line, here’s a look at how The Red’s midfield situation could develop next season…LAST week I was invited onto the Transfer Committee show with Joel Richards, Dan Morgan and Mike Bankole.
If you’re not aware of the premise, it’s a game where the four of us are tasked with virtually buying and selling players under the limitations of a strict budget. Contract extensions and wages also have to be considered and we can only buy from a list provided by Neil. Much to my disappointment, Andre Ayew was not included once again and, though I fight reality hourly on this, I’m beginning to think that ship has sailed.
I won’t tell you how we got on—that’s what the show is for—but suffice to say it wasn’t easy. Even with fake money and no negotiations, it was a slog. The real thing must be exhausting.
Jurgen has already hinted that this will be a busy summer for the club. I hope so. It has to be a lot better than last year which seemed to revolve around a philosophy of 1) buy Aurelien Tchouameni and 2) take rest of the summer off.
I know we brought Darwin in but it was the midfield that needed looking at. Now, a year on, that hasn’t changed, particularly with three of their number leaving this month.
At the time of writing the favourite for the first signing appears to be Alexis MacAllister, while the more reliable accounts mention Manu Kone and Khrephren Thuram as possibilities.
It’s a decent list. Thuram has 114 appearances and eight goals for Nice along with one senior cap for France. He certainly has the pedigree, being named after an Egyptian pharaoh and, like Thiago, having a World Cup winning dad.
Meanwhile Kone has been courting interest from Newcastle as well as the Reds. Reports from Germany state that he’ll be moving to a Premier League club. Well, that clears that up. Thanks lads.
Personally, I like that he was born the day after the Alaves UEFA Cup final. A day I can remember only too well. I’ve seldom been more hungover.
With Jude Bellingham all but gone and Mason Mount now making eyes at United, it seems that these are the three players we’re setting our sights on.
I’ll admit, I’d have liked to have seen a bid for Declan Rice in there. He’s got the lot, but I doubt FSG will sanction spending anything like the sort of money required on the 24-year old. It looks like Arsenal and Bayern will have to duke it out between them.
A lot of this speculation also depends on the Trent conundrum. Is he more likely to play in his usual position or is the midfield role just part of his development? It doesn’t always work, but if Jurgen is happy to go with it, we’ll need another right back to slot in. I think it’s unlikely that we’ll see Joe Gomez playing there full time.
(I like him at right back, incidentally, and don’t think he’s anywhere near as bad as his detractors claim. He can get up the pitch and he can cross. He’s just not Trent. We need Trent to be Trent if we’re expecting that sort of quality and no one else will do. God help our next full-time right back who’ll have to replicate his ability).
It will also be interesting to see what becomes of Fabinho. The Brazilian has been imperious over the course of his Anfield career, but last year was his absolute nadir. He recovered a little at the end of the season, but without an extra man in there to help with his running (Curtis Jones much of the time) he couldn’t turn or get around the pitch. I’ve never seen such a drop off by a player in such a short space of time. Whether that was just exhaustion and nothing that a couple of months on a beach can’t sort out, remains to be seen. I hope so. I don’t like it when our heroes become fallible.
If Jurgen has one valid criticism levelled against him, his love of baseball caps aside, it’s that he’s not ruthless enough when it comes to his favourites. If Fabinho can’t produce it anymore, or at least not as consistently as he has done, then he should be warming the bench. Another Jurgen criticism—his preference for a small squad—has made that impossible of late.
I hope he recovers though. There’s an argument that he was the best number 6 in Europe for a while and I’d hate to see his flame burn briefly.
And then there’s Curtis and Bajcetic.
Jurgen played Curtis in every game come the end of the season and his improvement has been marked. Even those with a bias against him would have to admit that. When he’s had enough of knocking around with his mate Dr Dre, he’ll have a lot to do next year. Arguably more than Thiago.
It was frustrating to lose Stefan after his great start, but the rest might do him some good. He’ll certainly be getting game time next year.
Thiago (32) and the captain (33 in a fortnight) are the oldest midfielders now, so you’d think they’d play fewer games, but that might change with the Europa League. A combined midfield of Henderson, Thiago, Fabinho, Elliott, Carvalho (though I doubt it), Jones, MacAllister, Trent, Kone and Thuram should be enough to navigate us through a season. In my head that’s our final midfield squad. Whether there are too many projects in there is still to be seen.
I hope Alexis comes soon. I want to see the club and its owners be decisive early on by fully backing the manager. I can see the sense of ducking out of the Jude drama but we need to see intent with a wallet.
Dan, Joel, Mike and I certainly did in our alternative reality version though God knows what that would look like in real life. There were some wild takes in there.
Still no Andre Ayew though.
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With an all-Manchester FA Cup final this weekend and football rivalry a recent hot topic in Liverpool, where do fans sit on derbies?THERE are three good reasons not to interact with this piece of writing, if you support Everton Football Club:
- You despise Liverpool Football Club.
- You don’t like the platform it’s written on because of said hatred.
- You have no interest in adapting your outlook and how you view Liverpool.
There are also three reasons not to relate if you’re a Red:
- You despise Everton.
- You don’t care enough and would rather expend this particular energy on Manchester United or another rival.
- You have no interest in adapting your outlook and how you view Everton.
All fair enough and not an uncommon outlook. Liverpool’s Merseyside rivalry is, at best, complicated and, at worst, at a state of putrid toxicity.
Arguments counter whataboutery and accusation. The relationship has been in pages long before The Anfield Wrap existed. My first ever piece of writing on this site was on this very topic.
But last week’s final day, in which many had hearts in St. Mary’s and heads in Goodison Park (or the other way around) once again proved that disliking each other and wishing each other no good fortune on the pitch is important to both sides.
Jamie Carragher wrote about wanting Everton to stay up for the sake of the city and many Liverpool supporters objected.
Can we, should we, suppress the urge to wish each other footballing misery? Sure, it perhaps shows a pettiness in all of us. A characteristic and heart of darkness hidden from daily working, family selves, but we’re all walking contradictions in this sense. Our tribalism is our greatest clown mirror.
If we can be honest and ironically grown-up about such a fact, then standing in the concourse to watch a title fight or relegation scrap you’re not involved in can be seen as somewhat acceptable behaviour.
It can mean that rivalry, in this case, is purely centred on a cheap thrill. You get your kicks where you can. You take the little wins, sometimes.
What constitutes a healthy rivalry in football is purely subjective. Liverpool is not Glasgow and, in a completely different sense, nor is it Manchester.
I have no idea what the workings of United versus Manchester City currently means to its people. I would hazard a guess it will become more intensified on the red half should City triumph in this weekend’s FA Cup final and go on to complete a treble United so desperately cling to as their halcyon achievement.
Every derby should be its own thing in a place which is identifiably independent and characteristically unique.
Perhaps the dividing rivalry line is, in every sense, the place it exists. Not to necessarily aspire to Liverpool exceptionalism and a one-city-mind, but something more reflective of some of Liverpool’s better traits.
That the desire to see each other lose doesn’t mean that muralled walls, statues or the Liver Building is suddenly fair game.
Liverpool is fiercely proud. Its pride at hosting Eurovision in May was up there with its greatest achievements.
These achievements are only made possible by a sense of something decent holding it all together. This is constantly tested at every level due to some form of local or national government constraint.
Rivalries to those outside the city shouldn’t therefore become breeding grounds for further division, but there is a difference when it comes to Liverpool and Everton.
Merseyside is and should be different. It’s our green spaces, our bus routes, our familiarities and often our families and friends.
The point is simply that it’s a city people are proud of and defensive of, regardless of where you place allegiances come the weekend.
Is that enough? Who knows. There’s something in me that thinks it could be. But there needs to be an honesty with ourselves.
I wanted Everton to go down for a few reasons, the fact I tend not to attend either derby because of how awful or hostile it feels a big one.
For me, it ends there. It didn’t impact me or my day. I was out with a large group with two Blues in it. I offered them congratulations and an exhausted hug at the end. From wraiths to superbeings – I was genuinely happy for them.
There’s nothing Liverpool detests more than outside misjudgement and stereotypes. It creates a bubble – again something sceptics pass off as entitlement. If fighting among ourselves is the proxy, this is the real conflict. The one without colours.
All the constant challenges from outside and one question to ponder from within; how do we all exist together in this place?
The answer may well be in the question.
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Wolfsburg defender Micky van de Ven has been linked with a move to Liverpool this summer, but what do the stats say about how he would fit in?MICKY van de Ven is a Wolfsburg centre-back who is believed to be a favourite of new Liverpool sporting director Jorg Schmadtke.
A pacy player who currently plays for Schmadtke’s former employers Wolfsburg, manager Jürgen Klopp is also reportedly a huge fan.
Van de Ven started his career in his native Netherlands with FC Volendam before joining Die Wolfe.
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The 22-year-old has never been selected for the Dutch senior national team, but was included in their 2022 World Cup provisional squad.
A large part of van de Ven’s skillset consists of his abilities on the ball, ranking in the top 12 per cent of all centre-backs in the top five leagues for pass completion percentage.
He also ranks in the top 10 per cent of his peers for progressive carries, showing his adeptness at dribbling the ball up the pitch.
The Dutchman’s potential big weakness is his ability to head the ball, he is in the bottom four per cent of his peers for aerials won, and in the top 17 per cent for aerials lost.
Van de Ven’s defensive stats sit somewhere between the standard of his abilities on the ball and his standards in the air; he’s currently in the top 42 per cent of his peers for blocks and in the top 58 per cent for tackles.
He’s also yet to add a scoring touch to his game, only finding the net in the Bundesliga once last season, in a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund.
Van de Ven passes the eye test, though, making a great recovery to clear a Union Berlin shot off the defensive line in dramatic fashion earlier this season.
He is also reportedly a Liverpool fan, as a picture of the defender in a Liverpool scarf has been circulating widely on social media.
So we’re clearly all Reds here, isn’t that right Micky?
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Pepe Reina became the latest Liverpool hero to disappoint his fans for criticising Vinicius Jr.’s behaviour after he was racially abused…NEVER meet your heroes. That’s what they say, isn’t it?
Of course, heroes become less of a thing the older and jaded you become.
A few years ago, I walked past Bruce Grobbelaar. He was going into a Chinese restaurant as I was leaving. I loved Brucie as a kid. Oh, I loved Clem much, much more but when you’re 12 years old and your keeper is doing handstands at Wembley with a medal in his gob, you’re going to look at them with fascination and admiration.
They were all Gods back then and the thought of holding the door open for them as they passed by was the stuff of dreams back in 1982.
As it turned out I merely glanced at him with the limpest indifference. I couldn’t even be arsed with eye contact or a grunt. You see, Bruce Grobbelaar was no longer the deity I thought him to be. Bruce Grobbelaar, following the match-rigging scandal of 1994, had shown himself to be human after all and subject to faults and indiscretions.
He did many great things at Liverpool and not all of them off the pitch. He wore a black armband on the telly on the 20th anniversary of the disaster and attended many funerals of those who were unlawfully killed in April 1989, so I didn’t have a go at him or anything. I just got on with leaving the Chinese.
Never meet your heroes.
Well, no, not always. I’ve met a few and they’ve been absolutely great. John Barnes called me ‘mate’ once and I couldn’t speak for a full hour. In 2008, Steven Gerrard nodded to me in an Anfield corridor while I was foolishly trying to act all calm and insouciant in his presence. God knows how Gibbo managed it last week. I was a mess.
But Pepe Reina? Oh, Pepe? Why do that?
If you missed it, he commented on Vinicius Jr.’s red card at the end of the Valencia-Real Madrid last weekend. Vinicius had been subjected to continued racist abuse from the Mario Kempes stand at the Mestalla throughout the game and, at one point, had even pointed out a man in the crowd who was using a racial slur to him.
After the game there was a back and forth on social media between the Real Madrid player and La Liga boss Javier Tebas when the latter was furious at Vinicius’s comment that La Liga and Spain were both racist.
“We have tried to explain to you what LaLiga is and what it can do in cases of racism, but you have not shown up to either of the two agreed dates that you yourself requested. Before criticising and insulting LaLiga, you need to inform yourself properly, Vinícius.”
He’s since apologised for that remark and said that his hands are tied in terms of punitive measures regarding racism. It does sort of look like he’s telling the victim of racial abuse that his league isn’t racist, when there’s a pretty big Exhibit A on the evidence table…
But Pepe?
“Vinícius? The less you provoke the rival fans and the less you protest to the referee, the more respect you will have from everyone. He’s becoming one of the best in the world, but I think he must mature in behaviour and have more respect for his rivals.”
Oh, for fuck’s sake, lad. Don’t be one of them.
The Valencia fan who called him a monkey would have a lot more respect for him if he just took his abuse and got on with the game? Maybe show a bit of respect to the double-digit IQer in the stand? How about a handshake afterwards? No?
Nothing about the abuse. Just shifting the blame elsewhere.
It never sits well when your heroes go against the grain in your heart. I should know. I loved Morrissey.
You end up defending them somehow with a lot of ‘what he really meant was’ and ‘actually, if you read it’ statements. You can only hope that it was a one-off and that they’re still the people you thought them to be.
Not everyone has to follow your politics, of course. I doubt Alisson, Fabinho and I would vote the same way in an election and there’s always that ‘keep politics out of this’ argument, but surely we can agree that racism is more clear cut than that. Who the hell can defend that, or at least imply that it’s somehow deserved?
There’s no nuance there, no disagreement in policy shift. It’s just stupid. Stupid and offensive and it can be eradicated by strong measures. If you make a monkey noise to a black player at any point, you’re a prick. If you defend it by blaming the victim’s attitude then you’re just as bad.
I know I’m open to criticism here and I’ll accept it. I’m a white working-class man talking about racism. Others are better qualified to talk about the subject. I’ve never been racially abused. I get that.
But Pepe?
I loved him too. Well, admired him as I was getting on when he played for us.
I saw him at that same Anfield occasion when Gerrard hugged me and told me that I was always his favourite Kopite and that we were brothers forever. It was a Supporters Club Christmas bash and I’d been invited into the green room with lots of ex-players before they came out.
Everyone had suits except Pepe. He had a grey jumper and jeans on. It looked like he’d been doing some gardening that day and couldn’t be arsed changing. He somehow looked immaculate.
And I loved him in 2008 at Stamford Bridge when The Reds defended a 1-0 lead. The ball went out for a goal kick behind the away end. We threw it back to him whereupon he hissed ‘keep it’ to the amused crowd. He needed to waste time and I loved that he recruited us to help him out.
But that’s done now. He’s made out Vinicius Jr. is at least partially to blame for an afternoon of verbal racist attacks so he can sod off now.
Never meet your heroes. Or at least never think them perfect.
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Josh Sexton’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Southampton 4 Liverpool 4 in the Premier League at St. Mary’s…I KNOW, I know.
A mad season ending with a mad game and it’s me on the ratings.
Not what any of us hoped for today, but Johno has — not unreasonably — left Liverpool and all its permutations behind for the weekend. I’ll get him to box some season ratings for you, if he can be arsed.
Kelleher: 5Thought on first look he could do better with the first goal, then thought I was being harsh and it was just a good finish. Could definitely do better with the second, though. Can’t do anything about a fella just running through the entire team to leather one in, though. Probably as surprised that they scored four as the rest of us.
Choosing to believe Jürgen has thrown him in cold to take him out of the shop window after conceding four. Absolute 4D chess if so, fair play.
Trent: 6Probably not as easy to do his new job with two completely different players behind him and a different player ahead of him. Not sure any of the bad stuff is his fault and he contributes well to the good stuff.
Matip: 5Bit of a statue for that second goal. Dunno, am I being harsh? If that’s his last game then he was great, Big Joel, and he won the absolute lot.
Gomez: 5Was excited to see him in that right-hand side role today, but forgot that Jürgs sees him as more of a Virgil replacement. Dunno how well that bodes generally for his future, but I’m not about to argue with the fella I’m hanging all my hopes on to sort this mess out.
Kostas: 5Few mad things, few good things. If his tears at Anfield show he’s also off then that will be his legacy, but he’ll always have an FA Cup-winning penalty to boot.
Milner: 6Absolutely love the man. Love the flag in the away end. Love everything he did for the club. Love that he’s won absolutely everything. Love that he’ll prove loads wrong at Brighton.
Fabinho: 5Gets an assist, which is mad, but their lads just run through our midfield a lot really. Not entirely his fault, as it hasn’t been all season, but it’s clearly still a problem for the manager to fix even in the new system.
Jones: 6Can see how crucial he is to the left hand side, but he’ll need to get used to having new fellas thrown in around him, as there was today. We’ll need a squad again next season, but Curtis could end up playing more than most across all competitions and that’s a huge compliment.
Salah: 6One of those first halves where he just couldn’t really get into it and, to be honest, I was worried about him getting levelled by that big lunatic Lyanco. Should do better with a couple second half. Been that kind of season, really.
Bobby: 7I typed the letter A then without even knowing where I was going, but could still feel myself welling up. Just love him so much and wish he didn’t have to leave, but I know I’m a big transfer fridge and need to be sent to Twitter boot camp for a bit to get me into a more sportswash-y state of mind.
Jota: 8Lovely receipt of the gift for his first goal. Loved him pushing the big lunatic Lyanco and Milner stepping in just to make sure it didn’t go off properly. Great finish for his second. Will score all of the goals next season.
SUBSHenderson: 7Thought all four subs made us better and gave us real impetus. Want one of his mad edge-of-the-box-after-a-clearance shots to go in for a big let off.
Gakpo: 8Just great, isn’t he? Going to be so important next season. Makes so many good things happen.
Elliott: 8Brilliant when he came on. Had a few of those sub appearances this season where he grabs this team by the scruff of the neck which is a credit to him at 20 years old — and a bit of a slight on the others, if we’re all honest.
Diaz: 7Posed a different threat, but do want to see him getting in more of the goalscoring positions he’s taken up in the past. Might just be adapting to a new system, which is sound.
Thank heavens that’s all over. See yous soon.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Southampton v Liverpool in the 2022-2023 Premier League finale at St. Mary’s…SOUTHAMPTON are a strange side.
This season they have: held Arsenal to a point in both fixtures, beaten Chelsea home and away, drawn at Old Trafford, put three past Spurs in a dramatic 3-3 comeback, and they put up a good fight against The Reds at Anfield in November.
That’s probably because The Saints do have some very good players; but they have also been the worst team in the league this season, and their current points total of 24 is one of the lowest the Premier League has ever seen.
Mohamed Salisu, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, James Ward-Prowse, Joe Aribo, Romeo Lavia, (who Liverpool are now being linked with), and Che Adams are all pretty good footballers — Premier League quality footballers. Strong Premier League clubs will be eyeing up The Saints’ relegated players who are looking to keep playing football in the top division.
The problem for Ruben Selles is only one forward features on that list; only Wolves have scored fewer goals than Southampton this season; in their squad, only Ward-Prowse and Adams have scored more than four goals this campaign. Their next highest scoring forward after Adams is Walcott who has two goals.
But The Saints did cause Liverpool problems at Anfield; they equalised to make it 1-1 in the first half, and forced some great saves out of Alisson in the second period. They may well cause problems on Sunday as well. Liverpool must also be careful not to give any silly freekicks away in dangerous areas, because James Ward-Prowse is lethal.
Southampton play nice football and they will want to finish the season in front of their home crowd on a high; but when all else fails, they tend to send 6ft7 Paul Onuachu on and knock it long, getting plenty of crosses in. And who can blame them? No footballer on the planet is winning a header against that man.
The stats do reflect all of these issues; Southampton are actually 13th in the league for xG conceded, but are rock bottom for xG scored. The Saints are also in the bottom three for xG conceded from set pieces, and their offensive corner xG is also towards the bottom end of the table. But they complete more passes per game than several teams, including all the other relegation candidates, and even strong sides like Brentford. Selles’s side are also up there for counter-pressures.
As for Liverpool, I am hoping to see several improvements from the Villa game. The press was off, the defending was jittery at times, and the crosses were, for the most part, painful. Far too many floaters; indeed, the one goal Liverpool did score was from a smart, nippy cross.
The Reds did also face hard lines, not least two huge calls unfairly going against them, and arguably a third with the penalty shout on Henderson. Yes, it was soft, but Villa were being awarded soft fouls every five minutes, as were Brentford three weeks ago. It should be consistent. And of course, from Villa, the time wasting, the shithousery, the match vandalism, were off the scale.
It would also be fair to say that Liverpool were slightly distracted, or perhaps feeling the pressure more than usual. There was a feeling of ‘we can’t lose’ on an emotional day of farewells, and Villa could not have made life any more difficult. It almost had a cup final feel about it, in a weird way, but Southampton on the final day will most probably be a contrast to that feeling.
More than anything, it was quite simply a case where four out of five of Liverpool’s most important attacking players happened to have off-days. I would say Gakpo, out of all of Liverpool’s offensive threats, was the only player who didn’t have a frustrating (albeit painful) afternoon, with Tyrone Mings’ studs quite possibly still impaled into his ribs.
In the end, The Reds fought well and showed good resilience to salvage a draw; more so than the 2014-15 side that succumbed to the pressure for Steven Gerrard’s last two games.
We may well see a side that looks as if there’s been a huge weight lifted off their collective shoulders. Not only in the sense of there not being emotional farewells daunting and distracting them but also, now that the race for Champions League is finally officially over, The Reds can just relax and enjoy their football against a team that is already relegated. That will also be a refreshing feeling for us fans.
In Firmino’s last ever game for Liverpool, it would be great to see him start, assuming he is fit to do so. As mentioned, Gakpo was the best player in the last game and deserves to keep his place. So, I would play both; the master and the apprentice.
But I don’t think that’s what Klopp will do; I don’t predict many changes to the lineup, just a couple switches that are combination of a) what I would like to see and b) what Klopp is likely to consider making.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Fabinho, Elliott, Jones; Salah, Gakpo, Jota
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With Liverpool’s Europa League fate now sealed for next year, where exactly do fans’ expectations lie ahead of a new and uncertain season?HEADING into the final weekend; there are reminders that the past is never too far behind.
I’ve been researching Liverpool 0 Southampton 0 for Lost Tapes. Played at Anfield on May 7 2017, the draw left us third with five points on Manchester United having played a game more.
The game’s most notable moment was James Milner’s missed penalty in the 66th minute, after Fraser Forster acted the bollocks in front of The Kop.
Anxiety rippled through the stadium and in the pubs after. Liverpool had West Ham away and Middlesbrough at home to navigate if they were to finish fourth and play Champions League football for the first time since 2014.
After a season out of Europe and with Jürgen Klopp gathering momentum, it felt needed.
Chelsea won the league on 93 points this season. None of Liverpool’s business. Antonio Conte’s air of competence and Pep Guardiola bouncing around in third place making it seem entirely like another time period.
We blitzed West Ham and eased past Middlesbrough to finish 17 points off top in fourth on 76 with no other trophy hope. We were ecstatic.
Point disparity is now back en vogue. it’s resurfaced as a Premier League hot topic now the masses have stopped closing their eyes and covering their ears just so long as someone, anyone is beating Liverpool to titles.
But it’s important across the league. Since the 2016-17 season, on average, it’s taken 71 points to finish fourth and 36 to finish 17th. That’s a 35-point swing over 13 places. The average Premier League-winning tally has been about 95 points. That’s a 24-point swing from fourth to first.
Liverpool ran at world-record pace for three-out-of-four seasons to create any semblance of competition to Manchester City before they physically and mentally burnt out. And that’s truly what transpired in 2022-23.
They didn’t fail solely by not signing enough midfielders, not having a Sadio Mane plan or by their pre-season preparations – although all of these factors played a supporting role.
So now, naturally, we’re left with questions. There’s the obvious one around the type of player Liverpool can compete for, given their Europa League qualification. We’ve seen with Mason Mount this week that it is already becoming an issue.
There’s also where we, the supporters, place our bar heading into next season.
Klopp came out swinging in today’s press conference – talking about the reassurance of the bond he felt between stands and pitch after the emotional farewells of Liverpool’s departing players.
He talked about giving next season “a proper go”, a true Jürgen-ism. Yet, for the first time, we don’t know where exactly to apportion our own expectations.
Are we too old in the tooth now to simply look up, aspire and enjoy the ride? Can we take ourselves back to that afternoon against Middlesbrough where we felt that tingle of opportunity mixed with mysticism?
Arsenal won’t break 90 points this season. For all their romance and bluster, the most they can muster is 84. It’s a reminder of how hard it is to hit those strides. It demands and takes and often, as we’ve found, there’s little to no give.
Perhaps it would be wise to simply ignore City for a bit. Let them be other people’s problems. Let someone else bang the accountability door we’ve been knocking down for years.
It’s time to refocus on Liverpool. On Anfield and Klopp. It’s time to fall in love with a new team that hopefully shows the same desire to run and fight for everything.
Last Saturday was a profound ending, next season a beginning into the unknown. Nothing is a given, nothing should be expected.
These have our points. Into them.
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Alisson Becker claimed The Anfield Wrap’s Embodiment of Liverpool FC award 2023, so here are his top 10 moments during his time at Anfield…FROM stunning saves, to emphatic headed goals, to silky skill moves, to memorable assists — Alisson Becker has done it all.
So, to celebrate him claiming The Anfield Wrap’s Embodiment of Liverpool FC award for 2023, here are the Liverpool number one’s best moments of his Reds career so far (in no particular order, apart from number one — you can already guess what that might be).
- Early trophy-winning save v Napoli in 2018
Alisson vs Napoli
One of the biggest moments on the run to Madrid pic.twitter.com/96yx2JjqaI
— The Anfield Wrap (@TheAnfieldWrap) August 4, 2020
Up there with Jerzy Dudek’s save v Andriy Shevchenko as one of the most important in Liverpool’s history. Had Milik tucked this away, Liverpool would not have won number six in Madrid. It’s as simple as that.
And this, technically, was probably a better save than Dudek’s, with all due respect to the Pole. Faced with a one on one, all Alisson can do is make himself as big as possible, and that he does, to great avail. It takes a while for everyone to process exactly what has just happened.
Watching it back, I still worry that Milik is going to score.
Moments win you leagues. Moments win you trophies. World-class players excel in key moments. This was a key moment in Liverpool’s 2018-19 Champions League glory.
- 2022 FA Cup final penalty saveI thought we had blown the shootout when Mane saw his penalty saved. Alisson had other ideas.
It was actually a good penalty by (hopefully) future Red Mason Mount, but met by an incredible save from Ali. Key moments, key saves, lead to big trophies. And this led to a memorable cup double for The Reds.
And extra credit for not letting the ball bounce in afterwards, which some feared could happen. But Alisson was too cool for that.
- Save from Camavinga’s shot in MadridI wanted to a include a save that is purely Alisson’s best save; no context, just purely on a technical basis. And to me, this one is the greatest, even if it didn’t mean anything in terms of the outcome of the tie.
I can’t fathom how he even gets his hand to it, let alone how he manages to tip it on to the bar. It’s struck with venom and heading straight into the top corner. You wouldn’t blame the goalie for not even trying to save it.
At first, I thought it had just hit the bar clean, but you can see from the replays that Alisson gets a strong enough hand to the ball to prevent it from crashing into the back of the net.
Saves like the one from Milik, Dudek etc, are all incredible. But there’s also an element of the ball just hitting them. Which to me, is why this is Alisson’s best save; he’s actually on the other side of the goal when it’s struck.
- Jamming with Jamie Webster in 2019
Allez, Allez, Allez…Jamie Webster featuring @Alissonbecker.
You'll enjoy these next two minutes, Reds! pic.twitter.com/6fslzVZvcs
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 14, 2019
Alisson isn’t just a cool goalkeeper. He’s about as cool as a man gets. With his impressive beard, his ability to pull off every hairstyle known to man, Alisson also plays guitar and cooks an impressive barbecue. A top lad.
And then he was jamming with musician and huge Red Jamie Webster. A Brazilian and a Scouser, two hugely talented men, in different ways, connected by a couple of acoustic guitars, performing an iconic tune. A beautiful moment.
- Chipping it over Knockaert in 2018Alisson isn’t just famous for his shot stopping. Sometimes I wonder if Alisson could do a good shift for us outfield (and more on that later), because he’s just that good with his feet. He loves a dummy and a Cruyff turn, but this piece of skill in particular had more flair than any other.
Being pressured by Brighton’s Anthony Knockaert, it looks for a second as though the forward is going to beat Alisson to it. Then something incredible happens.
With the ball rolling along the ground, Ali chips it over Knockaert, with the utmost nonchalance, controls the ball, then passes it to van Dijk. The goalie. Flicking it over the striker’s head. Incredible.
This was in his third game for the club, with the score at 1-0 to Liverpool. Talk about confidence.
But erm, the less said about what he tried in the next game against Leicester, the better.
- Assist for Mo Salah v Man City in 2022
A HUGE GOAL FOR LIVERPOOL!
Mohamed Salah with the goal pic.twitter.com/8Oab0vebHx
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) October 16, 2022
He likes a skill move, but he also loves an incredible long rage pass, does our Alisson.
I was at this game, and went absolutely berserk when Salah slotted this home.
It had been a game packed with drama — the score was somehow 0-0, but you just knew one of the two sides was going to nick it.
After a poor freekick from De Bruyne, Alisson caught the ball and noticed Mo Salah on his bike.
Despite slipping, his long pass was perfect (albeit Salah also does incredibly well) and Cancelo fumbled it. Salah dashed away and slotted it home.
This is Anfield. This is Alisson.
- His celebration with Klopp v Everton in 2018
Wow!!! Jurgen Klopp charges onto the pitch to celebrate with Alisson!
Liverpool score a bizzare LATE goal to win the Merseyside derby 1-0. Simply incredible! pic.twitter.com/7NM4P0pltV
— Soccer AM (@SoccerAM) December 2, 2018
We all know where we were and how we reacted when that Origi goal went in.
Alisson has the best memory of us all; Jürgen Klopp sprinting onto the pitch to give him a massive hug. The two spin around in a 180, mid hug, as if a married couple that have just won the lottery.
I think it was later revealed that Klopp was happy with Alisson for how he sent Trent up with the freekick. It doesn’t really matter. It was a bonkers moment and Alisson Becker deserved it for being Alisson Becker.
Also, he made an incredible save in the first half to keep the score at 0-0. Just thought I’d also throw that in there.
- Another assist for Mo Salah and his celebration v United in 2020
INCREDIBLE @Alissonbecker's brilliant assist, @MoSalah's superb goal… and THAT celebration pic.twitter.com/RHyu0ZwXsH
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 19, 2020
I always think of this as the moment we won the league. It’s sad that The Reds weren’t able to lift the trophy in front of a crowd at Anfield, but really this was the goal that won us the title, and that that’s how it felt in the ground.
Very similar to the City goal in 2022, as Alisson picks up the pieces of a poor shot/cross (whatever the hell Wan-Bissaka was trying). He spots Salah on his moped, and sends him off with the perfect ball.
The feeble Dan James falls flat on his face trying to catch Salah, who finishes in front of The Kop.
Off comes the shirt. Up comes Alisson. From his own goal, the Brazilian sprints the length of the field to celebrate with Salah, knee sliding in front of The Kop as if he’s scored a goal (more on that soon).
Possibly the most iconic moment of our Premier League title victory.
- Mocking Jordan Pickford v Everton in 2022It’s tempting to put this at number one. It’s my favourite bit of onfield comedy of all time.
Frank Lampard’s Everton side decided to spend the whole game time wasting, falling over, feigning injury, picking their nose to delay a throw in, feigning death — anything to run the clock down.
This included Jordan Pickford falling over after catching a simple cross. And then lying there smiling, knowing full well that he was cheating. What did the referee think? “Nothing to see here!”
Then inevitably, because they are rubbish, Everton found themselves losing. Not just 1-0, but 2-0. All that time wasting, to find yourselves 2-0 down.
Then towards the end of the game, Richarlison found himself in space, and let off a shot. Unfortunately, the power of the shot was such that it reminded me of when footballers bring their toddlers on to the pitch on the last game of the season, and let them take a few shots.
Alisson picked it up with ease, then fell over for no reason, completely taking the piss out of Jordan Pickford. It sounded like there was a comedian on in Anfield, rather a bunch of lads playing footie.
“I won’t blunder like Alisson”, he once said. OK, mate.
- Headed goal v West Brom in 2021 (obviously)
Goalkeepers that score goals
Alisson headed in the winner for Liverpool against West Brom #OnThisDay in 2021#PL | @LFC pic.twitter.com/kmJoeARTeH
— Premier League (@premierleague) May 16, 2022
What else could realistically be at number one, than when our goalkeeper scored a vital last minute goal.
And what a header!
Lockdown was shit. Lockdown football provided some respite, but it was shit. Especially when we lost 1-0 at home every single game for about four years in a row.
Alisson had lost his father just a few months earlier in a tragic incident. Klopp had recently lost his mother. A lot of fans watching had quite possibly suffered personal tragedies and hardships as well, during the pandemic.
It looked like Fat Sam was going to nab a point off us again. Top four is gone. Fucking hell.
Last attack of the game. Up comes Alisson. We all think maybe, just maybe. But no. No way.
He leaps like a salmon. Meets it with his head, and the ball flies into corner, leaving the goalkeeper motionless.
Despite the shitty Birmingham weather, the sun shines appears out of nowhere, with rain still pouring down. Poetry.
I think this is the most emotional football moment of my life, and perhaps many fans would feel the same, albeit every fan has their own stories, their own memories.
But to me, this was a moment of unbridled joy, after months of relentless misery. And I couldn’t have been any happier for Alisson, whose post-match interview after that header is always worth watching.
"I have played since I remember as a human being with my father. I hope he was here to see it. I am sure he is celebrating."
An emotional Alisson Becker gives his reaction after scoring the winner for Liverpool pic.twitter.com/8IBlwAytrj
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) May 16, 2021
You wonder if even a small part of our biggest rival’s fans enjoyed it — just for a second — even if they would never admit it.
I always love watching Klopp’s reaction. He doesn’t go nuts. He just stands there in disbelief. Mouth gaping. Speechless.
The next season, Liverpool would go on to reach the Champions League final, where they very easily could have done to Madrid exactly what City did in midweek. But unfortunately, it wasn’t to be.
But nevertheless, that header will never, ever be forgotten. In many ways, it’s the perfect moment to encapsulate Jürgen Klopp’s tenure at Liverpool.
Incredible, dramatic, emotional, impressive, unbelievable, unprecedented, and fucking bonkers.
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 1 Brentford 0 in the Premier League at Anfield…THE Big Nine.
There is something inherently, well, silly in a lot of what we do. I’m OK with that, but at times it feels like some people aren’t. The football trick for us is what people will and won’t take deadly seriously. What they will choose to enjoy and what they will choose to be angered by.
It’s been an infuriating season. In a seat I sit in from time to time I have noticed a guy who always seemed quite balanced in his response to The Reds find that the campaign has absolutely burned his head out. It’s done him in. He has no faith in any of them in any given moment. A believer to a doubter.
The Big Nine.
Under this manager I will always fancy them. It’s the truth of the matter. But under this manager I will fancy this more: It will become the most fun. The word “fun” doesn’t actually do it justice. It suggests Saturday morning television, gunge and Pat Sharp. It’ll become lifeblood. It’ll become bounce.
I looked at it all after Arsenal, fixtures, Eurovision and coronations and I thought let’s back the boys because to not do so is to deny lifeblood. Let’s back the manager.
Back The Big Nine.
I’m away at the minute. Had a lovely afternoon in Carragher’s with some new friends for this one. When I am away I spend more time with Samantha and we get to talk which we often don’t get to do because “jobs” and she said: “Stop calling him ‘the manager’. It’s infuriating.”
But he is the manager. My manager. And he has managed. Today he manages. Today he is thinking almost entirely about what they can do from set pieces and it informs almost every decision.
Brentford are special from set pieces. They aren’t a set piece team, they are much more than that, but they are a team looking for every marginal gain and they push every single envelope around deadballs.
Brighton & Hove Albion are the hipster team of choice this season but Brentford for me are hipper again. There are no World Cup winners. There is little budget and little spend and there is so much awareness about how to make the whole pitch a battleground. There is no restart they don’t glory in.
It means games need to be well refereed. On this, Liverpool approach crisis point. Our issue isn’t just bad refereeing, it is that our team has lost all faith in refereeing, not least because we so often seem to be refereed in bad faith.
There are so many decisions we haven’t got for so long, especially around Mo Salah, that it is hard to believe in good faith. This is deepened when so many referees we get at Anfield do their big shop in the Greater Manchester area.
I am concerned about people feeling all this ends up seeming “tinfoil hat”. But Liverpool, literally the manager and the coaching staff and the players wouldn’t be human if they themselves didn’t wonder. Footballers and football clubs – see Fulham recently at Old Trafford – talk about referees in Sunday league terms. “This fella hates us”. My wider point is that I don’t think Liverpool believe in the referees and, to be honest, I simply don’t blame them.
Because you have to do your big shop somewhere. Because you grow up with bias. Because you have something to prove. Because the man who is now in charge of PGMOL rose to the rank of Sergeant in South Yorkshire Police in the 90s and I watched him referee The Scousers.
The Scousers. As the irrepressible Tony Evans will tell you, Scousers was a pejorative to start with and still so often is now. It resonates. It’ll be a couple of days of that sort of thing given what happens before kick off. It speaks for itself with gusto and it is, across the board, for the club and for the city and for us as individuals, a cost of doing business. It is a weight but it is also a positive, a reinforcement of identity. Prior to the match in a WhatsApp group we have Imani Williams messaged this:
“I kinda love Liverpool supporters around the world getting the word out about the coronation and Anfield this weekend. I’ve seen detailed tweets in Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic – just explaining the whole national anthem thing in their own language with Scouse ideals.”
There’s a Marilyn Munroe quote John Gibbons is fond of in the context of Liverpool supporters and their relationship with the club’s ownership: “If you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” I love this in the context of today because prematch was both at once, a great swaggering slab of belligerence which I can imagine could irritate a fair few but which gratifies so many. Everyone is in it for identity and for journey. The glory is the sweet silver song of the lark of a by-product.
The Big Nine stayed alive because Liverpool were well organised and physically robust. Because Curtis Jones and Trent Alexander-Arnold are Liverpudlians who occasionally show their worst but by Christ are downright adorable at their pretty consistent best.
Because Mo Salah is the brightest spark in the country still. He has a first half hour of being as involved as it gets. He is everywhere.
The selection is bold but a direction of travel. It helps massively that Cody Gakpo is massive. You need to be able to pick units while being able to pick eights who could be not just 10s but wide forwards. For all this to work the flexibility needs to never stop.
Fabinho plays well while being isolated. Both centre halves will do for me. It is easier to be Andy Robertson when we are on top than when we come under it.
Liverpool should make it two and Darwin Nunez should make it two and this is likely to become, one way or another, a crunch question. He has the right ideas in his movement both when we have the ball and when we don’t. His link-up play continues to improve and so there is a certain savagery in him being the footballer for whom goals pay the rent more than any other, but that is the truth of the matter. It is a truth he knows.
And yet we didn’t need the second. We stood firm, didn’t give Wythenshawe’s finest an easy one for a second yellow, didn’t expose the goalkeeper repeatedly. The goalkeeper who got booked by the way for doing what every goalkeeper who comes to Anfield does from minute one.
Fuck it. The Big Nine was always about us versus them and us versus some of our own them. There is something inherently silly and, yes, angry about a lot of what we do. I fucking bristle every day. The Scousers. Something about leaving something on them. Something about it being our thing over and over and over again. Our lifeblood. Our bounce.
The Big Nine will do for me. See you now on the other side. If it goes wrong in any way, well at least you got to believe. More of that to come. So much more belief for us.
As for the idea that Newcastle United and Manchester United have third and fourth sewn up? You can stick your coronation up your arse.
All my love.
Home Monday.
Missed you. We should go dancing. Because under this manager I will always fancy them and you.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Liverpool v Brentford in the 2022-2023 Premier League at Anfield…WIN, win, win, win, win. Liverpool are in uncharted waters.
It hasn’t been pretty, it hasn’t been spectacular and my god has it not been easy. But Jürgen Klopp’s team have managed to score more goals than the opposition in five successive matches for the first time in exactly 368 days.
The Big Four beckons and Brentford are next on the chopping block.
Whisper it quietly, but Thomas Frank’s side have been on the slide for a couple of months now. In their last 10 games they have managed to beat who they should beat – Southampton, Chelsea and Forest – but they’re capable of stinkers too.
Any respectable outfit that claims to have serious Europa Conference League aspirations cannot, under any circumstances, be defeated by potentially the worst Everton side since 1953.
Having said all that, make no mistake about it, Brentford are no mugs.
And let’s not forget what they did to Liverpool back in January. In terms of the round thing, Brentford didn’t want to know. They were more than happy to frustrate, nullify, nullify and frustrate, before breaking brilliantly with Mbeumo and Wissa – the kind of players for whom Liverpool are yet to find a solution.
Mathias Jensen and Vitaly Janelt each get through a ton of work, and though he didn’t feature in January, Ivan Toney remains perennially, adamantly, unapologetically Ivan Toney.
If I’m honest, I expect a similar challenge to Spurs on Saturday, perhaps without quite so much insanity.
As against most top-half teams this season, Frank should set up with three at the back, two counter-specialists up top and a trio in the middle buzzing with industry.
They dine out on the wide areas and if Liverpool aren’t careful, they could find themselves hemmed in on the attack and skirted around on the retreat.
Christian Norgaard could be a big miss if he fails to recover from a calf problem, but on the other hand, Brentford aren’t exactly short of hard-working, intelligent, Danish midfielders.
For Liverpool, I don’t see a world in which Cody Gakpo and Andy Robertson are left on the bench come Saturday evening. Despite their very best endeavours, both Kostas Tsimikas and Darwin Nunez were sloppy in possession at times and positionally askew off the ball. It’s a toss-up between Harvey Elliot and Jordan Henderson as the right-sided eight, but given the latter’s exertions in midweek, it’s likely to be the former who starts.
I don’t care what Kev Walsh says, I desperately want to finish at least fifth.
You can drive yourself mad with fourth-place speculations, and trust me, I already have. To wrap up Champions League football, United need to win three out of their remaining five and Newcastle need just two. In short, the odds are slim.
But it would be healthier, more than anything, for all concerned to focus on finishing ahead of Brighton, Aston Villa and Spurs. After the season this side has been through, that alone would be quite the achievement.
From the mad ecstasy of Tottenham to the drab grind of Fulham, The Reds go again.
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James Milner will leave Liverpool this summer, so we’re re-releasing our player profile about his journey to Anfield to celebrate The Reds’ greatest ever free signing…To help tell the second part of this story, we first speak to Premier League legend and goalkeeper Brad Friedel, who Liverpool fans may remember first from his three-year spell at Anfield, before he went on to make over 500 appearances, including playing alongside Milner at Aston Villa from the summer of 2008.
Sticking with Aston Villa and another former Liverpool player in Emile Heskey, who made his move to the Midlands in January 2009 just a few months after Milner himself had joined the club, and was quickly wowed by the efforts of his new teammate.
And finally Manchester City fan David Mooney, from the Blue Moon podcast, who remembers the feeling among fans when Milner arrived at the club and speaks on the reception he gets from fellow supporters to this day.
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James Milner will leave Liverpool this summer, so we’re re-releasing our player profile about his journey to Anfield to celebrate The Reds’ greatest ever free signing…To help tell the story we first speak to Phil Hay, Leeds United correspondent for The Athletic, who tells about his first memories of Milner bursting onto the scene and how he’s thought of at Elland Road in the present day.
We also speak to Newcastle fan Alex Hurst from the True Faith podcast, who remembers the feeling among fans when Milner signed for the Magpies back in 2004 and why things never quite took off for the youngster in the early days on Tyneside.
Sticking with Newcastle and former Liverpool full-back Jose Enrique, who made his move to the North East in 2007, tells us all about Milner as an already well-established figure at the club and about their reunion at Liverpool in 2015.
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Cody Gakpo struggled to replicate Roberto Firmino in his first three months at Liverpool, but are things starting to fall into place?“WE shouldn’t expect Gakpo, or anyone for that matter, to resemble Firmino.”
The Anfield Wrap’s Dan Morgan wrote the above at the end of January.
Liverpool were in the midst of a mid-season maelstrom, about to face – and lose to – Brighton and Wolves for what felt like the twelfth time in a fortnight.
A solitary win in a seven-game stretch saw them plummet from sixth to tenth via the club’s worst ever performance under Klopp, and meekly exit the FA Cup at the Amex.
Three weeks later, a collapse of epic proportions against Real Madrid all but ended hopes of a fourth Champions League final in six seasons.
Welcome to Liverpool, Cody Gakpo.
But Dan was well within his rights to doubt the Dutchman’s potential to emulate the soon-to-be departed No.9.
After all, which club in the world asks their centre forward to be the hardest working player on the pitch, link attacks seamlessly and, all the while, knock their fair share into the net?
Plus, the club had bought another left winger, hadn’t they?
That’s where Gakpo had featured for PSV Eindhoven in every game this season, without exception.
“I played in the middle in the FA Cup at Wolves and against Chelsea. I like it. I’m not that used to it, so I have to develop in that position.
“I had another style of playing back in Holland so in terms of putting pressure and running back, I’m learning about that,” Gakpo told Liverpool’s Walk On eMagazine in February.
It has certainly been a steep learning curve and by the start of April, most of the underlying numbers made for painful reading.
In comparison with his time at PSV this season, expected assists per 90 were down from 0.54 to a pitiful 0.04, shot-creating actions per 90 decimated from 8.1 to 2.4, and successful take-ons per 90 cut from 2.08 to 1.2.
What most of us had inhaled from obnoxious YouTube highlight reels was on show in flashes, but rarely for extended periods.
In fact, Gakpo’s performances were a mirror image of the team as a whole.
For every 7-0 against United, there was a 0-1 defeat to Bournemouth.
2-0 wins over Everton and Newcastle? I raise you drab goalless draws to Crystal Palace and Chelsea.
And for all the endless chat over why Liverpool’s season has lurched from inexplicable inconsistency to inexplicable inconsistency, the statistics paint a very clear picture.
In almost every off-the-ball metric, and in particular the percentage of pressures that result in a turnover, the numbers are down, and hard.
Unfortunately, Gakpo was the worst culprit, but not for a lack of effort.
The 23-year-old cranked his pressures per 90 up from 10.22 at PSV to a frankly ludicrous 27.24 by the start of April – the sixth highest of any player in the league during that period.
Despite this, only 9.95 per cent of these resulted in a turnover, well below Roberto Firmino’s 16.9 per cent from 2021-22.
However, the season doesn’t end in April.
Since the 0-0 draw at Chelsea, Liverpool have hit the accelerator pedal and are steaming towards the finishing line.
Leeds, Forest, West Ham and Tottenham. Win, win, win and win – something Liverpool have failed to do all campaign.
Some switch somewhere has flipped for Gakpo too, and all the stats and figures back it up.
Expected assists per 90 have recovered to 0.24 from 0.04, goal-creating actions per 90 rocketing up to 0.71 from 0.24, and progressive passes per 90 to 3.33 from 2.28.
More importantly, he has stopped charging around like a man possessed, which though admirable, offers up gaps for opposition midfielders to exploit.
His pressures per 90 have fallen to 21.93, while his success rate has improved to 11.76 per cent.
And even if the improvement is marginal, Gakpo’s StatBomb radar from April is unrecognisable from that of first three months.
But squint hard, really hard, and you might start to see a resemblance to a certain Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira.
Sorry, Dan.
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Liverpool fans may be questioning whether the win over Fulham was what we needed or another worrying sign, but the win could yet be crucial…AND so the revival continues.
In a season where joy has been more fleeting than fixed, Liverpool are at the very least intent on ending things in the right way. They are at the very least intent on creating an approach for next season.
While Spurs was an all-action, daren’t take your eyes off the screen affair, last night against Fulham was distinctly more dozy.
There are chances for both teams, arguably more so for them, but nothing particularly pulsating. And yet maybe that’s just what Liverpool needed? Sometimes you need a bit of calm in the chaos and while Liverpool didn’t always maintain the degree of control you’d like, a 1-0 win at this stage will do me just fine.
The result means it’s now five wins on the bounce and seven without defeat. Suddenly a team that has looked too predictable too often this season has rediscovered the varying ways you can win.
Too often this season, when things haven’t quite clicked or games are in the balance, they’ve not fallen in our favour. Bournemouth was an embarrassment of a performance, Forest a fight no-one seemed to want to win. Last night’s Liverpool, though, were about substance over style.
Mohamed Salah just about keeps the Champions League quest alive with the only goal of the game and when it becomes about graft, Liverpool show theirs. Players press in packs and force mistakes and there was a unity in the approach that wasn’t evident a few weeks ago.
There are questions to ponder, of course – Darwin Nunez’s role being one – but The Reds do enough to win without ever playing particularly well and sometimes that’s exactly what’s needed. Having that stubborn streak is key in football and slowly, Liverpool are showing glimpses of a return to theirs. Keeping hold of it ahead of next season will be key to our chances of success.
Crucially, it marked Liverpool’s first clean sheet in five games having conceded an average of two in their previous three games and you could see just what it meant to Alisson at full time. Just where would we be without him?
It was by no means a game that will feature heavily on the end of season highlight reel, but one that underlines a team back on the right track all the same.
Having conceded chance after chance through sloppy defending and individual errors this season, the result was a clear step in the right direction and a platform to build from as Klopp’s experiment continues to pay dividends. Whether it’s pretty, possession-based football or a 90-minute slog, Liverpool continue to get the job done.
Five on the spin now and a quick nod to the teams around us that we are still here and kicking. Top four remains unlikely, but this Liverpool team are doing all they can. They are at the very least giving us all some joy again and in doing so, making the foundations for next season look an awful lot rosier than they were mere weeks ago.
To Saturday, Brentford and some more hard graft. This season has been full of it.
Who knows what could happen from here?
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 1 Fulham 0 in the Premier League at Anfield…NOTHING happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it’s awful!
It’s also absolutely fine because the only goal is a Liverpool goal from the spot. More of this sort of thing. Especially away from home, but occasionally at home too.
Much of the football I grew up watching was like this. Something that happened in front of your retinas while you discussed other matters. Every now and then, something possibly of substance could happen, but if you were lucky it was mostly serene progress towards a one-goal victory.
If you were unlucky it became deeply unpleasant.
Liverpool were lucky in that they never really needed to try their luck. I mean it was a penalty, but one of those penalties which falls into the category of “bloody stupid”. Innocuous fouls there shouldn’t lead to 78 per cent chances to score. We’ve had them in the past against us – not only was Andy Robertson’s on Danny Welbeck in injury time not a foul, but even if it had been it was an innocuous nonsense that might as well have been 40 yards from goal.
They get given. You get them and you must take them. But it is another exhibit that the penalty area should be a semi circle that ends where the D ends and starts against the goal line where the penalty area currently starts.
Boxes are overrated.
Boxes are overrated. But occasionally they help. Liverpool had four or five players engaged with massive positional flexibility, but while recently this has massively helped, tonight it hindered. There could have been greater clarity of approach for individuals. There is a fine line between flexible and floppy.
It didn’t matter in the grand scheme. Darwin Nunez looked like a man who needs some time on the pitch. Kostas Tsimikas the same. Luis Diaz seemed surprised by the ease he could go past people on one hand, but also surprised by where his teammates were on the pitch on the other.
And had there been an opposition that would stiffen sinews, either with scoreline or approach, then perhaps it wouldn’t prove to be floppy. All season Fulham have grasped moments in games perfectly. But tonight they can’t find their grasp either.
The strange thing is that it is must win. For Liverpool to cling to slender top-four hopes, it matters. For the season to end as it should in order to trampoline into next it matters. For the current vibe it matters.
You know all this, of course. But it is also nice to have one like this from time to time. If it became a habit it would be concerning. This Liverpool side, though, had conceded five in its previous two home games. The clean sheet was everything.
Everything is to come. The vibe? To come. The trampoline? To come. The consequences? To come.
Tonight The Big Nine which had become The Big Five has become The Final Four. Liverpool are unbeaten in seven. Win the four, in any way shape or form, and that becomes 11. It becomes closer to a third of a season than a quarter.
It means that Saturday matters. That’s the other thing with these — they fall in runs of games. Suddenly you get one which isn’t quite the plan, but winning them gets the same number of points as the others.
The Final Four. Saturday teatime set up perfectly. That’s the spirit. That’s the thing.
See you then to get it down to three.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 1 Fulham 0 in the Premier League at Anfield…Alisson: 8Not a great deal to do, but made a good save when the line was all over the place first half. That said The Reds must have wanted to warm him up second half. Pretty nice of them, really.
Unreal save second half. The speed he covers the ground at is unbelievable. Reckon he could outrun a bear in the wild on all fours. And if he couldn’t he would probably barbecue the hairy fucker.
Trent: 9The Reds’ best player first half by a fair way. So difficult to pick up, even when they are set with a big Sam double chippy 11 pie and chips behind the ball. Pulled the strings with the ball but so good out of possession getting back into shape, and so fucking good winning the ball back. He is playing a different game almost in this new position.
Not quite as good second half when The Reds were a bit shit in the main, but you know. That’s fine, isn’t it?
Virgil: 8Had a fella behind me telling him to ‘deal with him’ every time they crossed our half and frankly, his head must have been kettled as a consequence because mine fucking was. Deal with him, who? Him? He’s fucking miles away and I’m here in my position exactly where I fucking should be. You fucking do it.
Had a bit of hard lines for the Alisson save first half as he was screaming at Konate and Tsimikas to get out in line with him and they never bothered, presumably because Virg was gonna deal with him. He didn’t. Won his battles all over the pitch, really.
Konate: 7Played well again first half, just needs to watch that line now and again as he sleeps sometimes on the way out.
Tsimikas: 6Did alright first half in a way that sort of completely ignored our new shape and new responsibilities. Did really well one on one with the big juice lad on the halfway line when he tried to over power him. If that shape is going to be a thing next year then he might need fucking off.
Fabinho: 6Started well but, as with the whole of The Reds’ midfield, just lost some intensity after about 20 minutes and it became too easy for them to get out. Just can’t cover the ground anymore. Looks like he is playing with the tightest set of undies on the world has ever seen. Can’t flex his hips. Got his bird’s netball bills on.
Jones: 7Impressed again with his work rate and his ability to keep the ball. I mean, first half he literally didn’t give it away once. Not fucking once. Had a good go at fucking the percentage second half when he fucked up an easy through ball and then got caught in possession two minutes later on the edge of our box. Like him, though. We would pay £40million for him if he didn’t play for us and we would all be made up with it.
Henderson: 8Worked hard but just looks a bit leggy now and again. That said, was really good second half. Think he might need putting down now, though. Looked like he had run an ultra marathon by the final whistle. All the best if he is starting on Saturday.
Nunez: 6Looks like he really had to think about working without the ball, like it’s an absolute task to him. Not natural at all. But when the cog ticks over and he does it, it fucking works. Really bad then really good for the pen. Fella was probably thinking he would be thinking about thinking about working without the ball. Needs more if he is going to become first choice.
Salah: 7Great pen. Great work rate. Unlucky with the one where he skins the lad. Normally slots them. Gave away some sloppy balls when it just needed that final pass a few times. Don’t half miss him when he gets taken off, though.
Diaz: 7Really good to have him back. Dangerous when he gets people squared up. Couple of great runs. Still finding his feet but will be unreal next year.
SUBSMilner:Couldn’t really get in it.
Elliott:Did alright.
Jota:Kicked it out a few times
Gakpo:Played him on the left when The Reds were shite through the middle.
Robbo:Alright.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Liverpool v Fulham in the 2022-2023 Premier League at Anfield, with The Reds looking for five wins in a row…IT will take you longer to read to the end of this article than the time that elapsed between Richarlison scoring to make things 3-3 and Diogo Jota having other ideas.
Just 99 seconds between utter disappointment and sheer elation.
Disappointment to elation is something fans have gotten used to over the course of the season. An entire season in a game, or more accurately in two minutes. What started as total dominance and a Liverpool side that looked like it could score 10 – and that’s just before half time – quickly struggled to work out what to do with a 3-0 lead.
Did they carry on pushing for a fourth, sit back and defend a little more? What transpired was sort of something in between, and then finding any sense of rhythm became difficult.
But then the winner came, making it four consecutive wins for the very first time this season. Nine games remaining has quickly become five, and although the likelihood of Champions League football looks slimmer by the week, the return of Jürgen Klopp’s fist pumps showed this team still thinks it has something to play for.
“The run in begins…” wrote Trent Alexander-Arnold on his Instagram, and first up it’s Fulham tonight. With hopes of European football dwindling and their Premier League position assured for next season, in part following the lengthy suspension of Aleksandar Mitrovic, Fulham are one of only a few teams with little to play for in terms of league position.
Without their leading goalscorer, and with injuries to key midfielders Willian and Andreas Pereira, Fulham’s results have taken a downturn, but the first game of the season is a reminder they cannot be underestimated.
Teething problems are to be expected with a change in system, and while you could see how both Ibrahima Konate and Virgil Van Dijk were getting overexposed when faced with quick counter attacks, I expect both of them to start tonight.
There is an argument to give Andy Robertson a rest and bring Kostas Tsimikas into the starting lineup, but with Trent’s new role in its infancy, Klopp will be reluctant to make too many additional changes to the defensive line.
Fabinho will play alongside Trent, with captain Jordan Henderson returning to the starting 11 tonight. Six consecutive starts is the most Curtis Jones has had in his Liverpool career, and a goal topped off what has been an impressive few performances. For the remainder of the season, and with Thiago confirmed to be out and requiring surgery, the shirt is his to lose.
“If we have only three for three positions, it’s easy to line up, but we have five to name, it’s just a job to do,” said Klopp in his pre-match press conference. A forward line where the manager is spoilt for choice, injuries have slowly started to creep in. Diogo Jota is a doubt with a back problem, so it’s likely that Luis Diaz will get his second consecutive start tonight.
Looking more comfortable and impressive in the central role with every game, Cody Gakpo will play through the middle, with the inevitable Mo Salah completing the lineup.
Just keep winning, Reds. Let’s see where it takes us.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Jones; Salah, Gakpo, Jota
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Jürgen Klopp has cited an overly emotional response to Liverpool’s last-minute winner against Spurs, which we can all relate to as fans…THERE’S a concept in George Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ called ‘doublethink’.
Broadly speaking it’s a mindset where you can hold two contradictory opinions in your head simultaneously and be happy with both.
I had a similar sensation as I crossed Stanley Park on Sunday night. On one hand, I loved them beyond reason. The win, the spirit of that final minute, the chutzpah of the opening 15, Jürgen Klopp living that Shankly adage that it’s Liverpool’s leg, not his, and everything that came with it. God, I love Liverpool.
But then there’s the other part.
Losing 3-0 over the course of an hour to a side who were visibly wilting under the taunts from their own fans, then taking the foot off the gas despite Andy Robertson shouting “more” into the faces of his teammates when Mo Salah slotted the penalty, and whatever the shape was supposed to be come the end. We stopped creating. Again. God, Liverpool get on my nerves.
But we won and though it should only be the points that matter now, in this dead season, it was allowing Spurs back in that rankled on the way home. I know. Glass half full, but there we are. Just think of the points and the face on Ryan Mason — a man who thinks it’s OK to almost sever a shinbone but not to go in for a high ball with a lad who’s stooping to head a ball — at full time.
That’s what they made the game about. Diogo Jota’s challenge was deemed reckless rather than dangerous, hence the card colour, but Mason thought he shouldn’t have been on the pitch to win the game. He forgot the bit where Oliver Skipp shouldn’t have been on the pitch to get a kick in the head in the first place.
Of course, the Tottenham interim boss was frustrated that the chicken dancer didn’t grab them a point so his press conference was full of misdirection.
I’m fine with that. All managers do it. It takes the pressure off the team and deflects from the bigger issues. A nice big controversy always masks them conceding three goals in 15 minutes.
Ferguson was a master at it. I remember Manchester United having a poor result against Aston Villa once and the expectant press pack waited for Ferguson to wriggle in front of them. Instead, he bustled into the room, told them that they all knew nothing, that there should have been at least 11 minutes of injury time and then stormed out. Every journo wrote more about that than the game.
Naturally, Paul Tierney of Wigan and David Coote, he (allegedly) of the Old Trafford cover photo, were involved. Both lads involved in keeping everything fair at a Liverpool game.
The dislike between manager and referee is old news by now and it immediately gives every fan a standpoint. If you love Jürgen and The Reds, you’ll be on the ref’s back. If you’re not an admirer, you can point to Jürgen’s zealous celebrations and occasional fury and say that you can hardly blame the refs for giving him the skunk eye.
I’m not sure where I am with this. Give me an emotionally charged manager over a chair-moistening analyst any day of the week, but the thing with John Brooks, the fourth official, seemed a bit silly. I’m not sure it’s a booking, but I don’t really see what he’s trying to achieve.
Jürgen later said: “I didn’t say anything bad, I gave a look which is bad enough.” That’s when instant karma came into play in the shape of a twinged abductor.
What was frustrating about the aftermath. It was the usual climb on. The CEO of Ref Support, the charity supporting referees, called for a three-match ban while the usual suspects threw their oar in, citing ‘previous.’
One of them, Alan Shearer, even has his own ‘previous’ when it comes to kicking players in the head. Meanwhile, his former striking partner Chris Sutton banged on about the effect on kids and young players who might think it’s OK to shout at refs because that’s going to happen now, isn’t it?
These were the same lads who leapt to the defence of the linesman who elbowed Robbo. Naturally, Paul Tierney booked Robbo as a result.
It’s difficult to view this objectively. Every fan thinks their team are unfairly treated at the hands of the officials so it’s tricky to assess this without bias. I would say, though, that Tierney is a bloody awful referee and is miles out of his depth. Many Spurs fans would say the same.
Does Jürgen go over the top? Undoubtedly. Does he get it wrong? Yes, at times. Sunday was a bit undignified but I suppose it’s all in the heat of the moment.
I was feeling pretty het up at the time too. I was busy holding two contradictory opinions in my head simultaneously and was happy with both. I would probably have had a bad look at Richarlison too had I not been jumping on strangers around me.
But you can’t be disappointed with a last-minute winner and, frankly, it’s a bit weird when you’re furious that it comes to that. I accept that.
Some of it was fantastic (Mo dispossessing Kane to the delight of the crowd), some of it was weird (the plane flying over a dozen times and being met with absolute indifference by those around me in the Main Stand – “Oh, they’ve done a plane” was the only comment I heard… Sorry, lads) and some of it was awful (about an hour of it), but it’s three points all the same.
Four straight wins with 15 goals, then. Fulham next then Brentford. Just keep winning, lads. Maybe try defending too.
God, they annoy me. God, I love them.
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 4 Tottenham Hotspur 3 in the Premier League at Anfield…A SEASON in 95 minutes. And a reminder of it all being a reason to live.
For 94 minutes the main protagonist in the contest was Tottenham Hotspur. In the first 30 they were a genuine contender for the worst team I have ever seen at Anfield. As bad as a Havant & Waterlooville. As bad as a Manchester United shipping seven. As bad as Everton. They were the worst. The very, very worst.
Then for 30 minutes they were quite good. Liverpool offered them the same encouragement they have offered too many this season, albeit from minus three. It sort of isn’t unreasonable by 30 minutes. Because Tottenham had been that bad. It felt almost unfair to keep playing, but keep playing they should have.
Encouragement for the opposition is a story of the season, perhaps the main one. It has happened in the micro and in the macro. In moments, Liverpool have offered hope and across whole games Liverpool have offered future opponents hope. In fact, what’s worse is they have offered reasons for belief and today is precisely that. Tottenham move from being the very essence of hopeless to being zealous in their belief. And there is no greater zealot than the freshly converted.
It was the essence of a lost cause, but they believed precisely at the moment they should have been being punished again. Liverpool were two ahead by five minutes and they were worthy of it.
Curtis Jones announced his man of the match performance with his backpost finish. He was incredible and the goal crowned a tremendous run of games. I’m so pleased he has been given them, he hasn’t just shown his own future, he has shown Liverpool’s future. Liverpool should still buy three midfielders, but these footballers need to be able to hit Curtis’s level.
It was wonderful to see Luis Diaz back amongst the starters and then back amongst the scorers. But the best bit was amongst the scorers at the near post to the right-hand side. This is part of Liverpool’s new-found flexibility and brilliant to see.
The penalty was a penalty and unerringly struck. It looked a red on Diaz not long after, but Eric Dier got away with it.
And then, nothing. And then Tottenham Hotspur filled the vacuum and Liverpool should have a good long look at themselves. As should the Tottenham Hotspur crowd. They did ironic chanting. They are a top six team. They have some of the best players on the planet. I despise ironic chanting. I hate “how shit must you be…” Have some self respect. Be angry. Walk out. Support wholeheartedly. But never, ever be ironic.
Not least because of what we get to see. Harry Kane is brilliant. Heung-Min Son is brilliant. They are constantly dangerous. Be angry or be supportive but never talk yourselves down.
Though they had been last.
The vacuum sort of continues even after 3-1 and is still filled by Tottenham Hotspur until the hour mark, then it seems like their legs have gone and Liverpool look home free. Still no longer actually good, but broadly in control.
Not grabbing the fourth proves very costly. There are moments it is just there, but Liverpool aren’t. Diogo Jota and Jordan Henderson come on. The latter is nowhere near getting going. He is dreadful bar one great ball recovery and turn.
But it goes 3-2 because Son is brilliant and Liverpool are rocked. They bring Richarlison on and he gets the crowd’s ire immediately. The crowd was odd through the contest — it had been too easy, Tottenham Hotspur too poor and so the lead was barely celebrated. Then the game was too trappy, Liverpool too nervy and the crowd reflected that. I understand all of this: I am literally part of the crowd after all.
The 3-3 kills, seeing Richarlison score or claim Darwin Nunez’s double error — the touch and being deeper than Olivia Laing’s “Funny Weather: Art In An Emergency” reminded you of the whole campaign. Liverpool allowing a team so much hope, offering so much encouragement and still sort of having hard lines.
This was Liverpool 2022-23 in a nutshell, a force of nature, something you can define almost through physics. But there is a force greater than that. A force the universe can barely understand. A force that takes your breath away. It is this…
“Once Everton has touched you nothing will be the same.”
The more Richarlison gloried the more he invited the inevitable. Tottenham Hotspur and Everton Football Club combined in a way which makes me believe Lucas Moura is going to do a season there when he is 36.
Diogo Jota was the coolest kid in town.
He is truly the one we have been missing and there he was, and there the manager was, and there I was, and there you were, and we were altogether. In rapture and in belief, and in the Big Nine, and in the tactical change, and in the visceral bloody pleasure, and I had Gibbons and Gutmann on top of me, and I thought only of you, and I thought only of us, and I thought only of believing until the bitter end, and I thought of bouncing in next season, and bouncing into tomorrow and bouncing.
Just bouncing because we are so lucky to get it and have it.
I thought about a season in one game and therefore an end which is a reminder of a reason to live wholeheartedly, open-heartedly, with kindness and belief at its forefront, with irony fucked off. Fucked right off.
For 94 minutes the main protagonist in the contest was Tottenham Hotspur. Then it was Liverpool and I thought this…
Our next moment of glory is only ever seconds away, because we are not ironic and we will live in the now, and believe in the achievable and the unachievable. Believe in what is seen and unseen. Believe in the paints mixing and believe in the massive nights, believe in the fact that God has given us these days of leisure and believe in the idea the universe will bend, eventually but inexorably towards Liverpudlian glory.
A season in 95 minutes. And a reminder of it all being a reason to live.
The Big Nine is the Big Five and let me tell you — I don’t give a fuck what anybody else is doing. Win the five. And bounce with me.
Just throw a couple shapes, put your skills on show.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 4 Tottenham Hotspur 3 in the Premier League at Anfield…HA ha ha ha ha ha ha blueshite.
Alisson: 6Couple of great saves when The Reds had a malfunction for a bit first half. One twat of a pass first half that seemed to send Robbo round the bend. Distribution wise, shite today. Made us nervous. Shite ball that turned into a match winner.
Ha ha ha ha pigeons.
Trent: 8Enjoying that role, isn’t he? Fantastic first half an hour, looks so natural to him. What a ball for the Jones goal. Drifted out of it second half.
Konate: 6Not at his best today. Sloppy a bit. Not quite first.
Virgil: 8Ah man, unlucky there you know with the slip for their goal. That’s the best he’s played that first half for a long time. Great clearance off the line. Not sure what happened for the Richarlison goal, but frankly it was perfect and I couldn’t think of a better ending.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha blueshite. Extra point for the peril.
Robbo: 5Was good until he wasn’t and then he was berserk, passing it to them and that, little one twos with Harry Kane’s big cow tongue. Mad 10 minutes. Didn’t really recover with the ball. Berserk.
Fab: 7Really good again first half, when the spaces were tight around him and he didn’t have the world to cover.
Jones: 8Great finish, bright enough, seemed to drift out of it first half. Pressed really well second half. Liverpool’s best player, actually.
Elliott: 6Another game where he is OK. Not quite fast enough to play on the wing, not quite strong or physical enough to play in midfield.
Salah: 7Loved the pen, takes some bollocks to hit it the way he did — unless it was a mishit in which case, fucking hell Mo. Might as well pack the footy in and join the wrestling lads given the disdain he is treated with by the refs.
Gakpo: 6Great play first 20. Played relatively well, but that’s about it. Knitted it together well.
Diaz: 7Cracking movement and cracking finish. Forgot that he tends to make a meal of a kick and thought he had snapped his bollocks off again. Was happy when he hadn’t.
SUBSHenderson:Come on and that.
Nunez:Needs to figure out where he fits really but a huge fan of him screaming at the fans.
Jota: 8Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha blueshite. Funny that. What a finish. Take your top Richi and pop it back on, you fucking big crab.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur in the 2022-2023 Premier League at Anfield…THREE in a row, is it? I’ve missed this feeling.
For the first time since December, The Reds find themselves on a roll. Six scored at Elland Road before flirting with danger against Nottingham Forest and a battle in the capital on Wednesday. All three had their hurdles, but crucially Liverpool got over the line in the end.
Against West Ham there was shape, purpose, a sense of calm when 1-0 down that we’ve scarcely seen this season. It’s the type of win that’s arguably the most rewarding in that not everything goes our way, but the determination and tenacity shines through. This season has needed both.
At long last, though, it feels as though Liverpool look like they’ve remembered who they are again. They’ve remembered how to play the Liverpool way and step by step, the results are bearing fruit.
Part of that is down to Trent Alexander-Arnold’s new inverted right-back role, which has breathed new life into the side, and part is down to a side finding their confidence and rhythm again. There is a way to go yet, of course, but there are growing signs of what the future could hold, signs that make us all feel alive again.
To Sunday and Spurs, then.
I don’t expect Klopp to make any drastic changes, but if Ibrahima Konate is fit I’d slot him back in next to Virgil van Dijk to combat Spurs’ threat on the counter attack.
In midfield, Thiago Alcantara narrowly misses out given Curtis Jones’ impressive run of form. Making his fifth successive league start on Wednesday, the 22-year-old’s performances may not have created headlines but have been integral in revitalising the team, bringing a sense of calm and control to midfield.
Having regained some momentum, his displays are enough to warrant another show of faith alongside Fabinho and Jordan Henderson.
Cody Gakpo continues to grow in importance with every game, operating in the half spaces while pressing intelligently to contribute in all areas of the pitch. Having scored two goals in his last three games, he has become the man so often driving Liverpool forward and will no doubt have a huge role to play in how this season ends.
According to Klopp, Diogo Jota is also available despite a heavy knock in midweek meaning the front three should remain unchanged. Should he need it, Darwin Nunez, Harvey Elliott and Luis Diaz all offer strong calvary from the bench.
Three wins from three for Liverpool with six big ones to go.
How nice it is to enjoy ourselves a little again?
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Konate, Van Dijk, Robbo; Fabinho, Hendo, Jones; Salah, Gakpo, Jota
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“Gakpo is an immaculate footballer.
“He has those first two or three games where everyone’s going ‘I don’t see what he offers the team’. I did it myself saying, ‘I’m not sure what he is yet’.
“We know what he is now, he’s the absolute pivot.”
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As Darwin Nunez finds his minutes dwindling, Jürgen Klopp has publicly stated how anybody can find their way back into this Liverpool team…MY love of Norbert’s was extended recently to a German pianist with the surname Biermann.
He, along with a Japanese physicist called Satoshi Tomokiyo and Israeli computer scientist George Lasry, piled hours of his life into an archive of 57 complexly coded letters found buried deep in the archives of France’s national library, where they had remained untouched for some 400 years.
They do this for shits and giggles. A bit of evening and weekend leisure. Mostly they uncover nothingness, mumble. But this was complex, “like peeling an onion,” as Lasry put.
It’s no wonder. The letters were found to belong to Mary, Queen of Scots, written from her incarceration in England between 1578 and 1584, mostly to France’s ambassador to England, Michel de Castelnau, who supported Mary’s claim to the throne.
The letters contained no fewer than 200 different symbols, which represented letters, numbers and names. It’s another fine example why history makes fools of us. Why it’s always more complex and competent than is given general credit.
While one Norbert was cracking codes, it has been suggested another has undertaken talking in them.
It’s doubtful we’ll look back in years and decide the grandchildren of these three men are required to unpick the meaning of Jürgen Klopp’s recent comments about defending, counterpressing and the ticket into his team.
“This team is set up now for the defending, for the defensive readiness”, Klopp said after the West Ham win on Wednesday.
“This is a ticket into the team. That doesn’t mean the other boys don’t do that, but these guys now do it like animals, if you want — and really, I like that, how we chase the ball again and these kind of things.”
This isn’t the first time in recent weeks he’s played this card. There’s been plenty of rumour around the subliminal, about what needs to be unpicked in symbols and numbers. Many have already decided it’s directed at someone like Darwin Nunez.
It’s an interesting thought process. The Uruguayan looks for the first time in his Liverpool career that he’s in serious competition for minutes. That is undoubtedly a positive. The Reds need different lock pickers. The manager needs options and fitness has dictated against that far too often this season.
Many feel there remains a question of adaptability to Nunez. The current front three all find themselves thrust into repetitive game time as part of an 11 willing to graft first.
Luis Diaz can be exempt from the conversation — as can the departing Roberto Firmino — and you can argue on many levels Nunez should be, too.
He is down on the Premier League average for pressures this season (12.99 to 17.28 per 90). If you compare that to someone like Cody Gakpo (25.25) the chasm becomes even greater.
But then Nunez does his best work with the ball in front of him. His xG and xG assisted is far superior to league averages and even that of his Dutch teammate (0.58 and 0.26). The issue is we’re now used to players who perform both ways.
A lot of this still comes down to stylistics for people. They’ll often lament a touch or a run or a running gait. Klopp obviously sees this as more in the micro of pressing triggers, positioning and understanding the language.
And without the help of Biermann and his mates, we’re unable to know if the comments were directed at all.
I’m certainly not dragging this analogy out any further and making some kind of English prison comparison to Darwin’s debut year. On every level, there’s no need.
Nunez has had a testing but relatively fine first season in England with 15 goals and four assists. He’ll get better with better players and solid competition.
For an exciting forward, Liverpool supporters have patience in abundance. We will back them to the hilt provided they show the desire to succeed at Anfield.
We’ve cracked a fair few complex codes of our own over the years. With a few tweaks, Darwin Nunez might prove to be the easiest to decipher of all.
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after West Ham United 1 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League at the London Stadium…THEY called it The Big Nine. It is now the Big Six. And Liverpool played like big boys.
They played like grown ups. It is probably the most grown up win away from home this season. They started brightly, kept their heads when they could have lost them and then were ultimately better and smarter than their opponents. There was something deeply gratifying about it.
At half time, it felt like it should just be their day. And then it was.
Patience can be hard to come by. Faith can be hard to come by. I understand that wholeheartedly faith is deservedly in short supply this season, but Liverpool were patient and the key chance of the second half was likelier to be theirs.
It was one of those nights where you’re not sure everyone is seeing the same game. From our vantage point high up in the Olympic Stadium — so, so high up and so far from the pitch — the players seem to move around slower, less physical than when you are closer to the pitch. You can’t see the detail of the effort, the stretch of the muscle.
You can’t see that Liverpool are stretching West Ham. Liverpool are making them stretch every sinew. Declan Rice was excellent for West Ham United but he was mostly excellent in his own half, not in ours.
Jürgen Klopp (who in reality is very tall) looks tiny on the touchline, a combination of our height and the huge space between himself and the dugout.
From this height, you see shape. Everyone around me says how frustratingly narrow Liverpool seem, and this is true at times. But you can see how dominant Liverpool are in periods in keeping the ball in the opposition half. It is almost the best thing about this Liverpool today. They score enough goals to win. It is business-like. And they keep hold of the ball with just enough determination to win.
Cody Gakpo scores a marvellous goal in reply to Lucas Paqueta’s excellent goal. Both are good shots from distance, good choices of shots. The gaps were there for both and the strikes marvellous. Gakpo’s gets Liverpool back on top and he was excellent in tight spaces.
Liverpool regain their composure and sense. Diogo Jota should score to make it 1-2, but it takes a magnificent Virgil van Dijk touch to also retain parity. It is a gorgeous touch from van Dijk and he celebrates it like the goal it is.
His centre-back partner, though, has the telling contribution going forward and when West Ham finally get a plan to pin him and attack the space he stands strong. I am so pleased; Joel Matip has had a tough season and it could be his final season. He has been a brilliant servant and his header for the goal is unerring.
When on the break, Liverpool’s decision making is less good and what is likeliest to hurt them second half and when ahead is what happens after Liverpool lose the ball around the West Ham box.
Liverpool manage it and control it and see it out. The new shape and approach stands firm again. They deserve the points for their control and maturity. It may have looked like it lacked urgency from the gods, but the truth is Liverpool are all urgency, all certainty and desire.
They knew it was a big nine and have taken it on. This was amongst the biggest tests. Liverpool were convincing tonight, as far as I am concerned. Big six. Big three at Anfield.
In it together, yes? In it for all the right reasons, yes? In it for the joy and the laughs and because what else is there but this, yes? In it knowing they are all over it, yes? Yes to everything.
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“Liverpool just pull themselves together and act like the better side. It’s been a while since we’ve seen that.”
“In a way, it’s the away game I’ve enjoyed most this season and that’s off the back of scoring six at Elland Road.”
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after West Ham United 1 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League at the London Stadium…WELL, let’s see what marvellous surprises are in store for us tonight, eh?
Alisson: 6Well, that didn’t take long before there was a lovely little slap in the proverbial chops, with a fucking massive big wet fucking trout. Better side, on top, first to everything until we parted like Moses in the bath.
Should he do better? I’m saying he should do better. It’s not often you see Ali get his positioning wrong. Normally he’s frigging chesting that. Great when he came out to sweep up when Ings was in.
Trent: 8Thought he was fantastic first half. The Reds most likely midfielder/defender to win the ball back. Picking up loads of bits and running the game really. Just need more work on this shape as now and again we are working it well, then look to the right-hand side and there is nothing there.
Got a bit of a cob on when Thiago come on and filled his centre mid spaces up.
Big Joel: 9Looks refreshed, really. Like he has been in the freezer since the last time he played, when he looked like he was on his lassies. How hasn’t that fucking chance gone in?
Fuckin never mind, ha ha ha what a header. Great movement and a bullet header. Was great throughout.
Virgil: 6Would like him to have stepped out to that shot rather than setting himself in a weird power stance like fucking Theresa May or some other despicable ghoul announcing another big incompetent bowl of cruelty.
Unreal defending to keep Antonio out at the back stick. Tremendous. Lucky for the disallowed goal, really. Seemed to be running in slow motion backwards. That said, he was fantastic after that. Won everything, first to everything. Like he had woke out of a slumber.
Disney might make a film about it.
Robbo: 7Ticked over in a manner akin to someone who is playing with the brakes on a little bit, given his new role.
Fabinho: 7Much better than he was when he was doing that impression of the Dalai Lama for a bit, not the moody impression, the one where he is a 80-year-old fella meditating in centre mid.
Won it now and again, decent on the ball, just lost a yard out of the blocks, that little reflex action that he was so good at to get The Reds out of the shit, just isn’t really there anymore. Just means we can’t quite win it back as easily as we used to.
Henderson: 6See all of the above. Just lost that bit of ability to get around the ball quickly enough. Facilitates Trent well enough though in that sort of inside-out, right-inverted, centre-mid/wing-back thing he is having to do.
That said, it’s pretty painful watching him in possession facing the touchline trying to turn. I mean, painful to watch, looks painful for him to try and turn his hips.
Curtis: 7I thought he was good again. Quietly efficient. Held the ball well first half. Worked his plums off without it. Gave it away a few times but the first to press to get it back.
Gakpo: 8Right well, first off, for clarity’s sake, I didn’t see his goal. I got a cob on with the match and also with the state of the Marksies garlic naan I was having, which was frankly a sloppy mess, not too dissimilar to the fucking Reds defending for the goal: so jibbed the game, went the kitchen and made a couple of toast to salvage the rest of the prawn bhuna. Come back in The Reds had scored and I had prawn curry for me tea. What a 60 seconds.
Good finish, wasn’t it? Well in. Extra point for the curry on toast.
Mo Salah: 7Lively enough and worked so hard without the ball. Back to his best without it. Not quite with the ball tonight.
Jota: 7Mad, isn’t he? Played well, could have scored two tonight. Unlucky with both big chances really, the first one comes at him really quickly, the second is just really unlucky.
SUBSThiago:Loved the handball. Loved both handballs. Would have liked him to pick it up and pop it under his jumper.
Nunez:Looks less like a Liverpool forward at the minute than he has ever done.
Diaz:Getting there slowly but surely. So good to have him back.
Milner:Clobbered a few.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before West Ham United v Liverpool in the 2022-2023 Premier League at the London Stadium…“WHEN was the last time, does anybody know?”
The manager there presuming Liverpool hadn’t won two in a row since last year.
In reality it was only last month, but the up and down nature of the season has skewed everyone’s perspective — apparently including Jürgen Klopp’s.
When things go really well, you sit and wait for them to go really wrong. When things click, there are whispers of ‘well it wasn’t against in-form opposition,’ and so you never feel any sense of clarity for the future.
And clarity for the future is something we’re all desperately searching for when it comes to Liverpool at the moment. What budget is available in summer, which links to players are viable, who will be on their way out the door, can we still dream of top four?
We’ve had to get comfortable with the unknown, but it hasn’t stopped us from presuming and trying our best to work things out. Rob Gutmann, Damian Kavanagh, Adam Smith and I recorded an Overview show last week and spent much of it theorising.
We considered all the permutations it would take for us to catch Manchester United and Newcastle United, and we spoke at length about whether Trent Alexander-Arnold is still a full back or should just be considered a midfielder now.
I, for one, am delighted these debates and conversations are taking place again. It makes me feel like there is a sense of purpose, that we are all moving forward in the right direction, and that, to quote the manager, we are taking steps in the right direction.
The weekend’s win to Nottingham Forest felt like another step, albeit a shaky one with a few wrong turns along the way. Defensive errors have become ingrained in Liverpool’s style of play again, but the response to setbacks was better than it has been this season. A distinctly imperfect performance, but we take the three points and move forward.
On to the next, then. West Ham away on Wednesday night. A team that has been pulled into an unlikely scrap at the bottom of the table, buoyed by a 4-0 win at the weekend and advancement in the Europa Conference League, and with David Moyes still at the helm against all odds.
Having picked an unchanged team in three games for the first time since 2020, I don’t expect Klopp to make any drastic changes to deal with the challenges that they will bring. With the manager hopeful about Ibrahima Konate’s fitness, he will start in an unchanged backline alongside Virgil Van Dijk, Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
I suspect this might be a game for Trent to revert slightly to form in the full-back role, and with the opposition having strength in midfield, this is where the battles will need to be won. I expect one of Jordan Henderson and Fabinho to be given a rest, with Harvey Elliott returning on the right of midfield and Thiago Alcantara on the left.
Elliott can operate as the fourth attacker and link up with Mo Salah, with Diogo Jota retaining his place after scoring two in four and Cody Gakpo completing the lineup. A surprise start for Luis Diaz wouldn’t go amiss, though…
Six to go and hopefully plenty of steps in the right direction. When clarity for the future is hazy, try and enjoy the present.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Konate, VVD, Robbo; Elliott, Hendo, Thiago; Salah, Gakpo, Jota
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Diogo Jota had gone so long without a goal that his minutes could’ve been questioned, but he’s displayed the difference a week can make since…I’VE started playing footy on Friday nights.
At the tender age of 54, I’ve strapped on my boots for the first time in decades and now play with and against men of a similar body shape to mine.
I’ve loved it, too. I’ve met some good lads and burned off a bit of weight in the process. What’s more, I think I’m getting a bit better. Passes are reaching their intended target far more regularly and sprints, such as they are, are becoming easier. I even scored a few weeks ago.
Last Friday, though. The first half last Friday.
It was one of those games. Every pass went over my boot, every second touch became a tackle. I made Dejan Lovren’s Wembley performance against Spurs look faultless and assured.
It happens to my fellow elite footballers too. Diogo Jota had a similar half at Elland Road on Monday.
At first, it looked like he just couldn’t get into the game. Then it looked like that might not be such a bad thing. He stunk the ground out.
I always feel bad for shouting at the lads. Sometimes form can be an issue and I’d rather be a supporter than a hater, but I wanted to see Luis Diaz much, much earlier on Monday night. After about 10 minutes, to be honest.
There are times when you often wonder how that can happen. I am, have been and will always be shite at football, but the professionals have a base level developed over decades. They might make the odd error, but not entire games where nothing goes right? They can’t be that bad, can they?
Well, no. Since that first half, he’s scored four times including two glorious finishes. All confidence restored, the Diogo Jota we know safely returned.
It made me wonder what players do when their form leaves them. Each of them has had an issue over the past year or so, with even Alisson throwing the odd one in. Fabinho has improved a little of late, but I’ve never seen anyone fall off a cliff so much in such a short space of time as he did at the start of the season. It looked like he’d changed places with a mannequin at times.
I suppose all they can do is keep training and work on the basics until the balance of the universe is restored. Confidence must play a part in that too. The footballing version of golf’s yips.
That second goal on Saturday, though. That’s not the action of a man who doesn’t trust himself.
Maybe Diogo has been knocking them in for fun in training, but couldn’t hit a barn door come matchday. Luckily, his manager has kept faith and hopefully that barren spell is behind him.
If poor form is inexplicable, then surely the same can be said of a purple patch. Those times when they can’t miss.
What it does do is give Jürgen Klopp another option. It must have been tempting to give Jota the rest of the season off to get himself together and let Diaz have some minutes. You can’t really drop a scoring striker, so he’s back in play.
There’s a deeper discussion to have about the entire front three. Come the new season, we’ll have no Roberto and will somehow have to cram in Lucho, Diogo, Darwin Nunez, Cody Gakpo and Mo Salah into the formation. If only we had a similar embarrassment of riches in midfield.
The replacing of the Sadio Mane-Roberto Firmino-Mo axis, a forward line which will rival Ian Rush-Kenny Dalglish as our best ever, can’t have been easy but Jürgen has slowly managed it. I’m not sure what he knows what to do with the ingredients he has on offer just yet, but we’re hardly lacking in that department now.
It looks like we’ll need Jota more now given what Jürgen’s said about Nunez this week. I hope so. Mo aside he’s probably our best finisher at the club right now. I trust him more in one v one than the others.
And yet it’s strange that he’s gone so long without scoring. I’ll never understand how that can happen. Obviously, the injury didn’t help but for a striker of his calibre to struggle so much?
This is a really strange time for The Reds. We’re fighting a battle we didn’t want and though there’s still European football to play for, I can’t help but feel that August is when things start to become fun again.
I just want everyone fit for the first game and hopefully some new recruits with a decent pre-season behind them. No 11th-hour signings please, lads. Get them in early, get them trained and get them ready to put this bloody awful season behind us.
Don’t get me wrong. It’d be nice to win the Europa League next year, but it all seems like a backward step and I’d rather not think about this time again. A bit like our title defence year. That was just nonsense.
But Diogo’s back and that’s good to see. There’ll never be a time for an old-timer like me where I won’t enjoy a win against Nottingham Forest, but Diogo’s return to form was the main story for me. If he needs any advice from a fellow goalscorer (one in 28 games here), then I’m always here for him.
It’ll soon be August. Please let August come soon.
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“Since Jota has been back, he’s never played at centre forward and that doesn’t bring out his greatest asset – he’s a poacher. He’s done his damage in the central areas.”
“In the centre forward position, he’s always likely to bag.”
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 3 Nottingham Forest 2 in the Premier League at Anfield…THE big nine. Eight to go. And now seven.
The big seven. But good lord we have not skated into the seven.
We hit the hurdles but we, in the end, hit them like Roger Kingdom against Colin Jackson. We burst through them. I always preferred Colin Jackson’s silk. But Kingdom won and broke records.
I wanted to begin this match review with a joke. It was going to be this: Liverpool’s new signing is on the pitch. Trent Alexander-Arnold (2.0) is here, and my goodness does he make a difference to this Liverpool team.
But my god this is not a game for joking about. There is no room for flippantly describing that stressful, brutal battle in which a renewed but imperfect Liverpool beat a physical Nottingham Forest side. Shoulders are tense and hearts are racing as we walk out of the stands.
It is a crazy enterprise and it comes from nowhere. No goals first half and all the goals second. I think they make it mad. They show so much. Taiwo Awoniyi is more prevalent in the football match than you could imagine.
Partly it is the nature of the goals. We sit through that first half with none. Liverpool build the pressure.
Andy Robertson is the leader on the left we have grown to know, and creates driving runs into space only he knows is there. It is a shame that his link-up play with Curtis Jones suffers from uncertainty from Jones. They look like they are still working it out.
Cody Gakpo still looks fresh and able to create chances in the box, but none of them quite come off. Mo Salah is a wizard on the right, bringing some of his best trickery, holding the ball with a strength that belies his size, but the many attempts on goal don’t deliver.
We have all the possession and no result. But there is another 45 to go.
After half time, all changes. Liverpool look set to capitalise on players who have put a shift in: Diogo Jota, having been in the right spot for much of the first half, delivers on the 47th. He is back to form.
But this season’s Liverpool aren’t connecting well enough to deal with the physicality of this Nottingham Forest side. Niakhate at the back gives Liverpool trouble and his throw-ins provide successive chances as the ball hangs in the air for the Forest forwards.
Who can blame Neco Williams for taking his chance in the box just four minutes after the Jota opener? The pattern of this goal sets the tone for the rest of the second half. Liverpool possession, but Nottingham Forest fighting to insert themselves into Liverpool’s box, and hope that the ensuing chaos ends up in a goal.
That, of course, is the problem with Liverpool’s confidence problems this season. Other teams know you are shaky. You can imagine the half-time chat: just wait till they make an error. Grab the ball. Smash it through and Liverpool’s confusion does the rest. Nottingham Forest are ready for the smash and grab.
The substitutions on the hour mark leave Thiago Alcantara trying to get the pace of a game that doesn’t know itself. He struggles and Liverpool are short of tempo.
But there is much more drama to come. Diogo Jota has decided that this match is his sole responsibility and forces his way back in at the other end. 2-1.
And then 10 minutes later, the smash and grab delivers, and Liverpool leave a gap through which a canny Gibbs-White powers one in. 2-2.
You wonder how long this can go on.
Can we get control? Can we calm this madness down and let Liverpool’s skill unpick the Forest aggression? At times, it blows up and James Milner (not yet brought on to the pitch) has to step in to protect Liverpool’s captain from himself.
Substitutions enable fresh legs to change the game, and Liverpool’s 81 per cent possession starts to edge it in the battle of wills.
Mo Salah has looked for the whole game that he is sick of losing, and on the 70th minute he is in the right place at the right time. 3-2.
Now it is just a question of time. Our new/old players know what they need to do, they know they are capable of it, but can they do it without mistake for 20-plus minutes?
It is shaky and brilliant. Liverpool show their dynamism and look flaky. It is everything at once. Hearts race. Trent Alexander-Arnold finally makes a mistake after a game of none. He is our best new player and our best old player. He is the best and we are lucky to have him. It is another game where he and Robertson are Liverpool’s best players but in different form, in different shape.
Kingdom clashes through the hurdles. Liverpool barrel down the hill. The big nine is alive and the biggest hurdle left is Wednesday. What to think about Wednesday? Well, what Liverpool turn up and when and what does that turning up look like? We need the big nine precisely because there has been so little consistency.
But today, Schrodinger’s Liverpool open the box and we are very much alive. Very much alive. Enjoy the feeling. Let’s bounce into Wednesday all together because, as ever, nothing else makes sense.
The big seven. A gift.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 3 Nottingham Forest 2 in the Premier League at Anfield…Alisson: 6I mean, listen, seriously, does anyone really want to read these fucking things if I bother writing them? Does it really even matter? I don’t know. Make the scores up your fucking self.
Kicked it out in the lead up to their goal under no real pressure. Headed one clear better than any fucking outfield player.
Trent: 7That midfield diddle didn’t really work first half, cause it effectively just left Konate on the ball at right back with them having 25 juiceheads behind the ball. One of Liverpool’s better players mind you.
Konate: 6Christ. Got into a wrestling match with a giant. Did well mainly but, I don’t know, I can’t have them scoring two.
Virgil: 5Weird one, really. It was amazing how many times we lost the first ball, the second ball and the third ball in our box. Too easily pushed about.
Robbo: 6I don’t know. Did alright but that shape limits him a bit.
Fabinho: 5What are you meant to do with him? He is very, very crab-like these days. Can’t work his clippers quickly enough. Just not quite there. What eats crabs? Prone to be getting eaten by whatever the fuck eats crabs? Humans?
Jones: 6Did bits, worked well without it really. Didn’t actually do loads mind you.
Henderson: 6Very right wing. Plundered about a bit. Hooked it here and there.
Gakpo: 6Not his day today really. Part of a front six who basically stood there and couldn’t beat a man.
Salah: 7Very deep first half. Boss finish, given someone had him in a headlock.
Jota: 8Funny, isn’t he? Good header for the first, the second is ridiculous. Could have had a hat trick.
SUBSThiago:Christ. Was shite when he come on.
Diaz:Showed signs of his silly ability to keep the ball.
Nunez:Should have scored but didn’t and then gave away one of the stupidest free kicks the world has ever seen and somehow got applauded for it by the Kemlyn.
Milner:Liked it when he was on, as he has half a brain.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Liverpool v Nottingham Forest in the 2022-2023 Premier League at Anfield…LEEDS United away was fun, wasn’t it?
I definitely didn’t say the same last season, despite the win, so I didn’t make the trip myself this time around. However, I’ve heard no bad things from those who did, and watching it on the telly was a pleasure.
No tragedy chanting — an area we seem to be making really positive progress in already, so a big thanks is due to all who have been pushing forward with that — and a thoroughly convincing and fun win to boot.
The fun aspect is really important.
This season has been no barrel of laughs whatsoever. Liverpool sides have been similarly inconsistent in terms of results in the past, but they did so by being free-scoring and free-conceding, which was at the very least fun.
This season has seen The Reds be more negligent, making the same mistakes over and over, while also being profligate in front of goal against the kind of sides they should be sweeping aside at this point in their progression.
They have the firepower to do so, Monday proved as much, but they’ve toiled far too much.
There was very little toil at Elland Road, just teeth. Teeth are much more fun, especially if you get to watch your team sink them into opponents. Liverpool need to ensure they do that from now until the end of the season, because that’s what is fun and the fun makes this whole activity worth its salt.
So who brings the fun at 3pm on Saturday? The back five will surely continue to remain the same while this Trent Alexander-Arnold experiment goes on, if only to help establish some consistency with it. We may see Kostas Tsimikas at some point over the next two games, as the lone and regular change for freshness’ sake.
In midfield, Thiago Alcantara will be itching to make a start, after getting just five minutes on Monday. It would be a shame if Curtis Jones was overlooked given his progress since his reintroduction into the side, so it may prove that West Ham on Wednesday is the one the Jürgen Klopp identifies as being change-ridden.
Upfront, Darwin Nunez will also be itching and while there’s no doubt he will have been made up to see his teammate Diogo Jota back among the goals, there is a chance that brace limits his involvement for a little longer. Luis Diaz, while close, seems an unlikely starter as of yet, but again the manager may have his eyes on Wednesday for both.
So, assuming he does pretty much stick with the team that has faced both Arsenal and Leeds now, that would leave a lot of fun in reserve on the bench. Fun on the bench will help with fun later in games, and fun later in games is likely to lead to more post-match fun after a positive result.
It’s just got to be fun. We’ve not had enough of that this season, so we’ll be needing much more of it next time around.
That journey starts now, Reds.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Jones; Salah, Gakpo, Jota
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As Trent Alexander-Arnold gets set for the first big move of his career, the parallels with Steven Gerrard strike again at Liverpool…THE past often sets a precedent for Liverpool’s future.
Kenilworth Road on a Saturday afternoon in 2006 won’t always be the first thing which comes to mind when thinking about Trent Alexander Arnold’s recent form, but bear with me.
It was the game in which Liverpool toppled the mighty Luton Town 5-3 in the FA Cup third round. More specifically, it was the match in which Xabi Alonso scored a customary, albeit open, goal from the halfway line.
The images remain stark of Liverpool’s majestic Spanish playmaker trudging through choppy winter turf with identifiable grace. In his eyeshot is a marauding, bellowing Steven Gerrard demanding the football. When he notices the goal-bound effort he rectifies his ire with appreciation of the work.
Gerrard had already scored that night. A whipped effort around 18-20 yards out from his then right midfield territory. He took it in his usual stride. A goal which would have had any other player on the pitch screeching “have you just seen what I did?”, came all too natural to Gerrard.
There was some additional context around this time which added to his general narkiness. His future was resolved and all transfer speculation removed, but the position Rafael Benitez employed him made for a glum figure in Liverpool’s captain.
Emanating misery and maintaining brilliance often leads to an artist’s greatest work, and I’ll go to the trenches that Steven Gerrard is the greatest footballer I’ve ever watched in a Liverpool shirt.
That Gerrard posted some of his best numbers in a season of personal affliction (23 goals and 16 assists) often throws up the argument of who was right and wrong between himself and Benitez.
At this time he was around 25 years old, had played a lot of his career in a midfield 4-4-2 under Gerard Houllier, but looked like a player who could thrive in Benitez’ preferred 4-2-3-1 further forward.
We all imagined that to be as a number 10 with a blanket behind him. Gerrard was immense everywhere, but you always wanted him doing his best work closest to goal.
In so many ways he felt like he’d completed the game, grown out of his level, was being used somewhere which no longer brought the best out of him. In so many ways this was ludicrous because he was still so relatively young.
Remind you of anyone?
The column inches and lazy commentary have gone at marathon pace around Alexander-Arnold this season. It’s astonishing how much agenda has been present from some.
Debate on Trent this term has focused on the physical and tactical. What nobody has yet mentioned is how miserable playing right back for Liverpool seems to have made him.
To play at any level requires confidence, and somewhere down the line the memoirs of our number 66 may well reference how this season he’s felt like the team has been set up in a way which makes him the fall guy.
His strengths have always been nurtured in a team which sought to protect glaring exposure of his understandable weaknesses. We wanted Kev De Bruyne going forward and Cafu going back. As ever, nobody grew up wanting to watch Gary Neville.
There is the inevitable question of whether any footballer merits another position in a team just because they’re not happy where they’re playing.
The reality is only a select few find themselves in this predicament, and the circumstances are complicated. The first question should always be whether there is enough consensus to suggest the player is better elsewhere.
Harry Kane believes he’s a number 10. Thierry Henry moved to a nine. Steven Gerrard didn’t believe he played right midfield.
Whatever Alexander-Arnold believes, the thing to note most is that he looks invigorated. He’s more demanding of himself and others. A fire has been lit and with his talent there’s no telling how far this now spreads.
Liverpool under Jürgen Klopp has never needed a totemic figure like Gerrard. At its best, Benitez’s side never did either. It’s plausible Trent can play in midfield for The Reds and none of this need ever apply.
Alexander-Arnold isn’t Steven Gerrard. In my eyes, it’s unlikely anybody ever will be in truth. But he demands to be in similar company given his phenomenal talent.
Similar company demands similar conversations. I feel we’re about to see Liverpool history repeat itself once again.
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Some fans have Curtis Jones among the names they’d like to see leave Liverpool in the summer, but should he have a future beyond next season?FINALLY, some joy.
It hasn’t come often this season, has it?
I’ll be the first to hold my hands up and say I had my reservations about Monday night. Leeds United were brushed aside by Crystal Palace at the weekend and I expected them to be angry, for the crowd to make it a battle. Liverpool, thankfully, had other ideas.
For the first time in what felt like forever, Liverpool arrived with purpose. They play with guts and gusto. They don’t walk but run. They press in packs, demand possession and show everyone that they mean business.
The players look confident and I feel confident watching them. It’s something we’ve not seen enough of this season but, my god, it felt good to feel it again.
There is, quite rightly, a lot of praise post-match for Trent Alexander-Arnold in his new inverted full-back role. Jürgen Klopp has handed him the freedom to roam and he has responded with a greater influence and intent higher up the pitch, providing the creative drive Liverpool have so desperately needed.
That Diogo Jota gets on the scoresheet twice having gone a year without a goal was a timely boost as was Cody Gakpo, who has the look of a man who has very much found his place in this team.
And then there is Curtis Jones.
Some corners of social media will tell you the story of a player with no Liverpool future, one whose name should be top of the list to cull in the summer. His performance on Monday night, though, suggested something different.
Occupying the left-hand side of midfield, he played with energy and enthusiasm, operating in the half-spaces and driving forward to put us on the front foot. He was controlled, assertive and hard-working, all things needed of a Klopp midfielder.
He is perhaps the closest thing Liverpool have to a ready-made replacement to Gini Wijnaldum. The Dutchman was a master of quietly knitting things together and the 22-year-old feels similar in that sense. His play may not always catch the eye but nor does it need to. He tracks his runners, he hunts down possession, he does the thankless tasks well.
At Elland Road, that all came with the added benefit of an end product. The ball he played to set Diogo Jota free for the third was a mark of his growing confidence, taking the ball off Gakpo and ignoring the far easier option out to Salah. He remains a player who polarises opinion, but there is no doubt this run of games is helping him prove his worth.
None of this is to suggest that Liverpool don’t need to delve into the market. Two or three fresh faces in midfield remains the bare minimum, but even if that plays out Klopp will need some depth.
In Jones, he has a player who is quietly coming back into the fold and seizing every opportunity presented his way. Add to that his homegrown status and it feels daft to contemplate selling him in the summer.
The challenge remains establishing some consistency in his performances and next season feels critical to him establishing a long-term role at the club, but there are growing signs he can play a part.
For now, it’s another step in the right direction for him and for Liverpool. Plenty of goals, a formation showing signs of life and a manager who won’t run from this fight.
Eight games left this season and maybe, just maybe, some signs that fortunes are shifting.
To Saturday and Nottingham Forest, then. Let’s hope for the same again.
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Liverpool looked a much more confident team against Leeds United, and Trent Alexander-Arnold’s new role could be the key to unlocking that…A BIG gap has existed this season between what is a difficult game on paper and how it transpires in reality.
The tone was set for that on the opening day, when a Liverpool team we expected to be going for the title once more couldn’t break a stalemate with Fulham.
It has continued on a similar path for the entirety of the year, with the highest of highs and at times the lowest of lows. A 9-0 win against Bournemouth closely followed by a heavy defeat to Napoli, and later a run of five games without a win directly after a 7-0 thumping of Manchester United.
Fans have been left feeling justifiably confused and frustrated, aware that on their day Liverpool can still be the best and beat the best, but with a constant reminder that they are so far off it.
Eighth in the table becomes a fair reflection of the trajectory the season has taken, and with away form a weakness, Leeds United away mid-April began to hang over us as it edged closer.
Then they put in a performance like that. With eight games left in the season, I’ve learned my lesson and won’t be proclaiming that this is finally a turning point and the push for top four is on. As mentioned, what transpires in reality has often let me down.
However, the game did feel like a more significant shift in fortunes. Whereas before the same system has clicked over the course of 90 minutes or certain players performed to the level they did at their peak, the performance against Leeds was different.
It was the first sign of trying something different and it actually working — and not just working, but benefitting every player on the pitch.
Shall we start with the obvious? A Trent Alexander-Arnold masterclass. He had 91 per cent pass accuracy over 136 passes, won possession back 11 times, completed two through balls, 17 long passes and had two assists.
Often the statistics don’t do justice to the level of performance, but recording his most successful passes ever in one game for Liverpool sounds about right.
124 successful passes from Trent Alexander-Arnold tonight – his most in one game ever for Liverpool. #LFC #LEELIV pic.twitter.com/ftpqNJKyj0
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With his average position drifting into a more central role tucked just behind the halfway line over the course of the 90 minutes, you could see how this tactical switch reaped the rewards.
Whether it goes down as a variation of the full-back role, a double pivot with Fabinho or even at times a number 10 tucked behind the forwards, doesn’t really matter.
The key point is that he had the freedom to roam, to have time on the ball, to be able to look up from the heart of the pitch and pick out a pass. His two assists perfectly reflect the fluidity of the role, with the first a cross from a more natural right-back position and the second a perfect ball to Darwin Nunez from the centre of the pitch.
Whether this is an experiment or a long-term solution remains to be seen, but he certainly looked like he was enjoying playing his football again.
The whole team did, to be honest. The manager said his favourite moment of the game was in the 92nd minute when, at 6-1, four players swarmed the ball to win back possession. It is an intensity that has so often been missing this season.
Confidence breeds confidence, and Trent wasn’t the only player helped by the changes. Omitted from the squad and open to criticism at times this season, Curtis Jones showed a glimpse of what he can and should be able to offer this team moving forward.
Occupying the left-hand side and drifting between the midfield and forward lines, his progressive passing and tendency to drive forward helped to put Liverpool on the front foot and find a breakthrough.
And when the goals came, they didn’t stop. Diogo Jota waits a year and then scores two, Mo Salah is inevitable, and then both Cody Gakpo and Darwin Nunez get on the scoresheet. The flexibility provided for them by the system allows them to exploit the space, drift from side to side and get closer to the goal.
A win for the team, and an even bigger win for the manager as his changes were vindicated.
Your guess is as good as mine as to what will happen between now and the end of May, or even in the next game — so is the unpredictability of this season.
There was, though, a look on Jürgen Klopp’s face that screamed I still believe in this, in us and in what we’re building together.
Changes need to be made come summer, but a return to success is surely not a million miles away.
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“I thought with the ball, it always felt like there was an option and that was Trent.”
“It was a brilliant performance. He deserves so much credit because they haven’t had a huge amount of time to work on it.”
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Leeds United 1 Liverpool 6 in the Premier League at Elland Road…THE big nine. The big one.
There has been this thing in my head — you can’t start next season, no matter what, not winning away games against the bottom half. Imagine rocking up, first game, away to Crystal Palace and it being all everyone talks about.
But imagine bouncing into next season looking like a live proposition, not just because of signings, but because of things you have seen on the actual grass. Lived experience of Liverpool’s excellence. Prematch this was my chat with everyone. Prematch I was an optimist and you know what I still am. Big nine. Big one. Big whatever.
We get lived experience. Big lived experience. Finally turn up and give us that lived experience of excellence in a game like this one. First time this season. The big nine demands it isn’t the last.
We’ve had a lot of lived experience this season. It’s a roller coaster this season, alright. You see that fixture, the timing. Knowing that Leeds United have to be up for this. If they aren’t up for this, what would they be up for? If we are all honest, this is one we’ve been dreading. Away to Leeds on April 17. It’s hung like a stone.
And so, before we go any further, last year for this fixture I wrote about the tragedy shouts from the Leeds support. This? Well, Leeds did so much to mark the date — 34 years on Saturday since the worst day in the history of our club and there was no reprise of the chanting we’ve heard so much this season elsewhere.
Too many people still suffer the consequences and we owe it to them all to address the games around this date in a manner that understands and does not worsen that pain. Leeds played their part, relentlessly just supported their team despite what unfolded.
Lots of work has gone into that and because of that I was an optimist about that beforehand too, but honestly it was a restoration in humanity.
Watching the games over the weekend, the season has felt like a roller coaster for others too. The end of this feeling so unpredictable now and so much unorthodox football across the country from Brighton & Hove Albion, AFC Bournemouth and others. Things to think about. Reasons to be cheerful. Reasons to be serious. Reasons to possibly be miserable.
And Monday comes and here is a Liverpool side that look up for it from the kick off. We pass more brightly, and crucially, Liverpool players look like they really, really want the ball. They look enthusiastic. Of course — this is the basics — but in this season, this more than anything is what we have needed. We needed to strike out the past and look like we wanted to win the ball. We chase for it. We battle for it.
As we move through the game the counter-press gets better and better, and Liverpool swarm over the pitch with sparkle and flair. That’s confidence for you. For most of this season, we have had none of it. This game? Confidence flies over the pitch like Tinker Bell spreading magic.
Our formation is wide and glorious and overloads Leeds with crosses and attacking balls to the feet of swift and determined runners.
Who knows if it is Trent Alexander-Arnold in his new position? Looking every inch the creative player he is at his best. But looking like a footballer loving his work in and out of possession. Mostly in and mostly in getting the best out of him.
So often this season watching Liverpool’s setup has been wondering who this is for? Who is this meant to get the best out of? Rarely has it seemed for Liverpool’s best players, and in the case of Trent Alexander-Arnold it has seemed quite the opposite.
On that, in the macro, Curtis Jones does an excellent bit of piano carrying in centre mid. crowned by a marvellous ball for Diogo Jota for the Liverpool third, a goal we needed while on top. Liverpool brought their own unorthodoxy which was part of what brought them to the party under Jürgen Klopp in the first place.
Who knows if it was just the collapse of the Leeds defence? Either way, the passing and pressing in this game is a joy. Leeds players throw legs in the way, flailing all over, and who can blame Cody, Mo, Diogo and Darwin for making the most of it all? It was also the second game in a row where you looked at opposition on 65 minutes and thought they looked markedly more tired than Liverpool.
To be fair to Leeds, Liverpool’s defenders make one mistake, in the shape of a Konate mess up early in the second half, and Sinisterra takes no prisoners. Fair enough. But if Konate wanted someone to take the attention away from him, the Leeds backline delivers.
The goals are a delight. Mainly touches and lifted balls falling into the goalmouth from the boots of players having made breaking runs leaving Leeds for dust. Gakpo opens with a Trent deflection setting it up. Salah classics. Jota specials. Nunez finishes the job on the whistle. A perfect hand, cards played with aplomb.
You look at these Reds and see it is still there. That confidence, that happiness. It is still there. Reasons to be cheerful. Reasons to be an optimist about so many things.
The big nine? Worry about that later for now, the bounce. Being a live proposition. Saturday to look forward to. Anfield and us all together — another reason to be cheerful.
The next big adventure.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Leeds United 1 Liverpool 6 in the Premier League at Elland Road…Alisson: 7Nothing to do first half. Up the Reds.
Nothing to do second half. Up the fucking Reds.
Trent: 9Well. Sublime today, really. A hand in a load of the goals, everywhere without the ball, first to everything. Great ball for Nunez. Boss really. Is he going to play there all the while?
Konate: 7Great there with the absolute huge exception of the goal, which frankly was so much the definition of this season’s Liverpool, it was silly. Really important player though, that ability to have someone who can get you out the shit running backwards.
Virgil: 7Just really nice to look at the Liverpool players and not want to hit them with a fucking big bat. Stepped out and won it. Controlled his space. Nice.
Robbo: 8Great for the second goal. Great movement. Great pressing and The Reds are back to fucking legging it.
Fabinho: 7Does alright tonight. Still leggy, clumps someone again.
Henderson: 7Looks a bit like his hips have been fused together and he can only move his legs forward now like a He-Man figure. Was decent, though. The Reds were much improved without the ball, all over.
Jones: 8Rough start. Gave it away a few times. Then grows into the game. Unreal pass for the Jota goal. Unreal. Great off the ball.
Salah: 9Just the best. Give him a chance, he just slots them. Both finishes are unreal.
Gakpo: 9He is fantastic. The awareness for the Salah second is incredible. Every other cunt is fumbling a silly shot or whatever. Scores again.
Jota: 8I’m giving him an eight but Jesus he was on a minus-20 after the first 20 minutes. Was like someone had cast a spell on his legs.
Two great finishes. Made up he scored. Loved the scruffy shinner for the second.
SUBSMilner:Come on
Diaz:Played on the right which I find interesting, in that he might play there all the time and Salah might go upfront.
Firmino:Boss
Thiago:So good when he come on. Give him a four-year contract.
Darwin: Forgot (soz)Ha ha ha ha. Would like to see him play without a hair band. Free. Great touch and finish.
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Fan reaction to the weekend’s Premier League games, after Bournemouth won it late away at Tottenham Hotspur to disrupt their top four hopes.John Gibbons hosts Bournemouth fan James Roach, Wolves fan Rich Hobbs from Wolves Fancast and Southampton fan Nick Illingsworth from The Ugly Inside…
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Leeds United v Liverpool in the 2022-2023 Premier League at Elland Road…ON a recent episode of Ban This Filth, I campaigned for Leeds to be relegated from the Premier League.
Fellow guests Neil Docking and Dan Austin gave impassioned pleas for other candidates, but I felt mine was the strongest case. Obviously, Everton had been removed from the list of runners in the interests of debate. You can’t have a show with three lads just nodding in earnest agreement for an hour.
Leeds United currently sit two points above Everton in 16th place, having just been spanked 5-1 at home by Crystal Palace. They’ve got Leicester City and Bournemouth coming up soon and then their run-in looks grizzly to say the least, with Manchester City, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur to come, though that last one comes with all sorts of caveats. Consistency isn’t really their thing.
Nor is it ours for that matter. I’ve no idea what to expect from The Reds anymore. Awful at City, Chelsea and for half an hour against Arsenal and then strangely alright when they got sick of being a bit shit. ‘Alright’ should be good enough to take the points at Elland Road, but I would have said the same at Anfield last October when we lost to a late Crysencio Summerville goal.
That was the angriest at The Reds I’ve been for a while. To lose to them in such a haphazard fashion was worse than the performance at the City Ground the week before and that’s saying something. Such a stupid goal to concede in injury time. Five Reds watching as they ran between us to give them — them of all people — an easy win.
Yes, them of all people. Leeds and I have never got on. I’m too young to remember the rivalry from the late Bill Shankly period when they were the darling thugs of the league, but I’ve always held a dislike for them nevertheless. Last year’s trip to Elland Road cemented that view.
I wrote last week that Liverpool should be using the passion of that Arsenal second half to build some level of momentum till the end of the season and use it as a therapeutic exercise to start anew in August.
I was reminded more than once that a 7-0 win against Manchester United might have been a good start too and we haven’t won since. In fact, we scored more goals in that second half than we have in the next five games.
So, in other words, God knows what will happen tonight. An 8-0 win or abandoned due to sheer boredom. Anything can happen.
Alisson Becker and Ibrahima Konate missed a few sessions apparently but should start. Whether he takes a risk on Luis Diaz remains to be seen but he gets on, I reckon.
Leeds will be up for it. They need the points and it’s us and they seem to hate everyone so that’ll crank up the atmosphere. We need the first goal, though I think that’s the case with all of our games these days. Too often we’ve gone out in a placid frame of mind and lost concentration early on. Maybe we could draft in Granit Xhaka to do the team talk.
I’ll take the dirtiest, sweatiest 1-0 win here. Maybe deflected off the linesman. That would be nice.
Into these, Reds. These of all people.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Henderson, Thiago; Nunez, Gakpo, Salah… Sub: Constantine Hatzidakis
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“Having Luis Diaz come on from the bench will send that away end wild.”
“At the beginning of the season there were different times where it was him looking to drag us by the scruff of the neck. He constantly looked like the biggest threat for Liverpool.”
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The third part of Hillsborough survivors Damian Kavanagh, Richie Greaves and Peter Carney talking after the collapse of the final trial.
For too many years too many people impacted by Hillsborough have had to be silent to allow the legal proceedings to run their course.
Damian, Richie and Peter, like many others, were there on the day of April 15, 1989, and they reflect on that day and the 32 years since.
This part focuses on their relationship with Liverpool Football Club since 1989 and the enormous victory of the Hillsborough Independent Panel Report.
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The second part of Hillsborough survivors Damian Kavanagh, Richie Greaves and Peter Carney talking after the collapse of the final trial.
For too many years too many people impacted by Hillsborough have had to be silent to allow the legal proceedings to run their course.
Damian, Richie and Peter, like many others, were there on the day of April 15, 1989, and they reflect on that day and the 32 years since.
As a warning this part contains graphic details of what happened to each individual on the day of the Hillsborough stadium disaster.
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The first part of Hillsborough survivors Damian Kavanagh, Richie Greaves and Peter Carney talking after the collapse of the final trial.
For too many years too many people impacted by Hillsborough have had to be silent to allow the legal proceedings to run their course.
Damian, Richie and Peter, like many others, were there on the day of April 15, 1989, and they reflect on that day and the 32 years since.
This part focuses more specifically on what it has been like to live with what happened that day and in the aftermath, and how that has taken its toll on each of them.
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Roberto Firmino’s Arsenal goal showed he can still provide magic for his fans, but Liverpool have to find ways to start their next chapter…EMOTION is the very reason why football is the most loved and hated sport in the world, it gets under your skin.
It then doesn’t leave you, as much as you attempt to not care, there is always something which pulls you back in. Over the years it has quite often been a certain mad man who has made following Liverpool even more joyful.
Brazilian footballers epitomise the love for the game in the most glorious way possible, by putting a massive smile on our faces with their way of playing. They, in many ways, put the ‘beautiful’ into beautiful game.
There is a long and distinguished history of Brazilians who will never be forgotten due to the art that they produce with a ball at their feet, but Liverpool haven’t had too many down the years.
In a few weeks’ time, though, they will be saying one of their saddest goodbyes to one who has well and truly captured their hearts.
Roberto Firmino, the man who was the face of the Jürgen Klopp revolution, will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the campaign.
That’s something we all know, but at the moment are pretending not to.
It was a year ago this week he marked his half century of Champions League appearances with two goals, the strikes that no one knew would be his last knockout goals for Liverpool in the elite competition.
As well as that, he of course came on and got his goal against Arsenal, strolling on with an inevitability that he’d go and torment them for one last time for Liverpool.
It was with that goal the emotions started to change again as we all remembered that may just be his last one.
Then the mind starts to wander — should he really go?
I always thought out of the famous front three who brought us so much that he would be the one to spend his final days as a player at the club.
Brendan Rodgers signed him without really knowing what to do with him, but then he turned into the heartbeat of the side because of how much Klopp loved him.
He was the main reason why everyone else played so well, the false nine position at its very best was made for Roberto Firmino and he was made for it.
Sadio Mane and Mo Salah simply aren’t as good as they were for Liverpool without their Brazilian partner in crime, yet some people had the audacity to say Firmino didn’t score enough, without appreciating the importance of the 109 goals he did score.
The silky feet and the karate-kick celebrations which nearly took his teammates heads off their shoulders to show the pure joy he has when he scores a goal, the pure joy which we all felt when he was making Liverpool tick.
It is safe to say, though, that over the last couple of years, his role has changed slightly, whether due to his age or injuries. While that same player who lit up the pitch is still there, age catches up with everyone.
Emotion has us all in a chokehold, especially considering so many of these players delivered the greatest of days following this side, yet common sense is also needed. So maybe, just maybe, it is the right time to part ways — though it won’t feel like that, as the Arsenal goal reminded us.
A moment of such elation but after reflection it kicks you in the teeth, because while Si Senor echoes around the stadium it’s another game closer to the last.
The fact that after eight long years Klopp was still wanting to give him a new deal says everything you need to know.
After all, he is the second highest goal-scoring substitute in Liverpool’s history, there was definitely a role for him after this campaign.
That unbridled joy he has for simply kicking a ball comes first, though.
He was the start, the middle but unfortunately not the end of the Klopp era.
Fortunately, though, it signals the start of a new one.
Nine more games for him to leave another lasting touch on his legacy. A legacy which will certainly bring smiles to faces every time we remember.
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“But it shouldn’t come to being 2-0 down and absolutely undressed at home before we have to play angry.”
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Liverpool have reportedly ended their bank-breaking pursuit of Jude Bellingham, but is this an example of the price of failure for The Reds?HOW is everyone getting on with Succession?
There’s been twists, turns and predictably entitled tantrums. No spoilers here, more a bruising familiarity to our other favourite pastime of watching Liverpool Football Club.
One utters a constant “fuck off”, while the other encourages it from our sense of sheer exasperated will.
I’ve never really liked Succession. People love ogling the one per cent and being privy – even empathic – to their loathsome selfishness and social delusion. I’ve never been that giddy for it, maybe because I see enough of it following elite football.
Themes can crossover to your man’s leisure activity: A hedge fund with many differing business interests who constantly make decisions which seem to piss people off in the eternal midst of a protracted takeover/investment saga.
We’re constantly shown the true price of failure in Succession. The margins are incredibly fine and the spiral towards all-encompassing peril is never too far away.
It’s another familiar tale closer to home. This week we’ve seen the briefings, read the reactions and listened to The Gutters on why Jude Bellingham is seemingly no longer Liverpool bound.
I say seemingly because I’m still not fully at the point of taking briefed information from the club on these matters at face value.
If they were genuine on Tuesday night, we can expect plenty more talk around the price of failure as the season draws to a close.
An article in The Independent from Richard Jolley today alludes to this very theme, citing the probable lack of Champions League football next season and failure to invest previously being what leaves Jürgen Klopp hamstrung.
On the face, it’s difficult to disagree with either point. Liverpool should have added more players in transfer windows when they were largely dormant. They shouldn’t have viewed European qualification as an economic given.
The old party lines are often trotted out of adding Adrian and Sepp van den Berg the season after we win the Champions League. It’s obviously more complex, not least because we went on to win the league title in essentially the next 25 games.
A centre-back in the summer of 2020 and at least one midfielder a year on is where they’re all culpable – Klopp included. Liverpool were not ruthless enough in certain areas. They chose hesitation and sentiment, and I backed them.
If the pitchforks aren’t sharp enough, being told not qualifying for Europe could be the straw which breaks the Bellingham back has left many ready to join the angry virtual mob.
Liverpool should’ve done many things since last May – not least ensuring they finished at least fourth. Moderate surgery from a position of strength has turned into a critical operation on a frail and tired body.
I don’t believe that Liverpool finishing eighth or ninth for one season rules them out attractively. I personally think that the stock they’ve built since 2015 still counts for more than 2022-23.
Ultimately, the truth should become apparent by what happens with Bellingham this summer in terms of destination, fee or whether he moves at all.
Right now, Liverpool haven’t pulled out of a race, more a watch party. It all feels predicated on something we’ll say we knew all along. We’re now the dog that caught the car.
Perhaps they are mingebags in Boston, perhaps they have left themselves with too much to do or perhaps this is all part of the merry negotiation dance where all roads lead to shiny new Ferraris.
None of this purgatory feels pleasant, but this is the price of admission from the Roy family to Liverpool FC in the modern era.
All that remains is to wait for the next episode and to wash the stench of capitalism off you, while finding solace in the words of the ever immortal…
Fuck off, Liverpool.
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“I think he’d be the type of player that Klopp would love working with.”
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As the future of this Liverpool squad continues to look more uncertain with every transfer report, Ibrahima Konate increases in importance…TRANSFERS make the world go round.
The sheer speed at which any slither of information about potential signings is shared, constant rumours surfacing and resurfacing on twitter, and even listening figures from our own shows all point to that one thing.
We can’t get enough of them, but in no season under Jürgen Klopp has this obsession become more prominent than the current one — and let’s just say the past 48 hours have been a whirlwind. Josh wrote a reaction yesterday about Jude Bellingham developments, and we have and will continue to cover it on shows, so I’ll spare you another article on that.
What the news did put the spotlight on, though, was the fact that the rebuild is bigger than the club first anticipated. Spending significant funds on one player was deemed unreasonable when investment in almost every area of the pitch is necessary come summer. So if you want transfers, it looks like you’re about to get a whole load of them.
The list of names Liverpool have and will be linked with is endless. However, amidst the conversations surrounding their strengths, weaknesses and technical abilities as players, one key facet is too often left out: how they will operate alongside the current team.
While Liverpool are being urged to make sentiment-free decisions and clear out players that have won everything at the club, building around the spine of the team remains vital — and one of the most important of them all looking into the future is Ibrahima Konate.
Signed after a season that brought to our attention just how vital a consistent centre-back pairing is for success, his arrival felt like a big sigh of relief. He was an instant hit with the fan base off the back of his mad social media videos, including a party to celebrate his own signing. Then very quickly we realised he had the technical ability to match the character.
His performance against Arsenal at the weekend epitomised exactly why he is such a vital figure for the team, winning the most duels, possessions, tackles and interceptions of anyone on the pitch.
You got to see throughout the duration of that game his strengths in different areas. Firstly, in the more classic centre-back role during the opening stages, then later when Trent Alexander-Arnold moved to a more central role it was his one-on-one defending that became vital.
In fact, I’d have no problem having him as an option for the right-back position based on that one performance.
Towards the end of the game with Liverpool needing a goal threat, he has the ability to stride forward and create chances. We won’t talk about the chance at the end for now, but we know he has that side of the game in his locker.
I try to stray away from using annoying football terminology (don’t get me started on chat about the half spaces), but his recovery pace and ability to time a tackle to perfection are just two of the many attributes that will make him a standout in this Liverpool side for years to come.
I’m well aware it’s probably not the best time to lay any praise on Liverpool’s transfer business, but £36 million for him in the current market feels like such a steal. And best of all, he is only 23 years old and his ceiling is sky high.
Plenty of the focus has been on bringing in midfielders, and justifiably so. However, with the future of both Joel Matip and Joe Gomez uncertain — and Nat Phillips perhaps finally being able to leave — the centre-back is a position Liverpool will want to reassess and strengthen come the summer.
We’d all hope that his partner Virgil van Dijk will finish his career at Liverpool, but with eight years on Konate, he is the player we should be thinking about complementing when it comes to strengthening the defence.
A rebuild is necessary and reinvestment vital, but it’s important not to lose sight of the players that got us this far.
Some of them may be saying their goodbyes in a few months’ time, but rest assured that Konate is just getting started.
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“We’ve got punched in the face so much this season. But today Liverpool went ‘I’m going to punch you back, i’m going to have a go here.”
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With reports that Liverpool have pulled out of a move for Jude Bellingham, the club are threatening to repeat last summer’s transfer mistake…LIVERPOOL reportedly ended their interest in Jude Bellingham and I think the reaction was warranted, to be honest.
Disappointment in the owners, Fenway Sports Group, and even Jürgen Klopp is fair and reasonable at this stage. After all, Liverpool missed out on their top target last summer and they seem to have repeated the trick ahead of this one.
John Henry and company seem to have once again failed to back their superstar manager with the requisite resources for the rebuild that was needed this summer, and suddenly they will find that they’ve left their transfer team with much more to do.
FSG have got so much wrong as Liverpool owners, but their biggest crime in the eyes of many is their lack of investment into the playing squad, which will no doubt be the biggest legacy they leave behind whenever they finally decide to sell up.
It may well prove that their biggest legacy is that they wasted the best years of this manager and his star players, which looks increasingly more likely with every low ebb season that sits between the years of success.
Trophy-laden dynasties were never built on success being limited to every other season, and it is for that reason that suddenly this era isn’t looking quite so dynastic from the outside looking in. That doesn’t mean it was any less fun, though.
Because the problem is that there is no perfect solution to any of this. Manchester City through the same period may well be viewed as a dynasty, but only in a domestic sense. They hired Pep Guardiola to win the Champions League and he hasn’t yet done so. Klopp beat him to the trick within his first four years and the Spaniard is currently in his seventh.
Paris Saint-Germain only have Ligue 1 titles and domestic trophies to show for their years of financial dominance. Real Madrid and Barcelona have always invested heavily, but operate within a league that is heavily weighted in their favour in terms of resource allocation and governance.
Liverpool should have won more league titles by this point in Klopp’s reign, I’m sure he himself would agree with that sentiment. There’s a strong chance they would have if they invested as City have, but there are no guarantees of anything, and our Champions League win — and two other finals appearances, double that of City — is proof of that.
There are no guarantees in this Bellingham situation either. One thing you can guarantee is that he wants to go wherever he feels he has the best chance of winning the biggest prize in European football. Based on the last decade, that list is a short one and it contains zero state-owned clubs.
That’s not to say he won’t sign for a state-owned club. The only evidence we have so far to suggest he won’t is that he said the following on Borussia Dortmund’s BVB-Podcast back in July 2022…
“You can have all the money you want from playing football, you can buy whatever you want. But being appreciated like that for creating so many memories for so many people — winning the league, winning however many cups, winning the Champions League — that lives longer than any car you could buy or any house you could buy. That’s the thing that motivates me.”
People may argue that doesn’t completely close off a move to a City, for example. After all, they have won the league and however many cups. There’s at least an indication that he’s not exactly in this industry to make the perceived money-spinning move, though.
If he wanted the most surefire route to winning the Champions League, Real Madrid would seem his best bet, given the vice grip they have over the competition. They’re well stocked for young, up and coming midfielders — including last season’s top Liverpool target Aurelien Tchouameni, but that may prove more of a draw than a dealbreaker.
(As a side note, if Bellingham does choose Madrid, can we please go for Federico Valverde? We’ll still need a belter and I’m not having that signing about six lads and seeing what sticks is truly the way to go, we have enough evidence in recent and our own past to prove that.)
Nothing is guaranteed, so Jude’s family may yet decide that the best thing for his career would be another season in Dortmund. Wait and see just how much the clubs scrapping in summer aren’t purely posturing and trying to deny another club getting his services, as much as thinking about what he could bring to their own ranks.
That’s the biggest concern for Liverpool now. If they are truly done pursuing and he’s clear to move to a rival in the summer, he could end up really boosting that team’s odds of success — and if it’s City then that would feel another huge obstacle to being able to challenge for the league.
The club can’t afford to allow next season to fall so below expectations as this one has. They’ll need to ensure that whatever they do in the summer propels them straight back into title contention. To my mind at least, that means still going out and securing at least one world-class signature. The kind that makes fans of other clubs fume.
Right now it’s ours that will be fuming. The club have to deal with the fact that their briefings (or their strategy as a whole, assuming this isn’t just a negotiation tactic) have caused this level of fume. It should make us no less supportive of the lads on the pitch between now and game 38, though.
Because this manager is still our man. Seeing the tide turning against him is just fickle modern-day, merry-go-round bullshit and we shouldn’t be having it. We can’t accept mediocrity, but mediocre this man is not.
He’s made the past few years the best ride of any manager in most of our lifetimes, arguably of any manager in Liverpool’s history. We celebrate him, whatever you think of the owners. We never have and never will celebrate owners, a la City and Chelsea. There are no John Henry songs. There are several about Klopp. The cult of the manager is our thing.
Get behind him. Get behind them. That’s as much a message to FSG as the fans, but we can’t forget who and what led us to the dance here either.
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Liverpool fans may feel that there isn’t much left to play for, but The Reds’ draw with Arsenal can still provide momentum to end the season…RIGHT, let’s get to the main business.
If you were at Anfield on Sunday, there was a definite strand, a question, which ran through the proceedings. So many made very bad calls, so it’s time to address it…
What was your coat game? Did you go too strong or too flimsy?
I reckon I got it right. Just. I put Big Winter away and plucked out Thick-ish Jacket from its neighbouring peg.
My brother-in-law took both a Reasonably Warm Jacket and Oversized Hoodie in the car but still chose unwisely when we parked up. The lad behind me in the Upper Annie was equally disappointed and proceeded to mutter ‘fucking freezing’ every five minutes.
Another to my left wore shorts but tried to style it out by rolling his shoulders and pulling his collar away from his neck a la Mr McKay from ‘Porridge’ (always teenage relevant, me) in faux macho calmness. I swear his legs were blue by the time Roberto Firmino scored.
April is the cruellest month.
The game itself was Liverpool 2022-23 in a microcosm. Panicky, unsure of itself, lethargic, capable, gutsy and, to be honest, a bit unlucky.
The first half hour, though. That saw an exercise in passing, threat, strategy and punishment. Sadly, that wasn’t us. That was Arsenal.
I’ve always found them to be a weird club. They’re capable of so much more than they deliver, but seldom seem to believe in themselves when it matters. That’s usually evident on the pitch and most seasons we see a tight game at their place and an easy three points at Anfield.
This wasn’t the case on Sunday. They played with us rather than against us for that first half hour. The 2-0 scoreline — the second goal being abject from our point of view — flattered us then.
And yet there was still some muscle memory lying deep somewhere.
Too often this season, we’ve gone behind and felt sorry for ourselves. A far cry from the title-winning season where injury time winners seemed the norm. Manchester City was an apology of a performance, Chelsea a nothing, but Sunday showed that Liverpool play better when they’re annoyed. We’ve not been annoyed enough for a while.
I wonder just how much of this is due to the lack of atmosphere. I know, it’s sacrilege to criticise Anfield and I may be being unfair as I’m usually tucked away at the Annie Road end of the Main Stand — which is an ideal place to catch up on a nap, but there’s usually hardly any noise five minutes after kick-off.
This time it took Anfield favourite Granit Xhaka to light the flame. Then we were in business. After that we looked like a side sick of its own lethargy and wanted to right a few wrongs. It’s been a while and it’s been too long.
The point probably doesn’t do either of us any good, but it was certainly one that will live in the memory. Sometimes we’re too invested to realise that the contest we’re watching might just be a classic. Maybe that’s too strong a word, but I felt entertained rather than just relieved or pissed off, which is my usual post-match feeling.
Of course, the main story of the game took place at half time when the linesman tolchocked Andy Robertson on the chin. Come Monday afternoon, the battle lines were drawn. The evidence of our own eyes versus media compliant pundits and rival fans.
Take your choice. He either never officiates again or it’s about time someone put these pampered millionaires in their place. It’s atrocious that there’s even a defence in place. Roy Keane, that stalwart champion of ‘Respect the Ref’ or whatever it’s called these days, called Robbo a ‘big baby’.
Strange. I don’t recall Robbo storming off into the wilderness while captaining his country because someone gave him a cheese butty instead of a bowl of pasta. Talking to me about ‘getting on with the game’ there.
But hypocrisy will always come into play. People will always defend anything to protect their shirt and I’ll be accused of being no different. I’ll say this, though. If that elbow had landed on England’s captain instead of Scotland’s, would there be so many column inches to defending the official who had ‘just had enough like any other human being’?
Yeah, I know. Conspiracies and all that. Never our fault.
But all that’s a distraction. They’ll convict or justify accordingly, though there’s a risk in making it alright for officials to have a dig at players. Anthony Taylor might go all Joe Pesci next time he comes to Anfield.
What matters now is Liverpool and the rest of the season. There are a new set of questions now. Is Trent Alexander-Arnold a midfielder now? How good was Ibrahima Konate? That tackle was incredible. Is he both a centre back and a right back now, or are we going to see more of a three at the back?
I thought Curtis Jones did well, though he still needs to move the ball on quicker. I liked Jordan Henderson’s drive which might be a by-product of Trent’s new position. I also liked Arsenal’s support. True, loud and not one reference to a disaster or poverty. Other clubs, please take note. You can be like that too.
Leeds next, then. A week is a long time in football and if this season is anything to go by, we may not use the momentum of that second-half performance as we should, but here’s hoping. There’s still muscle memory in there, deep in the muscles and when our blood is up we’re still something to behold.
Let’s take this forward to Elland Road. This team will need changing so let’s end it on a high. Let’s do it for the lad who got us out of the shit in the 87th minute. He deserves that.
Don’t forget to bring a coat.
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Arsenal 2 in the Premier League at Anfield…LIVERPOOL deserved nothing and then Liverpool deserved everything.
I love them and I hate them, but ultimately I just love them. And, upsettingly and crucially, I always will.
Nothing. It’s a terrible start. They are up against one of the two best teams in the country and they act like winning first balls is none of their business. But that’s nothing, that isn’t worth considering because they act like winning second balls is absolutely none of their business.
Everything was wrong. Starting position? Wrong. Desire? Wrong. Belief? Wrong. Touch? Wrong. Choices? Wrong.
They end up 0-2 down and they are lucky it is only 0-2. Arsenal are dominant in every way and, in hindsight, may well feel like they ought to have made more hay when the sun shone.
Because the sun would cease to shine. Cease to shine minimises what happened. Liverpool happened. But why.
Why? Well, then they decide they are mad as hell and aren’t going to take it anymore.
I mean, fuck off, Liverpool. I was mad as hell and not going to take it any more months ago. Wolves away, maybe?
Can we talk about being mad as hell? I mean, there have been hundreds of thousands of people in my mentions mad as hell. Mad as hell has been going around.
This:
Granit Xhaka gets into nonsense with Trent Alexander-Arnold and suddenly we have a wholly different football match on our hands.
Liverpool are in the vicinity of becoming utterly indifferent. Liverpool could collapse. But they suddenly find a backbone, and a goal, and a weak spot. They suddenly find a side that can be weak, suddenly find a side that is scared of Anfield, and scared of their moment, and Liverpool are in the ascendancy, and find a goal by virtue of keeping the ball alive.
Keeping the ball alive is such a virtue. Sides want to kill momentum. Keeping everything going makes it impossible.
Mo Salah does brilliantly for the goal but so do Curtis Jones, Diego Jota and Jordan Henderson. Everything is kept alive and so are Liverpool.
Let’s talk about the referee and the linesman. The linesman just elbows Liverpool’s left back. Just elbows him. It is worse than what Mitrovic does for Fulham.
The referee, Wigan’s finest, is a disgrace and shouldn’t be near Liverpool games any more. Too much Greater Manchester.
In general, Arsenal have been a deeply likeable outfit this season but the time-wasting today was dreadful and unedifying and deeply unprofessional. Head injuries shouldn’t be exaggerated or feigned. Players need to push back against this in private amongst each other.
Second half, Arsenal start well but Liverpool are too strong. They are actually strong. From the back. Virgil van Dijk is great but Ibrahima Konate is incredible. It is Liverpool’s best half of the season from any individual player. He is first to everything, including things he should be nowhere near. He should eventually win the game for Liverpool, but Aaron Ramsdale is too good.
The game is Liverpool’s. Every inch of the park is theirs. Arsenal have threat on the break, but their players are at breaking point just dealing with The Reds. The game is at Trent Alexander-Arnold’s feet. He is magnificent in a way a full back shouldn’t be. He bestrides the contest.
Liverpool are getting in, or almost in, over and over. Liverpool dominant. Arsenal passive. These? These are your Champions Elect? But Gabriel stands firm for them. Ben White plays ever so well. And then Aaron Ramsdale comes into his own.
The penalty miss is a concern and after it Mo Salah is dreadful for 10. But the best pass played all day is his as he falls, but finds Darwin Nunez for the one on one.
Liverpool bang, bang, bang on the door, baby, but it takes Roberto Firmino to knock a little louder, sugar, and then you love them, love them all so deeply. They are our Reds again. Our heroes.
They should make it three. Salah, Konate, whoever else, should make it three. They should make it the greatest night of the year. Because, unlike Manchester United, Arsenal are actually good. I love them. They commit wholeheartedly to Zinchenko being wild. They choose to love, not hide Rob Holding.
They want to live so risk dying and their away end suffered and loved, from where I was sat. Suffered and loved. The away end loves their own players, and loves their club, and sings about that. They respected the silence, and they adore their own, and so they should. I feel a kinship with the Arsenal lot and I wish them all the very best.
However, the game was Liverpool’s second half. Thiago Alcantara dictated. Jordan Henderson managed. Trent controlled and I loved them, and the equaliser, and that they deserved all the points.
I mean.
I mean.
I mean, fuck off, Liverpool. Fuck off you magnificent, unfocused, off-kilter bastards. Fuck off for making me hate you and fuck off further for making me love you. Fuck off for being the best night out, and the worst date, and the best dancers, and the worst ride. Fuck off for playing when two behind and not to just win. Fuck off for leading me astray and pulling me back.
Fuck off, Liverpool, I love you. I love you. Keep doing this and then we can all see.
That is all you get from here.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Liverpool v Arsenal in the 2022-2023 Premier League at Anfield…LAST weekend, Liverpool and Arsenal were both involved in a confident 4-1 romping.
Arsenal blew Leeds United away, while an embarrassing second half performance from The Reds away at Manchester City left questions hanging over many players’ positions in the side.
The differing levels of confidence going into Sunday’s tie increases its intrigue as a proposition. Historically, Arsenal have struggled to win at Anfield in the Premier League — with their last victory coming on September 2, 2012 — but with the side from North London having won all of their last seven in the league, they’re undoubtedly favourites coming into it.
Jürgen Klopp made major changes on Tuesday night and said the performance was little steps in the right direction, this begs a question regarding the starting 11 for Sunday.
Mo Salah and Cody Gakpo only featured in the second half and Darwin Nunez departed with 10 minutes still to play, supporting the idea that this could be the trio announced as starting at 3.30pm on Sunday.
Ibrahima Konate and Alisson Becker were standout performers for Liverpool on Tuesday night and could be expected to keep their place in the side.
Virgil van Dijk was ruled out through illness, but his recent performances may only be enough to secure him a place on the bench anyway. It would be risky to line up against the league leaders without your best defender, but it could be the rocket he needs to return to the glorious heights we’ve all become so accustomed to.
Robertson may also be expected to return after an underwhelming performance from Kostas Tsimikas resulted in his substitution in the 66th minute.
Klopp’s midfield choices are certainly limited with Jordan Henderson and Fabinho having each played two full 90 minutes in four days, could we see James Milner start alongside Harvey Elliott with the third position rotated at half time or on 60.
Mikel Arteta has not been forced into making many changes to his Arsenal side, not rotating more than two players out of the starting 11 since March 4, their 3-2 victory over AFC Bournemouth.
They have received a great boost with the return of talisman Gabriel Jesus, who scored twice in their most recent victory, and he always promises to be a handful for any Liverpool defenders given his record scoring or assisting nine times in the 13 appearances against us.
The worry that Liverpool’s holding midfielders are coming into Sunday with either very little or far too many minutes in their legs, is only exacerbated by the omnipresence of Martin Odegaard. The Norwegian has arguably been Arsenal’s standout performer with 10 goals and seven assists in 28 appearances from midfield, and promises to be a handful.
The recent history of the fixture points towards a high-scoring affair which, combined with an Arsenal side firing on all cylinders and a Liverpool front line capable of pulling a team to shreds in 45 minutes, means it promises to be an entertaining 90 minutes at the very least.
The worry for Liverpool comes with the knowledge that we are equally as susceptible to a complete and utter capitulation.
Arsenal will certainly come with a clear plan after last season’s 4-0 hammering, and their fans will be hoping Arteta can keep his inner Pep Guardiola in check and not rise to the crowd. We will be doing everything possible to get under his skin.
We may find that neither us nor their fans will be confident going into the game, yet both will be optimistic given the strange cocktail of relative history and current form.
Three points would be a massive moment in both our seasons.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Milner, Fabinho, Elliott; Salah, Gakpo, Nunez
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With Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool contract set to run until 2026 and the club’s future feeling uncertain, are we ignoring the elephant in the room?THE elephant in the room, then.
Jürgen Klopp might leave Liverpool. He definitely will at some point, but don’t for one second think that is nailed on to be summer 2026.
Klopp has never dealt well in security and certainty, he’s too modest. His inner Mainz 05 chimp tells him constantly that this game dishes out serious body blows when you least expect it.
Most importantly, he values the institution and his own wellbeing too much. If it isn’t working, pack up and go. There’s a slope to ski, a sea to plunge and a beer to pour.
It’s with that same affirmation and outlook which allowed us to learn from him.
He syphoned every sinew of this city’s energy along with that of his team and ran with it. They ran until their legs stopped working. Their legs might have stopped working.
Life lessons in block 104. A man with vigour and fight doing more than the sum of his parts, and going way beyond the job description and person specification.
He might be tired, just like they are. He might be thinking of beers in the sun. “Kloppo,” as his natives call him, always up for the party, might want his bed for a bit.
The concept of the elephant in the room is, of course, alluding to what’s being ignored. The discussion we’re all skirting around. Apparently nobody stood in a room with an elephant wants to talk about it.
The reality is we’d dine out for years on such a tale: “Eh, remember that elephant in the room we was in? Mad that, wasn’t it?”
Let’s address it; he isn’t performing well as Liverpool manager this season. He feels he’s keeping better company with the dozen or so sacked than those who remain.
There are three notable differences to his situation. The first is he remains an elite manager wedded to a perfect club, the second is he’s safer than any elite manager in Europe, and the third is his ability to overcome adversity.
For us, that should be enough. Close your eyes and wait for it to pass. There’ll be parties and pyro and rambunctious football once again.
Because this man gave me everything. He showed me that football can represent a city. He taught me about togetherness, community, inclusivity and modesty better than the bulk of adult role models across my life.
He makes me proud every single day of that place and that time. He made the Mersey sparkle, the sunsets eternal and the atmosphere feral. He’ll tell us all we did that, but the reality is he awakened us.
He needs to know we believe that we can do it again.
There’s a poem about elephants in rooms by Terry Kettering. The elephant in his prose represents death. He ponders whether: “For if we talk about his/her death, perhaps we talk about his/her life. Can I say to you and not have you look away? For if I cannot, you are leaving me alone… In a room… With an elephant.”
Nobody envisaged this season’s catastrophic downturn, not least Klopp himself. He now faces the stark reality we all do that his transition isn’t as smooth as we maybe imagined.
But there’s something about this club and that man which provides a belief that nothing is dead. That the hypothetical elephant in this particular room is full of shit.
He needs help and he will get it. He needs to win football matches and he will win them. He needs, above all else, to be the spark which ignites all around him once again.
The nature of this particularly complex beast means that there’s simply no other way.
Liverpool stands up to narratives better than anywhere I know. We fight on the basis that we’re not related to the Chelsea or even the Leicester City managerial arc. That our fella doesn’t behave the way Manchester City’s does.
They’ve got a fight on their hands like never before. If Jürgen Klopp is up for it, the only question left is whether you are.
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“That was such a romantic journey and it would’ve been my favourite season ever had we won.”
JÜRGEN | Part Three
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As Liverpool’s season continues to ebb away and fans try to take more perspective, is it time the players started to try and do the same?“THERE’S an old joke – um…
“Two elderly women are at a Catskill Mountain resort, and one of them says, ‘Boy, the food at this place is really terrible.’ The other one says, ‘Yeah, I know; and such small portions’.”
That’s from the opening monologue of Annie Hall.
I’m looking forward to Arsenal. Despite all this terrible food and small portions, I’m still looking forward to Arsenal.
I looked forward to Chelsea too. I applauded Jürgen Klopp’s mad lineup, as it sent messages out all over the place. When we’re terrible, players can be dropped regardless of reputation. I like that. That’s how things should be. When players are phoning it in or are mentally weak when things don’t go their way, there’s always a place on the bench for them.
Not that that always works. There’s an overwhelming sense that we’ve just rearranged the chairs on the Titanic and that the new blood is just as poor as the old. These lads are shot, the manager out of ideas. You can shove players where you will, but if there’s nothing left in the tank…
Look at Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain against Manchester City. He’s been out for a while so is at least rested. Full of beans, you’d think. He’s on the pitch for five minutes and he’s walking back to the box when they break. I’m still angry about that now.
Part of me expected this. It may be new ground to younger Reds, but being inexplicably shit is eerily familiar to many of us. We’ve been far worse than this. That won’t come as much of a comfort, admittedly, but there we are. You can’t have the rainbow without the rain and all that.
But this is also an age where any statement of ‘these things happen’ come with accusations of accepting mediocrity. Accepting mediocrity? Some of us had to applaud when Paul Konchesky was introduced to an ungrateful Kop at his first home game. This is nothing compared to that.
It isn’t good, though. Confidence is so low that even a win against the Champions Elect (work with me here) would mean little. Only a few weeks ago we were putting seven past Manchester United.
Since then, we’ve picked up one point from nine and we sort of got away with that one. Chelsea were kind enough to be equally dire last night. Even Anthony Taylor took pity on us. I can think of no lower moment than that.
I suppose it must be easier to keep a good run going rather than arrest a bad one. Jürgen still faces the same squad this week that he did last. There’s nothing new for him to bring in. Just the same old knackered faces. Only the opposition changes. Our lads will still be hurting or, worse, scared.
How do you draw a line under all this and start again?
I don’t see how you can unless you have new players and that isn’t happening any time at all. We’re like one of those old ‘60s bands who tour even though half of their original lineup have long gone and been replaced by a teenager. Except none of our lads have been replaced. The songs are tired now, the performances lacking spark.
Speaking of old bands, I saw Echo and The Bunnymen last year here in Norwich. No tired showing there, by the way. They were great. A few songs in, a chirpy Ian McCulloch told us that my adopted city has a special place in the band’s heart as they had an absolute dream night here years back. To this day they still hope that the next gig will ‘be a Norwich’.
Jürgen must know how they feel. Maybe Arsenal on Sunday will be a Barcelona 2019 or United from last month. Please God.
And, of course, this is down to a lack of investment. No one here is pretending otherwise. I just don’t see the benefit of flying a plane over the ground when the money men are hardly here in the first place. There’s not much we can do about this when there are still games to be played with the same lads.
No, it’s not much fun at the moment. The only twig I can cling to is that the next win will be a shock one and it might be the start of something, maybe even Jürgen’s Second Great Side. Luckily for us, football never ends. There’s always the chance to wipe off the stench of the last few games. A win against Arsenal would be a start. Jesus, even a goal would be a start.
I’ve done the lot this week. Fury at the City game to confused frowns at Chelsea. Thank God for Everton.
But we keep coming back. We have to. I don’t care, I’m looking forward to Arsenal. I always will. The food at this place may be terrible just now and the portions are small, but it’s a place we keep coming back to, always hoping things will improve.
And if they don’t there’ll always be Leeds United and Nottingham Forest — sides who have already beaten us, but you can’t think like that.
The rainbow and the rain. It’ll be sunny one day. I hope it’s soon.
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“I’m disappointed because they looked like they were there for the taking… we just don’t have enough about us to do it.”
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Chelsea 0 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge…THE changes are fascinating. So too are the substitutions.
More so than the game, which felt like one Liverpool had decided they were hanging in through at all costs, in all circumstances. I think, in a way, this mentality both helps Liverpool gets a point and hinders all three.
The changes, then. It is odd to me to see Curtis Jones come from nowhere, but I am fine with it and think he does alright. Not well. But alright. I’d like him to start against Arsenal. Get some rhythm up. Let’s see.
Roberto Firmino looks short of a yard but you’d have guessed that. Joe Gomez looks short of games at right back but you’d have guessed that too. Joel Matip has a torrid evening but manages to just about hang in there. Kostas Tsimikas looks like Andy Robertson’s deputy.
He looks like the sort of full back who starts for Liverpool in 2011, a Stamford Bridge throwback, a footballer built to drive you mad. He is Liverpool’s outball and it hard to escape the notion that that suits Chelsea more than it does The Reds.
Were it not for Alisson Becker, we would have had to watch Liverpool desperate to score a goal. Being relaxed about an away draw more often earlier this season would have made a ton of sense. Now? That’s a tougher sell for me. Partially because there is no proof that Liverpool are getting anything from Leeds, West Ham and Leicester, even before a big last day against Southampton.
But everything has to start and end somewhere, and perhaps tonight can be another corner turned. Another reset started. Another restart setted. Being sceptical is understandable. It was, on paper, the toughest remaining away game by miles — them bringing Raheem Sterling on without 10 to go proof of that. It being a Saturday-Tuesday bounce on the road not good either.
There has to be more than this, though. It has to improve. The concerns are many but one is they looked like a side on game 36, not 28.
The substitutions should have made us better, more likely. They don’t. Yet simultaneously it seems wild that both Matip and Diogo Jota end the game on the pitch.
Liverpool fought for each other. They dug each other out. They rode their luck. They fouled and scrapped like the best of them. They played away from home for 97 minutes. That this is noteworthy across the board is part of what has brought the current league table to pass.
Come the end of the season, the question will be if this is a point and performance which is valuable for its sternness or lamentable for its lack of creativity. In January, the former would have been nailed on. Right now?
Right now it is a slog, but we need to rouse ourselves for Sunday and we need to find a run. Those around and above us are nothing special, but did you see tonight? Did it feel special?
It will need to be better. Ten to go. And we cannot rely on luck. We need judgement.
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Josh Sexton’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Chelsea 0 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge…HOPELESS.
Genuinely the best way to sum up the mood watching the game there, be surprised if anybody felt like we were winning that at any point.
The Reds are giving us nothing right now, and Twitter has been so toxic in response to these ratings all season, so I’m inclined to give everybody who played tonight the same nothingness in return.
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Alisson:The only player I have genuine belief will give us exactly what we’re after for 90 minutes. Thought he was going to have the hardest lines with what’s a good save against Kai Havertz, but the Union Of Bald Men From Greater Manchester came through for us at least once there.
Gomez:Sort of does fine, I thought? Don’t know really cause he doesn’t do much wrong, but then I’d have liked The Reds to not have been quite so tentative against an opponent that only grew from what little confidence they started the game with when they saw how shot we were.
Matip:An absolutely wild showing, to be honest. I’m very sentimental when it comes to the lads who’ve given us everything, but the more I see him play the more I just think he can’t give us anywhere near what we need anymore. Thanks for the mazies, Joel x
Konate:Looked shakier by virtue of his partner, but then there is a deep recess in my mind that remembers him and Virgil van Dijk being like the burglars in Home Alone against Bournemouth.
Tsimikas:Don’t remember him doing a great deal of meaningful things, besides his corner that felt like it hit a man before the first man. N’Golo Kante just stood not even defending the corner and suddenly the ball arrived at his feet. Wild.
Henderson:Was trying hard to get The Reds playing, but absolutely nothing he did was coming off or even finding a man for that matter. Some of his passes were the kind that would’ve found a man in a dangerous area when Liverpool had even a shred of confidence, but they’re so devoid at the moment that both him and whoever the intended recipient is end up second guessing what they’re both trying to achieve.
Fabinho:Did well to leave it that long to get booked. Felt like one of those games where most of his involvements were either fouling or being fouled, which again doesn’t say much for what Chelsea threw at us.
Jones:Thought he was tidy but absolutely unspectacular, but I’d probably be happy with that performance if I hadn’t had a sniff for months and wasn’t even in the squad at the weekend.
Jota:Just looks like a lad who is trying his best but has completely forgotten how to score goals. Does anybody know what a Diogo Jota goal looks like right now? He definitely doesn’t. Not against playing him through it, though, to be honest.
Firmino:If Jones was tidy but unspectacular, Bobby has pretty consistently been the opposite this season. All the flicks and tricks but not a great deal of substance in recent times, besides maybe one or two through balls that fall into the Henderson no-confidence-no-conclusion camp.
Nunez:By a mile our biggest threat and looks like he will make something happen every time he gets in behind, even if it didn’t come to anything tonight. Should be the first name on the teamsheet, because he’s about the only thing besides Alisson that I’d imagine our opponents have to plan for these days. Just let the rest punch themselves out.
SUBSWe brought all the lads on that I’d have brought on, and probably in the order I’d have brought them on too, but even then it just felt like we got a little less threatening with each change.
Twas ever thus, though. This is 2022-2023, after all.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Chelsea v Liverpool in the 2022-2023 Premier League at Stamford Bridge…QUIET weekend in the football world, wasn’t it?
First fell Brendan Rodgers, and then hours later Graham Potter’s departure was confirmed, becoming the 12th managerial change in the Premier League this season.
Neither of these things were particularly shocking, but they do help to bring the brutal and cyclical nature of being a football manager into view — and nothing confirms the cyclical nature of it more than 75-year-old Roy Hodgson returning to Crystal Palace.
It felt strange hearing Jürgen Klopp admit that he isn’t untouchable and knows that he is still in his position due to credit in the bank.
“I am aware of the fact that I’m sitting here because of the past, not because of what we did this season,” he said in his pre-match press conference. “There is no need to be afraid. I’m here to deliver.”
It doesn’t sit well that his departure is even on the lists of things to consider when it comes to working out a way forward for Liverpool this season and beyond. Of course, that doesn’t make him above criticism for decisions that he does or doesn’t make, but having him as a voice of stability has made the madness feel easier.
Looking back to this time last year, Liverpool were about to embark on a quite frankly ridiculous month of results. Beating Benfica in the Champions League, winning against Manchester United and Everton, grinding out results and approaching every game with a serious sense of inevitability.
The fact that fortunes can change so quickly gives me hope that with the right investment and reinvention, this time next year we can be enjoying the best of times again.
I say the right investment because our opponents tonight are evidence of what happens when you adopt a scattergun approach to the transfer window. Bringing in a load of players and hoping something sticks might not be the best way to go about business, after all.
Clearly, working players who have won everything into the ground season after season isn’t the best way to go about business, either. The long-term necessities of what Liverpool need to do are clear, but with 11 games of the season, short-term solutions are also necessary.
I imagine one short-term solution when it comes to facing Chelsea tonight will be rotation. Where exactly changes are made, though, is a more difficult question.
Andy Robertson was taken off early at the weekend, likely in an effort to preserve his legs before playing again tonight. With James Milner’s services likely required in midfield, the rest of the back three would remain unchanged.
In midfield, things are likely to be different. I suspect Milner will come in for the captain, with Fabinho and Harvey Elliott alongside him. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain does get minutes at the weekend, though, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see him on the right.
Facing a team low on confidence and in a difficult spell calls for the return of the chaos king Darwin Nunez on the left, with Cody Gakpo and Mo Salah completing the lineup.
I won’t lie to you, that was hard work and I don’t envy Klopp at all. I have absolutely no idea what he was going to do. I have no idea what I’d do.
All I know is that I would absolutely love to get three points away from home tonight. I would love for Champions League football next season to remain a possibility for as long as possible. I would love for everyone to enjoy themselves watching Liverpool again.
Let’s hope we enjoyed it come 10pm.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Elliott, Fabinho, Milner; Salah, Gakpo, Nunez
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As Liverpool’s season suffered yet another setback at the hands of Manchester City, supporters are asking just where The Reds go from here…WELL, then. Back like we never left.
What a bliss two weeks it was, hey?
Liverpool had 17 days to prepare for this — reset, regroup and come back swinging. But as has so often proven the case, time proved to be our enemy.
This version of Liverpool, this dreadful and at times unrecognisable Liverpool, are immensely frustrating. They are as disjointed as they come, there is no rhythm or reason, no sense of confidence among themselves or each other.
They’ve given so much these last few years, but they make you want to tear your hair out all the same. Is there a plan or a method to all of this? At what point will the corner finally be turned? All the things that made this team what it was — intensity, ruthlessness, guile — are glaring in their absence.
The first half is far from perfect, but what matters most is that Liverpool always carry a threat. Diogo Jota ties things together, Cody Gakpo is a handful and Mo Salah is, well, Mo Salah. That he scored The Reds’ solitary goal of the day felt fitting; even in a season as torrid as this, he still shines. One of Liverpool’s finest and up there with the Premier League’s best ever.
Liverpool’s problem on Saturday is that they seemingly forgot there was a second half.
These two teams have gone toe-to-toe over the last few years, dominating the league and demanding the best from one another. But the second 45 at the Etihad was a story of two sides currently worlds apart.
Within a minute of the restart, Liverpool had it all to do. They are their own worst enemy yet again. No one follows their man and the shape crumbles as a consequence. It is absolutely brainless. You can’t do that ever, but especially not against these.
To a man and as a team, Liverpool were too passive and therein lies the problem. Game after game passes them by and there is a real lack of fight. In that regard, no one is immune from criticism.
Trent Alexander-Arnold has had a season to forget but hasn’t been helped by the team’s struggles, with the midfield issues glaring again. As much as Jude Bellingham would elevate this team, even he can’t do it on his own.
Then there’s Virgil van Dijk, who spoke candidly about some hard conversations being had in the dressing room, but whose own form will be a real concern. Andy Robertson, Jordan Henderson and Fabinho can all be thrown straight in there, too.
Jürgen Klopp spoke frankly about the need for change in the summer and the club’s hierarchy must make sure that wish comes true.
So, where do we go from here?
In ordinary circumstances, you’d look at the formation and try something new, but even that failed to deliver at the weekend. That none of the substitutes made a difference is a problem in itself, too. Luis Diaz and Thiago Alcantara returning will help that I’m sure, but none of it matters without a mentality shift. As long as Liverpool keep letting games pass them by, this nonsense will continue.
For now, we all dust ourselves off and do this dance again. What a slog of a season this is.
Chelsea tomorrow, then league leaders Arsenal. Neither will be easy, but both are must wins.
Things can only get better, can’t they?
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Manchester City 4 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at the Etihad Stadium…IT’S a game of two halves. Which is entirely of Liverpool’s making.
First half Liverpool are together with a sense of purpose. Second half they are not.
Deal with the first half first. Or rather last season’s first half. Last season Manchester City were marvellous at the Etihad for the first half and pushed Liverpool back. But The Reds ensured they had threat, could counter and stayed alive. They went in 2-1 down and it may have flattered them, but the quality of the game was something to behold.
This season Liverpool get in level having played their part in a magnificent first half. Two sides going at it — Manchester City looking after it better, but Liverpool always carrying threat. Diego Jota played very well, Cody Gakpo full of possibilities. It’s a great Mo Salah goal which shows Liverpool have a game plan.
It isn’t perfect. Out of possession Liverpool can’t cope with John Stones at silly mid off. Neither Gakpo nor Jordan Henderson can quite work the space. Jack Grealish is getting in. Big Kev De Bruyne is playing ever so well as is Riyad Mahrez. Andy Robertson is finding it tough.
Liverpool though have five minutes of Virgil van Dijk being very front foot and it changes the half. Liverpool get in beautifully and score one of the best goals they have under Jürgen Klopp. It is a gorgeous goal. They makes three phases of space and then Jota uses his arse like Dalglish and there it is from Salah.
Their equaliser is excellent too, but also instructive. It is the hardest they have to work to score a goal out of their four. The flick from De Bruyne is excellent. Mahrez does brilliantly and finally the ball is with Julien Alvarez in the poacher’s position.
Every goal you concede should be analysed. But, not dissimilar to Liverpool’s opener, the City equaliser is mostly just great footballers being great.
But. But. The second half.
I love The Reds. But this season The Reds have driven me to distraction. At times they have appeared surprised by football matches. And at times they have taken things going against them so, so badly.
The start of the second half is absolutely brainless. Liverpool are collectively doombrains and this is a goal to analyse. They end up four versus five away from home against one of the best teams on the planet. They leave so many in space. They are lacking in seriousness.
There is a thing here — they will have come out at the break full of beans. But beans need to be managed. They stopped doing something they did brilliantly first half — they stopped respecting the scoreline. Level at the hour would have been great. Level on 75 would have been great.
It’s a mess of a goal. Everyone involved should do better, but the mindset should be better. The mindset is what was spot on first half.
The mindset is what was a shitshow second.
It’s the biggest concern. They just, well, stopped playing. Yes, Manchester City stepped up. Yes, they found a thing or two. But watching Liverpool players grow that tad too tetchy with each other is what kills me.
You win together and lose together. At the minute it feels like Liverpool win together. No one gives it the big I am. That’s a good thing. But when they lose they give it the tiny not me.
They look like they pass the blame around. They look moody. As soon as something goes wrong they look a mess. And then they stop.
It’s important to say Manchester City play well. And they play well from a level of being very good. But Liverpool just disappoint on a spiritual level. They go down swinging, but swinging at each other. They are bad at games and given what they do is games, this hurts.
The fourth made me ill. They were deeply passive and surprised by events. The keeper is so close to everything it is hard to tell if they are just too good or he should do better.
You are left with the two centre halves being poor, with the captain being poor, with no sub making a difference. Accentuating the positive has Jota, Gakpo and Alexander-Arnold all doing well first half and Mo Salah doing what he does.
Togetherness is everything. And no one is immune from its lack — I include the senior players. It’s key to include the senior players. Togetherness is exactly that. Bringing everyone along at all times.
We win together and we lose together, boys. Men. Leaders. We win together and we lose together. But we suffer together too. The bad times and the good. There is no other way home, so get it sorted. You play for Liverpool, you are not individuals. We only win as a collective. There is no one to blame but everyone, there is no “you” and there is no “him”. There is only us. You don’t feel sorry for yourself, feel sorry for everyone’s self.
I love The Reds. But they need to love each other. We’re a team. Together.
Nothing else makes sense.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Manchester City v Liverpool in the Premier League at the Etihad Stadium…WHEN Manchester United beat Arsenal 8-2 in August 2011, the scale of the result barely registered on the football Richter scale.
This was the defining football rivalry of the previous decade. It was snapshots of sumptuous dinks over goalkeepers in sinister all black by John O’Shea at Highbury. Thierry Henry’s swivel, volley and celebration. It was Sylvain Wiltord at Old Trafford winning titles in resplendent Sega-splashed gold.
Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira in narrow archways. Gary Neville peering more than when in the Have I Got News for You presenter chair somewhere nearby. All of these men were, well, a bit silly if we’re all being honest.
Yet when United trounced Arsene Wenger’s side in 2011 – something felt mournful. The likes of Andrei Arshavin and Tomas Rosicky were still kicking around a team which had clearly lost its way. United, while scintillating on the day, were playing Anderson and Tom Cleverly in centre midfield.
This was the year of Manchester City’s inaugural title win on the final day against Queens Park Rangers. United would regain the title a year later after recruiting Robin van Persie – but this was to be City’s decade domestically.
The question of who could challenge them has loomed large for at least half of that time. They hit 100 points the season Liverpool had to rely on another final day win to ensure Champions League qualification.
Every game between them since has been finger-shredding tension matched with mind-blowing intensity and at times beautiful football. These Reds stepped up when nobody else could.
We’ve loved and despised it. The notion of one stray pass defining nine months’ work in these games has felt incredibly unfair and unjust to the concept of human error. These people should be more flawed. These margins should be a lot wider.
FiveThirtyEight’s Premier League predictor table argues that City has a 44 per cent chance of winning the title, while Liverpool have a 29 per cent chance of Champions League qualification. The point simulator has City finishing on 85 points (second) and Liverpool 64 (fifth).
Let’s not argue with simulators – plenty of time for that in future. What isn’t up for debate is this isn’t a battle to centurion points totals which will go down to the final 15 minutes of a season.
Jürgen Klopp’s men have faded into an inconsistent abyss of sorts. They’ve spent the season trying to fix a springboard which breaks after each use. They spectacularly managed this in a manner that’s still difficult to shake off following the United trouncing.
But then City have their own problems. They’ve been inconsistent, lacking in desire and at times tactically ragged. Phil Foden is missing but we still expect that Erling Haaland plays, despite talk of him missing training, and is fully on one.
They will have the last three fixtures particularly on their mind where Liverpool beat them in an FA Cup semi-final, Community Shield and at Anfield when their manager once again lost his shit.
This is our big week. In that sense, the fixture will foster similar feelings of having everything to lose. But then the race for fourth isn’t the same as the one for first.
Non-eventful is fine, here. Being sensible is fine, here. A draw and positive performance are absolutely fine, here.
Liverpool can’t be kamikaze and leave the door wide open. For all City’s current ills, they will exploit without a second invitation. So will Chelsea and Arsenal.
Whatever transpires, there is a need for both to realign and do what both Arsenal and United managed on occasion, which was to come again as the Premier League’s greatest title rivals.
You can argue the heights were so lofty they can’t be reached again. You can say nature has taken its course and the lifespan has ended. You can look at the financial mismatch which has never gone away.
But does anyone really believe Klopp and Liverpool can’t come again? City aren’t going anywhere. The only team proven to thwart them is us. It’s why they need this rivalry to persist just as much.
Liverpool has the greater responsibility in reviving it, arguably the greater task given their drop.
This weekend, the title is none of their business. In the longer term it absolutely is.
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In a weekend that could change the complexion of the top and bottom of the league, with teams chasing the top four and also avoid relegation in what could be a defining round of fixtures.Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan, Teza Simukulwa and Mike Kearney, also on the show, Neil speaks to Nick Illingsworth about Southampton and Rich Hobbs about Wolves.
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As we enter the business end of the season, it’s time to have a round up of what’s going on around Europe – looking specifically at the Ligue 1 & Serie A.Mo Stewart hosts French football expert Jonathan Johnson and Serve A specialist Conor Clancy…
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An Anfield Wrap’s review special looking towards a potentially season defining week for the Reds which features a trip to the Etihad and Stamford Bridge before hosting table toppers Arsenal at AnfieldDan Morgan hosts Sean Rogers and Reach PLC’s Josh Williams…
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Ian Ryan speaks all about the role football has played in his life and whether that role has changed throughout his career.Adam Smith hosts…
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If Jürgen Klopp was asked to produce a docu-series about himself, how would he go about it?We think Jürgen would tell the stories of the people and places that have influenced and impacted him throughout his career as a football player and manager.Supported by ERDINGER, The Anfield Wrap travelled to Glatten, Frankfurt, Mainz, Dortmund and around Liverpool to hear unique stories from the German’s journey, told by those who know him best.The five part docu-series explores five recurring themes throughout Jürgen’s story — challenge, culture, journey, winning and legacy — and features footballers that played with and under him, friends that stood by his side through thick and thin, colleagues that helped him move to the next level and the fans that gave him their undying support throughout.
In the final instalment of our documentary series on the career of Jürgen Klopp, we highlight the lasting impact that Klopp has left on each of his favourite places, with intimate stories that sum up the man, the manager and the leader.
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Neil Atkinson hosts Neil Docking, Dan Austin and Karl Coppack, as the panel debate what they’d ban from the following categories:* An ex-Manchester United pundit * Non-Everton team to be relegated * A football film
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Mark Gregory, author of ‘More Than A Game: Saving Football From Itself’, joins Neil Atkinson to talk about the recently published Government White Paper on potential reform and regulation in football.
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If Jürgen Klopp was asked to produce a docu-series about himself, how would he go about it?We think Jürgen would tell the stories of the people and places that have influenced and impacted him throughout his career as a football player and manager.Supported by ERDINGER, The Anfield Wrap travelled to Glatten, Frankfurt, Mainz, Dortmund and around Liverpool to hear unique stories from the German’s journey, told by those who know him best.The five part docu-series explores five recurring themes throughout Jürgen’s story — challenge, culture, journey, winning and legacy — and features footballers that played with and under him, friends that stood by his side through thick and thin, colleagues that helped him move to the next level and the fans that gave him their undying support throughout.
In the fourth instalment of our documentary series on the career of Jürgen Klopp we look into his biggest wins at Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund and Mainz 05.
From the lows of defeat in Kyiv, The Reds bounced back from a 0-3 deficit in Barcelona to complete the greatest comeback Anfield has ever seen, before lifting the club’s sixth European Cup in Madrid. The following season they went 27 games unbeaten to romp to a first Premier League title that even a global pandemic couldn’t take away from them.
Klopp of course already had a strong reputation before he arrived on Merseyside because of his success with BVB, no less their back-to-back Bundesliga-winning seasons in 2011 and 2012, putting a halt to Bayern Munich’s reign of dominance in Germany.
And of course, it was his time in Mainz that started the whole thing. After missing out on promotion twice in the most heartbreaking circumstances, his team managed to secure it at the third time of asking and in the most dramatic way on the final day of the 2003-4 season.
These are the stories behind those stories, as you’ve never heard them before.
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If Jürgen Klopp was asked to produce a docu-series about himself, how would he go about it?We think Jürgen would tell the stories of the people and places that have influenced and impacted him throughout his career as a football player and manager.Supported by ERDINGER, The Anfield Wrap travelled to Glatten, Frankfurt, Mainz, Dortmund and around Liverpool to hear unique stories from the German’s journey, told by those who know him best.The five part docu-series explores five recurring themes throughout Jürgen’s story — challenge, culture, journey, winning and legacy — and features footballers that played with and under him, friends that stood by his side through thick and thin, colleagues that helped him move to the next level and the fans that gave him their undying support throughout.
In the third instalment of our documentary series on the career of Jürgen Klopp we look into how he recruited in Mainz, Dortmund and Liverpool – what were the expectations on the players and how could they respond?
His plans develop through the campaigns but he and his sides have adversity to deal with. Klopp’s very core is forged through these struggles and we bring you the people he shared all of them with. We can see Mainz built before our very eyes and his renovation of Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool.
It is the last instalment before Christmas of the definitive video series on one of football’s all time greatest leaders. He made the people happy, he made the people believe.
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If Jürgen Klopp was asked to produce a docu-series about himself, how would he go about it?We think Jürgen would tell the stories of the people and places that have influenced and impacted him throughout his career as a football player and manager.Supported by ERDINGER, The Anfield Wrap travelled to Glatten, Frankfurt, Mainz, Dortmund and around Liverpool to hear unique stories from the German’s journey, told by those who know him best.The five part docu-series explores five recurring themes throughout Jürgen’s story — challenge, culture, journey, winning and legacy — and features footballers that played with and under him, friends that stood by his side through thick and thin, colleagues that helped him move to the next level and the fans that gave him their undying support throughout.
Part two of the docu-series, The Blueprint, explores how Klopp is able to effect immediate change in the atmosphere at each football club he has managed, both on and off the pitch.
After the introduction of the challenges that faced him in part one, this installment looks at how he is able to instil early shoots of belief in his players and the supporters, as well as how he goes about creating a tight-knit group with everyone pulling in the same direction.
The episode features contributions from Liverpool legends Kenny Dalglish and Jamie Carragher; Klopp’s former neighbour and dressing room leader Adam Lallana; plus supporters, journalists, coaches and players who worked with him in Mainz and Dortmund, including Roman Weidenfeller and Patrick Owomoyela.
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If Jürgen Klopp was asked to produce a docu-series about himself, how would he go about it?We think Jürgen would tell the stories of the people and places that have influenced and impacted him throughout his career as a football player and manager.Supported by ERDINGER, The Anfield Wrap travelled to Glatten, Frankfurt, Mainz, Dortmund and around Liverpool to hear unique stories from the German’s journey, told by those who know him best.The five part docu-series explores five recurring themes throughout Jürgen’s story — challenge, culture, journey, winning and legacy — and features footballers that played with and under him, friends that stood by his side through thick and thin, colleagues that helped him move to the next level and the fans that gave him their undying support throughout.
From growing up in the shadow of the famous Black Forest, to the beginning of Jürgen’s professional career in Frankfurt, becoming a hero as a player and subsequently the manager of Mainz, taking Borussia Dortmund right to the top of European Football, and waking up the sleeping giant in Liverpool.
This is a story directed and told by the fans that love Jürgen, but featuring stories from each of his homes: including the Mayor of his hometown Glatten; teammates from his Frankfurt days; son of his legendary manager Wolfgang Frank, plus the Mainz CEO who gave him his first job; members of his most successful Borussia Dortmund side; plus his former dressing room leader and neighbour Adam Lallana, plus legendary former player and manager Kenny Dalglish at Liverpool.
With 35 unique interviews filmed across four countries, The Anfield Wrap paints the full picture of Jürgen Klopp — the man, the manager and the leader.
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Remembering Lucas Leiva’s roller coaster Liverpool career, after he announced his premature retirement from football due to a heart condition…I WAS in Block 106 of the Kop for much of the 2008-9 season, slightly to the right of the goal and about four rows back.
The sort of area where you can be hit in the face by a stray training ball if you’re not on your guard and close enough to hear Pepe Reina swear at Daniel Agger.
In April, Arsenal came to Anfield to play out the 4-4 game which ultimately cost us the title. I got in early and went through my pre-match superstitions of not looking at the pitch until I was at my seat and not singing the first verse of You’ll Never Walk Alone. Don’t ask me. They wouldn’t be superstitions if they weren’t a bit weird.
George Sephton gave the team before they came out with his usual air of favourite uncle bonhomie and we duly cheered every name. When it came to the subs though, there was a voice of dissent from a couple to my left.
“21, Lucas Leiva…”
“Yay!”
“Booo!”
Boo? I wasn’t having that. Firstly, he was a Liverpool player so you don’t boo them and, stranger still, he wasn’t even playing. They appeared to be booing the man simply for the crime of sitting on a bench and merely existing. He didn’t even get on.
It’s strange to think back to such times and remember that some players gifted with decent careers for us were far from popular. For example, a lot of people couldn’t get on with John Wark. The same John Wark who scored 27 goals in 1984-85, more than Ian Rush, but his inclusion was often met with a surprising amount of rolled eyes.
Maybe it’s my contrary nature but I really liked John Wark.
And I really liked Lucas. Like, in fact.
Last week the Brazilian announced his retirement due to a cardiac alteration. He played 640 games across an 18-year career and wore only the shirts of Gremio, Liverpool and Lazio. Remarkable, really.
If his first seasons were met with frowns, he certainly became more popular in his later Anfield career, possibly because he was no longer compared to Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano.
When the latter two moved to Spain, he became the buttress to a Brendan Rodgers’ defence in dire need of protection. Such was his importance then that due to his improvement or the paucity of that squad, his every injury was met with groans rather than shrugs. It was a pity as every good spell would inevitably end with a long lay-off.
The worst was probably at Stamford Bridge in the 2011-12 season where, following some impressive appearances, he was stretchered off. Liverpool’s midfield folded as a result and we lost 11 of the next 19 games.
But that’s just the playing side and there was more to him than that.
He was a good lad by every metric. A solid pint. Much is made of Jürgen Klopp’s insistence that his team should be a ‘Good Lad Only Zone’.
Josh Sexton told me that he was: “The first foreign player of my generation to really embrace being a scouser and back that attitude up on the pitch.”
And he loved playing for us despite the knockbacks of early career. Even when he was being booed, he loved crossing that white line and wearing our shirt. You only had to look at his face when we scored. Everything mattered. That was the attitude that came across.
Never the quickest, prone to giving away dangerous freekicks, and hardly the player you’d look to provide goals, but always determined. There’s a lot to be said for that, particularly when ‘the best midfield in the world’, as they were known, departed and he was given more opportunities.
Rose-tinted glasses? I don’t think so. We’ve all loved a trier here. A player who always gave everything when they didn’t have the natural talent of those around them. I always liked the endeavour of Craig Johnston as much as the natural genius of Jan Molby. That adage of needing lads to carry the piano as well as play it.
A deeper issue concerns the number of top-level players who are forced to retire or at least have been affected by heart conditions. Aguero, Kanu, Eriksen, Casillas and Thuram to name a few. Lucas’s former team-mate Adam Lallana was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat when he was just 18.
It may be hard to believe that such things are missed when there is so much medical attention on them every day, but such conditions can go undetected for years. The British Heart Foundation are funding research into just why athletes are so affected.
Without becoming too medical, one issue concerns a condition called HCM. This involves a thickening of the heart wall often found in athletes which can be benign but can also hide a more sinister issue. As Professor Sanjay Sharma of St George’s Hospital explains…
“The problem is trying to differentiate between a heart muscle that has become thick because someone has exercised a lot and someone who has a heart problem… It’s critical to get the right diagnosis.”
In other words, a thickening of the heart can be physiological in athletes, i.e not associated with disease, but also pathological in HCMs. Differentiating between these states is crucial, and not always straightforward.
This is not to suggest that Lucas necessarily has HCM, but it does show why such conditions can be missed.
There’ll be no rush to put up a statue outside the Main Stand nor will there be a mosaic in his honour, but we’ll always have that goal celebration and the memories of a player who was eventually celebrated for always being there when we needed him.
A player who became more important than we’d ever imagined.
Happy retirement, mate.
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As Real Madrid once again became the hope killers of a romantic Liverpool story, they proved that being a great footballing bastard wins…THINKING about bastards quite a bit recently.
Maybe it’s because I’ve engaged in post-Christmas television and decided to get into Happy Valley. It wouldn’t be something I usually would get into, but its honest-to-frank depiction of a weather-beaten Police sergeant in Sarah Lancashire — who speaks and acts in a very authentic way to that world — is good.
It has a bastard, Tommy Lee Royce (played by James Norton), who by the end becomes sympathised with in some quarters despite doing some of the worst things possible to humankind. There was no moral conundrum over the show’s main protagonist. There is no Walter White or Tony Soprano soul-searching. He’s just bad.
Menial drama remains a staple of our current Liverpool viewing. A different type with an alternative plot and a whole other type of bastards.
Unlike sociopathic serial killers, football bastards can be something to aspire to. They are the thorn in everyone’s crown who won’t go away. They play the villain with such enjoyment because they know how good they are at it.
As we’ve witnessed in recent years, Real Madrid are the ultimate in this sense.
So much of Liverpool’s journey under Jürgen Klopp involves Madrid. While romance and poetic justice is never far away from our arc, Real have constantly found a way to kill the plot to ensure the baddy wins.
Kyiv, Mohamed Salah and Sergio Ramos, and Paris. Madrid aren’t interested in revenge stories. They disregard the law of averages and tasting their own medicine. They are a perennial example of the bad guy winning.
For those thinking I’m bemoaning Wednesday’s result, far from it. It’s quietly something to applaud and aspire. Manchester United in the 1990s had no interest in context or game state. They just played into your inner most dark insecurities about hope and disappointment while winning.
The face of such villains over the years has changed due to the ownership fates of Chelsea and Manchester City. There are now more sinister plots attached to those inevitable opposition triumphs which haunt you at night.
Whether Liverpool has ever been that bastardisation of success is open to debate. The club relies so heavily on emotion that it seems impossible to exist without it.
It’s a club constantly sucked into the vacuum of seasonal, possibly era defining moments on almost a weekly basis.
Even when they showed a ruthless streak unseen before and amassed 79 points from 27 games in 2019-20, the small matter of a global pandemic turned up to ensure the story would have an additional, gut-wrenching finale.
This is what happens when soul-stirring passion meets stern restraint. Madrid not only beat Liverpool over two legs, but they did so with incredible cool. They showed us the way to go home and made us a packed lunch for our travels.
Perhaps that’s why they remain as an institution and, after so many years of wilderness, United hold the same gravitas as their former iteration of 30 years ago. It’s undeniably a factor in why City and Liverpool were so morally opposed when challenging each other.
Liverpool must therefore play with what they have. Klopp feeds on such energy to build something up from the ground. He’s done it once, he can do so again.
Wednesday was painful. It was an unremorseful killing by the same villain. Kismet fate played no part. Perhaps against this particular bastard it never will.
Liverpool can climb that mountain again. They can write the type of stories which only they seemingly can. In their own way, they can be that immovable object which refuses to play an assigned role.
Whatever happens, at least we’ll always be that bastard to Everton…
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With no game this weekend and 17 days until the next one, the international break gives Liverpool the perfect chance to reset for a big push…NO trophy this season, then.
Has anything better encapsulated Liverpool’s campaign than the last 11 days? From thumping Manchester United 7-0 to a dismal defeat at Bournemouth and crashing out of the Champions League, it’s been quite the emotional rollercoaster.
In reality, last night was always an improbable task. Scoring three-plus goals at the Santiago Bernabeu without response is a tall order for any side, but especially one in Liverpool’s form whose record against Real Madrid makes for painful reading.
It means a team who came within just two wins of a quadruple last May now find themselves out of all cup competitions by mid-March, with a top-four finish all that can be salvaged.
So far this season it’s been a tale of poor decisions and false dawns. Every time there’s a suggestion a corner has been turned, Liverpool find a way to go back on themselves. They shoot themselves in the foot, cede too much control and a lot of the time, quite frankly aren’t doing enough to put the ball in the net. Hardly a recipe for success, that.
The away form will be Jürgen Klopp’s number one concern, having lost seven of the last 13 away games in the Premier League. Any instance where Liverpool have shown any remote return of their intensity have come at Anfield, feeding off the energy of the crowd and pressing high up the pitch to force mistakes.
Add to that the supposed inability to ‘beat the dross’ and it’s clear to see why Liverpool are where they are this season.
The defeat to Bournemouth was the second time this season the Reds have lost to a team bottom of the table and a fourth defeat to a team in the relegation zone — a trend not dissimilar to the early stages of Klopp’s tenure back in 2016. Whether it’s an attitude or entitlement issue is unclear, but fixing that feels key.
One small positive to take will be that even in this season of seasons The Reds have still shown what they’re capable of. A front three of Darwin Nunez, Mo Salah and Cody Gakpo caused havoc against United and offered a glimpse into the future, while Harvey Elliott has continued to impress in difficult circumstances.
There is, of course, no silver bullet or quick fix to these issues overnight. This is a team paying the price for a catalogue of injuries and absence of investment in recent years. Every team goes through a transition period and maybe for this side, this is theirs.
However, with a 17-day break until their next future, Liverpool have the rare benefit of time on their hands. Practice, preparation and a total reset is needed ahead of a critical month, with the small matter of Manchester City away combined with Chelsea and Arsenal. Talk about tall orders.
This side, though, has responded to tall orders.
Come April 1, Luis Diaz will be back in contention while the likes of Jordan Henderson and Thiago will have stepped up their respective recoveries from injury and illness. That’ll offer a timely boost with Klopp able to refine and address the glaring issues at bay.
A big 17 days to regroup and reset. Then we all must go again.
Liverpool’s top-four hopes depend on it.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Real Madrid 1 Liverpool 0 in the Champions League last 16 second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu…LOOK, let’s be frank. These are going to be short, sharp and snappy.
Alisson: 9Didn’t deserve to concede, really. Our best player all fucking season by a mile. Unreal saves first half; the Dudek one and the unreal tip onto the bar. Would like him to start twatting people in the changies.
Trent: 6Look, he does alright. That kid he is against is unreal. I don’t know. Not a lot of what’s going wrong for The Reds can be laid at his door.
Virgil: 6Does OK today, Virg. Unlucky for the goal, really. Silly little toe poke. Would like him to start kicking people a lot more.
Konate: 6If he played in the home game we would have had a chance tonight. He didn’t, so we didn’t. Good tonight, really.
Robbo: 7It’s weird as there is no shame at a 1-0 defeat away to Madrid. Does well, really.
Fabinho: 5Big ask playing him in a two away from home against these.
Funny really when you look at our midfield and look at theirs. They start four of the world-class cunts and we start the lad who we all thought was half dead four weeks ago and who has the engine of a milk float these days, and a 37-year-old who frankly was our best outfield player, but shouldn’t really be anywhere near the starting 11. I don’t know.
Milner: 8The Reds’ best outfield player, which is frankly a little alarming. How the fuck are we in a position where we can’t bring him on last 20 to have an impact with his tempo and brain, and this and that, but are having to start him away to the European champions?
Jota: 5Struggled tonight. The one sort of weak link first half. A little slow, a little late.
Nunez: 7Agog with the substitution. The one player who can score out of nothing, create out of nothing. I don’t know. A threat first half.
Gakpo: 7Thought he was fantastic first half and good thereafter, until we made our berserk subs and we lashed him left wing and he didn’t touch the ball again.
Salah: 6He should have fucking leathered that crab of a left back. Too nice. Almost great a few times, shite a few times.
SUBSElliott:Busy, buzzing about. Zero impact. Why didn’t he shoot?
Firmino:Slow.
Chamberlain:Looked lively and then he passed it straight out and I’d like to have strangled him.
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Liverpool’s Jekyll and Hyde performances this season have caused fans to search for answers, but how much of it lies in the players’ mindset?IMAGINE for a few minutes that you’re the owner of a Formula One racing team.
Picture the money you spend each month on a team of engineers, managers, assistants and drivers.
Now think about the car itself. A multi-million pound asset in its own regard. A complicated combination of metal, electronics, gears, a super-engine, the most expensive tyres on the planet and a state of the art on-board computer system that runs everything.
In order to create a winning team in a highly competitive industry, you have to look at every little detail that might get you the fraction of a second advantage you need to win.
You pay the best mechanics in the world as much money as you can to create an engine that has as much power as possible.
You focus night and day on aerodynamics and how quickly you can change those costly tyres during a pit-stop.
You hire the best driver you can possibly find.
But imagine now if I told you that while focusing all of this attention on the physical parts of the enterprise, you almost entirely disregard the sophisticated on-board computer system in the car that ties everything else together.
Whenever there’s an issue with the engine that can’t be explained through any investigation of the machine itself, you just shrug your shoulders and say: “Well, we’ll just keep getting the driver to press the accelerator as hard as he can and hope for the best.”
Wouldn’t that be a crazy approach to take?
If that was you, wouldn’t you invest just as much in the computer system that tells the engine and the brakes what to do as you invest in the hardware?
Wouldn’t that make logical sense?
Yet when it comes to talking about elite-level footballers, this is exactly the approach that is taken even at the highest levels of the game.
Jürgen Klopp was asked in the press conference before the recent Crystal Palace game what the emotional state of the Liverpool players was like. How was their mood?
His response was to say we can’t know the mood of other people. He tells the players how he feels but doesn’t ask them individually how they are feeling.
Note that at the same time as this, the physical condition of the players is constantly under review, with various forms of tests to check their fitness levels and condition. Each player has a personalised nutrition plan.
Jürgen went on to say that the players aren’t kids anymore. They know how to deal with setbacks.
To me this is akin to looking back 50 years to when footballers commonly drank alcohol and ate fish, chips and pizzas as their post-match meals and, when faced with a question at a press conference about the players looking a bit overweight or slow during games, the manager telling reporters that the players knew what they needed to eat to look after themselves.
That was the standard practice until managers like Arsene Wenger brought a more modern approach to diet and nutrition to the Premier League, completely changing the landscape of how footballers needed to prepare physically in order to be at their best.
It is inconceivable now that the most elite footballers would eat poor diets and expect to perform at their peak level, yet great managers and players in previous eras had limited knowledge of the impact diet and nutrition could have on performance so completely ignored it apart from the odd instruction to eat lots of steak.
That isn’t a criticism of the greats like Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley, in the same way this isn’t a criticism of the current great managers or the pundits across various TV channels who repeatedly say they have no way to explain why footballers who were once amazing can suddenly look shadows of their former selves, sometimes with the transformations coming within one match.
Every industry tends to operate with blind spots within the parameters set by previous generations, until someone comes along and moves the goalposts by introducing something new that changes everything.
I believe in 10 to 20 years’ time we will look back at the way elite sports people approach their psychological and emotional health today in the same way we look back now in disbelief that top sports stars once smoked cigarettes.
The reality is that the psychological and emotional health of us all is crucial to how well we are able to perform in any task, physical or otherwise.
Our brains and emotional systems are the equivalent of the complex onboard computers in the Formula One cars I described earlier. If the computer system is faulty or damaged in some way, it has a direct impact on the way the rest of the machine functions.
People often discuss confidence in this context, as I once did, and use it as some form of mythical elixir that can fix all problems, if only we knew how to generate it.
What I have discovered following years of studying human behaviour, psychology and emotions, though, is that confidence is only the surface level issue. It’s why, following two wins against tricky opposition, Liverpool’s players were still fragile going into their game against Real Madrid rather than being back to their self-assured best.
If you believe that the magic ingredient to a footballer’s performance is confidence, it’s worth questioning why Manchester United’s players crumbled at 2-0 down at Anfield when they had come into the game as confident as they could possibly be having won their first trophy in several years only a week before, and being talked about as possible quadruple winners.
Or why, a week after their confidence-boosting demolition of that same United team, Liverpool’s players were back to the versions of themselves that seems to leave everyone dumbfounded.
The reality is that surface level confidence is not the answer we thought it once was. What’s going on under the surface is the true root cause of all of the problems the players are facing.
We’ve seen it with Liverpool players in recent weeks, and the clearest example of it might be Bruno Fernandes in the 7-0 demolition of Manchester United.
The reason it looks like a different player is that it is a different player. Or, more accurately, a different part, character or persona of the same player we’ve watched perform at the highest level for weeks, months or years.
The problem is that all of these characters inhabit the same physical body, so to the outside world it looks like the same person when the reality is someone new is in control. The player doesn’t actually lose their head, but they do have someone else inhabit their head without them realising or wanting it to happen.
You might ask why this seemed to only happen to many of Liverpool’s players this season, whereas in previous seasons they’ve been able to bounce back from adversity much sooner, or why players in another team who were previously highly confident can just suddenly crumble while their self-pity or victim character takes over their body.
It’s a good question.
Collapses in one-off games can be explained by a sudden, unexpected traumatic event such as going three goals down to an opponent you expect to beat, triggering a subconscious character to take control of a player’s system as it goes into survival mode.
It amazes me that people have talked about the likes of Fabinho as though he was a spent force, before realising he’s only 29 years old and Luka Modric is still running midfields at 37.
I would guess that if you put the likes of Fabinho, Jordan Henderson, Joel Matip and Virgil Van Dijk through physical fitness tests they would show that there isn’t any physical problem. They can physically run as far and as fast as they ever could.
The same would probably apply to Marcus Rashford if you compared his physical condition last season to this.
The problem with an underperforming player often isn’t in their physical bodies, it’s in their onboard computer systems.
It was interesting to watch an interview with our captain a week or so ago in which he described how Jurgen got all of the players to put the defeats in early cup finals behind them by focusing on the fact that it was just the start of their journey.
On the face of things it’s a powerful psychological tool being used by the manager to encourage the players to focus on the future and the positives to have come from their experiences.
Whether Jurgen is aware or not, his techniques are similar to those used in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), which help people to reframe their experiences to make them positive rather than negative.
As a qualified NLP practitioner I used to be a big fan of those ideas, and there is still value in them, however, what I’ve learnt in the past few years is that by constantly encouraging humans to reframe difficult or challenging experiences into positive life events, we take away from them the opportunity to properly process the emotions they experienced during the event.
We effectively continue the pattern of emotional repression and suppression that we’ve been taught since we were young children and, at some point, those repressed emotions manifest in our lives in ways that damage us.
It’s like a bucket that slowly fills up over time and, once it gets to the top, it overflows and all hell breaks loose.
If you’re one of those people who think because a human is paid a lot of money they shouldn’t experience things like emotions, I appreciate you won’t like or agree with any of this.
But if you’re willing to open yourself to the idea that regardless of how much footballers get paid they still feel all the same things as the rest of us, and have the same flaws in their operating systems, we can consider solutions to the problems rather than shrugging our shoulders and saying there’s no explanation, or just saying the players need to try harder or pull their socks up.
So, if this is all true, what is the solution?
There are a couple of answers to that, one is short term the other more medium to long term.
The short term answer is to allow and help the players to fully process all of the experiences they’ve had in recent times that haven’t been dealt with and are weighing them down internally.
For an elite footballer, being on the brink of becoming part of one of the greatest teams, if not the greatest team, of all time by winning every trophy available in one season then falling short at the final hurdles is an emotionally traumatic event.
And the trauma of last season came at the end of an incredibly traumatic few years in which they were physically and emotionally drained through various league and cup campaigns, while also having to deal with the Covid lockdown experience like the rest of us.
You might be screaming at the page right now that losing games of football or missing out on a cup or two isn’t emotionally traumatic, which is what I probably thought before learning about how trauma really works.
The most simple explanation I can give is that when we hear the word ‘trauma’, most of us think of what might be described as capital ‘T’ trauma.
What I see in the current Liverpool squad is a group of humans who have been through varying forms of small ‘t’ trauma over an extended period of time, some of who have been struggling because they haven’t been given the tools to process those highly emotional events properly, and are therefore carrying them around in their onboard computer systems which has had an adverse knock-on effect.
You might wonder why the club having an in-house psychologist hasn’t stopped this problem from surfacing, and there are a few possible explanations for that.
The first is that, having spoken to therapists and psychologists who work in the sporting world, it is not compulsory for players to utilise their services. That generally leads to only a small number of any squad ever utilising the services of someone who might be able to help them.
Imagine if it was optional for the players to follow the diet and nutrition plans carefully created for them by in-house specialists.
The second is that, when a therapist or psychologist is hired by the employer, employees will often not fully trust that what they tell the psychologist won’t somehow make it back to their boss and have a negative impact on their position, which undermines the entire process.
And the third is that, as I mentioned earlier with NLP techniques, often therapists or psychologists will focus only on the immediate term and help people to reframe what has happened to them rather than dealing with the root cause of the problems, which go much deeper.
The third point explains why we do sometimes see sudden upturns in performance, like we have with the game against United.
NLP techniques can be very powerful as short-term solutions, and players can suddenly feel much better on a surface level. The problem is the underlying emotional issues still remain, which leaves players and teams susceptible to an unexpected event triggering an old trauma response that leads to a collapse in performance that is seemingly unexplainable.
The reality, though, is that the Jekyll and Hyde patterns that we’ve seen in recent weeks and months are far from being without explanation, it’s just that elite football and, for that matter, most elite sports, have not to this point embraced how much psychological and emotional health has an impact on performance.
In my view the key, then, is for the players themselves to start to treat their psychological and emotional health with the same care and attention that they treat their physical well-being, rather than waiting on the entire industry to change.
After working with former Liverpool player Stephen Warnock to help him to overcome depression after retirement, which you can hear him talk about here, I asked him whether he thought doing work on his psychological and emotional health while he was still playing would have helped his career.
He said undoubtedly it would have, because it would have allowed him to properly process the things that were hampering him every day and, in turn, get the most out of himself.
It’s also important to reiterate that the full explanation of what I’ve summarised is far more complex and involves more moving parts than I’ve described, and this also isn’t the only explanation for what is happening, it’s just a part of it.
In the same way that to run a Formula One car to its peak capacity you need to have all of its constituent parts firing on all cylinders, for a footballer to operate at their best they need to make sure they’re addressing all of their physical, emotional and psychological needs.
You can read Paul’s piece in full and see more of his work here.
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Losing to a team at the bottom of the table always hurts, but doing so after an emphatic 7-0 win against Manchester United with a performance and result of that manner stings a little more.
At times this season we have been reminded what this team is capable of and been made to look like fools for doubting them. The wins against both Manchester sides left you wondering how much work there really was to do in summer, and then often days later you are brought back to reality.
Feelings of euphoria quickly followed by despair is something Liverpool fans are used to, but the way in which it played out in the first leg against Real Madrid still left us in a state of disbelief.
Two early goals in the fourth and 14th minute and we were in dreamland, only for Real Madrid to do what they do best and find something out of nothing — and then to do it five times.
Perhaps it’s the optimist in me, but I’m sure at least some would agree that the scoreline wasn’t reflective of the performance Liverpool put in on the night. There have been some poor performances this season, and somehow that wasn’t one of the worst of them. A large helping of sloppiness and giving away gifts, granted, but conceding five was against the run of play.
“I think Carlo thinks the tie is over, and I think it is as well in this moment. But in three weeks…,” said Jürgen Klopp in the aftermath.
Well here we are, three weeks on and, not helped by the Bournemouth game, feeling like getting through to the next round of the Champions League would require a small miracle.
It’s time for the team to believe they are miracle workers.
Many of them have been before, with Alisson Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson all playing in the 4-0 win against Barcelona. Joel Matip started that night, but I expect Ibrahima Konate to retain his place on Wednesday night.
The difficulty for the manager when it comes to team selection is what he does in midfield. He rewarded Harvey Elliott’s good performances with another start at the weekend, only to take him off and replace him with Diogo Jota at half time.
On the flipside, Stefan Bajcetic showed rare signs of inexperience and struggled in the first leg against Real Madrid, yet I think he is more likely to be the one of the two picked so long as his training absence is purely precaution. With our captain out, James Milner will likely be trusted to be the leader, with Fabinho completing the midfield.
Up until the weekend, there were real signs of the trio Darwin Nunez, Cody Gakpo, and Mo Salah starting to click and work as a unit. That didn’t translate into goals against Bournemouth, yet I expect the manager to stick with what is tried and tested this season.
The performance of a lifetime is required — and who knows what Liverpool will turn up? I’m convinced the best version can still beat any team in the world 3-0.
If they prove me right, you might not hear from me again for a while.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Milner, Fabinho, Bajcetic; Salah, Gakpo, Nunez
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Gary Lineker’s original tweet wasn’t even a political statement, but the BBC made it so and showed we shouldn’t separate that and football…I WISH Jermaine Jenas had shown a bit of solidarity and taken the weekend off too.
If Liverpool were going to choose a day to be part of a punditry blackout, then this was it. Not everyone downed tools, but there were many with half-hearted ‘will this do?’ performances around the park. Mo Salah’s pen rivalled Charlie Adam’s at Wembley in 2012 in his height and distance, but it was all we deserved.
Liverpool FC – ever the friend of the bottom six.
No commentary this time, though. No punditry. No in-depth analysis. Virgil van Dijk must feel very relieved at that. His performance for the goal followed by his throwing his arms up in frustration at Ibou Konate was Fernandes-eque in its shiteness, which is a worry. Let’s hope he was just getting a bad one out of his system before Wednesday night.
The weekend programme played second fiddle to the real story of the week. That of a former footballer pointing out that a government policy was cruel and harboured back to the days of the worst regime of the last century.
This wasn’t mentioned as a passing remark on a BBC programme or even an official BBC account, but on his own Twitter page — a place where his paymasters have no jurisdiction. He did not wish violence upon anybody. He merely disagreed with those in charge. He has a right to do that.
Of course, Lineker got it wrong. He should have said something about wanting to see striking public sector workers be shot in front of their families then he’d have been fine. Jeremy Clarkson said as much in 2011 and was allowed to continue presenting a BBC flagship show for a further five years.
Pointing out cruelty – bad, calling for public executions – fine. Got that? Good.
The difference between the two is clear. Lineker is painted as a liberal with left-of-centre tendencies while Clarkson appeals to the right wing, no-nonsense, calls-it-as-he-sees-it viewer who rails against anything progressive. Clarkson? The establishment. Lineker? Merely an-ex-footballer with a bleeding heart.
And there are calls that Lineker should stay in his lane and comment on the game alone. ‘Keep politics out of football,’ was the cry when Marcus Rashford took on the government on the issue of childhood food poverty, but that assumes that the immigration issue is purely political in colour. It is not. It is humanitarian.
I can’t persuade you to espouse their cause, but people are prepared to cross unsafe bodies of water because it is a better option than staying in their own war-torn country. Imagine the fear and vulnerability of seeing death as a risk worth taking and then being told that they themselves are to blame for their situation and probably criminal in make-up.
Politics should only come into this at the administrative stage when infrastructures are put in place to process, house and care as they are in France. Saving people’s lives should be the default position here, but the hunt for votes is more expedient in a country becoming more and more right wing.
Gary Lineker pointed out that the Home Secretary’s video where she urged to ‘Stop the Boats’ was ‘beyond awful’ and that her ‘cruel policy’ was voiced in language ‘not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 1930s’. His call was for compassion, not violent revolutionary change.
Yes, but he’s paid by an organisation which prides itself on being impartial. Well, sometimes it is.
The BBC may have appeased the government by choosing to remove Lineker from the airwaves, but they clearly weren’t prepared for the absenteeism it encountered as a result.
And that was tremendous. It made me feel proud of the sport. As each hour passed the programmes fell. Match of the Day (or at least a hosted version), Football Focus and the football on Radio 5 Live were all left off the schedules. As a friend of mine said: “You don’t fuck with the footy.”
Don’t mix football and politics? Well, it seems to me that this is the most successful protest against the government in years. The opposition parties are too tied up fighting for those same votes and seldom stand up for anything other than a populist policy.
The footballing world has no skin in that game so when it votes with its silence, it has nothing to lose. They stayed away because they thought it was the right thing to do and the huge monolith of an organisation that makes up the BBC didn’t see that coming. It gives me hope, frankly.
Don’t mix football and politics? Then why is it that every election comes with an MP bringing out their love of the national team or their local team, usually with an accompanying photo of a scarf or replica shirt. They want to be seen as supporting the things we do even if we can see their heart isn’t in it.
David Cameron couldn’t even remember who he purported to support a while back – Aston Villa or West Ham.
And even yesterday there were odious MPs using the reduced Match of the Day format to bait Lineker, saying that they preferred to just see the goals and watch without ‘expert’ comment. Because football is only about goals, apparently.
Don’t mix football and politics? I’m sorry but it’s impossible. You only have to be at a hearing distance from the away end at Anfield to see otherwise. Don’t get me wrong, we dish it out too. Thatcher songs, ‘Fuck the Tories’… You may not like that it’s come to this, but you cannot deny that it exists.
I’ve always had an issue with Lineker. He once scored against us in an FA Cup final. The bastard. I find that more objectionable than his views on ‘illegal’ immigration. By the same token, I’ve always admired Matt Le Tissier’s football prowess. A gifted player, but one who I always turn off whenever he appears on a screen.
What shines from this whole episode is this: Gary Lineker was lambasted because he was a footballer first and a liberal. The BBC has protected its own interests because it has interests to protect, despite claiming to be objective.
Had he issued a full-throated support of the immigration policy, would he have been on Match of the Day on Saturday? Would that have broken any impartiality rules or does that only go one way?
Anyway, that’s that. Slowly we’ll return to looking at Madrid and hoping that Jermaine Jenas says something nasty about the government the day before he commentates on one of our games.
Given the events of this weekend, it’s the least he can do.
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These games have a great deal in common — the one I can’t shake off as I sit here is this:
In none of them is the opposition goalkeeper the man of the match.
Having lived seasons like this habitually through many a year supporting Liverpool, there has often been a Jurgen Macho or a David de Gea around the corner. That happens, you chalk it up as one which has happened and you get on with your life from there.
You often get beat away from home against a side in danger of relegation and they crawl off the pitch, battered, bruised, muddied and bloodied and you chalk that one up too. Happens. Can happen to anyone from time to time.
That hasn’t happened either. Not been a hint of it.
Liverpool come into the game today in good nick. They’ve had a break since Manchester United — no midweek game, no stresses and strains. A solid number of players are available. There is a break from now to Wednesday.
Doing The Post-Match Pint, Steve Graves remarked that the manager picks “an optimistic team” and it is here that you begin to wonder.
I am an optimist and I am pro-optimism. I also, an example being all the kerfuffle around Lineker, have a remarkably bleak outlook at times. One can hope for (and work for) the best while acknowledging the way things are. As this column has written before, sometimes you need actually need delusion. Because delusion can lead to hope. Hope can lead to belief. Belief can lead to achievement.
Liverpool have spent a season on the road against relegation candidates planning for the best, hoping for the best, working for the best, while so rarely acknowledging the way things are. Without allowing for the possibility that for a while something like the worst could happen, that the ingredients for the worst may well be in the vicinity.
There has been a lot of understandable chat about the personnel. There has been chat about fitness levels. There has been chat about hangovers. All of the above is understandable and it may have merit.
In the games against Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth, Liverpool are the better side for a period. You can throw Palace at home in that shakeup too. Then, suddenly, the ingredients for the worst present themselves and Liverpool take those ingredients and seemingly help the opponents make the best possible dish.
They don’t adapt, don’t allow, get hurt and once they have been hurt, they never truly look like putting it behind them.
On Friday, I wrote that there was a body of evidence that Bournemouth knew how to hurt sides in 10 seconds. I did a video show called The Report arguing that they were as capable of being dangerous as any of the sides around them if not more so. That they have pace and hold-up play shouldn’t come as a surprise to Liverpool tactically.
But it did. Not for the first time. That the opposing side had an idea about breaking from deep with purpose shouldn’t feel like the end of the matter, but it did. That they were given encouragement by Liverpool doesn’t feel like a surprise to me either.
This was Liverpool’s best centre-back partnership off no midweek game and they looked all at sea. The manager had been an optimist; he’d picked teenagers at centre mid, yes, but he’d also set Liverpool up to run amok with no plan as to what would happen if the running amok didn’t quite materialise or didn’t quite equal goals.
This, right here, this is my concern, dude. More than anything else. Liverpool will invest in personnel in the summer. Liverpool will do so smartly, I suspect. They’ll not have a hangover from a season where they could have won it all. They’ll not have Paris in the rearview mirror. They’ll not have a bad pre-season and hopefully not have issues with injuries.
But they need to wrestle with the fact that they are going to come up against sides who have pace, a plan and an appreciation of space. Those sides are all over the division. Gary O’Neil changes his shape today for this one. This wasn’t some accident. He changed it looking at Liverpool, had an idea and that idea bore fruit.
Could individuals have done better? Could individuals literally be better? Absolutely. Yes. And we will get to that, promise, but in the same way Liverpool set up for Manchester United almost perfectly and then got every in-game change and the half time absolutely spot on, today the opposite is the case. And the issue is this: The reason Manchester United have substantially more points than Liverpool is there are more games like this than games like that.
But individuals could have done better. There is a penalty that Mo Salah should score and that would have most likely led to a Bournemouth collapse. Liverpool need Virgil van Dijk to be better in both boxes and Ibou Konate’s performance declines as the game wears on. Liverpool possibly shouldn’t feel like they need to pick two teenagers, though I suspect many were buoyed by that.
Darwin Nunez was the frustrating version of himself and Diogo Jota couldn’t quite impact, though he’s unfortunate not to score. Mo Salah should but Salah should also impose himself more. Trent Alexander-Arnold isn’t able to find space. Roberto Firmino comes on and the instruction appears to be to just sort it out. Jordan Henderson gets Liverpool ticking in a way that reflects badly on Fabinho, but then Fabinho didn’t seem to do a great deal wrong.
I want to tell you a story — I hate our freezer. I absolutely despise it. You should see the drawers. All four are now cracked, split, broken. The reason why is that I have cracked all of them by being rough and on one occasion by punching through one.
I’m an optimist you see. I believe and expect things to work. And then you open the freezer and the whole thing is a shitshow and suddenly you are absolutely disconsolate, ragging at the drawers to get some waffles you don’t even really want.
That’s the thing about being an optimist. You expect things to work. You believe. And then they don’t and then what is your next move?
It’s been a season of cutting freezing cold hands on jagged plastic and ending up with blood on the kitchen floor when you just want some fucking waffles to make a mediocre tea. At some point you have to rethink your entire approach to and expectations around the freezer, up to and including just fucking it off and doing something else instead, something good, something more creative to make a well better tea.
Anyway, the mad bastards will go 0-2 up in Madrid or something. It isn’t relentlessly bleak, far from it. However, it is hard to escape the feeling that that just makes the bleak bits hit harder.
Some nights the painkillers make the pain even worse.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Bournemouth 1 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at Dean Court…JÜRGEN Klopp before the game said the attitude has got to be right first and then the football can follow.
So The Reds have a good start and then basically knock off for five and then go to absolute shite.
It’s so mad. The attitude when faced with any sort of adversity is woeful. Bournemouth don’t have to do anything to get back in the game.
If I didn’t know better, and it pains me to say this, I’d say Liverpool were shitbags. A massive squad of shitbags. At Anfield, with a point to prove, fantastic. Away from home, early start, against bottom of the league? Nah. Don’t fancy this one.
Jürgen should have knocked one of them out at half time and then at full time. Sacrificial lamb. Fuck me. Wild.
Alisson: 6Nothing to do again aside from watch players in front of him be weaker than the sum of their parts.
Trent: 5I can’t really be even arsed going into it today. Wasn’t good.
Konate: 4Started really poorly today. Second to most, bad positioning. Shite for the first goal. I don’t know what was going on there, but for five minutes up to their goal we drifted in the game. Unforced errors.
Virgil: 4Jesus Christ. That goal. What the fuck is he doing? Does well to get back into shape, the lad runs a little bit away from him so he just fucking stops dead. It’s woeful defending. Woeful.
He wouldn’t have done it if it was against United at home, it’s that fucking simple. It’s a mentality thing, that. No two ways around it.
The free header at 1-0. Shite. The defending when he got the wrong side. Shite. Looks leggy. Looks complacent. Better second half.
Robbo: 5Not at his best, but nowhere near some of the other shite on show.
Fabinho: 4Back to where he was. Ragged second and mainly crap. Which is good.
Baj: 5Not really in it. Kept showing for the ball which was something.
Elliott: 5Bright start drifts again. I don’t know. I can’t keep watching this type of game every time we play away. It’s burning my fucking head out.
Salah: 5Ha ha ha ha ha. Fucking hell. Jib it. As if. Fucking Jeremy Beadle is going to jump out in a minute.
Gakpo: 6Probably The Reds best player till Jota come on? Maybe? I don’t know, I mean, there wasn’t much fucking competition like.
Nunez: 5Not at his best today. In fact, had nothing about him. Like The Reds.
SUBSJota: 7Bright when he came on. Unlucky with the pen.
Firmino:N/A
Henderson:Does alright.
Milner:Comes on and is probably in Liverpool’s top three players.
Wow.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Bournemouth v Liverpool in the Premier League at Dean Court, in a week of possibilities for The Reds…THE Premier League season is nine months long. Sometimes that feels worth reiterating.
Because I think the way the mainstream media especially tries to make a singular result have some greater meaning has infiltrated all of us in some way.
It’s why a draw feels so much like a loss for Liverpool these days, we’re conditioned to believe that dropping two points will be terminal in the long run — partially framed by the omnipotence of Manchester City, but the media has certainly had a big impact too.
I’m as guilty of it as anybody, but I’m trying to fight against it. I was particularly confused by some of the reaction after Liverpool lost to Real Madrid, namely the attempts to make it reflective of some wider issue that hadn’t already been exposed more by other results.
Then The Reds drew with Crystal Palace and I was determined to make it reflective of something wider, namely that we’d need to find a way to stop accumulating new injuries if we had any hope of turning this season around.
It wasn’t exactly the hottest take around, but I was very down after that game. A few weeks on, I’m more inclined to see it as the middle clean sheet in a run of five straight unbeaten games in the league.
I found some perspective. Everything requires some perspective, otherwise we’d all be constantly bogged down by everything and never able to enjoy anything fully.
From here on out I’m determined to enjoy whatever is left of this season. I know my perspective now will be important to me in July when I’ve gone a month without seeing Jürgen Klopp’s team play.
Getting excited about tomorrow, then. I’d be determined to go with the Manchester United-conquering back five for the next two games ahead of the international break. Any sign of a James Milner at right back or Kostas Tsimikas will be seen as the manager not taking either game as seriously as he needs to be seen to — both internally and externally.
Of the United-conquering midfield, I’d be tempted to save Harvey Elliott for Madrid and bring Stefan Bajcetic back into the fold. We’ll need that Elliott impetus to attack Carlo Ancelotti’s team with the same relentlessness that got us seven (SEVEN) at Anfield last weekend.
The Mancunian-conquering front three should be good to go for both games, ready to wreak havoc again. Diogo Jota may have something to say about that, though, and the Roberto Firmino farewell tour has already started with a bang. Luis Diaz’s return being round the corner will add another dimension to an attack starting to pur.
It’s a week in which anything now feels possible. Beat Bournemouth and see what happens next.
Don’t be afraid of the moment, Liverpool. Because who is to truly say what it means in the wider context anyway?
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Bajcetic; Salah, Gakpo, Nunez
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John Henry reiterated FSG’s commitment to Liverpool this week, and Mike Gordon’s return to his role is the biggest indicator of that…FIVE days on and you still want to live it all again.
Liverpool’s rivalry with Manchester United has never been my utmost priority. It was always ensconced in some form of Stockholm syndrome. I respected their gravitas because it reminded me of ours.
It’s down to such gravitas Sunday was so special. The fixture is globally consumed and the world witnessed Liverpool feast on a United team and captain culturally petulant to the point of unravelling in front of our very eyes.
For the few of us lucky enough to be inside Anfield it reminded you of the magic of L4. That when the alchemy and poetic magnificence in this little corner of the world strikes, there truly is nowhere else to be.
All four corners of the stadium fizzed as Liverpool sprung into life. Manchester United were insignificant. The world outside including the message that flew over the stadium was insignificant.
Apparently crowdfunded, a banner flown over read “FSG out, enough is enough”. I didn’t see it from The Kop and nobody in the stadium seemed to take any notice. Maybe the elusive step of turning up in person is all that remains for those so passionate in desire to oust the current ownership.
I will, as ever, believe it when I see it.
It feels slightly crass talking about Liverpool’s owners in a week like this. But perhaps this is the most important time.
Nobody will get everything they want this summer, but there will be seismic change. Decisions will already have been made. Business may have already been done in certain cases. When Liverpool kick-off the 2023-24 season at Anfield, everything including the stadium will look different.
After months of turbulent speculation, John W. Henry spoke to the excellent Dave Powell at The Echo recently to reaffirm the notion that minority investment in the club over a full sale is what’s being sought.
“In regard to Liverpool Football Club our commitment remains stronger than ever,” Henry said.
Commitment will mean many things to many people. To some it will simply be reflected in the number of incoming players during the closed season.
But scroll to the bottom of the interview and it’s the comment Henry makes on a key figure in Liverpool’s daily operational running which jumps out.
Henry said: “Mike [Gordon] remains fully committed to the club. He did take time off for a while this winter, but is a long way off from retirement.
“Billy [Hogan] continues to be a driving force for the club. As CEO of the club, his remit is much larger than most people would think. Jürgen and Billy are a very strong combination and work very well together.”
Gordon is someone who has been pivotal to overseeing running of the club since Klopp took charge. He was taken away from this duty in November with the brief of finding investment and possibly new owners.
However, Henry’s quotes suggest that like many figures going full throttle at Liverpool in recent years, the FSG President may have needed a break from work.
Klopp has never dimmed down Gordon’s role as a conduit between Merseyside and Boston, stating in 2018 that: “Mike is my person. He’s our man, in FSG he’s the LFC man.”
Encouragingly, a quote from Paul Joyce in The Times has stated that: “Henry revealed that the president of FSG, Mike Gordon, has resumed his involvement with the running of the club, having taken a break over the winter.”
If this is correct, Henry and FSG may have given their strongest hint yet that, just like Klopp, they’re up for the Liverpool fight.
Sunday was joyous, unadulterated bedlam. It was a reminder that while Liverpool were streets ahead of United on the pitch, they have also strived to become so off it over recent years.
The club has been far from perfect this campaign, but Liverpool are certainly better with Gordon next to Klopp.
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Fans preview the weekend’s Premier League action, with Brentford looking to keep their 12-game unbeaten run going against Everton.Neil Atkinson hosts Adam Smith, Manchester United fan Teza Simukulwa, Chelsea fan Chris Barbour, Brentford fan Billy Grant from Beesotted and West Ham United fan Andy Middleton…
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After becoming Liverpool’s all-time leading Premier League goalscorer, Mo Salah can yet write more chapters into the history books at Anfield…IT’S easy to overlook greatness when you get to witness it so often.
When you lack the benefit of hindsight or you’re spoiled by the fact that you get to see it once or sometimes twice a week, you can quickly forget how lucky you are.
It feels like I shouldn’t be able to drive 15 minutes up the road to watch Mo Salah play football. It should be more difficult than that, and yet in June 2017 he decided to sign for Liverpool and the story began. The Mo Salah era started.
There were question marks over whether he was worth the £36.5m fee paid from him following his previous stint in the Premier League at Chelsea — and then he scored on his debut against Watford, followed by 44 goals in all competitions in his first season.
The first player to score 32 goals in a 38-game campaign silenced even the biggest of doubters, not that he would have cared.
And from there he never slowed down, becoming the second player in Liverpool history to score 20-plus goals in six consecutive seasons for Liverpool — an unprecedented level of consistency, availability and genius.
It’s funny to think that his quietest season in terms of goalscoring at the club was the year Liverpool won the league, and yet we absolutely couldn’t have done it without him.
That, in my mind, points to another strength of his game that is so often overlooked: his ability to be selfless. If there is one criticism angled at Salah it is that he can sometimes be selfish with chances, but with 54 assists to his name, he has always been able to pick out the right moments to bring other players in.
That was one of the reasons his partnership with the classic, emphatic front three with Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino operated so well. If anyone asks about success under Jürgen Klopp in the early years, the trio will undoubtedly be one of the first things they mention. They became the deadliest attack in the league, synonymous with goals and success.
As the names on the team sheet change and this Liverpool side moves into its next stage, at 30 years old Salah still has the biggest role to play. And who better for younger attackers to learn from than him?
There are the smaller, more subtle moments that stick in my mind, like the simple power of wearing a top saying ‘never give up’ and it becoming the slogan of the season.
And there are, of course, the big moments, from scoring a penalty in the Champions League final, to the goal against Manchester United in 2020 that takes Liverpool 16 points clear at the top of the table.
“I don’t think, I just feel,” he said after scoring a rocket against Chelsea. He always acts on instinct, and that combined with the fire that burns in his belly make him unplayable on his best days, and sometimes even his worst.
It was only fitting, then, that Salah made history in becoming Liverpool’s top goalscorer in the Premier League era in such a historic game.
“It’s very special, I can’t lie. This record was in my mind since I came here,” he admitted, but he could hardly have envisioned the way in which it happened.
You could tell just how special it was from the manner of his celebration, as he ran to The Kop and pulled his shirt off in a state of ecstasy and delirium. A usually calm and measured figure, moments like this remind us that he is just one of us. He’s capable of getting swept away in the emotion of it all just like every fan sitting in that stadium.
Maintaining more privacy than many of the players, when he speaks, he speaks with purpose. He has an overwhelming sense of humility for a player that continues to break records, going home to celebrate with chamomile tea and declaring “we need to stay humble”.
It’s that commitment to himself and complete devotion to his job that makes us all certain he can play at the top of his game for years to come.
If we’re lucky, there are many chapters still to be written before the book of Salah at Liverpool ends, but don’t take it for granted for a single second.
Some 129 goals in 205 games and history before our very eyes.
A Liverpool legend, the Egyptian King.
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The feelings of Liverpool fans in the aftermath of The Reds putting seven goals past Manchester United in the Premier League at Anfield…SEVEN though.
I thought I’d seen it all. I’ve been attending Liverpool-Manchester United games since the 1980s and thought there was nothing new to witness.
I’ve seen us go down to sickening last minute goals, I’ve seen us walk away from 0-0 draws so dour that, strictly speaking, they couldn’t be called ‘football’ and I’ve seen us batter and be battered.
But I’ve never stood on a terrace and demanded an eighth goal. An eighth goal against Manchester United.
It was incredible in the ground. It was proper Anfield. Everyone bouncing, no quiet phases, nothing to distract us other than The Reds and the enemy.
Everyone around me was taking photos of the scoreboard. Then taking another one a few minutes later because it had changed. Then another.
Side-step. When I was a kid, I was a fan of the Roy of the Rovers comic. Each edition featured a serial called Tommy’s Troubles about a teenager called Tommy Barnes, who ran his own football club. Somehow, he’d managed to source a free club house, a manicured pitch, a set of kits and enough mates to play regular games in a league.
Luckily, I was young enough to not question the administrative side of Barnes United (no ego there), but I do remember his mate called Ginger who, if memory serves, wasn’t even remotely ginger. In one story Ginger larruped one over the bar before turning to Tommy and moaning: “One day they’re all going to go in.”
That line’s always stuck with me and appears when I see deflected shots go wide or we repeatedly hammer the woodwork. One day they’re all going to go in.
Yesterday they all went in. They deserved to and all. United deserved nothing but that humiliating scoreline and subsequent recriminations.
And this wasn’t a bad United side. That’s what made it so glorious. This wasn’t their Solskjaer nonsense. Their manager isn’t the best in the world as one ex-player decreed last week, but I’m wary enough of him to wish he was otherwhere.
According to a media desperate to have them back at the top table, their League Cup win was their first of many, while we were supposedly on our way down. That might yet be the case, but you can’t write Liverpool off and you definitely can’t write us off when we’re the supposed underdog. I love us being the underdog. Every slight success becomes a win.
Nil though.
That’s equally important, though hardly anyone was thinking that last night. Another clean sheet and no league goals conceded since the lads crawled off the Molineux turf, desperate to get away. How long ago that seems now.
Ibrahima Konate was magnificent. They all were but he, Virgil van Dijk, Jordan Henderson and Fabinho played together in the same way that United’s lads didn’t. A team, a unit, against individuals.
The defence is back at the same time the new forwards are firing. Successful sides need both and it shouldn’t be forgotten that we kept them out. We kept Rashford out and that’s not nothing these days. He’s a magnificent footballer and a problem for anyone he faces.
So is his captain, or at least his captain for the day. Bruno Fernandes has much to recommend him, but if United want to personify all of their issues into one man, then it’s him — the Veruca Salt of Old Trafford.
The arrogance, the petulance and the sheer unprofessionalism shown by that tit was as good as an eighth goal. He wasn’t so much as booked for his play acting, diving and shoves on officials.
Come to think of it, I think I really like him. He was the gild on the lily. I might get his name put on a T-shirt.
I also might save Carra’s squeal at Roberto Firmino’s goal as some sort of ringtone. I must have made a similar noise at the time, though I didn’t have much of a voice left at that point.
I don’t listen to phone-ins on the way home, but I loved them all last night. The lad who called it our ‘cup final’. Another who asked what we’ll win. Three points, mate. Plus seven goal difference.
This must be hard for the players and staff. You have to be professional and think about nothing but Bournemouth, but how the hell do you coax that out of your blood? How do you stop yourself from reliving it, watching every single second of the game and analysis possible? It’s not easy.
I was at the 9-0 v Palace in September 1989. Steve Coppell, Palace’s manager and former United favourite, told the press that the result would haunt them forever. We tried to not let it distract us and later played out a 0-0 draw with Norwich four days later. Big wins can throw both teams. We can’t allow that. Not in our position.
You look at this as a bad season. You can wonder if the first of Jürgen Klopp’s great sides are now gone. You can doubt us, be scared of the future, allow your faith to shake, but they’ll always surprise you. I thought we’d win yesterday. 1-0.
They’ll always surprise you.
Liverpool 7 (SEVEN) Manchester United 0.
Liverpool though.
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 7 Manchester United 0 in the Premier League at Anfield…LET’S do seven openings:
- Just when you thought you were out, they pulled you back in.
We were never out, not really, never definitely, but we have been in the wars because it has been such a slog, a slog since last May, a slog since…
- It started on a knife-edge and ended like a testimonial.
It was fraught with danger and then all the pitfalls and pratfalls were theirs.
It started as a game between the side who are the third best in the country and the team trying to show they were the fourth and it ended that way…
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Everybody’s funny and everybody’s pretty and everybody’s headed towards the centre of the city and you better had be too. Being fair, a lot of theirs stayed. I’d have been halfway to Newton-le-Willows before Salah had his top off, because…
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Imagine, right now, with seven in your backpocket, what you would have dealt on. Imagine, right now, what you’d have taken at half time. Let’s never take a thing again. Let’s never deal. Let’s never live to fight another day when we can love the current day. Let’s get ourselves straight…
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They shouldn’t have everything to prove. They shouldn’t kick off at home to Manchester United with it all to do. They never deserved that. But they did. And then they did. They had it to do and they did it. They proved it again. Forget the seven goals; it’s five consecutive clean sheets and suddenly Liverpool feel…
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What a glorious win. Liverpool 7 (SEVEN) Manchester United 0, but it’s a day with two auditions to be the main fella, but the main fella is still the absolute main fella. He breaks records, takes his top off, brings people into the game, does the absolute business over and over, and has been written off too many…
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You know what mojo is? You know what brio is? You know what it is to be alive? We found all those things and then some. We found love in a hopeless place. We found the visceral joy and ridiculousness of the game, of the play, of one another. We found ourselves and we found one another and we should never ever be alone.
Never ever be alone. There is something about today’s performance with Liverpool swarming in pairs, in threes, in fours which just reminded you of the everything.
What worried me pre-match about the famous Manchester United was that their manager was good at space. His team was good at space. His team was smart and good at managing emotions and knowing when to stay and when to go.
Well.
Well.
It is a defenestration of Manchester United and their clever players and their clever coach. It is an embarrassment of them. It is an undoing, an unbuttoning, an undressing. It is best summed up by Lisandro Martinez on his backside watching Mohamed Salah, the main fella, dance forward. It is a devastating moment — the gulf that was there last season, which looked like it had been undone, that gulf remained. The abyss remains. Liverpool have been poor, and while the abyss may not be permanent it can come back in a flash.
The big picture doesn’t change at all. Liverpool need to invest in the summer. They need to buy three midfielders or two midfielders and a right back and make the big move for today’s magnificent number 66. They could do with another centre back. But what today does is reinforce that while the surgery has to happen, it doesn’t need to be the sort that debilitates. It merely needs to enhance.
What today reminds us of is that it has been a slog and it has been hard but they, and we, remain pure of heart and purpose. They, and we, have the gear change. We are together, and we are always the most likely, and we are the most alive.
Cody Gakpo shows his class. My god, he shows his class. They are two of the most sumptuous finishes you could ever conceive of, two of the finest. They were reminiscent of Kenny Dalglish and Thierry Henry, and they were good at football, weren’t they?
Darwin Nunez is the threat you wanted. He’s just potency personified. Always bold. He gets his brace.
Mohamed Salah is just my favourite and perhaps always will be. He is the main fella of my life. He has given us meaning, and sense, and still does the same. He both takes my breath away and gives me surety.
There is the idea of where you get your education from. Today every single Liverpool forward looked like he’d got his education from Kevin Keegan, but Kevin is from years past. Instead in that lineage of massive Liverpudlian goals, unreal workrate and touch is Roberto Firmino.
Firmino gets to watch three footballers be influenced by him, then he gets to come on, then he gets to score. And he does so with aplomb. We’ve had the best years of him and he’s had the best years of us. There’s something that The Kop wants you to know. Imagine that, imagine it all. I love him.
There are just performances back to front. Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate are the business. The full backs run the show. They are first to everything, which makes it easier for Fabinho and Jordan Henderson to win the next one.
But let’s spend a moment for Harvey Elliott. Today is the best day of his life. I mean, it fucking better be, it’s possibly the best day of mine. I saw the teamsheet and gulped. What a shithouse I am. What a coward. What a mess for not backing the boys and thinking I know better. A mess. Jürgen Klopp knew better and Harvey Elliott fucking made sure.
What then? What next? What next is that we are out, and you are out, and if you can’t be that’s fine too, and that I love you, and I am glad you are here, and wish you could be. The sea was large today just like any other day. Something broke in me on this winter’s eve.
The sirens sing today. The supporters sing today. They do the songbook as United get fraught and kick, and the referee doesn’t do enough.
What’s next is that everybody is pretty. What’s next is we laughed, just like we used to, and did everything we used to do and now we’re holding hands, and running, and it makes me feel, makes me feel, makes me feel.
Seven starts. Seven goals. One end. Into these. Thirteen more hurdles.
I will jump every single one with them and you.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 7 Manchester United 0 in the Premier League at Anfield…MANCHESTER United. Seven-nil.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
How many laughs was that? Seven. OK, sound. Just checking.
Alisson: 7Giving him a seven cause, well, why not? That number is stuck in my head for some reason.
Great save in the first minute, and does really well after he slipped to recover. Funny that Fernandes, mate. One crying twat, him. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Seven laughs, aye.
Trent: 9Wow. The story before this was that he was going to get ragged by Rashford. Nice tale, that. Lovely ring to it.
Fucking imperious. Cheeky twats. I mean, so much happened it’s almost impossible to sort of remember details. But, I don’t know, was he involved in some of the goals? Who is arsed?
Konate: 9Just so good, isn’t he? Positionally, his intelligence, his physicality. His fucking everything. The complete player. A mini Virgil. Big paws on a pup.
Virgil: 9See above but he isn’t a pup and he is the fucking king instead. The best there ever was.
Robbo: 10Honestly, his ability to get a read on what means most to the fans is what sets him apart. Always man of the match in the big games, the derby, this, that, the fucking others. Best left back in the world. Best to play for The Reds.
Unbelievable today. Started the whole thing. The ball for Gakpo for the first. Perfectly weighted, perfectly timed. Perfectly choreographed. Wow. Amazing.
Fabinho: 9It’s mad that three weeks ago we were saying he shouldn’t fucking play anymore, as in at all, and now he has just cruised through that game against Casemiro who apparently, given the fucking hype over the last few days, is fucking Jesus Christ reincarnated.
Fuck me. I mean, I like Casemiro. Mainly because he constantly just looks absolutely the most surprised man in the world. His eyebrows, la. I think they are tattooed on and he asked for a permanent state of shock to be scribed on his kite. Fucking shocked tonight.
Henderson: 9Wild how he gets written off as a cart horse by people who describe themselves as Liverpool fans. Great today, setting tempos, recycling the ball, closing space.
We have just beat Man United seven-fucking-nil mate, and some crab somewhere will be saying he twatted one up in the air when he should have done a double pivot drag back. OK, mate. Nice.
Elliott: 9Not going to lie, when the teamsheet dropped I was worried. Worried about the right side. Worried about our midfield being a bit fucking wishy washy again.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
He ran the fucking game. In them half spaces, the combinations setting The reds on the path to greatness. Amazing.
Nunez: 8Spent the first half saying he needed to get involved more, wasn’t getting enough out of him. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Ha times seven.
Lovely goal, then the second, wow. What a header. Unreal. Like a man possessed second half. Boss little scally, him.
Gakpo: 10I thought he was incredible. Everywhere, linking play, balancing the team, kept hold of the ball all day and worked like a fucking Bobby Firmino at his best. The first is a great goal, but the second. Wow, what a little dink. Amazing. Set The Reds on the way to chaos.
Salah: 10Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Ha times seven.
Honestly, unplayable there. Was incredible. Funny how much they were trying to, and actually were, fouling him. That fat pudding of a left back. Honestly, conceded seven the dollop. The same number of sausages he has for his breckie the fat little wap. And then the rest of them.
I’ve honestly never seen someone turn someone so much as he did to that little jockey playing centre half. Fairly sure his soul wafted up into the sky when he hit the deck. Finished him. I mean, absolute little fella syndrome him, mate. Wanted to fight the world when all anyone wanted to know was where he parked his fucking horse before the game and whether he fancied his chances at Cheltenham.
That finish from Mo. Wow. Unbelievable. Twatted it, didn’t he? One of the best ever, Mo. More Premier League goals than Fowler? Unreal. He was unplayable tonight. Unplayable.
SUBSBaj: 7Just come on and was front foot to everything. Unlucky to miss out, but it was a big call that the gaffer got right obviously.
Milner: 7Would have liked him to chop seven sausages out of Luke Shaw when he come on. But just used his big old sensible head and kept the ball instead.
Jota: N/ACome on, nearly scored, got body slammed by Luke Shaw and his sausages and, frankly, it’s a miracle his head didn’t explode like a watermelon.
Curtis:Come on.
Bobby Firmino: 10Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Ha times seven. A love story. Was fucking poetic, wasnt it? So made up for him. One of the greats.
Imagine the night he is going to have tonight. Christ.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Liverpool v Manchester United in the Premier League at Anfield, with Jürgen Klopp in fine form before the game…I STARTED religiously watching Jürgen Klopp’s press conferences at the beginning of the 2017-18 season.
I’m sure I’d watched a couple before then, but I began hosting a show that dissects them at the start of that season. I often wonder how much other people watch them and, more specifically, does anybody watch them as much as me?
I practically know the meaning behind every facial expression six years on. His body language is practically my second language, and I mean that in the least erotic way possible.
My Anfield Wrap colleague Mo Stewart has a theory that his mood in press conferences may indicate how training had gone that week. Well, if that is the case, then his pre-Manchester United briefing provided some good signs.
He was broadly asked the same question in a number of different ways — Liverpool bad, Manchester United good — but his answers did get more and slightly more revealing as it went on.
The highlight, for me, was him saying: “We have to make sure we really show it’s still incredibly difficult to play against us, because when we played there it looked incredibly difficult to play against them.”
Because that, to me at least, is the kind of mentality that will help The Reds pull closer to United. Don’t get dragged down to their level; instead, drag them down to yours. It’s a philosophy the manager has expressed in the past, and one that will need reinforcing ahead of a game like this.
The message won’t really change too much, or at least it shouldn’t. Just keep it tight again, don’t be afraid to get to half time goalless, because things will continue to shift as the game wears on.
With that being said, the team will pretty much pick itself, especially given how the manager has spread the minutes over the last two.
Alisson Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson will make up the first-choice back five that will hope to provide a solid foundation for The Reds to secure all three points.
In midfield, Jordan Henderson should come back in for Harvey Elliott — though the latter put in perhaps his best proper midfield display of the season on Wednesday — alongside the returning-to-form Fabinho and young player of the season shoo-in Stefan Bajcetic.
Upfront, there’s a good chance that Diogo Jota retains his place so long as the sports scientists give him the all clear, but if not then Cody Gakpo will be a more than worthy starter between the increasingly devastating duo of Mo Salah and Darwin Nunez.
It’s a game that traditionally comes with a lot of emotion attached, and Klopp was careful not to shy away from that in his press conference. His team is an emotional one, he wants them to ride the wave that Anfield’s atmosphere can provide with some encouragement.
This should be all about what Liverpool’s players and fans can produce.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Bajcetic; Salah, Gakpo, Nunez
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Critics have questioned what has happened to Trent Alexander-Arnold this season, but he was standing up to that even before form improved…WILL the real Trent Alexander-Arnold please stand up?
I repeat, he already has. He already is.
The right-back doesn’t seem to be in short supply of headlines with every oscillating Liverpool performance this season.
Victory can bathe in his sheer brilliance and monumental impact. Defeat can be the ringing bell of ridicule and incompetence. That, in a way, shows his true exclusivity as a footballer.
He can be the sole defining factor in Liverpool’s defence and attack – providing truly magnificent attributes at either end. When a performance is combined with defeat his name is never far away from inquest.
After the 3-3 draw at Anfield with Brighton in October, Dominic King wrote for a piece for Mail Sport headlined: “Trent Alexander-Arnold’s dire form reflects this current Liverpool team: lost and with little sign of respite coming soon.”
A recent look at his form in The Athletic described his performance at Crystal Palace a “microcosm” of the player himself – defined apparently by a thwarted goal-bound freekick and near-fatal defensive lapses.
This has become the price of admission. Alexander-Arnold has set himself astronomical standards in terms of quality and consistency.
He has started all but three of Liverpool’s Premier League games this season – racking up the third most number of minutes below Mohamed Salah and Alisson Becker.
His three assists are way down from previous seasons, having hit double figures in all but one campaign since 2018-19. Last season’s tally of 18 is a frankly jaw-dropping reflection of his levels. It also tells us how he performs in a well-performing Liverpool team.
And herein lies it; Trent is a symbol of Liverpool performances, not the symptom.
His struggles this season are a result of a team lacking in confidence and tactical proficiency. Take the Palace game as an example; he had Joel Matip next to him and Naby Keita in front of him.
One feeding him hospital balls and the other preoccupied with a precarious yellow card.
The Athletic article rightly pointed out a lack of consistency around Trent this season. Joe Gomez has the most consecutive number of centre-back starts next to him with five.
The cameras again caught Trent in the death stare at Selhurst Park. It can often be a toss-up between this and telling Jordan Henderson to “fuck off”. Unfortunate timing, I suppose.
Some have leapt to age-old mysticisms of getting too big for boots, which has never been fully explained by anyone who says it.
It’s likely that neither he or anyone in a team and club full of winners enjoys getting beat. Maybe that should be the true definition of the phrase.
Liverpool wanted to do something different with Alexander-Arnold this season. It looked something akin to what Manchester City do with players like João Cancelo, and what Mikel Arteta now has with Oleksandr Zinchenko.
It remains to be seen whether Jürgen Klopp will return to this plan, but we’ve already seen glimpses of what it could look like from the positions Trent fed Darwin Nunez from deep for goals against Wolves and Newcastle.
All week I planned to write this piece about an argument for making a double six and moving him there. Then I pondered penning something about how we would tactically evolve with him as a future captain.
I’m simply left defending one of the most generational talents this club has ever produced from rogue headlines and the ‘you’re just a shit Reece James’ brigade.
It’s, therefore, with Liverpool that his player should find solace, safety and an understanding on every level that performances and results aren’t defined by him alone.
Playing right-back in this team is a hell of a task. Trent Alexander-Arnold stood up to the challenge a long time before now.
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“I’ll tell you who their best game for a long time, that was Trent Alexander-Arnold.”
“When you’ve got the fullbacks playing as they did, that’s a little bit of the old Liverpool. For where we are at the minute, it’s what we needed and it got the job done.”
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Wolves 0 in the Premier League at Anfield…IT was a straightforward 2-0.
But there have been so few straightforward 2-0s that straightforward forward 2-0s suddenly cease to feel like exactly what they are.
You wear them down. You give nothing soft away. You offer no release valves. You push them back. You hammer at the door.
You turn the screw.
Turning the screw is the most “eye of the beholder” thing in football. Sometimes you see it and it was never really there. Sometimes you experience it and watch the video and realise it was never there.
But sometimes there is today. Without ever becoming brilliant, Liverpool just made 0-0 unbearable, unsustainable for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The VAR disallowed goal has become an interesting development in football. What does it do to either side? There are times when it feels like the end of the affair, something that we could have had.
Then there are times when it is a catalyst. And there are just times when it is a signpost. Tonight it was a signpost, in my view. The better side making their point, telling you what’s coming.
Listen let’s accentuate some positives. Trent Alexander-Arnold was the absolute business. I love him, you know. When he is on he is the smartest man in show business. He is the guy you can turn up for. He is just so, so special.
There will come a day when he doesn’t play for Liverpool. I want that to be more than a dozen years from now. I want to watch and adore what he can do forever. Tell me about in behind. Bang on about the back post. I am watching a footballer who could prove to be the finest ever from an L postcode.
Fabinho arguably puts his best performance of the season in. It’s been a poor season, but tonight he is the business and he deserves love.
At times he deserves it on the pitch from his teammates; a man who is nailing the first thing but failing at the second, which will come. He should find Darwin Nunez first half to open the scoring. He wins it high over and over. But it is all OK. Because it becomes a straightforward 2-0.
This is the thing. When everything feels good, mistakes feel fine. They are inevitable. They are a cost of doing business, really.
You turn the screw.
And it comes. The opener is a mundane marvel. Virgil van Dijk. Diogo Jota. Van Dijk. It’s there. What Jota does is pure Jota. He takes the percentage course. What Van Dijk does is pure Van Dijk. He makes himself irresistible.
The high point of the game becomes Kostas Tsimikas running unerringly to the byline, picking out Mo Salah and hitting the hoarding at The Kop and giving it the big one like he is Slowthai. Salah gets to wheel away as Beyonce. Liverpool get the points and we all get the screw turned.
Let’s talk about the referee. When he booked Fabinho it could have been a red card for Mario Lemina. Could. Perhaps should. It was genuinely staggering the referee found a way to pin it all on Fabinho.
Amongst so many daft decisions he manages that one which was mindboggling. Being fair, in real time, I understood the Diogo Jota foul in the run-up to the Darwin disallowed goal. It was still odd, though. Why not just give it?
It’s important to talk about the referee when you win. It isn’t bitterness. He gives us something soft around Ibrahima Konate close to our area at the start of the second half. He just isn’t very good at it, this remarkably difficult job.
You turn the screw. Konate looked good. Jota looked good. Liverpool looked mundane and good.
Nothing will be easy. But to do what we need to we need to get back to doing what we should.
It is another hurdle down. It is 14 to go. It is part of you pours out in these lines from time to time. It is togetherness and only that. And that is straightforward. That used to go without saying. Let it go without saying again.
Four clean sheets on the bounce in the league. A box of paints. One foot in front of the other. Turn the screw. Prepared to bleed. Prepared to battle. Prepared to drink a case of you, darling. And still be on my feet.
Straightforward the whole thing. Promise.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Wolves 0 in the Premier League at Anfield…Alisson: 7One of them games where he does a few things right, but doesn’t have all kinds to do which is just perfect really. Good save early on when their lad was probably off side in the buildup. Great ball out for the second goal. Boss.
Trent: 8Fantastic tonight, Trent. Took it upon himself to lead the press all over that right-hand side, so dynamic without the ball, first to everything. Fantastic. More of that, please.
Virgil: 9The kind of Virgil performance where he has got a bit of a cob on and lashes people about. Again, more of that please. Great goal considering I was slaughtering him for not scoring in the first half when we couldn’t get near a set piece.
Konate: 8So good having him there. Even when he makes a slight mistake or is slightly out of position he is so strong and quick he just gets himself out of it no problem. Need him to stay fit forever, please.
Tsimikas: 9Mad fucker, isn’t he? Like he has had a bong at times and then man of the match the rest. Loved the one at 0-0 when he had made an unbelievable tackle, then he was still buzzing off himself and how good he was, Alisson passed it to him/straight out as he was dreaming. Ha ha ha.
Superb for the second, as he could have panicked but realised he was having a race with a centre half who had drank out of the wrong cup from the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade at half time. Was turning a hundred in front of his eyes.
Bajcetic: 7Loved the turn first minute when he had abar seven fellas on him and Alisson decided to twat it at him on the edge of our box straight at his balls. Really unlucky with the booking in the sense that the referee is clearly a baddie who fucking hates us and was delighted to book him for something and nothing to really try and pile the pressure on. Does well to avoid giving the referee a semi on and an easy excuse for a second yellow a few times. Unreal tackle off our corner when they broke and the lad nearly got in.
Struggled a bit second half when he needed to try and impose himself a bit more.
Fabinho: 7Thought he was really quite good tonight. Much better than the other week when he was on his last legs. Wild the booking when the lad two-footed him and he jumped out the way and got a yellow card.
“You horrible ruffian, you should have stood there and took the full force of both of those feet as they come crashing towards your fucking knees. Have a yellow card for your sheer cowardice and don’t cross my path again. Good day to you, sir.”
Elliott: 8Liverpool’s brightest player first half. Great work rate, won a few good balls here and there, and was generally most likely to make something happen. Not sure how he missed the free header, not sure he knows either. Would like him to be a yard quicker and a foot bigger, but we are where we are really.
Nunez: 8Unreal work rate tonight with and without the ball. Everywhere. So much more suited to playing on the break, was such a threat when the game got stretched second half.
Hard lines with the VAR goal as he shows great composure to slot it. The referee on that VAR review, la. Walked over to that monitor like a fella who has grafted a bird who has just give him the nod to get to hers. Honestly, strutted over there with his little fucking sausage twitching away all over the gaff, hardly able to contain his smutty delight. So fucking delightfully smug. You have to applaud it really at this point. It is a work of art.
Jota: 7Working his way back, but needs games really. Great for the VAR goal. Looked a foul to me in real time, but does well to create it really. Boss for the goal. Great ball twatted onto a plate for Virg.
Salah: 8Wasn’t quite working for him first half, despite some great interchanging and play on the right. Great strength a few times. So much better again second half when The Reds upped the tempo, got a bit of a cob on, and built some fucking momentum in the game.
Scores again. It is what he does.
SUBSHenderson:Great when he came on.
Gakpo:Great for the second goal. Great touch and one two. Really nice touches.
Milner:Would have liked him to have two footed the ref’s twitching private area off.
Firmino:Looked good in a physical sense — as in, he’s looking well, lad, isn’t he?
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Liverpool v Wolves in the Premier League at Anfield, with a low bar to improve upon their last meeting…TOMORROW marks the fourth time Liverpool have played Wolves in 2023 alone — and we’re still only in February.
I could direct you towards our other previews and joke that not much has changed, but in reality the task at hand continually looks different with each passing week. Confidence comes and goes, results are difficult to sustain, new injuries creep into the mix.
As fans of a club that have enjoyed frankly ridiculous levels of sustained success for the past few years, it has admittedly been difficult to shift our expectations. I’m certain it has for the team and manager as well.
To accept that a point against Crystal Palace away isn’t the worst thing in the world is hard, but it’s a process we have to go on if we want to try and enjoy the rollercoaster that is this season. Taking off Cody Gakpo for Stefan Bajcetic at the weekend was a clear signal from the manager that a point is OK. It keeps us moving in the right direction.
Positive steps forward, however incremental, matter. Particularly in the aftermath of Real Madrid, the priority would have been not to get beat. That didn’t make for an inspiring watch for fans, or a performance where we see evidence of improvement across the pitch, but at risk of pointing out the obvious, at least it’s another point on the board.
Playing against Wolves (again) at Anfield, that point simply has to become three. Jürgen Klopp joked in the press conference when asked about the 3-0 defeat a few weeks ago, but he’ll know anything close to a repeat of that at home would be a major setback.
We’ve beat them and been beaten this season, and the players surely know the drill by now. With Joe Gomez out of the team and a Joel Matip own goal knocking Liverpool early in the game at the start of February, I imagine Klopp will try his hardest to get Ibrahima Konate back involved and in the team after he returned to team training this week.
Those questioning his form since his ACL injury surely must have thought back to how impressive Virgil van Dijk was last season as he was named in FIFA’s ‘The Best’ XI yesterday. Everyone is capable of making mistakes, but there is no other player I’d want to lead my back line in front of Alisson, with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson completing the defence.
After two positive games in the Premier League, it was frustrating to see a midfield that lacked any real conviction and was played through too easily against Crystal Palace. It’s a must to bring Stefan Bajcetic into the starting lineup, and with his best performances recently coming when he starts on the left, I’d like Jordan Henderson on the right and Fabinho in the holding role alongside him.
No Darwin Nunez, no chaos. With our win rate dropping to 30 per cent when he has not been in the team in the Premier League this season, having him available again would be a huge bonus. Increasingly playing in the central role, I expect to see Gakpo get the start over Diogo Jota, with Mo Salah completing the attack.
Whatever happens, this is the last time we’ll play Wolves this season and that has to be cause for celebration.
Let’s go out on a high.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Bajcetic; Salah, Gakpo, Nunez
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With the passing of John Motson, football loses a commentator who loved the game and whose passion made him relatable to fans…YOU’LL have to excuse me this week.
I could lower my hand into the torpor that was Selhurst Park, but I just can’t do it. I’d do anything for you, you know that, but I can’t sit through that again. Sorry, but I just can’t. I’m sure you understand.
Suffice to say, we look as tired as we undoubtedly are. Save for a great 15 minutes in midweek, we soon resorted to our current form. Soporific, silly and more than a bit stupid.
It’ll come good. I’ve no doubt of that. We have a world class manager and given a bit of backing, he’ll lead us back to happier times.
But there was sadder news elsewhere. Last week, the game lost the great John Motson at the age of 77.
It’s often difficult to have affection for football personalities who have no connection to our club. It’s harder still to admire them when their job is occasionally to criticise the very thing we love. John Motson seldom irritated. That’s a hell of an accolade for a commentator these days. They all irk to some extent.
Maybe it was his longevity. I can’t remember a time without him. The 70s and 80s were a closed shop for commentators. The BBC had Motson and Barry Davies, while ITV housed Brian Moore and, regionally at least, Gerald Sinstadt.
I always got the impression that Davies saw himself as a bit above the game. At the 1994 World Cup he accused the Brazilians of ‘over elaborate nonsense’ when (I think) Bebeto threw in a few keepy ups on the touchline. I was disappointed in that. Who doesn’t like a bit of unnecessary skill? After all, the game is as much about beauty as it is results.
I loved Brian Moore but could take or leave Sinstadt. That may be because of his obvious glee at our going out of the European Cup to Forest, particularly when the recording ended with a brief snatch of The Party’s Over, but my enmity, such as it is, is much more petty than that.
His leaving Granada TV meant a chance for a young Martin Tyler to show his chops. Decades later the new man can be heard describing Liverpool goals with all the vigour of a man informing a neighbour that he’s ran over their cat.
But Motson had the one thing a great commentator needs — a true and genuine love of the game.
He made his name commentating on the Hereford v Newcastle upset of 1972 when Ronnie Radford’s strike led to a pitch invasion by a ton of lads wearing Lord Anthony snorkel parkas.
His league debut on Match Of The Day came four months earlier when he took the mic for, yes, Liverpool 0 Chelsea 0. A point that took us to ninth in the table. At least he missed Saturday’s drudgery though our current league position is far healthier now. We’re seventh. Go Reds!
His first cup final was our game with Manchester United in 1977. Maybe I should give this more thought.
His most famous line came in the 1988 final. ‘The Crazy Gang have beaten the Culture Club’ when our Double chasing lads came unstuck at unfancied Wimbledon. It would be a great line if it didn’t involve us losing, but it wasn’t factually accurate. The Dons weren’t quite the ragtag collection of misfits they’re often made out to be. They finished seventh that season. The equivalent of us playing Arsenal today.
Despite that, his commentary was usually well-informed and free from the practised soundbite of Sam Matterface and fake outrage and surprise thrown out by Jonathan Pearce. To Motson, everything football was great and that was because, with no obvious favouritism or axe to grind, it usually is. He loved the game. He loved the story of it. The theatre.
Undoubtedly his most important broadcast is one that has only recently been brought to light.
In 2011, Judith Moritz, the BBC North of England Correspondent, began looking at the Hillsborough disaster in earnest and asked the BBC tape library for any archived footage they may have.
A box of tapes duly arrived and, together with cameraman Rob Wood, she went through them. It soon became apparent that she had the footage of the pitchside cameras picked up before kick off. One of them included Motson talking to the Grandstand team for whom he was covering the match. He was rehearsing links with the production team.
He starts by saying that it’s a glorious day and then notices that the right hand side of the Leppings Lane stand was only half full. He’s surprised at this as it’s apparent that the central pens are already packed and getting busier. He wonders out loud if that area was due to them being tickets from Sheffield Wednesday. Obviously, he was wrong about that but it’s important that he, the most neutral of viewers, realised straightaway that something wasn’t right.
When the game was stopped at 3.06pm, Motson states immediately that the fans on the pitch were not there because they were ‘misbehaving’. He recognised that it was solely due to overcrowding. Other journalists soon looked to blame the fans and found tawdry accusations easier to relate than the truth, but Motson was a class act and told the truth. The actual truth. It’s an incredible recording and his honesty was typical of the man.
There aren’t many commentators who would receive the plaudits we’ve heard this week. He’ll always be the voice of the game for me.
We’ve lost a true great.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Crystal Palace 0 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at Selhurst Park…Alisson: 6Nothing to do which is a blessing and the most positive outcome of the whole fucking game.
Trent: 5I mean that was flying in, and then it nearly knocked Henderson’s head off. Seemed to have a massive cob on with everyone aside from himself and he was the fucking divvy who let someone shrug him off the ball on the edge of his own box and nearly score and then been relatively shite. Don’t know. Is he a worry? If I’m him I’m not overly made up that a 37-year-old fella Is getting a game ahead of me.
Joel: 5See above but without the snarling attitude and more of the can’t-kick-the ball-itude. Mad second half when he wafted a header off a corner and then wafted a half a flick of a shoe at the follow up shot. Fucking hit it you dollop.
Virgil: 6Not really sure what to say about him. Par.
Robbo: 6Probably The Reds’ best player first half. Kept getting the ball kept getting us up the pitch. Not in it second half, which wasn’t a surprise as we were shit.
Naby: 5Yellow card early on and spent the rest of the half trying to test the ref’s mettle around where the next yellow might feasibly lay. Not sure I would have him coming out for the second half really. Jürgen agreed.
Henderson: 5Fucking big stupid head blocking the top corner. Last ditch defending bro, nearly knocked him out. Does OK. But Liverpool don’t have a chance second half. Not one.
Milner: 5Wild that he stays on at right back after fucking legging his cock off. Tells its own tale.
Salah: 6What an effort against the bar. First time, bobbling. So unlucky. Great ball for the Gakpo chance. Must be getting pissed off to be playing in this team.
Jota: 6Tried to trap it against the post with his head. Looked bright. Couldn’t get in it in the second half when The Reds were broadly shite.
Gakpo: 5Relatively bright Gakpo first half. When he gets it with his back to goal. Good link-up play. Need more threat from him though. Not sure he touched the ball second half which isn’t great really. Checked on 75 whether he went off when he made them changes, but I think he stayed on which tells its own story. Anonymous. Should do better maybe with the one on 80.
SUBSElliott:Big fan of the boy when The Reds pressed successfully for the first time second half and Elliott passed it straight past all our lads to our 10 on the break. Bravo.
Fabinho:Needs to start guzzling Nescafé quick smart, one fucking flat white an hour, as this decaf diet has made him a fucking plodder of a crab.
Baj:Come on.
Firmino:Come on, couldn’t run.
Liverpool created pretty much nothing all game. Sound that.
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I find I go completely the other way in the face of irrational hatred. Is irrational love a thing? It is in this world, especially. How else do you explain football fans putting themselves through torture over and over again?
I’ve been through some torture at Anfield this season. I seemed to be sat in the centre of a circle of irrational hatred for Trent Alexander-Arnold when Brighton came to town earlier this season, his every move was vocally criticised as I became more irate with the critics and more in love with our right back.
Tuesday was a similar experience. At 2-0 up when The Reds are flying there’s not a face that wasn’t smiling, why would there be? It was just mad how quickly that changed to personal insults about footballers who have given us everything. How did we get here? What happened to these lads being ours? Oh come let us adore them, no?
Irrational love can’t always be expected, of course — that would be irrational. They say there’s a thin line between love and hate too. They’re both strong emotions and sometimes we say things we don’t mean about the people we love.
My biggest problem comes when it feels a bit like people are just waiting for their loved ones to slip up. I don’t know whether that’s an unresolved issue for the few fans I’ve sat around this season, and it wouldn’t be fair to speculate as such, but it feels a bit like they were getting more out of the hatred than the love.
We’re all irrational, though. Because I still woke up the next morning and imagined us scoring three at the Bernabeu. “Win the next four in the league and see what happens,” I texted a friend today. This game makes us believe the impossible is still possible, because we’re always seconds away from seeing it flip — for better or worse.
The optimistic route will always be for me, though. My irrational love knows no bounds, so I’m ready to go again on Saturday night.
Joe Gomez was pulled from the firing line against Real Madrid, and I suspect the manager will go with Joel Matip against Crystal Palace unless Ibrahima Konate’s return to training indicates a return to action sooner rather than later — in which case he might persist with Gomez until that day comes.
In midfield, a defeat does provide the manager a chance to drop one of a midfield that had played its way into relative form. I suspect it will be Jordan Henderson that he replaces with Naby Keita, while we may see Fabinho and Stefan Bajcetic get some rest when Thiago Alcantara comes back into the fold.
The front three have made themselves all but undroppable, and it may take a goal from either Diogo Jota or Roberto Firmino to give the manager something different to think about. Regular minutes off the bench may even be just the tonic they need to get themselves back into rhythm.
Whatever is left to play for this season, my irrational love will go on for these lads. I’m probably not done experiencing the torture doled out by my fellow fans this season, but I’ll hopefully grow more understanding with each passing moment.
Failing that, Liverpool, we might just all need four wins in a row to bring us to the most irrational thought of all.
They love when you count them out.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Keita, Fabinho, Bajcetic; Salah, Gakpo, Nunez
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The show is something I’ve had in mind for a while. I’ve always been fascinated by those fixtures which slip through our cognitive net due to the sheer weight of information our brains must process from following a football team.
The 7-0 win over Spartak Moscow in December 2017 was one which stood out for the show. It’s a game which wreaks havoc with our sense of time, especially when you look at Liverpool’s 11 that night…
Loris Karius, Joe Gomez, Dejan Lovren, Ragnar Klavan, Alberto Moreno, Emre Can, Gini Wijnaldum, Phillipe Coutinho, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah.
As Mo Stewart and I touched on, the game was the halcyon for the aptly dubbed “fab four” in attack – a travesty for headline writers across the globe, I’m sure.
It also effectively signalled the end of Moreno’s Liverpool career after he went off injured that night and never recovered the shirt due to Andy Robertson’s rise to prominence.
Perhaps the most astounding thing looking back is knowing Liverpool would have won a European Cup and effectively been champions of England two years later.
The team changed. Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold emerged. We were on the precipice of the Coutinho and Virgil van Dijk sliding door.
Players like Can, Klavan, Lovren and Karius were all established first-team players in the not-too-distant past.
Five years seems a paltry amount when thinking of the journey from there to here. When considering where Liverpool and Karius will be this weekend it feels like a lifetime.
The German goalkeeper broadly embodies Liverpool’s model under Klopp and FSG. He was a Moneyball option who could circumvent engaging with others’ perceived over-inflated values. He cost £4m and Salah cost £40m but both were part of the same strategy.
Klopp and the club created the best possible environment for players to succeed, regardless of how they arrived. Liverpool improved in every department, meaning that while Karius didn’t work, other low-value additions like Joel Matip and Robertson absolutely did.
We often talk now of Liverpool finding a Moises Caicedo before he gets to Brighton and not costing upwards of £100m. These transfers were an attempt to do so. It doesn’t always work.
They eventually arrived at Alisson Becker’s door but did so having learnt the hard way. Let’s not go into it.
Playing in goal for this club comes with astounding expectancy, pressure and requires huge amounts of fortitude. Alisson will undoubtedly recover from his error which led to Vinicius Jr’s second goal in midweek, but not every goalie possesses such attributes.
While Liverpool attempts another redemption story at Selhurst Park, Karius will be serendipitously preparing to feature in the Carabao Cup Final for Newcastle United against Manchester United.
He has made just 72 career appearances since that night in Kyiv, the bulk of which came for Besiktas in Turkey before a brief spell at Union Berlin and his return to the Premier League this summer.
The trajectories of the player and his former club couldn’t be more at odds. In some sense, Karius represents the ultimate hoodwink of time and transition under Klopp at Liverpool.
We now face anxiety and uncertainty over what the future holds and how Liverpool come back from this current demise in fortune.
There’ll plenty of reminders at Wembley of how quick things can change for everyone.
None more so than the presence of Loris Karius once again.
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After a much-scrutinised start to life at Liverpool, Darwin Nunez is starting to hit the heights as he becomes The Reds big hope this season…WHERE to start with Liverpool, then?
They are absolutely exhilarating for the opening 15 on Tuesday only to leave you tearing your hair out at 90. Talk about a game of two halves. Talk about this season of seasons.
Back-to-back wins against Everton and Newcastle suggested momentum had shifted, a corner had been turned. If that was the case then this was the bumpiest of landings back to planet Earth. The Reds prove they can cause damage but they’re too often inflicting it on themselves.
The frequency with which goals are being conceded is alarming and the nature of them only more so. Getting Ibrahima Konate back in the fold will be a welcome boost, but it feels like there could be a more systemic problem at play. In midfield, as good as Stefan Bajcetic has been, asking him to be a finished article at this age is unrealistic.
There’s no denying Liverpool have some serious and significant problems to solve and it’s clear an overhaul is needed; that truth was known before kick off and only emphasised in the events after. What that looks like will become apparent in the summer, but that in itself relies on improvement now.
One area of slight reprieve will be the form of the front three, who increasingly look like a refined unit. For all the doom and gloom felt from Tuesday, at the very least The Reds did, for however fleeting a moment, pack a punch.
That opening 15 minutes were the most electric of the season; the press was back, the hunger was transferred from the stands onto the pitch and the goals flowed. Liverpool may still be causing themselves too many problems, but they are at least giving the opposition some headaches, too.
Darwin Nunez has been key to that, visibly growing in confidence after a frustrating start.
Scoring 12 goals and getting four assists in 29 games having joined this version of Liverpool — one whose need for an extensive rebuild is so clear — isn’t easy, and there is a real feeling from an individual perspective that things are on the way up for him.
He’s every defender’s nightmare, in that he is physically imposing and aggressive and yet loves to run in behind. To have a player capable of stretching a defence is a real asset; he gets into the right positions, making runs at the right time and finding the right space, all of which have had a positive impact on Mo Salah and Cody Gakpo.
With every game he’s linking up the two of them more and more and we are now starting to see that confidence flow into his wider game; the powerful run and assist against Everton, an instinctive volley against Newcastle, the sumptuous flick against Real Madrid.
At 23, he’s not the finished article, but there’s no doubt he is growing into his Liverpool career. He’s looking up and passing more, he’s making positive runs in behind. His goal on Tuesday was the mark of a player full of confidence in his abilities and the task for Klopp will be providing a platform for him to build on.
Bar a miracle in Madrid, Liverpool find themselves in the very real scenario where this season becomes all about securing top four. Darwin Nunez’s upward trajectory offers the biggest and best hope of keeping those dreams alive.
The small matter of Selhurst Park next. For the love of God Liverpool, just win.
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Despite some high-profile hot takes in the aftermath of Liverpool loss to Real Madrid, the game wasn’t as revealing as some are suggesting…LIVERPOOL need reinforcements.
That was clear before last night’s loss to Real Madrid and it was still clear after.
Of their three midfielders who started last night, they have two who are on the wrong side of their peak years, one who is on the opposite side of the curve and is therefore still a raw product, and their options in reserve aren’t exactly the most reliable — besides the 37-year-old fella.
You could convincingly argue they need another centre-back too, given the question marks around the form and futures of two out of their four main options, though I think Joe Gomez started off unlucky last night before his head clearly went down.
Again, though, that was the case before and after last night. So I’m not having the idea that losing to Madrid in that way was one of the biggest signs of everything that is wrong with this Liverpool team this season. If it showed any one thing about this year’s iteration of our lads, it’s that their confidence is fragile and they can be got at.
However, when it comes to getting at teams, we just came up against the best. You may have a team who you would put ahead of Carlo Ancelotti’s in the world football rankings on paper, but I’m willing to bet that over a two-legged tie his men would find a way to win and probably do so in the maddest way possible.
Jürgen Klopp himself called it in his pre-match press conference; Carlo is one of the calmest men in world football and his team are a reflection of that. They don’t panic and they could’ve probably gone 5-0 down last night, but still backed themselves to win the tie over two legs.
Better sides have come to Anfield, but I’ve rarely seen a more confident side than that.
They are the biggest juxtaposition with this Liverpool team right now. Whereas Madrid will get a goal and think they could easily have five, The Reds will concede one and fear that five are coming — and on this season’s evidence they wouldn’t be far from wrong.
Klopp and co were looking much more like a winning team after Everton and Newcastle, and yet even some of the takes from those games are wild. “If James Tarkowski scored”, “If Alisson wasn’t in net”, and so on. Sound, well neither of those things are true, and we took all six points.
What Nick Pope deliberately handling the ball did, aside from stop Mo Salah being able to finish into an empty net (if you’re a Newcastle fan somehow reading this who thinks that wouldn’t happen, search Salah’s goal against Salzburg from 2019), was give The Reds a chance to reset.
At 2-0 up and cruising, they could decide that the game was won and they’d protect their lead. Protecting a lead doesn’t always look pretty, especially when the opposition feels they now have nothing to lose with 10 men, but they got the job done.
Liverpool go 2-0 up again and look like an attacking whirlwind, but suddenly Vinicius Jr bends in an absolute peach, they completely lose their reset point and Madrid have their opponents right where they want them. That’s what they do best, they stop teams being able to establish that reset point and hold onto what they have.
If there’s a big worry off the back of that, it’s that The Reds used to be able to shift through those gears quite seamlessly. They wouldn’t necessarily need a sending off, or the half-time break, or any similarly deliberate event. They could just decide their lead was comfortable, sit into a slightly more defensive shape and pick their desperate opponents off on the counter.
Now, they need more deliberate encouragement not to keep attacking. I can even sympathise with that though, because what scoreline is a good one against a team like Madrid? If you’ve got them on the ropes, you should go for the jugular. It’s a high-wire game to play, of course, but have you met Klopp’s Liverpool?
I just can’t get onboard with hot takes that decide that game last night exposed everything that was wrong with The Reds, because for the most part they actually played well. They had hard lines against a team who relentlessly creates luck for themselves by having the ultimate confidence in their game plan.
Liverpool don’t have ultimate confidence right now and how could they? That’s not something that signing a player or two would even fix, but some new ideas will no doubt help them get back to that point.
That was the case before last night, though. So don’t be fooled by those hot takes.
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Real Madrid 5 in the Champions League last 16 at Anfield…IT was a game of two halves.
The issue is that Liverpool drew their half 2-2, whereas Real Madrid won theirs 0-3.
Within the issue is a lot of other issues. Real Madrid kept their threat level high, even when they were very much coming off second best. They suffered well. They took their chances and once they had got their gifts, they never looked like giving another back.
Liverpool suckered themselves, switched off at key times and suffered so, so poorly. They denuded themselves of an outball, they were scared to cheat in both ways — cheat with positioning and cheat with tactical fouling — and they didn’t manage to keep the tie alive.
Who knows, in a sense. It isn’t beyond the realms of possibility Liverpool find their way to another two-goal lead in Madrid. It isn’t beyond the realms of possibility they lose 5-2 again. Both in tandem aren’t beyond the realms.
What’s tough to take is that part of why Liverpool start well is because they start wise. They contest in a smart way, pick their battles and get their rewards.
Darwin Nuñez does brilliantly in terms of the first of those rewards. It’s an excellent ball and finish and the start we needed.
When it goes two it could have gone four. Liverpool get Mo Salah in four times and get Jordan Henderson and Trent Alexander-Arnold in too. But they don’t convert.
The lack of conversion felt like it may be a thing across this tie; it never, at that stage, seemed like it would be tonight.
The whole while, though, Vinicius Jr remains so live. He is both outball and biggest threat. He scraps and fights and shows so much quality. His first is something special, but he is also the anchor Madrid can drop. He gets them 40 yards when they need it.
Yet the first wasn’t enough to turn the tide. It told us that Madrid were live but Liverpool remained more live. There was another significant showing from Cody Gakpo who looks quicker every week.
But the second and third just kill Liverpool. The second is the goalkeeper’s error. There is simply no getting away from it. The third is soft in every sense. It didn’t look a foul to me, Liverpool should insist it gets taken from the goalline, and then they should look interested in winning the first ball.
Liverpool do my head in at three and 4-2. There is a lot of tie left but you wouldn’t know it. They are showing their vulnerability and you don’t do that to this Madrid side. They will punish you and they do. The fourth is fortunate but Liverpool are wide open; Madrid would choose to suffer — Liverpool choose to bleed.
In the end, the contest is Luca Modric’s. Vinicius Jr may well be the best player in the world at the minute and Karim Benzema may well be so dangerous, but it is Modric who is a match made in heaven with Carlo Ancelotti. The match wears on and he finds his space to function and finally control. The first 30 minutes were almost none of his business. The last 30 belonged to him.
Liverpool have had hard lines, but they have brought them on themselves, as well as coming up against an excellent side. They need to regain the ability to have nothing happen for a bit at the very highest level. That will include going over to Madrid for the second leg.
You can’t be a bit smart and a bit stupid. You need to hammer home your advantage. You need to cut out gifts and you certainly don’t have to exchange them.
And don’t you dare feel sorry for yourselves.
That goes for you, too.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Real Madrid 5 in the Champions League last 16 at Anfield…Alisson: 5Christ. He’s had hard lines a bit there. In that it could have gone anywhere, most importantly it could have gone to one of our lads instead of against one of theirs.
I don’t know. I mean, in the context of full time it was one of them fucking closing door moments where we might win and instead we get fucking banjoed all over the gaff. Small margins.
Trent: 6This is a mad one to rate this game, as I think The Reds might be cursed. We were great first half and go in 2-2 somehow. No one knows how. And no one really does much wrong. Everyone pretty much plays well, Could he be closer for the first goal? I’m not sure. Maybe.
Gomez: 6Doesn’t do a whole lot wrong, really. Maybe not close enough for the first in a really harsh world. Maybe in an alternative world he doesn’t pass the ball back to Alisson, because someone has seen the future and tells him to swerve it and maybe he doesn’t dangle a leg. Loads of misfortune, weirdly played alright. What the fuck?
Virgil: 6What does he do wrong? What do any of them really do wrong? No cunt knows. Somehow we have been twatted.
Robbo: 6See above. Works all night, breaks down the left, doesn’t do loads wrong, concedes five. Fuck me.
Bajcetic: 6Plays well enough, but it’s fucking fine margins at this level. Loses the ball at 2-1 in the lead up to their goal. By no means is the goal his fault, but it’s small margins and The Reds got beat 5-2.
Henderson: 6Fantastic first half, wins everything, somehow goes in 2-2, maybe doesn’t touch the ball second half. Does nothing wrong. The Reds get twatted.
Fabinho: 6See above. Was sound, really. Better than he has been all season bar last week. The Reds got beat 5-2. Didn’t really do much wrong.
Nunez: 7What a goal. Fantastic movement, a massive pain in the arse. Shame he went off as it killed The Reds a bit, really.
Gakpo: 5Good first half, really. In it, presses well, carries it well. Non-existent afterwards.
Salah: 7Thought he played well, Mo, really. A nuisance. Played well. A threat. The Reds got beat 5-2 somehow.
SUBSMilner:Come on and plodded about.
Firmino:See above, which is a shame.
Elliott:See above, which is inexcusable given they were olé-ing it and no cunt would lay a glove on them.
Jota:See above, above, above. Was shite. Nice idea to get us pressing them more, but the changes made us much fucking worse.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Liverpool v Real Madrid in the Champions League last 16 first leg…“LIFE is all about timing.”
Things would have felt different a few weeks ago, admitted the manager, but have we finally found our feet again just at the right time?
It’s a game of confidence, after all. Yet the power of self-belief often gets lost in the discourse around what is going wrong. We spend hours on end debating over shape, form, investment and ignore what is glaringly obvious: when the players don’t have confidence in themselves or their teammates, the uphill battle becomes steeper with each passing week.
It’s amazing how little it takes to turn that around. A single chance, goal or good result, and the trajectory changes for everyone. The sense of dread that many felt prior to the Merseyside derby has suddenly become a sense of excitement as the return of European nights approaches.
This fixture has been looming over us since the draw on November 7th. In moments of poor form we’ve feared it, when players pick up injuries we question whether they’ll be back for it, and the World Cup breaking up the season means we’ve waited a very long time for it.
The draw came off the back of wins against Napoli and Tottenham, and I remember the response being a mix of optimism and trepidation. European royalty meeting once again is always something to be excited about, and these are the nights we dream of as football fans.
Simultaneously, we have witnessed too many times in recent seasons that Real Madrid are a team capable of getting a result against us when it matters.
Losing Mo Salah to injury early in the final 2018 and being knocked out by them in an empty stadium in 2021 were heavy blows that had mitigating circumstances.
Then the game in Paris eight months ago was completely overshadowed and rendered irrelevant by the horrific and harrowing events that fans experienced trying to enter the stadium.
“Same clubs, different teams, different times,” declared the manager in his pre-match press conference. “There is a history, and usually if you want to get to a final you have to kick us out or them. Now we play against each other, so let’s see who can go through.”
Facing a team with a wealth of experience and players that have won the competition five times, Liverpool will need to strike the right balance between intensity and protecting against the counter attack.
With Jürgen Klopp reiterating the importance of consistency in the aftermath of the Newcastle game, I expect that to be reflected in his team selection.
With four world-class saves at the weekend, Alisson proved exactly why he deserves to be regarded as one of the best keepers in the world. There was also a welcome return for Virgil Van Dijk, who I expect to lead the backline alongside Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andy Robertson and another start for Joe Gomez.
Following a difficult period for the captain Jordan Henderson and Fabinho, both have impressed on their returning to the starting lineup. They will be asked to go again, with star of the season Stefan Bajcetic (anyone else still watching his turn for the second goal?) completing the midfield.
One negative from the weekend was the shoulder injury to Darwin Nunez, but with the manager saying he is hopeful he will be available, I would like to see him in the starting 11. If there is someone who can panic a side that is incredibly hard to unsettle it is him, the chaos king.
The understanding between him and Salah grows with every game, and with two games in two, Cody Gakpo is proving he will have a big part to play in Liverpool’s future.
This isn’t a revenge mission. It’s a season-defining game on a Tuesday night under the lights at Anfield.
There is really no need to look back.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Bajcetic; Salah, Nunez, Gakpo
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Morale was low at Liverpool after their worst period of the season, but two wins in a week have flipped the mood before a crucial game…AND then everything changes.
Only a few short weeks ago I used this column to excoriate a Liverpool team devoid of ideas, strategy and heart. Wolves had undressed us just as Brighton did before them and even though there’s a sense there was an upturn coming (I’m stupid like that), it’s with a nagging feeling that we’ve gone too far this time.
Then comes a 2-0 win against an old enemy and a similar scoreline against a side The Daily Telegraph claim are a new one.
I loved the derby and expected a victory. Again, that could be a mixture of blind faith and naivety, but it was ultimately borne out.
Liverpool had been a jazz band before that game, trying new melodies off the cuff in some sort of freeform infusion which might have worked but didn’t. However, come the night of the game, everyone played within a strict structure.
Play where you’re best, get it and find a red shirt. It’s an old song but a good one. Win your battles, take your chances and keep the ball from them. That was the only formula needed and every player played to their default setting. Liverpool dominated from the first whistle.
Saturday was something else. Two early goals and the reddest of red cards (unless you have a built-in myopia brought on by being an English manager backed by a protective media – I’d loved to have seen the reaction had Rafa claimed that wasn’t a straight red card in early 2009) and then seeing the game out like the Liverpool of old.
True, there was the odd hairy moment — Alexander Isak and Allan Saint-Maximin are magnificent talents — but Liverpool protected their second clean sheet of the week.
And some of the old lads are back. Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino have been missed, but it felt good to have the big number four glowering at everyone around him again. Elsewhere, Darwin Nunez was magnificent and Cody Gakpo finally looked less panicked around the box.
And it changes everything.
Those wins have made a hell of a difference to my week and general wellbeing. It’s extraordinary just how my life is so tied in with the exploits of a group of lads I’ll never meet. Obviously, they know how we feel when things aren’t going to plan, but that’s only a group consideration rather than that of individual misery.
This week, it was nice to wake up on Sunday morning and not wince at the memory of the day before. Well, no worse than usual.
But there are times when I wonder if I invest too much time and heartache in all this. Whether it’s worth the lost moments of sighs when another final whistle goes and the trudge home begins. It’s then I wonder if the club is as heartbroken as I am when I lose.
I say that because I’ve just finished ‘Red on Red’ by journalists Phil McNulty (Red) and Jim White (Manc) about the Liverpool-United rivalry. There’s a painful chapter on the 1996 FA Cup final loss which had me raging.
I’d forgotten that the defeated Reds, who had just handed another double to them of all clubs, had a night out in the West End after the game. An insult to us all after that shocking display. Here we all our, cursing our luck and all slope-shouldered after blowing the biggest game of the season and they’re quaffing behind a VIP rope.
As Ian Broudie of the Lightning Seeds when asked about seeing that team in town in bars: “I don’t want to see them out. I want them home doing press-ups.”
True, they could have been crying into their beers rather than throwing shapes, but the cream suits earlier that day spoke of a loss of focus. I never quite bought into the ‘Spice Boys’ thing, but there are times when we’d all feel a bit better if they’d travelled home on the coach with a bag of chips and a can of Vimto.
You could hardly accuse this side of indifference to defeat. There’s not an ounce of complacency in that team, evidenced by the fact that we have an 18-year old lad playing centre mid now rather than much more experienced players. Wins and losses are poles apart. They celebrate and hurt just as much as we do.
So, if we’re buoyed and optimistic after the two games, we can only assume that the lads are too. We’ll need it too. The next game has already been advertised as ‘season defining.’
But aren’t they all? Crystal Palace next week is huge.
Madrid will be a test. Jürgen Klopp will probably say we’ve put the two finals behind us and will have no impact on the game, but this is where the players and fans differ. I want us to batter them home and away.
I hate Madrid. I hate everything about them. The t-shirts, the cockiness, the self-entitlement and their playacting gets on my nerves. I love a club with history and I respect achievements, but the truth is that their first five European Cup wins were practically friendlies. They had a five goal start.
I’m more of a Rayo Vallecano man. ¡Aúpa los fucking Bukaneros!
There are always going to be day ones and false dawns in this game, but the last week has wiped away a cobweb or two. I may even smile next week.
This is a start. We’ve needed one of those.
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NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, ENGLAND – Saturday, February 18, 2023: Liverpool’s manager Jürgen Klopp celebrates after the FA Premier League match between Newcastle United FC and Liverpool FC at St. James’ Park. Liverpool won 2-0. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Newcastle United v Liverpool in the Premier League at St. James’ Park…When Nick Pope lashes himself down and makes a divvy of himself, if I started this piece then, I would have said:Delightful that, Reds.I would have said:Better side, Reds. By far the better side.That was true. The sending off changed the game. If the keeper doesn’t do what he does Liverpool probably make it 3. They then make it 5. But the keeper does the mad thing and he is unlucky and wrong and it goes from there.Their goalkeeper is of course unlucky to get himself sent off. He didn’t make a wild challenge or start a fight. He made a rubbish error and no one will be more cross with him than himself. Pope is a good goalie and whilst it’s an absolutely correct sending off, there should be no bitterness. He will be furious, but he should write it off as the mad stuff that happens.Liverpool have been dealing with more than the mad stuff that happens. Liverpool have lacked confidence, direction, shape and purpose. Putting that right was never a five minute job. Beating Everton and their new survival of the fittest manager was a step – a big step – but we needed to make strides in one of the most challenging of environments.The opening twenty tonight doesn’t just see us keep a clean sheet. It sees us score two. And not two chancy goals out of nowhere. Our passing is fine and Núñez blasts his in on the tenth minute from a sterling Trent Alexander-Arnold assist. Núñez shakes his fists at the world as if to say, see, I told you I would do this. And then just seven minutes later, Cody Gakpo realises a Mo Salah moment of creativity and our new boys let joy be unconfined. Yes, reds. A clean sheet, again. Two goals, again.The better side. The better side.Then the red. Then the weirdness.Whilst Virgil Van Dijk’s return is so welcome, and he looks strong and confident, our defending in the second half leaves a fair bit to be desired. We see phases of the messy shape that has plagued Liverpool. Henderson is getting his head around managing a different set of players, and whilst Fabinho puts in a strong performance, Liverpool have space to grow into this new team. Old and young alike are still learning what and who to expect. Passing is much much better, but you wonder if everyone might have raised their game further had Newcastle’s full compliment of players remained on the pitch.Newcastle themselves do not give in. Saint-Maximin doesn’t let up and Allison is our most crucial player in the second half, arguably, arguably the 90.The most joyous player though is Trent Alexander-Arnold. He is amongst the finest footballers on the planet. He is the very best. And he is from by ours. You’ve never seen a smarter player in your whole life. He’s the best of us.But still, it is delightful to see a confident Liverpool. It is delightful to see smiles on faces. It is delightful to see new players score and finding out where they fit in. It is delightful to do the double over a strong Newcastle team.The manager has to look at them and see the chances to build on this. New look midfield and attacking line-ups are emerging and it is not bad at all tonight. There will be shaky moments, and tactically speaking, Liverpool have much work to do to be able to respond to games, as well as take our chances, but filling the confidence hole that was at the pit of our stomach was a good place to begin. Back to back wins in the league helps. Big challenge ahead on Tuesday. Keep going Reds.Delightful that regardless. A second half chat. A certainty Liverpool are alright.A delight. They aren’t perfect The Reds. But that is when I love them the most. They, you, and the travelling Reds will do for me.You feel alive? I hope so. You aren’t alone. However difficult you have found it, however hard it is, you aren’t alone.We’re alive, Liverpool. Who knew. It was a pleasure to see you.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Newcastle United v Liverpool in the Premier League at St. James’ Park…Alisson
9/10
Man of match.
Man of the match first half which is mad. Unbelievable save first five minutes. Game saving. What a pass to salah for the nose dive from their keeper the big stiff fucker. Ha ha ha. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen someone try to head it then try and trap it with their nose. What a fella / tree.
Great save second half when the reds where determined to concede.
Trent
9/10
Unreal performance frost half. Some of the balls. The one for Nunez goal is glorious. The interplay to get him space central was glorious. At his best on the ball today. Was at his best today Trent, almost unplayable.
Virgil
7/10
Good game to get one in the tank. Played well Virgil.
Joe
7/10
Not great today Joe. Weirdly exposed against ten men all day fucking long. Made some odd decisions but then got a clean sheet so fuck it.
Robbo
7/10
Was weirdly great and not quite at his best at the same time. Great tempo, why the fuck did he try and pass that one at the end the big whopper x
Baj
7/10
What a turn in the lead up to the second. Majestic. Again, played well when we were playing 11, not so much when it went to ten.
Fabinho
8/10
Probably Liverpool’s best midfielder weirdly given that he has spent the last 3 months looking like he had PTSD. Broke it up really well and managed his yellow great. A couple of great through balls.
Henderson
7/10
Surprised he started as he ran his very old legs off the other day. Stitched the fuckers back on today and gave it a go. Like two big legs of lamb. Great at 1-0, great interplay for the first goal. Like the reds not really in it against ten men.
Salah.
8/10
Lovely play and ball for the first interchanging to get space for Trent and then what a pass to the Gakpo for the second. Unlucky a few times when he was nearly in. Thought he was such a threat all game. Back to his best, unlucky not to score.
Nunez
8/10
What a fucking strike. Love the little half step he takes before fucking lashing it. Nearly bursts the bastarding net. Wild that he never got a foul when he hurt his shoulder and he give the free kick the other way. Soft manc twat. Hopefully something and nothing.
Gakpo.
7/10
Great goal. Lovely movement for the goal. Great finish. Weirdly not really in it aside from that.
Subs
Firmino
5/10
Wow. Come on megged someone and then? Systematically tried to fuck the reds at every step. Gave it away Willy fucking billy.
Milner.
7/10
The opposite of the above. Twatted everyone, won ball after ball. Pure sensible
Jota
7/10
Thought he was great when he came on, could have scored three. Great movement, good to get some minutes in his legs.
Elliot
6/10
Busy.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Newcastle United v Liverpool in the Premier League at St. James’ Park…FOOTBALL seasons can be really quite repetitive beasts.
There’s a funny spell that we still talk about within The Anfield Wrap whereby, during that incredible winning run in the first part of the 2019-20 season. Liverpool were winning so many games of football, and winning them in quite a similar fashion, that a lot of us found ourselves running out of superlatives.
You’d be surprised to hear that a room full of people going “these are so, so good at football,” over and over doesn’t always make for the best content.
Saying that, I’d take it any day over what we’ve had to experience this campaign. Because actually, going “this win will be the turning point” to be followed between two-seven days later by “that was the worst performance of the season,” is comfortably my least favourite kind of content.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the highs and lows of a good story as much as anybody. But being shown an escape out of a bad situation, only to have it snatched away to ensure a return to the bad situation is no way to live. Albert Einstein’s definitions and all that.
So here we are. Liverpool beat Everton 2-0 at Anfield and it is the win that should be the turning point. It could yet be another false dawn, but there was a slightly different feeling with this one — though, again, I’m certain I’ll have said that already this season.
There was just a different mood around the ground on Monday. A mood that matched the excitement of beating your rivals, doing so convincingly, and seeing the return of several key players from injury.
That excitement continued on Friday as Jürgen Klopp confirmed in his press conference that Virgil van Dijk is ready to return to the starting lineup against Newcastle United. I’m therefore expecting that will now happen, so I can only be let down from here.
He’ll return to a familiar setup in defence, and I expect it to be Joe Gomez who keeps his place alongside his Dutch bezzie. It wouldn’t surprise me greatly if Joel Matip was preferred on the right-hand side from a purely stylistic point of view, but he’s in far less consistent form than Gomez.
In midfield, I’m expecting the same three that helped The Reds beat Everton, though I wouldn’t be surprised if the manager found a way to try and stagger the minutes that each of them plays with Madrid on the horizon — whether changing one from the start, or pre-planning his substitutions to give at least two an early rest.
Upfront, I’d fully expect Cody Gakpo to be given the chance to pick up where he left off after his first goal in the derby, while it would seem harsh to drop either of Mo Salah and Darwin Nunez given how much they are enjoying playing together. That will leave mouthwatering options on the bench in the returning Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino.
So the hope has been restored momentarily. The expectation has been restored momentarily. We can only be let down from here.
Please, Liverpool. Just don’t leave us hanging again.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Bajcetic; Salah, Gakpo, Nunez
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Four years ago against a Sean Dyche team questions were being asked of Mo Salah’s role, but has it shifted throughout that time at Liverpool?SEAN Dyche has been witness to two very significant moments in Mohamed Salah’s career.
On 31 August 2019, Dyche was managing his identikit Burnley when Liverpool laid an early foundation to their incessant title charge with a 3-0 win.
The result was part of an evolution. Turf Moor was a place where Liverpool had learnt to win but hardship was never too far away.
The season before was a barnstorming 3-1 victory which swung on a 2-2 knife-edge only for Alisson Becker’s resplendent heroics in slick-backed-all-pink.
The “how to” guide to win a league title was being penned in Liverpool red. One of its key rules was not just to win at places like Burnley, but learn how to win well.
Two first-half goals in quick succession from a Chris Wood OG and Sadio Mane was added to by a Roberto Firmino with 10 to go.
Salah wasn’t on the scoresheet that day but was all over the headlines. Mane’s disliking of his teammates choices in final third positions boiling over when subbed late on. Firmino’s sheepish glance to a camera in the tunnel was a perfect epitome of how the whole thing should be viewed.
You’ll have worse problems than this, lads. You’ve never had it so bloody good.
The incident corroborated a narrative for some tabloids. Some needed inquest into how a player can score 71 goals in two seasons. Plenty wanted to look for a fault, a perception of selfishness in front of goal from Salah was found in small circles.
Salah was always more rounded than some gave credit. In that game he had three shots to Mane’s two and Firmino’s five. He had two key passes to Mane’s one. His xG assist (0.8 to 0.3) was higher.
In its most basic form, Salah’s passes to Mane were three times higher than the reverse combination that day. He was never the problem some polemicists tried to make out.
Jürgen Klopp, Salah and Mane eventually laughed the whole thing off. The sense of McCarthyism around Salah the team player lingered throughout this and the following season.
Only last season, around the time of his Watford hat-trick, he was undisputedly the greatest player in the world. His ability to score every kind of goal was being matched by increasingly becoming more of a provider.
His open play xG assisted was 0.30 in 2021-22, up from 0.17 in 2020-21 and 0.20 in 2019-20.
This season, Salah has yielded a more fatherly look to him. At times he has been too unselfish and sacrificial in both output and positioning.
Goals don’t define Salah as they perhaps once did, and Dyche on Monday witnessed a player seemingly more comfortable to take on a different mantle in this new-look Liverpool.
A big factor in this has been Darwin Nunez. Salah went out of his way to make a bold statement on Nunez in his post-match derby comments, claiming he was “sure this guy would score a lot of goals,” he said, before reiterating: “Once he starts scoring them, he will score a lot of goals.”
Salah also talked about the telepathy and stylistics between the two: “I train with Darwin, so I know his stride. I know how he likes to play. When we counter-attack, we just go.”
A piece by Caoimhe O’Neill in The Athletic today points out that Nunez and Salah are combining more productively than any other Premier League pairing, creating a chance every 52 minutes.
The pair found each other seven times on Monday night, one sumptuously for Salah’s counter-attacking opener.
Salah has shedded skin with Liverpool’s own transition. He looks more senior. Oddly, given the team’s woes, he at times cuts a more relaxed figure.
He’s no longer the player or person he was four years ago, but was he ever that different?
Sean Dyche can probably be as good a judge as any.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Everton 0 in the Premier League at Anfield…HA ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Imagine being them. We are in theory the shittest we have been since Hodgson, susceptible to all their strengths (strengths might be a stretch) and they get fucking legged everywhere.
Fucking hell.
Alisson: 7Did he have anything to actually fucking do, aside from watch that one expertly against the post in some sort of pre assist? Maybe he blew it. Like some kind of illegal weather balloon.
Trent: 8Not his best game for The Reds, gave it away a lot in the first 20-30 minutes or so, but that’s the best the right-hand side, as a trio have played all season. Time and again they just bypassed the Everton left-hand side half press.
Great ball for the second.
Gomez: 8Was possibly up there for man of the match. That said, he was marking the stiffest of big stiff plumbers upfront for them there, but he set the tempo for The Reds’ press and he can only play against what he is playing against.
Big Joel: 7Lost a point for the bit first half when we were all relaxed and enjoying ourselves when he completely, inexplicably missed the fucking ball for no fucking reason and then bollocked everyone for getting excited. Screamed: “FUCKING CALM DOWN FOR FUCK’S SAKE,” at everyone who was calm just before he missed the fucking ball.
Robbo: 9Gets all the points in the world for how much they hate him and how much he, frankly, hates them.
That bit where he laughed at that weird guy who plays in goal for them was good. Man of the match for that, really.
Fabinho: 8Best game in a long time. Probably helped by the higher work rate of everyone around him and having less ground to cover, but didn’t look like a parboiled crab which is a fucking start.
Henderson: 8Thought he was fantastic in that he set the tempo time and again. Wasn’t bypassed at all really, won his battles and led the press a lot.
Not sure how viable it is for him to do that twice in a week, he needs to be able to expend every fucking ounce. Not sure he has two in a week in him. That said, I’d take one a week at that level all day fucking long, 30 of them a season. Yes please, Jordan. We will work the rest out around you.
Linked up with Salah and Trent superbly all game.
Bajcetic: 9Fantastic. And getting better. Maybe this is god’s plan. The Reds play a year without a proper functional midfield and yer man pops his head up above the parapet and turns out to be better than fucking Alonso and Thiago chopped together. What a player. A star.
Worth the pain of this year? Not sure about that, but it’s said he moves in mysterious ways. Is right.
Mo Salah: 9Best game for god knows how long. The combinations between him, Henderson and Trent just kept getting us out of trouble, beating their press, and getting us on the attack.
Funny his goal because Pickford fucks off for the Echo without anybody selling him a dummy. He just fucking tried to man mark Gakpo’s head off.
Would have liked him to score some more because, well, mainly, it would have been dead fucking sound.
Gakpo: 9For the first time, tonight I see what the club seen when they bought him. Maybe that’s a bit harsh, maybe he has shown glimpses, but that’s the first time you can look at him and say, yes he looks like a Liverpool player.
A future Firmino? Yes of sorts. Dropping deep, getting it on the half turn, roasting his man and feeding the fast fucking wide forward ahead of him.
Fantastic. Made up he scored fucking made up.
Nunez: 8Great threat on the break. Was half convinced he would get sent off. And was almost a little disappointed he didn’t.
That said, what a run and ball for the first. Tremendous. On a plate, in that it was right in front of the goal, and their little weird keeper took the half chance and converted it into 100xG by fucking off on a fucking explore.
Like a hobbit, left the shire, fucking wandered into Mordor come back and his fucking house had been ransacked by goblins. Hahaha.
SUBSJota: 6Funny isn’t he, because you forget he looks like a scruff who has just smoked his weight in green, you forget that the ball bobbles off him and he gives it away now and again. You forget he flatters to deceive now and again until he has twatted two in and they are scratching their heads. Rusty tonight, will probably bang two on Saturday.
Bobby: 5Come on and we looked a bit worse, but I mean that probably was less to do with him and more to do with my nerves.
Elliott: 6Made some tackles and I could have carried him around town on my shoulders.
Keita: N/AMaybe unlucky not to start. But then that probably tells you all you need to know in terms of what the manager actually thinks about him and why we aren’t banging his door down to sign a new deal.
Milner: 5Was a clear step down from Jordan Henderson, but frankly was always going to be. Again, probably didn’t do much wrong, aside from make me nervous. More to do with me than anyone else.
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Everton 0 in the Premier League at Anfield…THIS is what winning feels like.
If you think this is about the Merseyside Derby you are going to be bitterly disappointed.
Winning isn’t pure. There isn’t some moment where they knock round to all of ours and tell us we won. That won’t be happening.
What will be happening is complete and utter vindication in black and white. What will be happening is the idea that your friends and mine saved lives and your friends and mine won arguments, won the right to speak, spoke better than anyone else, played the game, got their education from The Kop and got their 10,000 hours from things like The Anfield Wrap.
In the run up to the final, me and Gibbons did bits with Kaveh Solhekol. On the day Gibbons got him on stage at the fan park somehow and then later around the ground Solhekol told the story with his camera people. The fact is this – Solhekol had spent days seeing Liverpool supporters love it. Love and relish the moment. So going from that to this, it made no sense. It made no sense, Solhekol knew it and so many of his colleagues knew it because they’d got their education from supporters. He responded. So did Kay, Delaney, Draper and so many others.
So many people did so well on the day and in the immediacy. So many people resisted the UEFA message and have been proven correct to have done so.
I couldn’t be prouder of what counts for us. The obvious and correct name is Dan’s. I was on the bus with Austin coming out on the ferry, staggered and tired and he asked me to read what he had written and it was relentless and furious but informed and it offered a course, something to commit to, something to rise to.
Blundell did television in France, the first front opened and there he was relentless and accurate. Mr Phil.
There it was. We got back and I did Sky in the Cunard across a parade trying to pull my head together, doing the telly, being personable to charm, to be relatable, to depict humans who had been through a thing they shouldn’t. We had to win. Personable a pretence.
We got back and I saw Joanne Anderson and she said it was awful and she said it needed to be investigated.
Did Sky over and over. Did something extended with Hayley McQueen where she asked every good question and if I am honest I don’t really remember June but I suddenly remember that, remember McQueen giving me every chance. Max Rushden on TalkSport that you should never do giving me a big 15 and you know what I cut loose and Rushden let me go. The BBC over and over and over and god love them. I am cross I wrote for The Observer.
Austin went to France and won. Went to France in French and did brilliantly. Can you imagine? In your second language. He was sending me requests for evidence for his presentation and Smallwood helped me. Because everyone helped. Everyone helped each other. I saw Byrne and Barrett in the same afternoon and knew we needed help. Hogan was great and he’ll possibly never fully understand why but there he was, straight to camera.
Everyone helped. Everyone knew. I saw Kavanagh on the street and he said what needed to be heard in that moment and good Lord. I saw Rotheram on The Strand, he said we win this. I saw McGovern and she said everyone’s been spot on but there is a way to go. Steel yourself, she said. A way to go, she said. Trust the process she said and Christ I did not, but you can’t be right about everything can you.
Spirit of Shankly took a breath, listened and knew. They got it calmly and Blott represented everyone marvellously. We’re lucky to have the most mature supporters body in the country.
I saw Jacks. There’s an unwritten history of the last 20 years of English football, a secret history and there underneath it is Jacks. What a marvel she is.
This is what winning feels like. No one knocks round with flowers and a hug. No one offer you a garland. No one carries you aloft. And that’s sound. The fan park was awful for the match. People got tear gassed. No one knows. The enterprise was draining. No one knows. It fucking hurt, right? It hasn’t really stopped, right? No one knows.
We win together on this. I got to do it because of you. I got to do it because of you. I got to do it for you and that has been quite the responsibility but we were always in it together. Always in it together.
This is what winning feels like.
This is what winning feels like.
The first half passes with little fuss – Liverpool much the better side, Everton the relegation candidates – until suddenly Everton hit the post and about seven seconds later the ball is in the back of the Everton net and you have never known a better Liverpool goal.
You have never known the like. A whole new way to score against Everton, just when you think the genre is exhausted, just when you think there is no new way. We find one.
It is, as ever, important not to get carried away, but it could be the greatest goal in our history. Mo Salah’s goal is beautifully simple and poetic in its justice. Everton come within a hair’s breadth, smacking the woodwork only for the rebound to find its way ramping down the pitch. Darwin Nunez squares it to Salah who places the classic.
You can love goals, of course you can. And the goals tonight are ones that you will love. You will savour them. But you know what? Do not forget to savour that clean sheet. Do not forget to enjoy that big, fat, zero next to the name of Everton tonight.
We get to, say, 20 minutes into this and Liverpool have a clean sheet. No early goal. No heads are gone. No adrenaline panic. In itself, that feels like a win. It feels like Liverpool breaking the back of whatever voodoo nightmare we have been under, whereby we haven’t been able to keep the ball out of the net in the opening minutes. Savour it. Everton. No goals.
Liverpool. Two goals. Mohamed Salah. Cody Gakpo. The king and a possible heir apparent.
It is a joyful and triumphant return of the king. For the rest of the game, Mo Salah looks like a man renewed. He has pace and opportunity, and Everton cannot do what others have done and ground him with the overload.
Liverpool, having battled their way, go in for half time one ahead, and look to all the world like 11 refreshed, renewed humans who are suddenly enjoying life again. They look like a weight is being lifted.
Second half, the weight lifts further. It’s not just the experienced members of the side who are enjoying themselves, Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold finding space and pace, but Stefan Bajcetic is running round as if this game can only be played at a million miles an hour. Gakpo’s goal on the 46th rips everything to shreds. The game is Liverpool’s. This is what winning feels like.
Very aggressive hugs from the manager. Nowhere near as aggressive as mine will be all night.
Mine will be aggressive. Will make his look like strokes. Because this is what winning feels like. This is how we won. This is why I am proud. And then Liverpool did the decent thing.
Liverpool did the decent thing.
And this is what winning feels like.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Liverpool v Everton in the Premier League at Anfield, a Merseyside derby with a simple cause…JUST beat them.
Ordinarily I’d bang on about the uniqueness of the fixture, of divided households (mine included) and how both league form and position don’t mean a thing when it comes to this match, but the uppermost thing in my mind is just the absolute necessity of three points.
It’s funny how these things go. A few weeks ago we’d beaten Aston Villa and Leicester — or rather, managed to get past them somehow — while The Blues were diving head first to the foot of the table led by their media darling manager. Our morale is still very shaky but it was streets ahead of what they were going through.
Then they win their first game under Dyche and we look like a sad apology of a team. Once again, the playing field is level.
A win for them tonight and they’re talking about the new regime which will inevitably lead them to the Europa League places by April and put us in… No, I can’t even entertain the idea.
Just beat them.
In some ways this is the perfect fixture for us. You don’t want to be in a run like ours and then face Woking in the FA Cup sixth round. You don’t want to tweak the nipples of fate. You want a game that you can win and make a statement to the world.
In this case, the reminder that we’re still Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool and we’ve got the stomach to put all this nonsense behind us and turn everything around. The first in a 47 match-winning run and against the oldest of enemies. That sort of thing.
The team? God knows these days. It sounds like Diogo Jota is in contention for a place. I’d start him but I’d have started him when he was injured too, so there’s little insight to be had there.
Elsewhere, there’s talk of Nat Philips coming in to deal with their aerial threat but it could be either of Joel Matip or Joe Gomez to be dropped if it comes down to form. Both have struggled. Well, pretty much all of them have struggled, really.
If Diogo is fit it might see Harvey Elliott dropping back to midfield with Naby Keita missing out. That’s not a judgement on his contract or anything. Just that Harvey has scored a couple of late and I’m clutching at any straw these days.
He’ll probably go with Cody Gakpo, though. I can live with that (relief for us all there, I’m sure) if he plays him on the left with Darwin Nunez going through the middle. Nailed on yellow card, Darwin, by the way. Nailed on.
The problem with picking this side is that Jürgen likes to throw in a curveball for derbies just to keep everyone on their toes. I remember standing outside Anfield in December 2019 swearing blind that the inclusion of Divock Origi, Xherdan Shaqiri and Adam Lallana was the work of a madman.
Three hours later, my mate Si told me that the league was over and we’d won it. In December. It felt like he had a point. (Mind you, he’s currently trying to get a song going for Cody based on Sinitta’s song ‘So Macho,’ so there’s that.)
Those days seem such a long time ago. This is a new, much different Liverpool with a very different target. Turn it around, Liverpool. Make a start. This is harder now. Much harder.
Just beat them. Just do that.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Phillips, Matip, Robertson; Henderson, Thiago, Elliott; Jota, Nunez, Salah
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Reminder we’re calling a Flag Day on Monday. It would be good to see flags and scarves all over the ground. Stalls outside will be selling flags, and anyone on The Kop who doesn’t have their own can wave one of ours.
Let’s get behind them and make the ground the best it can be.
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Watching Faye Dunaway and Jack Nicholson spellbindingly torment each other in the ageing classic Chinatown last Sunday offered me some light relief after the disastrous turnout at Molineux the day before.
Nicholson’s line would stay with me given the news that broke on Monday.
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Manchester City are not completely innocent whatever the verdict, despite their seemingly perpetual state of surprise that an investigation which accuses them of wrongdoing using detailed evidence does just that.
There’s loads to like about what City have done on the pitch, but it’s always tainted by the how and its wider impact on football.
I can stand in my glass house with Standard Chartered markings and say this because we’re all ultimately made to look like bellends by the enterprise.
But you can admire the football and hate the ethics. You can see that Pep Guardiola, even at his most pantomime Anfield irrational worst is still perhaps a man of integrity.
And then you’re reminded of the selfie he and his staff took with Sky Sports News on in the background the moment City’s Champions League ban was overturned. A day when nobody won resembled a trophy celebration with ear-to-ear rejoicing and you’re reminded that they’re all bellends. We’re all bellends.
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We would be right not to expect any major reverberations from Monday’s report, not because we’ve all seen this movie and scene when a dozen lawyers enter the courtroom before, but because football and its governing bodies have indeed created this monster from within.
In focusing on controlling certain aspects such as TV revenues, it relaxed on agent and third-party influence, commercial diddles and supporter, community-led voices.
It’s why the Super League of 2021 was allowed to announce itself in the public domain right under the noses of its parents.
It’s also why John W. Henry, among others, thought that having more control over television rights and giving everyone Liverpool versus Real Madrid every season was what made logical, next-step sense to everyone in the footballing world.
The Premier League is now an island economy. It exists and manoeuvres itself completely different to Serie A or La Liga, two bodies which over previous decades have matched or bettered England’s appeal which now resemble graveyards.
The issue that the City report now creates is not what you do about the past, but how you even attempt to buck the current trend for the future.
If regulation is key, then this goes far beyond ensuring that City behave and Newcastle United don’t mimic them.
This is about the next Glazers or Tom Hicks and George Gillett, it’s about parachute payments, it’s about seeing the next Todd Boehly trick before he’s pulled it.
Most importantly, it’s about changing how we view the game. Liverpool supporters are no different to anyone else. They equate the best chance of success to who spends the most.
If the demand for transfers matches the demand to watch the product, then club’s will always strive to supply in the most flamboyant way possible – mostly by trying to outspend others.
We need to move away from this being the aspiration. In no walk of life should we demand anyone spends £100 million pounds for a footballer. Or that a footballer is given half a million pounds per week to play the game.
It’s the biggest form of bellendery about and we’re all displaying it. The buck stops nowhere right now, but at some point something has to start somewhere.
Maybe at a ground level we could all stop seeing circumvention and greed as the aspiration and treat it more as the problem.
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Diogo Jota has return to full training and his timely return could come at a crucial time for Liverpool to turn their season around…POOR performances, tactical tweaks and immense frustrations. It has been a season of things.
There are circumstances associated with this season that any team would struggle with, but Liverpool have too often been their own worst enemy; they have too often harmed themselves. Not long ago they were beating teams for fun, but now they’ve let themselves become the easiest side in the league to play against. Just how did we get here?
Part of the responsibility lies with the players, who are feeling the effects of last season. Part of it lies with the owners, whose refusal to invest in an ageing squad is taking its natural toll. Part of it is down to the manager himself. Injuries to key players have undoubtedly forced Jürgen Klopp’s hand, but any interim solutions or tactical tweaks have so far failed to bear fruit.
That’s been particularly pertinent in the case of Diogo Jota, with The Reds missing attributes typically synonymous with the Portuguese international.
Since arriving in the summer of 2020, Jota has established himself as one of the club’s best forwards due to his unique and widespread skillset. He can pick a pass, he knows when to make a run and is ruthless in the air despite his relative height.
He is every bit a Liverpool forward; a clever footballer with great awareness whose work in and out of possession make him an integral part of the system. Therefore, it’s of little wonder that Liverpool have struggled since he sustained a calf problem in the 1-0 win over Manchester City back in October.
A core factor in our quadruple run last year was the ability to peg the opposition back, pressing high up the pitch and forcing mistakes. Jota was right at the heart of that, scoring 21 times — 14 of which were the first goal in a game — and bridging that gap is an issue Klopp is so far yet to solve.
A constant nuisance to play against, Liverpool are an entirely different prospect with him than without. In this season of things, his absence is arguably the biggest one.
He can run at defenders, dragging the opposition out of position and disrupting the backline, and it is the increased sense of unpredictability he provides that benefits all his fellow forwards.
Mo Salah in particular has suffered this season, bereft of space and often double teamed, but having been involved in full training this week ahead of the Merseyside Derby, Jota’s impending return should help alleviate those issues, giving the opposition another headache to contend with.
For all the talk of midfield reinforcements and defensive numbers, the energy and intensity — or lack thereof — has been just as glaring. Where pressing once defined the nature of this side, it is now an increasing rarity, but the hope will be that Jota’s return provides a renewed sense of purpose to the side.
He will need time to get back to his best, of course, but he is a player who has so often come up trumps for Liverpool when they’ve needed it most. It isn’t the easiest of times but in Jota, there is a sense that the clouds may soon lift or, at the very least, the rain may fall a little lighter. That there is hope Virgil van Dijk and Luis Diaz will soon follow suit is even better.
None of them should be rushed, but all of a sudden the squad is starting to look a little healthier ahead of a critical month. Cautious optimism or blind faith? I’ll let you decide.
For now, all eyes on Monday. It’s the big one.
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Despite Liverpool having such a poor season by their standards, Stefan Bajcetic has become The Reds shining light among the darkness…YOU get a funny look if you start trying to pick out positives in the midst of a run of form that seems to have very few.
I’m not in the habit of doing that, and on the main show yesterday we talked at length about the micro and macro problems going on at the club. You can listen to that if you want the realism, but for the remainder of this column I’ll accept the funny looks.
That’s because I want to talk about Stefan Bajcetic — and I’ll get the negatives out of the way first. Of course it is not ideal that an 18-year-old midfielder who hadn’t started a Premier League game before the turn of the year has now arguably become one of the first names on the team sheet.
His emergence is a consequence of an underperforming team and a significant downturn in form of key personnel in the midfield. It is, though, what I hope we can look back on when we are through all of this (because we will get through all of this) and be thankful for.
Having joined the club at 16, Bajcetic quickly slotted into both the under-18 and under-23 sides as a centre back, before transitioning and thriving in his new role as a defensive midfielder owing to his two-footed ability.
Despite featuring regularly in Liverpool’s pre-season games, not many will have expected him to play a big role this season. After all, he only turned 18 in October and his physicality was (and is) in need of development to succeed against the top teams.
Desperate times, though, called for trying something different. With Fabinho struggling to find his form for much of this season and in the wake of a 3-0 defeat to Brighton, a new lease of life was necessary — Bajcetic was exactly that.
An impressive performance in a rare win against Wolves in the FA Cup earned him a starting spot in a big match against Chelsea. Things were far from perfect, but my god did it make a difference having legs in midfield. It was his positional awareness in particular that impressed, making Liverpool’s midfield less porous and susceptible to counter attacks.
With four starts across all competitions on the bounce, he has been arguably the team’s only consistent performer. That can’t be overstated for a young player coming into a team that is lacking confidence and finding it incredibly difficult at both ends of the park.
Yet he remains unflustered and able to play seemingly free of pressure. It is perhaps more impressive than his playing ability that he mentally is able to get himself in the right headspace when the leaders he should be looking to aren’t on the pitch. With no James Milner, Jordan Henderson or Virgil van Dijk currently in the starting lineup, there are fewer senior figures to rally round and lead him.
If anything, he is the one inviting those around him to raise his game. The manager singled him out as the one who looked ‘full of confidence’ against Wolves. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that a player who didn’t go through the highs and lows of last season is playing like he has no burdens or baggage.
You could argue he is made to look better by the poor performances of others, but he is doing what not many seem capable of at the moment: executing the basics and executing them well. He has pace, recovers the ball well and is a clever tackler. In a one-on-one at the moment, I’d like him to be the player involved.
There are, of course, areas of improvement. Decision making in key moments, the occasional moment of sloppiness and giving the ball away, but these will undoubtedly come with time and as he becomes a more regular fixture in the team.
Those who regularly attend academy matches have said that we’re not even seeing the best of Bajcetic yet. There is so much more to come, and I for one think that is exciting. At the moment, though, he has hunger and the ability to disrupt and we need that in bucketloads.
When the present doesn’t feel so great, it’s nice to remember the future is bright. One day, when we’re talking about how much we hated this season, we might just mention his name as the shining light.
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Jürgen Klopp is the man who has to front up to all of Liverpool’s problems at the moment, but he can’t be left to walk alone by the club…I DON’T know.
Where are you with all this?
Usually, my default position on Liverpool being dreadful is one of anger, but that doesn’t seem right at the moment. Tonight (Saturday) I just feel doused in melancholia and exhausted with every ‘hot take’ as to why things have gone so, so wrong. I suspect the team feel the same.
There’s a scene in Father Ted’s remake of the film ‘Speed’ where the local priests try to save Father Dougal from being blown up in his milk float. Short of any practical ideas they perform a mass while driving alongside him. Obviously, it doesn’t work but, when they’re looking at other options, one of them meekly asks: “Is there anything to be said for saying another mass?”
Wolves felt like we’ve asked a similar question far too often. Rinse and repeat? You just get rinsed.
I try not to get too angry at the players or manager. They’ve given so much that it seems churlish to shout, but all the same. Is there a plan to any of this? Is there a fix-all as to why we’ve fallen off a cliff? The intensity has gone completely, the guile now non-existent.
What’s more, they look scared. Liverpool just look scared. Saturday was horrific. If you go a goal down in the first five minutes a good solution is to do all you can to get back into it. Liverpool have somehow forgotten how to do that and that shouldn’t be. Everyone, support included, seems shellshocked.
I do try not to get angry but that’s not always possible. I was hardly zen after Leeds and Nottingham Forest. Like Marsellus Wallace, I was pretty fucking far from OK, but Saturday just numbed the senses further.
And there’s no obvious fix. We don’t have a deus ex machina such as the return of a talisman, we don’t have an owner capable of looking at an injury/age situation and bring in players in the way Manchester United did with Christian Eriksen’s injury. We don’t have much now that it’s February. The manager can only work with what he’s got and that’s not much — hamstrung by an absentee landlord.
But what can he do? Ordinarily you’d look at the formation and try something new. Changes can give you a fillip, no matter how brief, before that too is found out.
In December 2014, Brendan Rodgers dropped his standard 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 diamond setup and took on an unfamiliar 3-4-3 after Basel had used that formation to beat us two months earlier. And, for a while, it worked. Liverpool lost just two games in the following 23. Then they lost four in the next seven. Other managers had worked the system out.
As mentioned on The Big Question show last week, Jürgen Klopp has slowly been weaning his Reds off the 4-3-3 diet and moving things around a bit. A higher Thiago here, two deeper holding midfielders there, but nothing has worked yet.
As highlighted in Mel Reddy’s article, the problems seem to lie deeper. Key staff leaving without being replaced. The whole place seems in turmoil, particularly with the supposed buyout, be it complete or partial.
And it’s the owners who should be coming out to explain this.
If you collaborate with a man who has brought your club every single honour (we’ll win the Europa League next season), you don’t leave him alone and hope he can do the same again without further help. Furthermore, they can’t just write off a season just because it’s got a bit hard now.
The quest for success should never end. We’re greedy fans. We wanted a title and then we wanted a legacy and you can’t build one of those by letting your squad age and hoping things just go your way.
The lack of transfer activity, Cody Gakpo aside, just spoke of giving up, of putting things to one side for a bit. You can’t do that in this league and you can’t do that with this support, not without significant collateral damage. You can’t have a rest here.
I just wonder what they make of this in Boston. Do they have any concept of the sheer miracle that man and his squads have performed over the years? Do they think anyone can do that? I don’t know.
Meanwhile, we’re all in limbo. Sat around waiting for improvement.
My only worry is that Jürgen gets bored with all the back-biting, the diffuse fanbase, the criticism and the expectation and heads back to the beach.
He’s under fire at the moment as would every other Liverpool manager be in this position, but he deserves our unwavering support. You can still frown and sing his name. They’re not mutually exclusive. Anyone who thinks there’s a better option elsewhere needs their head testing.
Maybe it’s a good thing that it’s the derby next. Maybe it’s good that they beat Arsenal as the New Manager Bounce () card has been played. A hard-fought 1-0 Liverpool win would make everything seem just a little bit better. I’d settle for that at the moment. Just something to build on. Just a clean sheet would be a start. Even just a first 10 minutes clean sheet is progress.
No, this has made me more sad than furious. I was angry with Ruddock, with Markovic, with Balotelli etc, because they were not good enough to wear the shirt. You can’t level that against this squad as there are too many trophies and medals, too much credit in the bank. I’ve seen far worse than this and it’s important not to be spoilt.
My biggest worry is this is more of an overhaul rather than fine tuning. That could take a while and it’s harder when the people with the money seem to have giving up any interest. A nice new stand is one thing, but it needs a proper, refreshed and exciting team in front of it.
We go on. Despite it all we go on. Through a storm.
Sing.
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David Segar’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Wolves 3 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at Molineux…THE alarm clock ticks over to 6am… “Then put your little hand in mine…”
Not that long ago, Liverpool were beating teams based almost entirely on their aura of invincibility. These days, they feel like they start games 2-0 down due to their aura of complete and utter vincibility.
So as not to have to force us to use our imaginations, they decided to actually go 2-0 down early on today. Cheers lads.
Everton’s win against Arsenal put Wolves in the relegation zone before kick off, and yet Julen Lopetegui’s men played like they fancied their chances of catching Arsenal let alone The Blues.
Liverpool played like they would rather be doing anything else. Same, to be honest.
Here’s some ratings for some reason.
Alisson: 7Seems mad in a game in which he conceded three to give him that much but he made four saves, had little chance of saving any of the goals and did about as much as could be expected playing behind a backline that had little to no interest in helping him out. Really wanted him to go on a run in the 88th minute when he threatened to do so.
Trent Alexander-Arnold: 5Whatever people think of his defending, his world-class ability to kick a ball wherever he wants seems to have disappeared as well. Every shot is over the bar before he’s even hit it, while even his crossing is currently mostly without pace, aim or purpose. Did improve his passing in the second half, to be fair, and produced a brilliant ball for Nunez for his one-v-one.
Joel Matip: 4Unlucky for the deflection for Wolves’ first but inexplicable that he allowed Hwang to have it in the first place. Almost gifts them a third when he lets Nunes get in on goal. Looks an absolute shadow of himself when not playing next to Van Dijk, who cannot come back soon enough.
Joe Gomez: 3Not to be outdone by Joel on the stupid errors stakes, handed Wolves their second by heading the ball away from his own goalkeeper and straight to the nearest opposition player. His sloppy ball to Bajcetic set up the counter for the third as well. Can probably count the number of good games he’s had at centre back this season on one finger.
Andy Robertson: 5Determined words start to become empty really quickly when you don’t back them up with performances. Like Trent, seemed to improve in the second half but spent the first half passing to Wolves players, and his habit of hitting every single cross into the player trying to block the cross probably isn’t going to work any time soon.
Stefan Bajcetic: 7It was becoming difficult to tell if he was actually playing well or just looked like he was next to his steaming pile of teammates. No doubts today, was probably Liverpool’s best player. Won the ball, kept it well and found red shirts regularly. It’ll never catch on.
Thiago: 6.5A difficult performance to judge, had good and bad moments on the ball and arguably should have tracked Neves for the third, but was one of two players who seemed determined to turn the tide. He won possession twice as many times as any other Liverpool player, though also seemed determined to foul every Wolves lad.
On a separate note, it’s mad that Paul Tierney has refereed every single Liverpool game since Klopp called him a tit at Spurs last season.
Naby Keita: 5Endeavour was fine, and seemed to be available all the time (ironically) but his decision-making was way off. Was far too easily forced off the ball by every Wolves player who tried. As for his finishing…
Mo Salah: 5Seemed to be more determined to come centrally, only to run into a gaggle of defenders every single time. Like Trent, also seems to have lost his eye for shooting, which is a bit of an issue given it is by far and away his most important asset. Should have been calmer when under pressure from Lemina but snatched at his shot instead of letting it roll across him, which sums up just about everything right now.
Cody Gakpo: 5Was initially relieved to see him on the left but the Dutchman, again, just could not get into it. Looks like he has absolutely no idea how to play with Nunez and Salah yet. Did a fair bit with Robbo second half, but his hopeful crosses into the box looked very easy to defend.
Darwin Nunez: 5.5It felt like one of those days where it was more the fault of his teammates that he couldn’t get into it. Did well for the first-half effort that Sa pushed away, but really should have put the one in the second half away. My kingdom for one single player who doesn’t turn into custard in front of either goal. Even Craig Dawson produced a finish our best players could only dream of right now.
SUBSJordan Henderson: 5Didn’t really notice him to be honest, though not helped by the game being extinguished shortly after his arrival. Won the ball back five times though, only one fewer than any other Liverpool player apart from Thiago.
Harvey Elliott: 5Game was gone by the time he arrived. Showed some nice touches and could consider himself unlucky not to start considering his recent performances, especially the one on this very ground a couple of weeks ago.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: N/APart of a trio of late subs I can only assume was the manager getting back at the owners’ apathetic January by adding some needless appearance bonuses. Had a shot.
James Milner: N/AAs above, but didn’t have a shot.
Kostas Tsimikas: N/AAs above, but took a corner I think.
Still, it put Everton back in the relegation zone. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to have a little cry about something else.
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Josh Sexton’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Wolves 3 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at Molineux…DEFEATED.
Feeling defeated isn’t an emotion that you simply feel after every single defeat. Some defeats you can take positives from, especially if there still feels like there is something to be optimistic about in the future.
I’ll admit I did once feel optimistic about this season. I had natural reservations because Liverpool had failed to strengthen in the summer transfer market, and I had an underlying concern about the impact coming so close last season would have, though the parade — I felt — had gone some way towards healing those wounds.
However, I cannot say for a second that I foresaw just how low things would feel on days like today.
Because today I feel defeated. I’m struggling to take positives and there isn’t much I feel like I can be optimistic about in the near future — and I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling that way. Tomorrow might be a different story. By then I might have experienced another wave of rationality and used that to build back some optimism.
Just not today, sorry.
Today my overriding rational thought is that we might honestly be better served finishing outside the qualification spots for the Europa and Conference Leagues, so that we can use a lighter load next season as a chance to get our legs back under us.
The manager has tried his level best to provide the platform to get our legs back under us. When it felt as though he was too wedded to his usual 4-3-3, he changed it. When that proved fruitless, he changed back. Both moves saw marginal, yet ultimately unsustained success.
Since then he has tried to simplify the tactics and the message further, at least on the face of it. He’s tried to find and express reasons for optimism within games where the result hasn’t provided a natural platform for positivity. He even followed up our worst result of the season by playing a much-changed side in the cup, which got us a now-rare win.
Today, though, may just be our new worst result of the season, and it’s hard to see how many more changes we can make before we end up just playing the kids in the Merseyside derby — which, even with the evidence of one particularly enjoyable FA Cup tie, feels a bridge too far right now.
So what does the manager do from here, having tried his best to simplify things for his team?
At half time today, I felt as though we were missing that bit of fight. He’d gone with the team that, for the most part, had overseen incremental tactical improvements, but they lacked any real fight. So it felt like the next move was to bring back in the lads who would put up some fight.
Perhaps that is still the next step. After all, it is the one thing that Sean Dyche will be coaching into his team before they visit Anfield next week. They certainly showed some earlier today.
But I’m done thinking about today for now. I’m done feeling defeated and trying to figure out how to bounce back from the lowest ebbs.
I just want something to cling onto, Liverpool. You’ve given us so, so much these past few years. Now I’m just asking for the bare minimum. Fight.
See yous next Monday, then. I sincerely fucking hope you bring it.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Wolves v Liverpool in the Premier League at Molineux, as a crucial month lies ahead for The Reds…HERE we go again, then.
I’ll admit I don’t particularly look forward to the footy at the moment.
There are times when you just have to admit it’s a season of transition and Liverpool are currently enduring theirs. Ninth in the league and out of the FA and Carabao Cup, the chances of getting some sort of salvation are running thin.
The focus now will be ensuring Champions League football for next season. It’s a challenge that leaves little room for manoeuvre with Newcastle, Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea all strengthening, but one the manager has proven in the past he can solve.
He will no doubt have taken positives from the performance against Brighton despite the result. Indeed, for 75 minutes, Liverpool felt more coherent. They maintained more of a shape than we’ve seen all season and they were largely sensible. Whether that says more about the performance itself or the bar that’s been set shall be left entirely to your interpretation, but it was an improvement and at this point any small wins will do.
Liverpool will know they have work to do, but a few positive results can change the mood quickly. Wolves would seem the perfect fixture to kickstart that run, having struggled themselves this season. They are a team desperately lacking in creativity and cutting edge and the hope will be that our patched-up defence can muddle through.
Ibrahima Konate’s recent injury leaves options thin on the ground, meaning Joel Matip will likely partner Joe Gomez. Trent-Alexander Arnold and Andy Robertson complete the back four, with the former hoping to see out the 90 minutes after being subbed last week.
Onto the midfield, then. Everyone’s favourite topic. In an ideal world Liverpool would’ve brought in new blood in January to provide a lift like Luis Diaz did last season, but for whatever reason or circumstance we’ve decided to stick, leaving Jürgen Klopp and his staff to find solutions from within.
That means keeping faith in young Stefan Bajcetic, who has been a breath of fresh air in midfield as Fabinho continues his slump. The Reds have looked their most assured when the 18-year-old has acted as anchor, giving Thiago Alcantara and Naby Keita more freedom to influence proceedings.
It’s far from perfect, but in them Liverpool have a midfield that has legs, they work together as a unit and there are remnants of a press. Keeping a consistent three and establishing some rhythm will be key with some big games ahead.
In attack, it feels as though changes are needed. For all the work put in to try and solve the ongoing defensive and midfield riddle, the front three continues to misfire.
Cody Gakpo hasn’t had the ideal start to life at Liverpool but for whatever reason has yet to be played in his most natural position while Mohamed Salah has been crowded out. Shifting the Dutchman out to the left and playing Darwin Nunez through the middle would appear an obvious solution, providing a focal point upfront.
It’s harsh on Harvey Elliott, who has been a rare bright spark in recent weeks, but the 19-year-old can make a difference from the bench if required.
That 11 should have more than enough to get past Wolves and hopefully kickstart our campaign with Diogo Jota, Virgil van Dijk and Roberto Firmino all soon to return.
Five matches in February. Five chances to begin righting the wrongs.
Wolves up first. Only three points will do.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Matip, Gomez, Robertson; Bajcetic, Keita, Thiago; Salah, Gakpo, Nunez
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Thiago Alcantara was meant to be the cherry on top of Liverpool’s cake when he signed, but instead he’s proving to be a man for all seasons…HAVE Liverpool ever operated a transfer window from a position of strength?
In the midst of madness, I keep thinking about the summer of 2020. A team and manager curtailed by a global pandemic yet operating at the absolute peak of their powers.
They’d won the Premier League at a canter. A European Cup had come the summer before. We’ve all seen the movie. That summer, they lose Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren, and sign Thiago Alcantara and Diogo Jota.
It’s easy to forget the turmoil caused by Thiago’s transfer. A true summer saga for the ages. Weeks of stories proclaiming disinterest, an outcry about why Liverpool don’t recruit players of such calibre as the Spaniard.
And then, bang. There he is, resplendent in red. Done out of nowhere with the air of competence we’d come to expect. Thiago Thursday; how are we indeed.
Wayne Rooney said at the time Liverpool signing Thiago was more impactful than Manchester City potentially signing Lionel Messi. He’d conceded the league before a ball was kicked.
When they were at the absolute top they added one of Europe’s best, and also added a data-driven forward who was hiding in plain sight at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
We should have gone one more, maybe even two, but what they did worked.
Right now, Liverpool are pining for Jota’s return in a manner akin to 2014-15 Daniel Sturridge. Thiago, meanwhile, has been the club’s outstanding performer, less due to panache and razzmatazz and more that he’s got in the trenches of this turgid start to the campaign.
He leads Liverpool’s tackle and interception rate this season (79). He’s the only midfielder to remain ever-present despite the constant rotation in search of a solution. He’s operated at number six, eight and 10 all since the return from the World Cup.
Last season, Thiago played at times next to Fabinho in a midfield two. He was arguably most at home in a midfield where the load was shared and in a team which controlled narratives. We saw graft but also incredible beauty. It looked like it all made sense.
Thiago remains far away from what many expected two years ago. He was a garnish, a signature on an already complete team.
We’ve seen the sublime, but as he said himself after last season’s FA Cup final, Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool taught him how to run. For every Porto home strike there’s been endless shuttles, tackles and interceptions.
The arguments around the functionality of Liverpool’s midfield will themselves run and run. While there are opportunities for talented players to display their abilities, they will invariably have to graft.
Regardless of Liverpool’s transition with personnel and style, this principle will continue to apply. It will apply to Jude Bellingham, Matheus Nunes or whoever comes in.
Thiago should be one who sticks around beyond this summer when he will enter the final year of his deal. What happens after that remains unknown.
If he moves on, maybe then he can have the conversation around what he expected and what transpired.
Not that his attitude and application will ever be questioned. He is currently Liverpool’s outstanding player and at a time when everything is anything but easy.
If we’re searching for positives, Thiago can be held up as one who has surprised many in a way they didn’t want to be surprised.
Given that we’ve watched players in Liverpool’s history disappear when it’s time to front the struggle — including a Liverpool captain from the 1990s once subbed himself off because he didn’t fancy it at Old Trafford — this shouldn’t be taken for granted.
The hope remains that success will reappear soon. If it does, we’ll undoubtedly see the Thiago who is an aesthetically joyous sight to behold.
Until then, we can be in no doubt that he is up for every challenge.
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As the search for an answer to Liverpool’s poor run of form goes on, Jürgen Klopp continues to show a willingness to experiment with his team…DEADLINE day, then.
Let’s face it, there’s been more exciting ones in the life of a Liverpool fan. Remember Fernando Torres out, Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez in? That was fun, wasn’t it?
Alas, Jürgen Klopp swiftly shut the door on any potential last-minute moves for a midfielder, and it was confirmed that the search for answers will not be taken externally. So, once again we’re left to look internally for solutions.
Looking internally has been the theme of the season, but it’s not been an easy task considering the injury list that seems to get longer with every passing week.
As I write, it has been confirmed that Ibrahima Konate is out for a few weeks with a hamstring problem. The sighs in the office were palpable. That’s the defence and attack both decimated by injuries, and a midfield of players out of form.
Whether it’s the players and staff at the training ground, our contributors in the studio, or the millions of fans watching the games across the world, we’re all desperately looking for answers. So, what next?
Flashbacks of the 2020-21 season are at the forefront of the mind, and lessons about dragging players out of position to fill a void were most definitely learnt. That kind of experimentation won’t be relied upon this season, but instead tweaks in personnel and seeing what sticks seems to be the manager’s way forward.
This is particularly true in the midfield, where the form of previously reliable players has taken a downturn.
The decision to start 18-year-old Stefan Bajcetic in favour of Fabinho in recent games is testament to that, and is a decision that has been vindicated. Being thrown into a team out of form and not able to pull together a result is difficult, but the aggression and fight that Bajcetic has shown has been a small shining light.
With the captain Jordan Henderson being dropped to the bench and Trent Alexander-Arnold being dragged off against Brighton on Sunday, it is clear the manager is trying to send a message that no one’s position is safe or guaranteed. Naby Keita has been the midfielder of choice alongside Thiago Alcantara in an attempt to provide mental as much as physical freshness.
Alongside a shift in personnel in the middle of the park, experimentation with formation goes on. Sunday saw a 4-2-3-1 (image below), with Cody Gakpo leading the forward line, Keita dropping further back alongside Bajcetic and Thiago playing closer towards the forward line to feed the ball in.
This was coupled with a change in tactical approach: the first line of the press sat off. If you think back to our 1-0 win against Manchester City in October, it was sitting off the press that allowed us to be quicker on the counter and less susceptible to the opposition’s fast, possession style of football.
We went on to revert to trying to play a high press in subsequent games, with the image below showing the high intensity of the press in the opposition’s half.
At the weekend, the wide players in particular were encouraged to be more selective and clever about when to go and when to hold back, resulting in less gaps to play through when Brighton tried to break quickly.
It’s difficult to pick out positives when results are still poor, but this changed midfield and tweaked formation was more compact and difficult to play through, evidenced by the fact that they haven’t conceded from open play in three games. Defending set pieces is still clearly an area that needs to be addressed, though.
In the forward line, it’s been the decision to draw on the versatility of the players Klopp has available that has provided mixed results.
With many of the attacking players’ best position being on the left, it’s interesting that Harvey Elliott has been played on that side more than once. While the link-up play between Gakpo and Mo Salah has improved, playing Gakpo as a standalone striker doesn’t seem to have unlocked his potential just yet.
Whether this comes down to the novelty of playing together or whether it’s just not quite right will remain to be seen, but I’d like to see Darwin Nunez get his spot back for a few games with Gakpo on the left of him.
A lack of confidence, belief and perhaps even trust in each other is clearly having a tangible impact on performances, and there is a danger of too much experimentation and change becoming unsettling.
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After Liverpool’s second loss to Brighton in as many weeks, even with a new-look team, how much has this squad fallen between two stools?WELL, there it is. God knows, frankly.
There’s good Liverpool and there’s bad Liverpool, but there’s nothing more frustrating than confusing Liverpool.
The whole young midfield versus old midfield thing, creative full backs who can’t create anymore and a forward line you’ll never see again if everyone else is available. Some good, some bad but all a bit confusing. You can’t win. What you win in chips, you lose in beans.
It looks like Jürgen Klopp is just trying to find order in the chaos these days — a bit like the rest of us. Another, any, formula designed to just stop the rot for a bit and give us something to hold onto. Just a cornerstone to work around.
Maybe, he needs one glorious find. The moment where Gerard Houllier finally realised that Steven Gerrard might not be a right back after all. Maybe it’s Cody Gakpo on the left and Darwin Nunez down the middle, I don’t know. Trouble is, you don’t get many of those moments of inspiration. Mostly you just get more questions.
Take yesterday. The starting midfield has legs. I get it. It can get around but it’s porous when Brighton play between the lines. And they like to play between the lines a lot. So, you swap them for the tried and tested in the second half and we up the aggression and look a bit more solid, but subsequently lose the legs we wanted in the first place. You sort of need both but somehow get neither.
And though the midfield always gets the criticism, it’s not just where the issues lie.
We have got a new forward holding the line but he’s better driving from deeper really, and our maniac on the left can only play crosses from there and should be in the middle, but someone has to play left and the lads who usually do that are all out injured.
So, what do we do? We rely on your genius on the right but everyone expects that from us now so they close him to within an inch. Mo Salah needs space and no one is creating any for him and he can’t do the same for anyone else.
Then our best number six comes on and looks like he’s bet the entire backroom staff that he can get sent off in 45 seconds.
Now plan for Wolves. Exactly.
It’s like trying to get a nice curry ready when you’re not sure if you have enough ingredients or if any of them work. What’s more you’re preparing it for the most argumentative, irritable and demanding diners in the land. You’re fine for a lot of things other than curry powder which you sort of need and the shops close soon, but that doesn’t matter as you’re skint anyway. You’ve still got to fill a plate regardless. For the next five months.
(Note to self: I quite fancy a curry…)
And this chaos helps no one. I left the Amex with the feeling that we’d been beaten by a fluke and a worldie. We played a lot better than our previous visit, but the old problems still linger.
It was a hell of a goal, though. Sure, you can look at Joe Gomez for the winner but no one’s talking about the Italian defence when they see Carlos Alberto’s legendary goal in the 1970 World Cup final. Sometimes it’s just a great goal and sometimes you lose to them. We did alright and if we’d created that goal, we’d be talking about an upturn rather than Fabinho’s assault.
(I’ve mentioned him again. Sorry. I’ve been reluctant to single players out as they’ve won us the world, but it seems like he’s the personification of the whole team. His season’s been like a one-act play about nosediving. The very dictionary definition of entropy.)
So, it’s hard to see just what we have right now. Tired? Possibly. Underinvested? Definitely. Feeling a bit too sorry for itself? Massively.
It’s churlish to say this given that we’ve recently won a game thanks to two own goals, but fate hasn’t been kind of late. You just get luck, good or otherwise, so you can’t plan on it, but aggression is a different matter. A game without it is just like a weak curry.
(Might make one when I’m home…)
A bit more aggression, a shot taken in anger, a bit of ‘I’m sick of this’. Instead, we had Trent Alexander-Arnold shaking his head as he went off. There was only Ibrahima Konate who was really throwing himself in front of his man when a loose ball came in. He was my man of the match.
So, what’s next? A reset? Andy Robertson said last night that we planned to draw a line and start afresh for 2023 but we’ve been worse. His words not mine. Out of the domestic cups, Real Madrid to come and a battle to get back at the big table.
We can talk about Jürgen’s occasional bad season and listen to every wild take about the club — and there have been some absolutely incredible ones this week — but this is still sliding. Maybe it will need a mad decision like Naby Keita at left back and Adrian playing upfront in a two with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain at Molineux. We’ve tried everything else.
God, I miss Diogo.
The performances fade but the ardour never dampens, and if we must pay for the next wave of success with this nonsense then I’m buying. Curry ingredients, mostly.
We go on because this is what we signed up for. The rainbow and the rain and all that.
Sing louder.
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Brighton & Hove Albion 2 Liverpool 1 in the FA Cup fourth round at the Amex Stadium…LIVERPOOL have hard lines.
That isn’t the same as saying they deserve to win nor is it saying that Kaori Mitoma wasn’t the best or most exciting player on the pitch.
They don’t and he was.
Instead, we’re left seeing Liverpool were well set up and broadly sensible. They play well one to 11 and arguably one to 15 with only the 16th man being questionable.
We’ll get back to that 16th man.
The game grows and Liverpool grow. They know what Mitoma is and what Brighton are and plan well, execute well, and while they don’t deserve to go ahead, they are worthy of it.
It is such a good goal and in moments up to that point Liverpool have done well. Trent Alexander-Arnold clearing off the line is good moments football by the standards of the season. We should get in before then, but we stop them well enough too.
The game will, in Liverpool’s eyes, always exist in the context of what happened earlier this month at the Amex. That was what needed to not happen again and that is what did not happen again. Thiago Alcantara and Naby Keita play well, they shut down Brighton from the back. Both centre backs play well. They show aggression and win the ball high. The full backs do alright in general.
Harvey Elliott doesn’t play that well but then is brilliant in moments. He scores excellently and finds Mo Salah and Salah should score. There is a point here – playing in midfield creates a requirement to be good in moments; playing in attack allows a player more leeway and he takes it. It is amongst his best Liverpool performances.
Their equaliser is the hardest of lines. Liverpool concede a soft corner but clear it well and are punished cheaply. Brighton are a side normally worthy of their goals but this is a cheap one.
I love them though, you know, Brighton. This happens from time to time, you find a team, see a team and fall for one which isn’t yours, which is fundamentally flawed as far as winning leagues or Champions Leagues, but they grab the imagination.
Kaori Mitoma helps. He is the most vibrant player in the division at the moment who doesn’t play for Arsenal. He’s sharp as a tack and gives Trent a torrid time, while I can say Trent does well under the circumstances.
But Liverpool are the better side. The subs early in the second half are part of making the game be one where Liverpool control both ball and territory and Brighton exist on the counter. Keita had played really well on the ball but Jordan Henderson helped Liverpool be better off it.
What is all the better is that Cody Gakpo finds the glory of winning it back high. It’s another good showing from Gakpo, building on him being tidy against Chelsea. He wins it, makes good fouls and just shows in and out of possession.
Liverpool, though, don’t get more creative; if anything, them being better in general means they were less likely to be able to play on the counter. It is also a blow in the grand scheme that Alexander-Arnold goes off, though James Milner does well. Curtis Jones comes on for Thiago and that doesn’t help.
But. But this: Bajcevic goes off when he looks leggy. Fabinho comes on, the 16th man, and looks 60 per cent of the man he replaces in that moment. He kills Liverpool. He deserves to be sent off, knows it and spreads anxiety everywhere.
It’s harsh because there are cameras everywhere these days, but what on earth is Fabinho about before and after that tackle? I couldn’t begin to tell you. It’s like something from a nightmare, a nightmare I have had but then I have never won the European Cup with Liverpool.
Further, he compounds it with his body language to the rest of the side. You know what you do? You apologise but then you mess about with your socks and shinpads. You strut a tiny bit. Not that, not what he does.
Football is rock hard and so much of it is about bullshit. About sending out a sense of yourself which makes you appear far greater than you are. What Fabinho does is the absolute opposite of that and it hurts Liverpool. It really does. It offers Brighton encouragement and the game never really recovers, from a Liverpool point of view.
The defensive shape in the buildup to the foul that leads to the goal and then from the free kick is really poor. But Mitoma is incredible. It is one of the great goals, goals that help define a season.
And I hope it does. Often, in this game of ours, we lose and afterwards we say “I hope they go on and win it,” because you feel it will reflect well on you, not because of them.
But I hope they do win it. They are a club getting a lot right, in a place which is full of love and kindness and seaside, with some fabulous footballers. I hope they win the cup. I hope they play European football because Europe would be in for a treat. Post-match beers around the ground for one thing.
No football team gets it all right forever. That’s impossible. Brighton though, with Kaori Mitoma and Alexis Mac Allister and Lewis Dunk and Adam Webster are better than the sum of their parts and making those parts better. They are the best of the game.
Liverpool don’t deserve to lose. Before a ball was kicked I was against a replay. As the game wore on I actually wanted to watch these sides play each other before my eyes. Testament to both. When it finishes, you know what? I was OK with The Reds. And I wish our opponents all the best.
Gutmann messaged me about meeting today to watch the game and I messaged back “awful”. Just awful, I thought. The whole thing. How wrong I was. We got beat. We had hard lines. It happens.
But it was a great game to watch and I felt alive and that is leaps and bounds better than the January 14 and that is a step forward.
Just beat Wolves.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Brighton & Hove Albion 2 Liverpool 1 in the FA Cup fourth round at the Amex Stadium…WELL, we are finding new and interesting ways to get beat these days.
That felt like an undeserved one. Fuck knows.
Alisson: 7Great fucking save second half from March. Brilliant.
Trent: 6To be fair does quite well against probably the greatest ever player to play the fucking game. Holds him up well, to a point. Great ball to Salah first half. Got fucking roasted by him shortly before he went off.
Konate: 7Was fantastic first half. Imposing, strong, intelligent, closed space, covered space behind. Everything you want from a centre half. Belter elbow in the kid’s head. Forearm smash in his head. Sent him abar 20 yards. Still sliding now.
Gomez: 6See above only not quite as good. Still good, though. Covered in behind the full backs really well first half. Terrible clearance second half where Konate had to block. Right to their lad. Shocking in the buildup to their goal. Not the move itself, the lad does him fair and square, but the lead up to it. What’s he fucking doing? All over the place.
Robbo: 6Plays relatively well. Gives the foul away for their winner, mind you.
Baj: 6Plays well enough. Just lacks the physicality to last a game. Good yellow.
Thiago: 6Not at his best. Loads of aggression and pressing but gave it away a few times. Unforced errors. Unusual.
Keita: 7Nearly broke his neck in half which was a blow. For a fella who was out four weeks after sleeping funny in a plane, he was like Lazarus there getting up. Plays well again, really.
Gakpo: 7Really good when he drops deep. Looks like it is part of a plan. Linked up well with Salah and Elliott at times. Would like to see him with Nunez fucking zooming past on the fucking wing. Great second half when he got fouled. Lovely to see. Really encouraging that today.
Elliott: 7Does well for the goal, great run and great finish. Should have done better with the one where he nearly got his head chopped off from behind.
Salah: 6Not at his best, again. Sets a goal up but so many good positions and he gives it away.
SUBSFabinho: 5Absolutely shite when he comes on. Honestly, I’m not sure I’ve seen a fall off in level since Henchoz just aged 20 years in a weekend.
Come on absolutely twatted someone, then basically told every cunt it was a straight red. Yer, yellow? Fuck off referee? Are you fucking dreaming? Straight legged, that. Minimum three weeks off. Fuck’s sake. You are keeping me on? Fuck me.
Henderson: 5Comes on, shows good intent. Good pressure but ultimately Liverpool lose their way and all the subs end up making us worse, in that most of the subs keep the pressure on and then Fabinho comes on and The Reds go to absolute shite.
Jones:Comes on and The Reds get beat.
Nunez:Was looking forward to him coming on, but then he does and isn’t in it. I’m not sure how that can be the case.
Milner:Struggled when he came on. Plundered around the pitch a bit. Heavy legs.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Brighton v Liverpool in the FA Cup fourth round at the Amex Stadium…RIGHT back at the scene of the crime.
To hear Jürgen Klopp call The Reds’ 3-0 dressing down at the hands of Brighton & Hove Albion, merely two weeks ago, one of the worst performances of his managerial career is the sort of brutal honesty that makes us both love and relate to our boss.
He’s often been accused from the outside of making excuses — which is understandable if you view the world as black and white and hear a football manager talk about things like the wind and the pitch after his team has lost — but he made no bones about that game.
It was abhorrent, which is the worst word I could come up with to describe it that our parents would approve of.
The good thing is, Jürgen won’t have to make any excuses heading into this rematch, and he certainly won’t need to give his team any extra encouragement to go there and exact revenge.
If a really talented and well-drilled Brighton side play even better than they did last time, then fair play. Hold your hands up. They’re the better team right now, all things considered.
However, it won’t take much for Liverpool to be better than they were last time out. They have set themselves a particularly low bar to at least clamber over, while we all hope that they just clear it with flying colours and keep us all hopeful yet honest.
We don’t quite have enough confidence for blind faith just yet, but that’s nothing a few more weeks of positive displays couldn’t fix. Not with us in-fighting weirdos, anyway.
Luckily, you’d imagine there’s more harmony behind the scenes at Kirkby — I mean, again, a very low bar to clamber over there. The biggest short-term doubts will be over the futures of lads like Nat Phillips and Caoimhin Kelleher, though it’s likely that the latter gets a start this Sunday.
In front of him, the FA Cup being a weekend competition should allow for first-choice full-backs Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson to pair up again. A few weeks ago I earmarked this game as a possible return for Joel Matip, but I now think confidence can be repaired more easily by persisting with Ibrahima Konate and Joe Gomez.
In midfield, it’s hard to know if another new combination will further make or further break things. I’m tempted to imagine the former is true, though, and say that Fabinho comes back into the six position with Naby Keita and Thiago Alcantara flanking him.
Upfront, it could be a good opportunity to give Mo Salah something of a rest and allow for another new trio to be trialled. With that in mind, seeing Harvey Elliott on the right-hand side once again wouldn’t go amiss, while Cody Gakpo and Darwin Nunez could complete another new-look area of the pitch.
It has to feel new-look at the moment even if it isn’t really. Liverpool need to ensure they fly over the low bar they set themselves and give Brighton a much tougher afternoon than two weeks ago.
We’ve had enough tough afternoons with this side, this season. This time we must see more labour and then more fruits, in that order.
Predicted 11: Kelleher; Trent, Konate, Gomez, Robertson; Keita, Fabinho, Thiago; Elliott, Gakpo, Nunez
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Cody Gakpo has suffered coming into a Liverpool side lacking in confidence, but what do the stats say about his start to life at Anfield?A LITTLE over a month ago, Cody Gakpo was basking in sunshine.
He’d just returned from a successful yet bittersweet World Cup with the Netherlands, he was enjoying another milestone season captaining PSV Eindhoven and was on the verge of joining one of the world’s biggest clubs.
He went from the desert heat of Qatar to walking through a Merseyside storm in a heartbeat, battling the various logistical hurdles people don’t acknowledge when a player moves country for the first time.
But you’re required to fall straight in with the rhythm and flow. To settle straightaway, because by God the Barclays waits for no supporter in the real or virtual sphere.
Indeed, if Gakpo wanted to relive the warmth of the Qatari winter sun, he could log on to the raging inferno that is currently LFC Twitter.
As it is, we’re all left in a perpetual state of winter: craving what is gone. Washing away the taste.
He had already registered 13 goals and 17 assists for Eindhoven this season prior to his move to The Reds. An ideal situation would have seen him blood into a performing and fit squad with time to study the methods of a Jürgen Klopp team.
As it is, he has started all four of Liverpool’s matches since arriving in England, one of which has now been crowned the club’s worst ever performance under Klopp at Brighton earlier this month.
How much we’re helping or hindering Gakpo right now is a debate being had across the board. The thing which is beyond any doubt is that Liverpool simply don’t have any other choice but to play him.
The manager clearly wants to move away from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and is increasingly reluctant to turn to Fabio Carvalho and Harvey Elliott in forward positions if he can help it.
That currently leaves Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah. We know where one plays, but the best position of the other two is a conversation that perhaps in time will be a luxury.
I like Nunez left, personally, but only if a player like Roberto Firmino is on the pitch who can drop in and make the Uruguayan and Salah look like a front two operating wider than convention tells us they should.
We shouldn’t expect Gakpo, or anyone for that matter, to resemble Firmino. He himself might not agree that’s where he operates best.
There’s also the question of what we do with Luiz Diaz and Diogo Jota when they return. Not to mention that Klopp has intimated more than once that he’d like Firmino to stay.
For now, it’s learning by doing. He has been thrust into a chaotic setup which is firefighting its way through games.
Quietly, Gakpo has actually impressed and his numbers more so.
According to Statsbomb, he managed seven shots versus Chelsea last weekend in a match you can barely remember one. He also completed the most pressures for Liverpool with 26.
Against Wolves the match before, he had Liverpool’s best On Ball Value for passes. He’s also averaged 2.33 shots and 2.33 pressure regains per 90 on FA Cup data.
But this is probably the hardest situation a forward joined in January has entered since I can remember.
If you go all the way back to 2001, from Jari Litmanen and Nicolas Anelka to Diaz in the modern day, most have walked into teams with momentum and something to aim for.
The exceptions might be Luis Suarez, Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho. But they were all at the beginning of a Kenny Dalglish and Brendan Rodgers tenure which, while uncertain, was spiked with a sense of excitement and unpredictability.
You remember the 5-2 win over Fulham in May 2011, or the 6-0 demolition of Newcastle in April 2013 as days when you got to see what new players could bring, even in times of general relative struggle compared to Liverpool standards.
The stillwaters and green shoots could still be some way off for this campaign. Gakpo may need the summer to wake to know we’ve emerged from the depths of a lonely winter.
There’s plenty of hope and light in a footballer currently battling the elements. It’s cold and miserable right now, but seasons change, and I’ve tried hard just to soften you.
Liverpool always shows its beauty eventually.
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Despite Liverpool suffering a drastic downturn in form and fortunes this season, Alisson Becker is still The Reds’ leading man in goal…I’D be lying if I said football wasn’t hard work at the minute.
As if January wasn’t bleak enough, watching The Reds lose their identity and intensity has made it tough to get remotely up for the game.
There’s the obvious fallout from coming so close to the quadruple last season only to miss out by the skin of our teeth. Thiago Alcantara spoke recently about not only the physical toll it took, but the emotional drain felt in the dressing room.
Footballers are still human beings and the inevitable disappointment is hard to switch off overnight. Maybe as fans we underestimated the impact of that and there is a sense this season we’re seeing the fall out from it.
There are other factors too, of course. Injuries never help. Then there is the stylistic change since the departure of Sadio Mane and arrival of Darwin Nunez with the front three still trying to figure each other out, while the shape has been unrecognisable at the best of times.
Jordan Henderson and Fabinho underpinned so much of the good from last season, but have looked like they’re running in treacle this time out. Virgil van Dijk among others has made a number of unforced errors and Mohamed Salah just isn’t firing. Any one of those things would impact any side, but collectively have resulted in what can only be described as a slog of a season.
It goes without saying there are headaches ahead for the manager and problems that must be solved if we’re to have any chance of a top-four finish. If we don’t, there could be serious implications for our summer business.
One area Klopp needn’t worry about, though, is his goalkeeper.
Liverpool have been their own worst enemy from a defensive standpoint this season, reflected by the collective acceptance that they will concede first, but in spite of that Alisson Becker has continued to impress.
He has been Liverpool’s player of the season to date by some distance, bailing out his teammates time and time again despite the array of issues ahead of him. Just where would Liverpool be without him?
A few years back whenever the opposition was presented with a one-v-one there was a sense of inevitability about the outcome.
Simon Mignolet was a decent shot stopper but rarely radiated confidence or command of his six-yard box, Adam Bogdan lives only in the memory for the bizarre nature of the transfer more than anything he did on the football pitch, and unfortunately for Loris Karius, Kyiv will always be his lasting legacy.
Pepe Reina is the obvious exception winning the Golden Glove three years in a row, but in recent history Liverpool’s goalkeeping department has been the subject of more questions than answers.
In Alisson, The Reds now possess a goalkeeper who rebalances the scale in their favour. Just how many times has he saved what would’ve previously been a nailed on goal already this season?
There’s also no denying his ability in possession, instigating counter attacks and executing passes most players wouldn’t see. He leads from the back, he keeps us in games, he even wins us the odd one, too. He is the safest pair of hands.
Even in a season of such frustrations, Alisson Becker has shone bright. He is up there with one of Jürgen Klopp’s most important signings and arguably Liverpool’s best ever keeper.
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There are many reasons why Liverpool haven’t performed to their usual standard this season, but how much has last year played a part?AT the 2012 Grand National, Sunnyhill Boy jumped an incredible clear round around the famous Aintree course.
His jockey Richie McLernon picked his way through the chaos of Beecher’s Brook and Valentine’s and the Chair, not once but twice. Sunnyhill Boy timed his run perfectly, hitting the front at The Elbow. By the time he hit the finishing post, the closest horse behind him was five lengths away.
There was only one problem. There was a horse in front of him. Barely in front of him. A nose in front of him actually. Sunnyhill Boy had been beaten out by Neptune Collonges in what was the closest run finish in the history of the Grand National.
Richie McLernon had ridden the perfect race, a Grand National winning ride in everything but name. Sunnyhill Boy had basically won the Grand National, except for the cloying, obvious, glaring problem that he hadn’t.
How do you move on from coming closer to winning the Grand National than anyone in history who hadn’t actually won the thing?
In Sunnyhill Boy’s case, it wasn’t necessarily distinguished. He muddled around, finishing fifth here, being pulled up there, before coming back for another crack at the National a year on. Only this time, a year after the race of his life, Sunnyhill Boy unceremoniously parted company with Richie McLernon at the last fence while a long way out of contention.
There would be one last good day, a win in December 2013 but, after more than a year off the track, Sunnyhill Boy retired with a 10th place finish in a handicap hurdle in Haydock. Far from the bright lights, far from the headlines, forever a nose away from immortality.
The 2021-22 season was Liverpool’s 2012 Grand National. Closer than any team in history to a quadruple, they played literally every single minute of every game they possibly could have. And they missed out by a nose.
Maybe we underestimated the impact of that. Of having done the thing, done everything, completed football, only to be jolted awake from our dreams to realise that no, not actually, not quite. Just a nose away. And there’s a growing sense that we’re seeing the impact of that writ large across this season.
Not just that, obviously. There have been injuries. There has been a new system to bed in, and then another.
But it seems deeper than any of that. It seems more deep seated than disruptions caused by injury or teething problems of a team in transition.
There’s been a depreciation in attitude, a drop in intensity, a deficit of calm heads and reasoned decision making. It appears, for the first time since he became Liverpool manager, to have impacted even Jürgen Klopp.
Over the course of the last few weeks, Klopp has mentioned for the first time the potential negative impact of last season, of trying to go again after such a near miss, Sissyphus back at the bottom of the mountain, the rock no closer to the top.
The manager has also raised the possibility that they got preseason wrong ahead of this season, and suggested if he could have the time back, he would.
Under a manager without a ludicrous amount of credit in the bank like Klopp, there have been four or five different displays this season which may have called into question the viability of the entire enterprise. The nadir of, say, Brendan Rodgers’ reign was obviously lower than anything Klopp has experienced, but the endgame under Rodgers didn’t feel or look any worse than what we’ve seen this season.
Again, let me be totally clear, I’m not saying any of that to suggest Klopp should be shown the door. But rather, to highlight the extent of the hole the entire club currently finds itself.
The familiar and entirely understandable retort from fans to this season’s struggles has been to plead for midfield reinforcements. But Liverpool are in a position now where there is no silver bullet, no fix all panacea to their ills.
Jude Bellingham, Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo could stride in the door of the AXA Centre next week and it would be like Troy Barnes in Community, returning to his apartment to find the place on fire and someone having been shot in the leg.
There are no short-term, quick fixes because a lot of the issues are now medium to long-term problems. What fundamentally must happen over what remains of this season and the summer that follows are for the people in charge to find medium to long-term solutions.
There needs to be vision and imagination now, no more Arthur Melos or Ben Davies or Ozan Kabaks. And that goes beyond the transfer dealings. The uncertainty over Julian Ward’s replacement, the upheaval around the partial or full FSG sale, the transfer of power from Mike Gordon to Billy Hogan; all require satisfactory conclusions that give the club a long-term platform of certainty to work from.
Sunnyhill Boy ran a near-perfect Grand National once. Liverpool have done the equivalent three times under Klopp, and have won every trophy possible.
If they are to make another fist of it, if they’re to push the rock up the mountain, what happens in the next six months will be vital.
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Jürgen Klopp alluded to Liverpool making “little steps” after their draw with Chelsea, but how do his expectations translate to that of fans?MILESTONES don’t carry much weight in the grand scheme of things, but they are a chance to stop and reflect on the best of times.
With Jürgen Klopp managing his 1000th game of football at the weekend – 411 of those for Liverpool – I took the opportunity to do just that.
There are the obvious highlights: Barcelona 4-0, winning a sixth Champions League in Madrid, ending the 30-year wait for a Premier League title. However, it’s many of the small things that continue to stick in my mind with this manager.
His ability to give a measured opinion on difficult political issues, his assurances that he would turn this fanbase from doubters to believers, his tendency to get lost in a moment and celebrate with the players on the pitch before later apologising. He constantly reminds us how he is the best of us.
And while I’m sure he’d have hoped to be celebrating 1,000 games in management under more positive circumstances, he joked following the Chelsea game that he has “enough energy for another 10 years if you want.”
The irony probably wasn’t lost on the manager that he made these comments in the aftermath of a game that lacked any real sustained bursts of energy or clinical edge for either team.
A game that you would usually look forward to for weeks beforehand, it became increasingly clear throughout the duration of the 90 minutes that we were watching ninth plays 10th in the Premier League. It was scrappy, sloppy and at times just a bit lacklustre.
And yet, in his post-match press conference Klopp was keen to change the narrative on how the media, and maybe even we as fans, perceived the game.
He acknowledged that while it might not feel significant, the performance marked a step in the right direction. He spoke of better periods at the start of both the first and second half, playing in a more compact way and showing some passion in key moments. His message was if we can extend the duration of these moments, then we’ll get there eventually.
“For me it’s clear in this situation that you have to be ready for little steps and today was a little step. I expect progress, and I think from the last league game it was definitely progress and that’s important.”
Of course, certain elements were much better than the 3-0 defeat to Brighton. We managed to keep a clean sheet, for starters. Positional awareness improved, individual errors were more scarce, and with legs in midfield it was more difficult to play through.
Yes it lacked any real moments of quality, but do we need to be more like the manager in reframing how we view success this season?
When speaking in the aftermath of the Brighton game, many questioned why they didn’t try to be more compact in the second half. In the second half against Chelsea, it was clear the number one priority was not to get beat. Incremental improvements over a perfect performance was the aim.
I understand it’s a tough one to take off the back of a season where we were enjoying the journey to winning absolutely everything – and that this very fact is a contributing factor to why things have taken a downturn.
“It’s not just about the physical stuff,” said Thiago. “It’s also something psychological. We were so close to winning everything. We just touched it but it went away.”
You can understand how this has played a part without negating the need for reinvestment in the squad.
The reality of where Liverpool are is even tougher to comprehend if you watched Arsenal versus Manchester United the next day and were reminded of the standard of football expected of teams going for the title.
This was us just a matter of months ago, and now we have to accept that for the time being things are a little different. I’m definitely not in the camp of believing things aren’t going to get better. Players will come back from injury, freshness will eventually return and we’ll hopefully welcome some new faces through the door.
In the meantime, I’m going to enjoy it and probably be laughed at for being an eternal optimist as I look for signs of improvement.
After all, though, it is a leisure activity.
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After ‘FSG Out’ protests that were organised ahead of the Chelsea game never took place, just how big is the disconnect between Liverpool fans?THERE was once a time when Liverpool versus Chelsea was the talking point of the week.
It seemed like we played each other monthly when Rafa Benitez was in charge and even last season we still managed to face them four times.
But before Saturday’s turgid encounter between what the BBC were delighted to describe as ‘two mid-table teams’, there was a sideshow about an anti-FSG march organised online.
Journalist David Lynch investigated this, by which I mean he went to the setting-off point at the requisite time and found no one in attendance. No one was there. Not a single banner in sight.
As an Anfield Wrap writer, I can’t really win with the FSG debate. I love a protest and anything that irons out inequalities in the game or calls out faceless bureaucracy is very much in my wheelhouse. I love a bit of agitation.
But time and again I’m asked on various platforms about when I’m going to publicly criticise the owners. I do so. A lot. Furthermore, I’m not alone in that. There are over 50 contributors to the site and the shows, and there’s no such thing as a blanket opinion.
Some would rather hope we would not be sold while others would like to see an improvement in FSG’s stewardship, but I can’t think of anyone who holds them dearly to their hearts.
But apparently we’re all on the take from Boston or have our special access to the players denied if we’re nasty about the club. That’s a hell of an accusation and I wish someone would have told me. I’ve not had a penny. Nor has anyone else.
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— Neil Atkinson (@Knox_Harrington) January 16, 2023
As for access, I once walked across the Kemlyn Road car park with Philippe Coutinho. I wished him luck for the upcoming League Cup final against Manchester City. He thanked me and promptly missed a pen in the shootout. I’ve not been near a player since.
And I’m not having a go at those who see a march as necessary. Protest is good, protest is important, even if you don’t agree with the basic premise. Protests are done to voice views and ultimately change opinions and many would agree with some of their concerns.
We’d all like a better, deeper squad. We’d all like to overhaul the midfield. I have no problem with those thinking that the owners should be investing more.
But this was an infantile endeavour and its outcome is humiliating. The whole escapade was poorly handled and as puerile as the ‘Top Reds’ demarcation, which seems to be levelled at people who go to football matches and don’t pour down scorn on company finances at every turn.
I’m suspicious of those who type ‘the local fans should be demonstrating’ as if protest by proxy has any value. As President Bartlet says in The West Wing: “decisions are made by those who show up.”
The fact is that if the online world is furious with the owners and even advocating state ownership, Anfield itself isn’t listening. I’ve not heard a single chant about it in the ground nor a word from my mates who have been doing this for decades.
Maybe that’s because they have fought bigger issues. They were there when there were marches, phone-ins and sit-ins in 2010, when there was a very real chance that the club would go to the wall. Many of them were organised or participated in by contributors to The Anfield Wrap. It’s not as if we’re scared of shouting out.
But Anfield didn’t listen. It could be the lack of focal point that’s responsible. The Spirit of Shankly was formed in protest against Tom Hicks and George Gillett and, though that’s not a body adored by all, it gave the movement organisation and a platform for negotiation. The ‘FSG Out’ campaign is more dissolute.
Just nipped down to check in on the pre-match protest that was supposed to start here at 11.30. Proof if ever it was needed of the complete disconnect between social media and real life. pic.twitter.com/OJ70Bms2Wo
— David Lynch (@dmlynch) January 21, 2023
Recruitment is key too. If you’re going to mobilise an army, try not to slate the very troops you’re trying to recruit. Top Reds, stooges etc. That’s pathetic and comes across as spoilt caterwauling.
Until that happens they’re just shouting at clouds. There’s no gravitas in that. A hashtag is just a description of a standpoint, not a debate itself promoting change. John Henry isn’t going to listen to that. No, they need to put a serious face on their agenda. Name-calling and a desire to produce in-fighting from afar isn’t going to start a revolution.
Personally, I’m not convinced it’s a battle that can be won. Fighting to save the club we love is one thing. Taking up cudgels because we haven’t bought a midfielder seems a bit… I don’t know… Trivial?
I’ve no love for the owners but that’s largely based on their treatment of our greatest living hero in 2012, the numerous public apologies, the £77 ticket hike, the childish retort to Arsenal’s Luis Suarez bid and other petty objections. Do I think they’re doing enough? No. But right now I don’t think anyone is.
I wonder how much of this is really a protest that it’s no longer 2018-20. That the days of Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mo Salah are no more. That the rest of the league has worked us out. That things are no longer going well and people don’t like that.
I don’t for a start. I wanted the league more than anything, then I wanted regular leagues and European Cups, but there are an awful lot of barriers to such utopia.
David Lynch summed up the empty streets as a ‘complete disconnect between social media and real life.’ It’s hard to disagree with that.
Saturday was the perfect example of that and the schism of the club’s support across all platforms and intensity.
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 0 Chelsea 0 in the Premier League at Anfield…THESE two sides played out two of the highest quality finals you have ever seen last season. Both finished 0-0. But both reached the skies.
And today, this. All the this. All the shortcomings and all the yips.
You go through bad times. You do. You might want to scream or thump the floor. Or maybe you are the type who prefers zen-like silence, but nonetheless these times are not easy for anyone. Liverpool FC are leaderless and luckless on the football pitch.
At times in this game against Chelsea we do alright. I like the team. I like the inclusion of Naby Keita. I’m unsure about the structure of the attack and unsure who is the fourth most likely Liverpool scorer, but I like the team.
We put passes together, we have chances no doubt. But the shape is all over the shop. It is the midfield, but it isn’t just the midfield. It is the inability to find width when Mo Salah and Harvey Elliot to the right and left offer our best chances. It is the lack of speed in the passing, the lack of creativity, the lack of speed in the switch cross-field. It is the downbeat attitude. It is the lack of leadership and the number of times a player battles to win the ball only to find no one to receive it.
Liverpool start the game letting a goal in early doors. It is ruled offside but no one should ignore that it happens. It happens because of one of the first things you learn about the game of football. That rush of adrenaline and fear you get when the ref blows the kick off makes you liable to lose your head and make mistakes. You have to learn to have a big five minutes at the start. Our players more than know this, but the massive confidence drain that the past six months have been means they are making errors on the basics.
How to fix it? It’s hard. It is a kind of the yips. You have to get out of your own head. You have to stop thinking about the future and how bad this could get and take it day by day. You have to turn your brain off and let your instincts ride it out. Liverpool need to get off their own backs and let it flow.
The yips. What do you do about the yips? You find a way after playing through. I hate the yips, it’s the hardest thing in sport. It isn’t the same as being bad. But it looks like it.
Not all is bad. At all. The centre backs do really well. Ibrahima Konate looks boss and Joe Gomez every inch the experience he has. Liverpool have periods where they create chances and put the fear of god into Chelsea.
The 15 after half time is second to none. It has everything but the goal. But it has everything but a chance as well really. And that is sort of the yips and sort of the personnel.
Before the subs, Harvey Elliott looks great going wide, for all he is poor in midfield after the subs.
But Chelsea aren’t great and with 10 per cent more confidence and 50 per cent more organisation, Liverpool can beat these. The timing and choice of our substitutions hinders rather than helps. Maybe Jürgen needs to get out of his own head too.
He leaves himself with few moves that aren’t big. He leaves us flimsy. We are even more unsure.
My baby’s got the yips. She goes out in 42 (sic) comes home in 54. It’s hard to watch the yips. Liverpool are hard to watch. And you know we have only played 19.
You just play through. Play through. Find a way. We’re in this together, you know. We’re in this together.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 0 Chelsea 0 in the Premier League at Anfield…I MEAN.
Imagine having to think about that game immediately after it, sat outside a boozer, yes outside, in an ice tunnel, having to think about the game and rate the people who played in it out of 10.
Honestly, I think I would rather think about my 10 worst days alive, as a human. Day my dad died, yerse. Let’s relive that in HD, aye? No?
Alisson: 7Made a few good saves first half. Covers the ground really well, so good. I reckon he was pretty cold all told.
Milner: 7Arlarsed his way through it really well to the point that we missed him when he went off. Ridiculous decision to let the ball go out for a corner that led to their disallowed goal. Fucking loved his tackle on that fast kid out of take that.
Gomez: 7Does well to a point. Some mad decisions first half on the ball but aggressive enough.
Konate: 8Man of the match for The Reds, I thought. Won all his battles.
Robbo: 8See above, only maybe not quite as good.
Baj: 6Couldn’t quite get in it and have any impact like he did against Wolves. To be fair, first half Mason Mount effectivly man marked him without the ball and he couldn’t find any space. Was wild second half when he was fucking knackered and Jürgen plonked Harvey next to him and basically decided to play Thiago in midfield on his own for a bit. By the way, any link to Mason Mount signing for The Reds should be lashed in a massive big bin, mainly due to his ludicrous non sideys. Someone must have whipped them off in his sleep.
Keita: 7Not sure he should have took him off really. Was doing well, The Reds structure was good, as soon as he went off we were a mess. Maybe it was a sports science thing. I hope so, as otherwise I can’t understand the decision making.
Thiago: 8Thought he was really good, gave it away a few times trying to make The Reds play, but it’s wild the way he has now got the most legs out of our midfield.
Elliott: 6Works really hard all game and is decent enough when he is left wing. Wasn’t fair when he got lashed in midfield, on him or anyone else. Under no circumstances should it happen again.
Gakpo: 6Well, frankly he likes to shoot doesn’t he? Someone with a body that long and narrow can’t have good balance. So I wouldn’t advise leaning back and trying to twat everything that moves really. Great turn for the chance second half but I don’t know, might need 10 shots to score a goal. That’s the opposite of what made The Reds great.
Salah: 6Would love him to start banging them in again but feel he’s just struggling because The Reds are struggling. The Reds need to be more than the sum of their parts again, a machine designed to get more out of everyone. Salah currently looks like he has left The Reds, someone has bought him for £100m and he looks crap because they aren’t playing to his strengths and creating space. Shoulder shrug.
SUBSJones:Came on and gave it away a lot, should have won a freekick.
Trent:Looked very cold. Came on very cold and coldly passed the ball to everyone.
Nunez:Looked goosed.
Henderson: 8Ha ha ha.
Fabinho:We’re desperate for presence and he come on with 10 to go.
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Liverpool is a city with a history of protests when its people sense genuine injustice, as evidenced by the current outrage of Everton fans…NEIL Atkinson’s daily rundown email on Monday was truly excellent and, as ever, he articulated things in a way I could only aspire to.
I wanted to get involved in The Anfield Wrap because I felt I could offer something positive and of value. The other reason was the contributors, who seemed like people I wanted to be around — people who already added value to me as a subscriber.
This is symptomatic of life in that we find tribes and immerse ourselves around them. This often comes with a requisite amount of confirmation bias which, if not monitored can negate your ability to monitor yourself against said agenda.
Supporting Liverpool always offers up contentious debate and there’s plenty of times I’ll disagree with people who contribute to TAW. This week I told Neil he’s killing me for advocating the signing of 5ft7 Alexis Mac Allister on the basis he’s 5ft7 and Liverpool currently massively lack physicality.
I also disagreed with the pretty common post-Wolves consensus that Stefan Bacjetic should start on Saturday against Chelsea. That is completely healthy and makes for good content. That is the base level of football supporter opinion we should never veer away from.
Something quite different is happening online. A call to action and shouts of protest against Liverpool’s owners in certain quarters is reinforcing a rhetoric of local ambition against external. I’m not getting into any of the ridiculous phraseology.
I’m taking some time away from Twitter, dipping in only on occasion. But I still see the increasing polarisation this is causing. Of course, everyone is entitled to opinion on the club’s strategy, but the abuse and increasing personalisation being displayed is disconcerting.
We can’t be entirely surprised. Society and online spaces have become increasingly tribal as a result of years of political rhetoric and propaganda insisting you have to pick a side, and if someone isn’t on yours then they’re truly the enemy.
There are people who want Liverpool to be sold to the deepest pockets and most fanciful promises of riches and spending. Others want the club to spend within their means and have sympathy with the challenge.
This remains an opinion, not an insult.
It is the starting gun for who the club should buy or sell, the formation they should employ or the kits they should wear, all of which can be debated without such friction.
Protest is a familiar concept in Liverpool, which has used its voice to fight social injustice and stood up to the establishment for decades. Winston Churchill pointing gun-boats at the city from the river in 1911 during the great transport workers strike is but one example of the stoicism shown by these people in this place.
Protest is not a futile exercise here, it generally forms part of a much wider call for impactful change. When protestors in town don’t align with the general values of the place, they’re chased out being accompanied by the Benny Hill theme tune.
Football often elicits a different, sometimes irrational level of emotion in us all. Everton are currently entrenched in turmoil which has allegedly spilled over into some deeply unpleasant and unacceptable behaviour which can’t be justified in any way.
The Blues want to enjoy football again after almost three decades of purgatorial languishing. You’re entitled to want that from something you invest so much energy into. It’s an important part of so many lives.
Where Liverpool’s line currently is, nobody knows. What certain sections of supporters want to protest against and how they want to do it remains a shadow operation.
Personally, it’s not something I would want to be a part of because I don’t believe it goes against my values enough. Again, opinion.
Liverpool Football Club remains in the city of Liverpool; a place which stood up to the establishment, to the far right and for each other. It’s a city you can learn a lot from, a place which chooses its battles carefully.
I’ll be at Anfield tomorrow. There will be others present who share my beliefs and those who don’t. We’ve all existed under this same umbrella for years.
In recent times, this manager has taught us all to accept our differences and imperfections and come together under the cause of him and them.
It’ll be him and them who matter only to me tomorrow. The rest is noise.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Liverpool v Chelsea in the Premier League at Anfield, in unfamiliar territory for the two clubs…IT’S funny how it only takes one game to change your outlook on things.
I’m willing to admit I wasn’t looking forward to watching us play Wolves (again) in the FA Cup replay. I’m also willing to admit that I didn’t have much faith in us getting a result until the final whistle went. No extra time was literally all I asked for — the bar was low.
And then full time came. Harvey Elliott punched the air while other players fell to the floor. Not the typical reaction after beating a team battling relegation in the third round of the FA Cup, but an indication that this result was much bigger than the context suggested.
It finally looked like a team that had an identity to it, that had a game plan it knew how to execute. One that was trying to press from the front and win the ball back in dangerous areas, that tried to cover distance, and that had a midfield that provided cover.
It definitely wasn’t a perfect performance, and this transitional journey that Liverpool are currently on is going to have lots of ups and downs along the way. But my god am I now excited to get back to Anfield on Saturday.
Chelsea are a team going through their own, very different kind of transition. It seems like a strange but perfect time for the two teams to be facing each other. In previous seasons, this game would have been one that went a long way towards deciding the title, or at very least top four. This time around it will be viewed as a marker to see which team is overcoming its problems better.
They have (another) new, shiny signing to add to their ranks in Mykhailo Mudryk who will likely come straight in and want to make a better impression on his debut than Joao Felix did. What better way for Trent Alexander-Arnold to prove he can defend, not that many of us need convincing.
With both full backs getting a rest in midweek, Andy Robertson will slot back into the starting line up, as will Ibrahima Konate. The defensive balance between him and Joe Gomez was encouraging, so I’d stick to that partnership heading into the weekend, with Alisson Becker in goal.
Midfield, then. It almost feels like a cursed word at this point. Honestly, it only took one man of the match performance to convince me that I’d be starting Stefan Bajcetic in a lot of games this season if it were up to me. He positioned himself closer to the two centre backs and as a consequence was there to sweep up the danger when needed.
It’s more realistic that Fabinho will regain his position in the holding role, but I’d keep the other two midfielders in Thiago Alcantara and Naby Keita the same. Perhaps not the most popular decision, but then anyone I could say the same about almost any of the options.
Cody Gakpo has hardly had the ideal start to life at Liverpool, but showing early signs of promise is likely to earn him another starting spot at the weekend. There was positive news on Darwin Nunez returning to training at the start of the week, so he’ll slot back into the central role, while Mo Salah completes the starting lineup.
Ninth takes on tenth. It’s not the position anyone expected Liverpool to be in, but 10 points to fourth spot is certainly not insurmountable. We know the facts: that this is a team full of world-class players capable of going on a run, but that run needs to start somewhere.
Let it be at 12:30 on Saturday please, Reds.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Konate, Gomez, Robertson; Keita, Fabinho, Thiago; Salah, Nunez, Gakpo
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Josh Sexton’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Wolves 0 Liverpool 1 in the FA Cup third round replay at Molineux…IT needed to be fun again, first and foremost.
Jürgen Klopp spoke this week of getting back to basics, and the basics for us as fans is being able to enjoy the football we’re watching.
That’s not to say that the travelling Kop would have all been moping on the way back from Brighton — and if you think they would’ve been, you’re wrong — but their enjoyment would’ve been in spite of the performance and the result, rather than being buoyed by both.
Tonight, we’re heading back from Wolverhampton buoyed by both, and it was fun again. Fun being in the ground, fun watching The Reds and then, obviously, fun on the way home. That’s the basics.
We get to feel more like ourselves because we got to see a Liverpool side that looked more like themselves. And yet it was much-changed from the 11 we’re used to — the one that all but burnt our heads out in Brentford and then Brighton.
From front to back tonight there were huge performances. The keeper was great in the moments he needed to be, James Milner set the tempo for the team, and Kostas Tsimikas dealt with a tough battle valiantly. The centre-back pairing get a well-earned clean sheet and hopefully another start together at the weekend.
The midfield was great, led by the seriously bright Stefan Bajcetic. He should turn out to be some footballer for Liverpool and tonight it was more than clear to see why everybody within The Academy at Kirkby have been so excited about him. Thiago Alcantara enjoyed his football again and Naby Keita got through so much work — I’d give him a new contract for his time-wasting tactics alone.
Upfront, Harvey Elliott and Cody Gakpo didn’t give the Wolves defence a moment’s peace in the first half. Elliott’s goal was a huge moment for him personally and for this team, after what has been a tough few weeks for him. Tonight you see what it looks like when he plays in his best position. Gakpo was unlucky not to score and Fabio Carvalho looked moments away from making something happen over and over.
The subs gave the team less attacking impetus, but allowed The Reds to manage the game and earn a hard-fought clean sheet. Wolves never sat back and it would be a huge surprise if a side with that much quality ends up too heavily involved in a relegation scrap. They came up with nothing tonight, but that’s because they came up against a side who needed to prove a point.
Point taken, Liverpool. What a show of faith and solidarity and fun. Another strong case made for digging that bit deeper into the squad, but also for playing to strengths and empowerment.
If you wanna win a cup then you better hurry up. Because we’re Liverpool FC, it’s back to basics, and our basics are the big shiny things.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Wolves 0 Liverpool 1 in the FA Cup third round replay at Molineux…WELL, fucking hell. How good was that?
Up the fucking reds again. Watched it stood up in ours. Then perched on the end of the couch. Passed on the offer of any tea. Couldn’t stomach it while we were playing. Felt like a big deal tonight, like Jürgen had promised a response and if there wasn’t one then, well, what would be the implications of that?
I’ve now got some celebratory chips in the oven so have precisely 25-28 minutes to write these before I fry two eggs and fucking fill me boots. What a Tuesday.
Kelleher: 7Nothing to do. How long has it been since we can say that about our keeper? I used to write that every bastarding week. Nothing to do again, could have sat on the floor again, could probably get away with wearing a suit here again, etc, could bring his fucking dinner again. Fuck me. Loved the catch when Costa and his mate tried to sandwich him.
Milner: 9Mings on the internet will tell you he is past it and he shouldn’t be anywhere near our team, but honestly, how important was he tonight? Setting the tempo, fucking horrible to play against, winning horrible freekicks, fucking making horrible fouls. Managed his way through the game making all kinds go for The Reds. Loved it. Absolutely loved it. Everything that has been missing was there on show. Fucking bottle, and needle and fight.
Konate: 8Won all his battles and showed such calmness to play in the right areas. Love him.
Gomez: 8Can’t really remember the first half as I was starving and nervous and distracted and stood up, but did he do something mad? I have it in my mind’s eye that he did something mad. Anyway, was sound. The Reds didn’t concede and frankly we should build a statue of the cunts.
Tsimikas: 8The first two minutes were moody, weren’t they? When they kept switching it to the wrestler and he kept legging it and then the lights went off and it was like he had walked in front of the camera and blocked out the sun. After that Tsimilkas was excellent. Won his battles, pressed like a demon, showed bottle, and character to press so high, as did all of them. Loved it.
Baj: 9Honestly, that one pass aside where he tried to switch it and they nearly got in, he was faultless. How good was he? The energy, the fucking needle, the composure in them tight spaces and the bottle to play even when under pressure. I thought he was fantastic and I honestly think I would be starting him in most of our remaining games. Loved it. All in on him. Would make him captain tomorrow.
Keita: 9I thought he was excellent from start to finish. Wild the way that was his first start of the season? Did I hear that right? That can’t be right? He has been fit for weeks. How the fucking hell hasn’t he been getting a game. Great on the ball first half, great pressure, great everything really. Aside from that shot which was frankly berserk, fantastic. See above restarting in most of our games. Was great, more please.
Thiago: 9The three in midfield were immense. Not sure if this is an overreaction given what we have been served up in the last few weeks, or whether it is justified, but the three of them, as a unit where everything we used to be and everything we need to be going forward. First to everything. Intelligent use of the ball when winning it in tight spaces.
I think we can safely say that the previously strongest midfield (i.e. last years go to) of Thiago, Henderson, Fabinho needs to be placed in a big fuck off bin. The idea that the three of them are finished as players, should also be placed in the said bin. Thiago, with legs around him and the spaces between our players back towards something manageable, fantastic.
Elliott: 9So much more suited to that right wing role in that his presence suits and supports the midfield as opposed to his defensive liabilities being front and centre. Fantastic for the goal, seriously fantastic. But more so, his work rate and his bottle and attitude. Never hides. Made up for him.
Carvalho: 8See above. Set the tempo and workrate from minute one and assisted the midfield in more of a five than a three. How many times did we set the traps and then win it back? Fucking gegenpressing or whatever, fucking any pressing will do. Really impressive.
Gakpo: 8First time I’ve really seen him. Extra point for having a similar running gait to Henderson. Made up. His spirit lives on even when he isn’t playing. Thought he actually was really good first half. Dropped into the half spaces really well, lovely feet opened the play up loads. Some ridiculous shots mind you but seen as we won we can all forgive them, aye?
SUBSBig Nat:Would have liked him to have put the wrestler in a chokehold.
Fabinho:Come on and got involved. Not as good as the Baj, but frankly who the fucking hell is? NO shame in that.
Scottish Ben Doak: 10His hair line is something else, aye? Love the way he uses his body as he is 16 and there is no fucking way he should be that strong. Might win the Ballon d’Or next year him, the mad little wee cunt.
Salah:Wanted more.
Curt:See above, but does well for the chance where he is unlucky.
Loved it, Reds. Egg and chips here we come. Just 32 minutes that took. Hope them bastards aren’t burnt.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Wolves v Liverpool in the FA Cup third round replay at Molineux, with The Reds desperate to rebound…AN FA Cup replay. So we have to watch Liverpool again. Unfortunately.
Well what a weekend we’ve had. Brighton & Hove Albion have just done to us what we have become so accustomed to doing to everyone else. It looks as if it may be quite a while before we see the like of those days again.
If anyone somehow did need reminding of how bad we are at present, we face Wolves for the second time in little over a week on Tuesday, as a consequence of how rubbish we were the first time round.
Jürgen Klopp’s men travel to Molineux for a third round replay with the one silver lining being, they can’t get any worse. Can they?
It feels strange to think we went into this season’s edition of the FA Cup as the holders, in fact we nearly went into this season’s edition of everything as the holders. Yet now, with a top four finish being the best we can hope for in the league, the League Cup gone, and a terrifying matchup with Real Madrid to be overcome if we wish to advance in Europe, any chance of securing silverware this year may well rest on whether we secure victory in Wolverhampton. That’s a frightful prospect currently.
Klopp has placed an emphasis on needing to be creative with the players he has, so maybe we will in fact see some creativity this week. Fabio Carvalho did not feature in Saturday’s defeat at the Amex, despite being more than capable of playing on the left of a front three, and the chosen setup requiring someone who is indeed more than capable of playing on the left of a front three. Centre midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was preferred.
Liverpool’s much-discussed midfield remained unchanged at Brighton, as did its performance, which was not just stale but downright mouldy. In the bin. I suspect the manager will change it up for Wolves. It would almost be amusing if he didn’t.
Let’s try and put the doom and gloom to one side and have a look at who is likely to face Julen Lopetegui’s side from the off.
Alisson Becker will retain his place between the sticks and look to bury any remaining demons from his showing in the reverse fixture. Ibrahima Konate was at times a one-man defence down on the south coast and will surely keep his spot in the absence of Virgil van Dijk. I think Joel Matip will make way for Joe Gomez as Konate’s partner, with the Cameroonian being hooked as part of a quadruple substitution last time out. Kostas Tsimikas also looks set to replace Andrew Robertson.
Naby Keita, surely, must start on Tuesday. In his cameo against Wolves at Anfield, he was our best player by some kind of margin, and at least he ran a bit when introduced at the weekend. Harvey Elliott has looked nervy when featuring in the centre of the park this term, yet can be forgiven due to his age and debate about wether he is actually even a midfielder. I doubt Klopp drops both Thiago and Henderson here, but if he does then I suspect Elliott is the man to come in with Naby, Oxlade-Chamberlain being another other option.
Stefan Bajcetic should be fit for the clash, and if he is I’d love to see more of him. If not, then Fabinho will anchor the trio.
Darwin Nunez missed our last Premier League encounter with a knock, and may be left out again. With Roberto Firmino also a way off match fitness, Cody Gakpo’s versatility may be called on once more, with the Dutchman lining up as a centre forward. This provides Fabio Carvalho with an opportunity to earn some proper minutes on the left. Mo Salah should carry on doing his thing down the right flank, however, with Ben Doak seizing more and more first-team appearances from the bench, he may come into contention should the Egyptian be rested.
If The Reds can get past Wolves, another tie with Brighton awaits in the fourth round. Of course it does. While striving to defend at least one of last season’s honours would be nice, the real priority here has to be simply correcting our current form. We can’t afford to look any further than that.
This replay brings a chance to see some fresh legs and right some wrongs. Let’s hope we do just that.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Konate, Gomez, Tsimikas; Fabinho, Thiago, Keita; Salah, Gakpo, Carvalho
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Liverpool were there for the taking against Brighton and it’s clear they’re no longer feared, so what can they take away from the loss?ONE of my favourite episodes of The Simpsons is the one where the new Radioactive Man movie is to be filmed in Springfield.
Bart auditions for the role of Radioactive Man’s sidekick, Fallout Boy, but it’s his best mate, Milhouse, who gets the role. The hero is played by the Schwarzenegger-esque Rainier Wolfcastle and in one scene he listens to the director explain that he’s about to be tied up with a 40ft wall of acid heading his way. It’s real acid so he wants everyone to put their goggles on.
‘Real acid?’
Milhouse/Fallout Boy is supposed to save him, but the lad is having an existential crisis somewhere and misses his cue. Not to worry though as Wolfcastle fixes on his goggles and waits for them to do their work.
As the acid hits he shouts: “The goggles! They do nothing!”
It’s one of my favourite lines in the whole series and the few frames of him looking unconcerned due to some cheap plastic never fails to have me roaring.
I’ve often felt the same way about The Reds when things aren’t going well. We may have been abject against Leicester, battered by Brentford and got away with one in the cup, but I always have faith that things will right themselves.
After all, we are Liverpool and all that, and we have a history of overcoming the harshest of circumstances. We have a glorious manager and our lads have won everything. We have the goggles. The goggles will protect us.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been angry at players. It’s usually the owners, the manager or the referee which are the focus of my vented spleen, but Brighton brought back so many memories. Second to everything, no urge to right wrongs once we went one down, one corner and no sense of pride.
At 3-0 Brighton looked for a fourth. Our lads looked at the ref and hoped for mercy. All invincibility gone. Nothing.
I’d want to play Liverpool next.
I don’t know what the answer is. I’m against us writing off the rest of the season, but it looks like that’s been the strategy given the last few games.
And I hate slagging the players. Particularly those who have given us the world, but when I saw Trent Alexander-Arnold tweet about recognising that we’re shite but things will improve, it made me madder. Don’t tell me, show me!
But anger is the easy part. The pictures of Jürgen Klopp coming over and apologising with his hands clasped together in prayer took something out of me. He knows this is shite. He knows nothing is working. He knows that another formation didn’t work.
I was on the Sunday Best show yesterday and the word ‘rudderless’ was used. It describes what’s been going on on the pitch, but with the lack of resources and the frankly astonishing news that there’ll likely be no additions this month, it can be used across the board. At time of writing, we don’t even have a club doctor.
We’re Liverpool but those goggles have a lot to do.
Surely, they know that this squad is exhausted and older. Surely, they know that injuries mean we can’t play everyone. Surely, they know that Jürgen is going into 19 more gunfights armed with a butter knife.
‘But we bought another forward.’
Great.
And, of course, money is an issue. In a post-pandemic world, I get that being risk averse or at least cautious is something we should all be, but you look at Brighton and their Caicedo/McAllister axis and wonder why we’ve not been looking at people like that.
Equally, I look at Chelsea and their half billion layout and wonder if I should get an agent.
But what is needed is a proper sit down and honest appraisal of what Saturday was about. Who’s playing where? What was the plan? Why was there a lack of urgency? A forensic examination of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s header. That sort of thing.
The goggles. They do nothing. Reputations have stopped working. Our lines are too easily played through.
But we won the European Cup in 2005 with a side much, much worse than this and you start to wonder again. The Reds are truly abject and yet you still believe.
I don’t even know what the first step would be. Signings are all well and good and though some would be nice, they can still take a while to settle in. I think I’d just like to see some urgency. Some care. A 0-0 with three Reds leaving the field with bloodied headbands may even be a start, just to show that we’re digging in and fighting for each other rather than apologising.
But it’s a start that’s needed and if that’s a quiet chat with everyone, or throwing boots at each other in an enclosed space, then fine. Feeling sorry for ourselves and making cow eyes to the bench when we’re losing aren’t going to help anyone.
Jürgen’s right. The past is gone now. They did things differently there and we’re playing in a new world which is no longer scared of us.
I hate the concept of Year Zero, but if we’re going to write this season off there has to be a plan for next year. There has to be recruitment. There has to be promises made by the board. There has to be a strategy. There has to be a midfield. A new midfield.
And they need our backing. They’re all hurting and in the cold light of day, when the shouting has been replaced with analysis or at least an attempt at one, one thing shines through. This is when we’re needed. We all know that. You can’t just stick around when we’re throwing trophies into the sky. No runners and all that.
The goggles do nothing. The old formulas no longer work. If this is to be the starting point of Jürgen’s Second Great Team then it’ll somehow be worth it. The thing is, I said that after Napoli away.
Dig in, everyone. Dig in again.
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Brighton & Hove Albion 3 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at the Amex Stadium…THE second went in and I just sat down.
Head in hands. Felt like my windpipe had been cut. Knew there was simply no way back.
I always cite Leicester away in 2016 for one that felt like that. Where the final whistle might as well go there and then.
There haven’t been many – COVID season aside – and that’s to this side and squad’s credit, I suppose. However, it is why it kills at the moment that they are re-emerging and that today’s is the worst yet.
It’s alright to get beat. It’s not alright to be that awful. It’s alright to be terrible for the first half. It’s not alright not to fix it.
Liverpool were dreadful first half and got away with it, but this season there is no gift horse they can’t look in the mouth. Getting to half time at 0-0 having played that poorly, invited that much pressure, created that little was actually a mini-achievement. I mean, they did their best from about 40 minutes to brainlessly play their way into trouble and not take the half-time respite they didn’t deserve, but somehow they got there.
And then nothing changed. Nothing from the bench, nothing in the approach and Joel Matip decided to give Brighton a gift they really, really didn’t need. One-nil.
Liverpool’s performances have been eroding for some time. Every bad showing knocking the collective confidence. Another player to add to the list of question marks every week. If we’re lucky today is the end of that because there is nothing left to erode.
The manager changed the shape if not the personnel, barring Darwin Nunez having his knock, and it was malfunctioning early and often. Thiago Alcantara couldn’t get near the ball. Fabinho couldn’t win the ball. Jordan Henderson did manage to get on the ball occasionally, but then that was counter-productive as he was rubbish.
But the erosion I’m speaking of wasn’t limited to midfield. Trent Alexander-Arnold could well have been Liverpool’s best outfield player across the 90, but he couldn’t work out a starting position. Joel Matip had possibly his worst ever hour for Liverpool. Ibou Konate fire fought but occasionally also lit fires.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain didn’t seem to know where he was playing; somehow not left mid, left wing or left forward. Which, considering he was on the left, was quite something.
Mo Salah and Cody Gakpo both suggested they may be dangerous if they got into the game, but were ultimately so deeply isolated.
But at least the selections of the non-midfielders seemed sensible. Seeing the teamsheet drop I was stunned. As said all week on shows, I’d have started Naby Keita at the expense of Jordan Henderson but could have taken any or all of the three against Wolverhampton Wanderers not starting.
Instead, Liverpool perservere without any of the virtues of perseverance. Instead they erode themselves into dust.
Brighton & Hove Albion were very good. But they had the run of the place. Every Liverpool player was between stools, in the half spaces in the worst way. Liverpool mistook being compact with being inert. They laid the red carpet out.
They look so clapped out and that’s concerning because there are 20 games to go. They aren’t in a moment of transition because there is no sign of what they are transitioning to.
We left on 83, not even the promise of Ben Doak or even the mini chaos the quadruple substitution brought lightened the load of it all. Keita was bright again. Harvey Elliott buzzed about. Thiago at six is mildly of interest, perhaps.
But leaving on 83. Leicester in 2016 could be the last time I’ve done that too. It is basically horrible watching them.
Eighteen down. It feels like double that.
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We used to be such a well-oiled machine, each part with so many strengths to bring to the table and an overwhelming ability to limit the weaknesses of others.
Now the forwards expose the midfield, the midfield exposes the defence and the defence exposes the keeper — and there are very few bring any discernible strengths to the table, quite frankly.
Here are some numbers, which I’m sure will not make any of us feel better about anything…
Alisson: 4His distribution is so poor at the moment, but he’s being completely exposed by his defence.
Trent: 4Getting roasted by Mitoma all day, but he’s being completely exposed by the setup of the side.
Matip: 3Was only a matter of time before one of them made a mistake like that, because we were absolutely intent on playing ourselves into danger over and over.
Konate: 6Did well considering how much he’s being exposed by the midfield.
Robertson: 5Didn’t feel like he offered much today, but it’s hard when his teammates are only offering up gifts to the opposition.
Henderson: 3Fuck knows, honestly.
Fabinho: 3Exposed by everything and everybody, including himself.
Thiago: 3No idea where he was meant to be playing, probably exposed by the fact that he doesn’t know either.
Salah: 4Never in the game.
Gakpo: 6Feel sorry for him, exposed by how rubbish we are at the moment.
Chamberlain: 3Not for the want of trying, but he should be about our sixth-choice left winger anyway.
SUBSLost interest by that point, to be honest.
Determined to not let these ruin all my weekends until they sign some players or get lads back from injury.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Brighton v Liverpool in the Premier League at the Amex Stadium, as The Reds look to regain some confidence…CAST your mind back to the start of October. Liverpool 3 Brighton 3.
A Leandro Trossard hat-trick, including an 83rd-minute equaliser, robbed The Reds of three points in an absolutely exhausting match at Anfield.
I remember thinking before that game, the extended break in league football due to the September international break and postponed fixtures would give us time to sort out our inconsistent form. We’d lost to Manchester United, thumped Bournemouth 9-0, and drew the derby all in less than two weeks.
We were back and ready to get our season going… For real. Then suddenly we were 2-0 down within 20 minutes. Twice Roberto Firmino netted to drag us level, and an Adam Webster own goal had surely gave us the win. Trossard ruined the party.
So here we are, three months and a World Cup later. Things have gotten far worse for Liverpool since then. Brighton went on to demolish Chelsea and knock Arsenal out the League Cup, and now even count one of Argentina’s Qatar heroes among their ranks. The Seagulls seem to be going from strength to strength under Roberto De Zerbi.
We, on the other hand, have just barely scraped an FA Cup third round replay with Wolves, saw our defence of the aforementioned League Cup come to an end against Man City, and sit just one point above Saturday’s opposition in the table. All while continuing to exhibit a torrid bout of form that has got everyone begging for January signings.
Jürgen Klopp went strong against Wolves at the weekend. Darwin Nunez found the net and new boy Cody Gakpo made his debut. There is unlikely to have been much respite for either of the two at the Amex, but with the news surrounding Nunez’s fitness, there is a strong possibility he does not feature.
Alisson will retain his number one position in goal against Brighton despite his howler for Wolves’ opener last week. Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson should continue to line up either side of a partnership of Joel Matip and Ibrahima Konate at the back, with Virgil van Dijk still ruled out with a hamstring problem.
Klopp’s midfield selection will be interesting following Naby Keita’s return to fitness and sprightly performance during his cameo in the FA Cup. I still feel as though both Jordan Henderson and Thiago will be preferred from the off, as the manager will be hoping they can play themselves back into some kind of rhythm. Likewise, Fabinho is set to reprise his role despite being subbed for Harvey Elliott last time out following another lacklustre showing from the Brazilian.
Saturday will come too early for Roberto Firmino who is yet to return to training after aggravating an injury so, coupled with Darwin’s likely absence, it looks like a makeshift forward line will be in place. Cody Gakpo is likely to make his Premier League debut at left wing, but if Mo Salah deputises at centre forward, who comes in on the right? Elliott and Ben Doak are the obvious candidates. Fabio Carvalho could also provide a solution by stepping up on the left, with Gakpo starting through the middle as he does for the Netherlands, and Salah staying put on the right.
It’s hard to conjure the same optimism I had back in October and say this is going to be the game where we get things going again. It could be though, couldn’t it? Although Brighton aren’t bad, which doesn’t help.
The flipside is if we can keep Trossard and company from running riot again, the lads will have a genuine platform to build some confidence and begin finding a way through this mess.
Come on, Redmen.
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As injury issues grow once again at Liverpool, fans are questioning what the club could be doing differently to stop such crises developing…DANIEL Agger was a divisive footballer.
To some, he was the second coming of Hansen. To others including myself, he was a decent centre-back who suffered from inconsistency in every form and probably wasn’t really at the level for Liverpool. To others he was massively overrated.
Agger turned 38 on Thursday, his well wishes from the club was met with hoards of adoring supporters quoting about how we need someone like him now. Read the injury-prone waiting room, lads.
Liverpool have historically bemoaned great players suffering a seemingly injury prone career. Those who had worldly talent their bodies couldn’t carry or maintain. Rob Jones, Fabio Aurelio, Harry Kewell and Daniel Sturridge all come to mind.
Under Jürgen Klopp, it’s become so severe that we’re no longer defining individual legacy by fitness and availability, but an entire team.
The 2020-21 season has come to be viewed retrospectively as the year of no centre-backs, a crisis which eventually led to a limping third place finish everyone hoped would exist in a vacuum along with pandemic football.
Despite the pitchforks and fire around midfield, injury has once again come to define the club’s fortunes. The question of why this is remains largely absent.
Klopp sounded far from positive on Roberto Firmino in the press conference today. He also all but confirmed that Darwin Nunez is out against Brighton.
That means four forwards are currently injured, earlier in the season we were missing around the same number of midfielders. Virgil van Dijk is indefinitely absent with no return date.
It’s easy to put this down to misfortune, but it’s Liverpool’s job to control risk in this sense. They hire the best medical staff, sports scientists and conditioning coaches they can to ensure this is managed.
They can’t control the amount of games played and the steady increase to muscle injuries as a result, but at times this season, too much has felt muddled around Klopp’s decision making. Deciding players can’t start games but then introducing them at an interval when chasing a game has become a recurring theme (eight occasions over the course of this campaign).
It could suggest a lack of harmony behind the scenes. In September, Simon Hughes wrote a piece for The Athletic looking into some of the politics around Liverpool’s backroom staff, particularly the influence of head of conditioning, Andreas Kornmayer…
“At the beginning of his time at Liverpool, Klopp had wanted his players to be able to run long distances and Kornmayer was prepared to push them to their limits,” the piece reads.
“This led to friction with sectors within the club that were more process driven. With Kornmayer at the seat of power, the gap between sports scientists’ thinking and the physios’ widened.
“With Klopp’s support, indeed, Kornmayer seemed untouchable but his approach did not bring cooperation between each of the medically related departments.
“Some staff feared a lack of accountability in the system could potentially impact player availability further down the line and at that point threaten results on the pitch. This environment is thought to have contributed to more than one person’s decision to move on.”
Indeed, there has been a high turnover of backroom staff at Liverpool. The club finally appointed a new club doctor, Jonathan Power, in December (although his profile is yet to show on the club website) after a four-month search.
Whether or not there has been some inner quarrel around how players are training and recovering we won’t know. Klopp continues the bang the drum of working with what he has available, and in this sense I have some sympathy.
Prior to the Christmas break, he’d seemingly found a workaround with Firmino operating at the top of a diamond and Nunez and Mohamed Salah operating more as a front two. The results and performances against Napoli, Tottenham and Southampton suggested Liverpool had a way home until some players returned.
The loss of Luis Diaz in Dubai alongside Firmino and now Van Dijk means he’s had to turn over the flipchart and start again. We’re also about to feel the full wrath of the schedule curtailed by Qatar and can only hope the bleeding is stemmed here.
The manager has recently spoken of needing a bigger squad to manage fixture demands in future, but he’s also insisted he won’t buy his way out of the problem this winter. Carl Markham was the latest journalist to be on the receiving end of this particular bollocking in today’s press conference.
Transfers can’t always dictate injury risk. As Hughes piece indicates, Naby Keita had played 78.7 percent of games for Red Bull Leipzig in the season before Liverpool had agreed to sign him. Liverpool can ill-afford any future mistakes in this sense, and therefore you’d be surprised if they moved for someone with lots of miles on the clock like Youri Tielemans, say.
Another divisive Liverpool centre-back of around Agger’s time was Martin Skrtel. It was said that Skrtel would alternate every good season with a horrific one in terms of form.
Perhaps the club’s injury record and subsequent success with Klopp is following a similar pattern. In 2019-20, Liverpool won the title with minimum injury disruption. The following season, chaos ensued.
In getting to within touching distance of a quadruple with Klopp again being able to call on the bulk of his squad, fortunes have reverted to a chaotic situation which is leaving results and performances suffering.
The manager needs to find a new formula and hope everything holds. Fragility reigns supreme for his previously lauded physicality and mentality monsters.
Sympathy or none, right now it’s all about getting through the next game with bodies and results intact.
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With the winter break in the Women’s Super League coming to a close this weekend, Liverpool Women look set for a big 2023…STRAIGHT back down to business, then.
There’s no denying 2023 is a big year for Liverpool Women. Currently ninth in the Women’s Super League, eight points clear of the relegation zone, their fate remains firmly in their own hands.
Results haven’t always been the kindest but in isolation they fail to paint the full picture. The highs of a sensational comeback against the reigning champions Chelsea on the opening day were rebuffed by a two-and-a-half month winless spell with five defeats and two draws, but even amid a string of tough fixtures, The Reds have shown glimpses of what got them back here.
That there have been so many positives for Matt Beard to take away, even in defeat, is evidence of the platform he has built. Under his guidance, Liverpool have built a squad whose identity is now clear. There is no more ambiguity over the club’s direction, but a genuine sense of community and camaraderie that seeps through all levels.
A large part of that can be attributed to the industry and intensity of Ceri Holland. She has been Liverpool’s most important player so far this season, adding energy to midfield with her movement and acting as instigator of the press. Headers, tackles, key passes. You name it, Ceri Holland is doing it.
So too Mel Lawley, who has flexed her creative muscles, earning the player of the month for November after registering three assists to spark an upturn in form. Her dribbling and quality of delivery continues to pay dividends in attack, particularly for Katie Stengel.
Any questions over whether the American could make the step up to the WSL have been emphatically alleviated having scored seven goals in 13 appearances in all competitions, the joint third top goalscorer in the league (six) with more goals than Sam Kerr and Vivianne Miedema.
In previous years Liverpool have suffered from a lack of physicality upfront but at 5ft 9in, she offers just that, providing a much-needed focal point to the attack while working tirelessly to chase down lost causes. That she has not only found the back of the net on a consistent basis but made her presence known in the absence of Leanne Kiernan, could prove pivotal come the end of the season.
Having navigated a tricky October to earn a much-needed three points against West Ham before the winter break alongside progression to the quarter finals of the Continental League Cup, they return on Sunday with fresh confidence in their bid for survival.
They do so having strengthened in the market with the arrival of 20-year-old Sofie Lundgaard — who has experience far beyond her years — and returnee Gemma Bonner — whose leadership will prove invaluable in the coming months, particularly with the recent news of Gilly Flaherty’s retirement.
The centre-back held the record for most appearances in the top-flight having surpassed Jill Scott’s tally and will leave a big void in the dressing room. However, with other key players set to return from injury, The Reds would still appear to be in good stead for a strong 2023.
There are no easy games in this league and the players and manager will know the challenges that lay ahead. They must take their chances when they come and translate them into tangible points on the board. This is a Liverpool team that have already proven they deserve to be in the WSL and one intent on staying there.
That task restarts for the first time this year on Sunday with a trip to Manchester. It is the first league meeting between the two sides since September 2019 — what a three points it would be.
Into these, Reds.
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The key performer for Liverpool in recent years has been Fabinho, and his position could be key to solving The Reds’ current midfield issues…IT has been over 18 months since my last TAW article.
After several years of contributing to this illustrious website, I decided to take a step back. The ups and downs of the 2020-21 season had taken its toll and despite a pretty good end to that campaign, I simply didn’t have it in me to go again in 2021-22.
I love the lads and lasses of TAW, but my column had run its course, my writing had become tired, predictable and easy to pick apart. It was time for fresh blood.
So, Liverpool’s midfield then.
It may seem like shooting fish in a barrel to discuss the already much-maligned lads in the middle of the pitch, but like Alisson Becker being closed down by Goncalo Guedes, I wanted to see if I could find an angle that hasn’t yet been discovered.
Watching Liverpool this season has been a bit like a family wedding, you want to just relax and enjoy it, but you have a constant feeling of dread that at any moment someone you love will do something absolutely mad and ruin everything.
A brainfart of doom never feels more than a few minutes away and the Wolves draw on Saturday was at times like a microcosm of the entire season. Mad moments, sublime play undone by more mad moments, and ultimately a feeling of disappointment and flabbergastery at the sheer lack of control from The Reds.
I very much buy into the idea that the problems are too plentiful and detailed to be boiled down into any one thing some goon like me could cover, but there is one thing I would particularly like to touch upon.
More or less everyone agrees that Fabinho’s form has dropped off a cliff this season, which is ironic considering he has been referred to by Pep Lijnders as the team’s “Lighthouse”.
His arrival in 2018 coincided with the turning point from Liverpool being league also-rans to a relentless winning machine capable of smashing 90 points repeatedly.
However, we have seen before what being without an in-form Fabinho in the defensive midfield role does to this team.
Back to 2020-21, injuries meant he had to be moved to centre-back and Liverpool struggled badly. Not because he was poor there, but because the team no longer had him in midfield. Then he got injured himself.
When he was back in his familiar role last season, where he played 48 times, Jürgen Klopp’s men got 92 points in the Premier League and almost won the quadruple.
Whether down to tiredness or lack of confidence, Fabinho has not been the same player this season, leaving the team looking like a coastline without a lighthouse.
I have found it curious that the club hasn’t ever seemingly moved to bring in another player who even comes close to doing what Fabinho does, though arguably that may have been what they wanted from missed target Aurelien Tchouameni, albeit in a more versatile manner.
Jordan Henderson has filled in at times but even when he has performed better in that role than he did against Leicester City, he has always played it very differently to Fabinho, and isn’t getting any younger.
At the other end of the scale, Stefan Bajcetic is an exciting young prospect, but by God is he a young prospect. Of all the roles I would want to entrust to someone who only turned 18 in late October, a number six is very much not one of them. His time will come, but that should still be a way off in an ideal world.
There have been plenty of calls since Saturday for a Gini Wijnaldum-type to be brought in, with the notion that the Dutchman was never truly replaced.
I still believe Thiago Alcantara was seen as his replacement by Klopp, though obviously a very different type of player, which was probably the point. The manager wanted to evolve his midfield and when you consider last year’s success, it initially worked pretty well.
It wasn’t just the near quadruple achieved. Liverpool’s stats in several areas were higher than they had ever been under Klopp, including interceptions, big chance creation and big chance conversion, while tackle and duel success was up there with the Champions League and title-winning campaigns.
Wijnaldum was a key cog in a very successful Liverpool team, using his skill, his determination and his backside to keep things ticking in midfield. There is probably an argument to be made that Fabinho has been impacted by having a very stylistically different player alongside him.
It’s more likely though that he is simply knackered from doing such a demanding role for so long at such intensity, and so any signing made in January ideally needs to replace what an in-form Fabinho gives the team, if nothing else than to give the guy a break.
The familiar names like Jude Bellingham, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez and Matheus Nunes are all great and for the long-term, one or two of them will do very nicely for a midfield overhaul.
If money is tight and availability scarce in January though, the club’s scouting team must get creative and not be afraid of the shorter-term option. The loan signing of Arthur Melo showed what a lack of preparation can do.
To play the role of Julian Ward from Wish.com for a minute, an example of someone the club could potentially look at in a situation like this is FC Koln’s Ellyes Skhiri.
The Tunisian, on the face of it, ticks plenty of boxes. He is a defensive midfielder, loves a tackle, has experience in a top league, has over 50 caps at international level, and perhaps most importantly of all, his name is like ‘Shaqiri’, and I know we all miss the little grinning power cube immensely.
He is also out of contract in June and his club appear to be resigned to losing him, with some reports suggesting they’d take a fee of under £10m this month.
Also, according to FBRef.com, the player he is apparently most similar to is a certain Mr Caicedo.
Skhiri is 27, so not quite an ideal age, but that’s where we come back to Bajcetic. Give it a year or two and by the time the young Spaniard is ready to take on more responsibility for a club aiming to win everything, either Fabinho will have moved on, or Skhiri can be another Takumi Minamino who can potentially be moved on for some money.
That, or Liverpool will need three DMs to get through a season of 95 games once FIFA and UEFA have introduced even more competitions.
There is also a review of him on the Bundesliga website that says he runs… A lot. Apparently in 2020-21 he covered more ground than anyone else by over 8km, while only Joshua Kimmich has run more so far this season.
I’m no expert, but I do believe a lot of what Liverpool are suffering from in midfield can be helped by someone who can not only win his tackles but is also capable of Forrest Gumping it about for 90 minutes.
Now that is not me saying we should definitely go and get the fella, there will be several other important factors I’ve missed as just some idiot with too much free time who did some relatively half-arsed research, but it is at times like this where Liverpool’s transfer nerds must use their whole arse.
Indeed, much like Wijnaldum did.
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Ben Doak has Liverpool fans excited with the flashes he’s shown, but with game time at a premium should The Reds be looking to loan him out?ALL aboard the Ben Doak hype train.
As much as most of us love to dive headfirst from the top board into the spiralling hype and excitement that often surrounds certain up and coming footballers in Liverpool’s youth setup, others can be forgiven for taking a more reluctant approach.
It can be argued that for every Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, and Trent Alexander-Arnold the club’s Kirkby academy has churned out, there has also been a Jordan Rossiter, Jack Robinson, or Pedro Chirivella to fall by the wayside.
However, this season has seen another starlet emerge whose talent can be described as more than promising, to the point where Jürgen Klopp may break what has become an unwritten rule at Anfield.
Liverpool secured the signature of one 16-year-old Ben Doak from Celtic in March of this year, with the Scottish outfit receiving a compensation fee of £600,000 for their troubles. Doak registered two senior appearances for the Hoops before heading to Merseyside, and has made a solid impression within his first nine months in a red shirt.
Liverpool can’t claim all the credit for the youngster’s development so far, with the winger having also previously spent time at Ayr United prior to a move to Celtic Park.
For those who haven’t forked out for a subscription to LFCTV, you would be pleased to know Doak has already starred for The Reds’ under-18s, under-19s, and under-21s this term, securing eight goals and six assists across all levels since joining.
His efforts earned him some gametime during Liverpool’s Dubai training camp friendlies this winter. Doak struck the post and provided an assist to Darwin Nunez during a meeting with AC Milan as World Cup proceedings continued in Qatar.
The young wide man was rewarded with a place on the bench against Derby County in November’s Carabao Cup tie, and thus his first team debut just days before his 17th birthday as a 74th minute substitute. The game would ultimately finish 0-0 with Liverpool going through on penalties, but in a cameo lasting little over a quarter of an hour, Doak produced a display worthy of its own highlight reel.
The Scotsman became the sixth youngest player ever to represent The Reds and with his constant determination to drive in from the right flank, proved a constant headache for the Rams’ left-back Louie Sibley.
Boxing Day saw Liverpool travel to Villa Park with a squad replenished by those returning to club duty after the World Cup. Despite the presence of his senior peers, Doak was handed a Premier League debut with two minutes of normal time remaining, making him the youngest Scottish national to appear in the competition.
Doak endeared himself to the travelling Kop by sending former Everton full-back Lucas Digne scrambling with a clever dummy and nutmeg.
Amid a run of poor form, The Reds began their defence of the FA Cup with a lacklustre performance at home to Wolves, resulting in a drab draw and a consequent replay to come.
January signing Cody Gakpo did fine on his debut, but when Klopp once again saw fit to throw Doak into the fray, the teenager stole the limelight. After replacing Mo Salah in the 85th minute, Doak put on an exhibition with his dribbling and pace yet ultimately couldn’t net a winner.
During Klopp’s tenure at Liverpool, Harvey Elliott is the only player to complete a loan move away from the club while under the age of 18 and establish himself as an important part of the first team.
Ben Doak is currently ineligible to feature for Liverpool in the Champions League due to being unregistered, and with competition for league appearances now intensified due to the arrival of Gakpo from PSV, may see his senior minutes restricted to whatever is left of the FA Cup.
Consequently, a temporary spell elsewhere playing at a higher level than the youth ranks can generate, may prove attractive to The Reds as they seek to keep Doak on his current upward trajectory.
Suitors already appear to be lining up, with Nottingham Forest reportedly testing the water as to Doak’s availability. Liverpool enjoy a healthy relationship with several clubs further down the pyramid, and so if a loan was to be arranged, a destination could almost certainly be found.
Doak may only be months into his first professional contract, but he is bound to receive numerous opportunities in the coming years.
Should he retain the ability that has got so many so excited up to now, then we are looking at a very special player.
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Liverpool have been overtaken by their rivals in the not-too-distant past, and they’re in danger of losing the race against time again…AH, we’re back here again. Grim, isn’t it?
I feel sorry for the kids or newer fans who have never seen Liverpool be a bit shit. The shock of seeing teams turn up to Anfield and still having a shout at a win in the dying minutes must be deeply unpleasant for those who are just used to win, after win, after win.
We probably all have our own version of this — that minute where we seem fallible. I certainly had a jarring epiphany back in the 1990s
I seriously started to follow The Reds in the 1976-77 season when I was eight years old. I can remember the odd game before that, but that was the year when I first knew who we’d be playing at the weekend rather than just hearing the score afterwards. Then came sticker albums and the weekly begging to be taken to a game.
My nascent support was rewarded with a litany of trophies and glory from that season to about the start of the 1992-93 season when, though I would never have used the word at the time, Liverpool turned shite. Absolute cack. Garbage.
By the start of April 1993, Graeme Souness’s Liverpool sat in 13th place following a 4-1 hammering at Ewood Park — a battering masterminded by Blackburn’s Kenny Dalglish, who had returned to football but not to us.
Back then I wasn’t too concerned. Liverpool would come good. After all, Liverpool always came good. We were Liverpool. That’s just what we did. I didn’t enjoy the turgid performances from men whose waistlines were noticeably larger than they’d been the previous season, but you just sort of knew that we’d pull it round.
We finished that campaign in sixth place and to this day I’ve no idea how. We were a pub team playing in better kits.
Things aren’t that bad now, but they are grim. Going to the match these days is like going to see the worst film in the world (Sliding Doors) midweek and then being forced to watch it again at the weekend.
And yet you look at the players and wonder how. The first team is ridiculous. On Saturday, I watched Cody Gakpo pass to Mo Salah who knocked it back to Trent Alexander-Arnold who played it into Darwin Nunez. Those lads play for Liverpool. Not the worst quartet in the division.
But you look at the midfield and wonder if they’ve ever met. Fabinho and Jordan Henderson run like they’re in the midst of a Tough Mudder while Thiago Alcantara, glorious though he is to watch, hardly hurts anyone in this system.
From Leicester to Brentford to Wolves, there was little change in tactics or dynamics. Harvey Elliott hasn’t grown six inches or gained a stone of muscle in that time, nor has Jordan curtailed his age like Dorian Gray, and Thiago hasn’t yet cloned a separate runner to allow him to do what he needs to do.
But Virgil van Dijk has got himself injured and the keeper has thrown a couple in. This isn’t on them, though. You’ve got to look at the board and the transfer policy. You have to.
One of the reasons that Liverpool of 1992 went south was due to us having too many of the old guard starting games. The average player age crept up just as Manchester United’s went down. The shift began there and then.
That lack of continuity is on the club and though Jürgen Klopp has a history of waiting, waiting and waiting for his player rather than settle for the next best thing, it’s going to hurt us for a while. We saw that with the Virgil hiatus between Premier League bollocking and New Year’s Day 2018. It seems he’d never rather make do. His first choice is the only choice.
If that’s the way it has to be then we can hardly argue that he hasn’t got the track record to show that it works. Eventually.
Personally, I’d look at playing four at the middle, given that the left side of the forward line usually contains midfielders in Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz’s absence, but that’s just me and I haven’t won a European Cup.
If the club are holding out for Jude Bellingham, then there might be a reward for that patience. If they’re not and we’re just preparing for another scattergun transfer policy, then they might as well start buying now when we’re desperate for fresh legs.
Yes, this is on the club and not the players. Don’t get me wrong, a lot of them are driving me mad right now but the lack of age-ceasing injections, lack of cloning or sudden height and muscle growth are not on those lads.
These are the same people who have delivered time and again and it sickens me to see people slating them just because they’re struggling and need support. They brought the success we’ve always craved and that should never be forgotten.
That’s not about accepting mediocrity. No one is here for that. We all want success first and then a legacy.
Sometimes you pay for the good times with Leicester, Brentford and Wolves. Sometimes you have your faith tested by this club. Sometimes it’s what makes the best of times better. There were just under five years between Hodgson and Klopp and I feel we paid for the latter’s success with far worse teams, results and performances through those years.
I don’t know, maybe this will be a wake-up call. Those trophies didn’t just arrive from nowhere. If the manager has to tear up his system and find a new way to win then we might have to sit through the odd Brentford game before we’re back to open top buses.
It’d be nice if we bought a few players, though. Good ones. Ones that could save the season.
Is this too cynical? Maybe. It just seems a shame when I consider Saturday’s game to be a defeat rather than a draw. It just felt like a loss. Should have been one, in all honesty.
We might — might — be back to the grim days again. Days without a spark or splendour. I hope not but this is where we dig in, not when we’re dancing around pitches.
I hope it comes sooner than later. I never want to sit through that film again.
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Wolves 2 in the FA Cup third round at Anfield…THEY are going to play that fixture again.
Feels almost immoral, to be honest with you.
In 1980, Liverpool played Arsenal four times in the FA Cup semi final. Three replays. Very few goals. This game felt like that. With one more go round.
This is the first 11. These are senior players. And they start OK, you know. It is a decent first 15 and Liverpool have some vibrancy about them.
All through the season we’ve focused on them conceding the first goal, but perhaps it is time to wonder about what they are up to 15 to 30. Because they can be rope-a-doped a little. They can bamboozle themselves when they don’t find a way.
So much of this season is best described as searching for a spark, as wanting, waiting to find the moment when the whole game gets to be ablaze for Liverpool. When the heart pounds.
There has been much chat about Liverpool this season and their shortcomings. Physical. Technical. Tactical. But today, not for the first time, one other shortcoming manifests – emotional.
For years this has been a deeply emotional exchange; it has been heartrendering. It has aged me, I am sure it has aged you. But I wouldn’t change a thing, not least because it has been part of falling in love with you, in love with them. It has been supporting a pressure cooker, it has been watching footballers put their lives on the line over and over and it reached its unexpected, unconventional zenith last season.
On paper, I suspect Liverpool’s backroom boffins felt it would be a season of transition. But suddenly it became a furnace of possibility. Suddenly the most unexpected became almost expected. Suddenly legendary status beckoned.
There’s a photo I think of at least once a week which is Mo Salah looking like a man who has cried while receiving the golden boot. When Salah scored against Wolves last season he reacted like a man who had won the league. He was behind events.
But it wasn’t to be. And then Paris which I try not to speak of, for us, for them. It wasn’t to be in all the ways and it fucking hurt. For us. For them. For you if you were there and even if you weren’t, because you knew there was a thing and you wanted to help and I wanted you to help too.
This season makes sense in the way that 1966-67 makes sense, that 1984-85 makes sense, the way 1986-87 makes sense but if you drop the trophies in. That 2009-10 makes sense without dropping the trophies in.
In pouring everything in there could just be nowhere near enough left. There are constituent parts but no spark. One kiss is all it takes. But one kiss.
No spark because a clean slate isn’t always a good thing. No spark because who wants to start again. No spark because the road is always long and every step takes a toll.
No spark because they took a fucking European Cup final off us and they can go fuck themselves for that.
Today wasn’t just that obviously, but today was the most sparkless day imaginable in the end. Today we need to acknowledge the quality of the opposition, of course. They are a sensible football team far better than their league position, a set of lads suddenly organised and with a sense of purpose. I liked them ever so much – they’d best stay up – maybe, naughtily, more than I liked us.
Us. Andy Robertson isn’t always good but is indefatigable. Mo Salah is cool, Cody Gakpo has something and Ibou Konate finds a way.
Alisson Becker has a nightmare but I struggle to find a harsh word because he is the best one. Trent Alexander-Arnold’s ball for the goal is divine and he is one of ours.
Thiago Alcantara has one of his poorest outings, but he gets the 90. Jordan Henderson has had poorer outings but gets the hook. It was good, again, to have quality time with Naby Keita. My kingdom for a start.
None of this is a problem that cannot be solved, but it feels like four problems or five. And that needs some oomph.
Maybe this is why Darwin Nunez feels so good. Because he makes you feel. Because he is a spark.
This whole thing relies on emotion. It only makes sense on emotion. I only make sense on emotion and don’t you take that from me. That won’t be had.
Today hurts because I didn’t want the draw, don’t want the replay, don’t want to watch them again whereas I have loved watching them for so long.
They are going to play that fixture again whether we like it or not.
I want to like it. I want the night out. I want the chaos and pounding love. I’m just about starving tonight. I’m dying for some action. There’s a joke somewhere and it’s on me. No more dancing in the dark. Give me just one look.
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Josh Sexton’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Wolves 2 in the FA Cup third round at Anfield…AS if what these needed was more games of football.
Absolutely thrown that one in, Liverpool.
Alisson: 5Possibly got more credit in the bank than any member of this squad, but from where I was sat in the ground it looks like he was at fault for both goals tonight.
Trent: 7Him and Robbo remain our most creative outlets, but even their impact feels limited at this moment. That ball for the first gets him an extra point.
Matip: 6Thought he was fine, but ultimately we concede two daft goals.
Konate: 6Looked more assured than he was against Brentford, but same as above really.
Robertson: 7Just looks like one of the only ones prepared to grab it by the scruff of the neck at the moment.
Henderson: 5Thought he didn’t offer loads tonight, which a few will no doubt be happy to see.
Fabinho: 6Looked much better than against Brentford.
Thiago: 6At least tried to keep things moving and ticking.
Salah: 6Back to feeling like he can’t get into games. Got a gimme for their goal.
Darwin: 7Didn’t offer as much as he has done, but took his goal so well.
Gakpo: 6Looked tidy but tough to get anything going in a team so low on confidence.
SUBSKeita: 7Like Robbo, one of the only ones who seems willing to grab it by the scruff of the neck, which is wild considering he’s meant to not be arsed and is probably off in the summer.
Elliott: n/aTough to come on and do anything in that game.
Oxlade-Chamberlain: n/aSame as above.
Gomez: n/aSake, Reds.
Ben Doak: 10Ben Doak.
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I remember getting in my car after that game and wondering what would come of The Reds’ season, having been knocked out of the League Cup by Southampton just days before.
It turned out to be a torrid first two months of the New Year, as Liverpool won just two games in all competitions — one FA Cup third round replay away at Plymouth Argyle and a crucial home league game against Tottenham Hotspur, thanks to two goals from Sadio Mane.
And in the midst of that, there I was, thinking about how The Reds had found themselves all but out of the title race, and now out of both domestic cup competitions.
The difference this year would be the addition of the European football into the mix, but this season does feel like it is hanging in the balance now — given how far Jürgen Klopp’s team are off the top (and even being seven points off an in-form Manchester United in fourth), and that they’re out of the League Cup.
It brings into sharper focus what the manager does with his team both in the long and short term, especially given how much scrutiny his decisions have been under since the loss to Brentford.
Whatever decision he makes on Saturday will be a brave one, whether he goes strong, goes weak or throws his new man straight into the mix. If I was Jürgen, I’d be tempted to go for what I’m calling a ‘safe mix’ of experience and youth.
That means starting trusted domestic cup keeper Caiomhin Kelleher behind a back four of Trent Alexander-Arnold (though James Milner’s fitness will be of interest, I’m sure), with Joel Matip, Joe Gomez and Kostas Tsimikas being given another chance after being hooked at half time against Brentford.
In midfield, Jordan Henderson should have hopefully returned from concussion protocol to partner Naby Keita with Stefan Bajcetic anchoring the trio, giving Fabinho and Thiago Alcantara a rare chance to rest.
Upfront may come to look the strongest on the day given the limited options, with a trio of Mo Salah, Darwin Nunez and, while I first suspected Fabio Carvalho would start, Klopp’s press conference has since convinced me that Cody Gakpo will be thrown straight into the mix.
That team should have more than enough to secure a win against Wolves and progression into the next round, but more importantly keep the domestic cup campaign alive for at least a few more weeks.
There may come a time where that feels low priority again, but right now The Reds should be all about surviving until they can rediscover the best version of themselves. They need a foundation to do that now.
Start again on Saturday, Reds.
Predicted 11: Kelleher; Trent, Matip, Gomez, Tsimikas; Henderson, Bajcetic, Keita; Salah, Nunez, Gakpo
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Liverpool are struggling right now and with some big decisions to be made in the short and long term, a huge summer looms for the club…HOW was Christmas?
I was struck down with a horrible flu for the most part. Feeling slightly better towards the back end of Boxing Day, having had the remedy of watching Goodison Park capitulate followed by Liverpool offering the gift of maturity at Villa Park.
Brentford, and to a degree Leicester, has dragged up ghosts of Christmas past. But as it’s a time for reflection, I’m grateful that I neither required an ambulance in Britain at any point of my illness or was draped in blue as an infant.
This seemingly isn’t a time for counting blessings among Liverpool supporters. One of the things I’ve been reflecting on most is how difficult it is to reclimb the mountain if you’ve even slightly fallen off. Jürgen Klopp’s tenure is all about lessons. It’s a time we’ll all look back on with so much learning about the true essence of journey.
So, I’ll ask again, how do you go back to feeling like you’re on the way to something special? How do we go back to enjoying this? Manchester City have ensured Liverpool never got to enjoy anywhere enough time at the summit. So, they needed to regroup and try something new.
You can forgive them for not being prepared for a fall. Klopp and his team have become accustomed to 90-plus points a season. We sauntered into another Champions League final last season with the assurance of it being a biannual event to look forward to.
With that, they prepared to evolve accordingly. I’m adamant Liverpool wanted to move more towards a City style of play, which suffocates and exhausts deep-sitting opponents and is less energy intensive in the final throes of a season like 2021-22.
If Klopp prepared them to play in some variance of a 4-2-4 formation for, say, half the season, then his faith in midfield options could be justified. We can all point to why that hasn’t happened, but injury and opposition confidence in engaging with this team unlike before is clearly the biggest factor.
You only have to look at how Monday’s opponents targeted Liverpool’s left and Virgil van Dijk – something previously thought frivolous.
Liverpool have brought in Cody Gakpo and we’re all looking forward to seeing what he offers, but the biggest restoration project will come this summer – the most important summer in Liverpool’s recent history.
Four players are out of contract, three of which are midfielders. I believe you can make a valid argument to sell another two, but I very much doubt they will.
Let’s argue that three leave, that requires at least three in. I think you can also make a case for another massive centre-back who can also play left-back and probably a backup goalkeeper, should Caoimhin Kelleher leave.
Where I’m getting irritable is uncertainty around what is defined by what. For instance, if the club went into this season knowing the scale of work on 12 months later, the budget shouldn’t be purely dependent on Champions League football.
Ultimately, my worry is that they’ve given themselves too much to do. That five into three doesn’t go and we end up with some compromise of one or two of the current expiring contracts being renewed purely to ease the workload.
There’s something else. (Can tell I’ve been away from the writing, can’t you?) Liverpool’s need for restructure off the pitch is being greatly underplayed. It’s a basic point that many make since the news of Julian Ward and Ian Graham’s departure, but it’s just as important as sorting the midfield.
Eddie Howe is getting rightful plaudits for the job he’s doing at Newcastle, but the club have done the right thing in putting the best people around him, including Liverpool analyst Mark Leyland, who was supposedly extremely highly rated at the club.
Liverpool must seek the best support structure and expertise around Klopp to enable success. That will focus attention on a Sporting Director, but the club’s data-driven approach needs to also be restored to enable the right decision making to occur.
It sounds like a lot of work because it is. Priorities in Boston need to shift across the Atlantic and how to improve what’s been built above all else, including selling the asset itself. Mike Gordon’s role shift is a prime example of those priorities being skewed and focus being lost.
There are tons of nonsense distractions around at the moment, ranging from Darwin Nunez’s goal return to Didi Hamann’s tin-foil-hat waffle about Pep Lijnders.
Irrationality will always rampage in times of challenge, but Liverpool must remain fixated on getting the next closed-season right.
The work starts now to give themselves the best possible chance of doing so.
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Liverpool went into the New Year with a run of wins and a new signing to boot, but that goodwill evaporated after the Brentford disappointment…WELL then. That New Year positivity didn’t last long, did it?
Top four is a battle and Liverpool find themselves immersed in it.
This season has been tale after tale of poor decision making, bad finishing and wavering spirit. I didn’t think it could get worse after Nottingham Forest but then Leeds came to Anfield. Neither were supposed to be in doubt and yet The Reds were routinely swept aside.
Fast forward to Monday night and it was an all too familiar story. Brentford are now very much an established Premier League side. They’ve shown they can cause problems and offered Liverpool ample warning in the past. We knew it wouldn’t be an easy game, but you hope and somewhat expect them to come through unscathed. At the very least, you expect to see some fight.
What they delivered was anything but. We were abject, predictable, a shell of our old selves and not for the first time this season. Conceding first is just par for the course now, and the reaction too often absent. There is no sense of logic nor anticipation of danger. A team built on intensity has become the advert for futility. Where are the leaders? Where is the response?
Go a goal down, get yourself back into it and then turn on the style. That was the script, but recently Liverpool have had other ideas.
Too often this Liverpool side gives themselves too much to do. The structure is unclear and the very things that made them what they were are noticeable in their absence. This is a Jürgen Klopp team, renowned for its Gegenpressing, sleepwalking while the opposition runs. A team devoid of confidence and identity struggling to stem the tide.
At times, it has felt like they are the easiest team in the league to play against.
More often than not we’re talking about basic fundamentals being done poorly. Get back and stay in shape. Pressure the ball and pass to a teammate. Give yourself a chance.
Part of the blame falls with the manager. That isn’t to question his ability to get us out of this rut, but rather highlight that he isn’t immune from criticism either. Playing a high line without the press is defensive suicide and the selections haven’t always paid dividends.
Naby Keita has divided opinion over the years, but made a difference in 45 minutes on Monday and should’ve started. Kostas Tsimikas looked like a deer in headlights.
There are mitigating circumstances, of course. Having such a rigid transfer policy despite an ageing squad isn’t doing anybody any favours. Cody Gakpo will add further cavalry to the attack, but the lack of intent to sign a midfielder this month is alarming.
Starting Harvey Elliott in midfield hasn’t yet borne fruit and the side look unbalanced as a result. I have no doubts he will be a big part of the future, but what Liverpool need is established talent. Whether Jude Bellingham makes the switch in the summer or not, there is a need for reinforcements now.
Right now it’s an uphill battle. They are making the same errors, they have drifted from their identity and we are all suffering as a result.
Wolves in the cup next and a chance to put things right.
The Liverpool of today isn’t the Liverpool of tomorrow or yesterday, but they’ve got to be better than this.
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Some Liverpool fans are pining for a more workman-like midfield, like the much-maligned 2019-20 version that apparently needed creativity…LIVERPOOL’S midfield.
It has been a topic of conversation for many for quite some time and now, more than ever, with Liverpool going through a difficult period, understandably, it’s an area of much focus.
Now it’s clear for all to see that Liverpool are in need of investment in this area of the pitch, with many of the current options either ageing or being susceptible to injury.
However, despite this, the club have surprisingly only brought in one new midfield player across the last four-and-a-half years, with the line often being peddled that the club are waiting for the “right player”.
The question is what type of midfielder is the right type of player, given where we are as a club currently and where we are trying to get to?
I want to start by going back to what many consider to be the prototype of a Jürgen Klopp side; the 2019-20 season where not only did we win lots of trophies, but we were also the envy of sides across Europe for our style of play and the way the club operated.
During this period of success, many rightly lauded the brilliance of our front three players, Mohamad Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino, who consistently brought a flexibility, work rate and creativity not seen in many front threes.
They were supported and supplied by our flying and aggressive full backs, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson, who when added to the equation made Liverpool an offensive juggernaut.
The truth, though, is that this full throttle style of play was only allowed to happen and be so successful because of one thing… The composition of the midfield.
Look at the type of midfield players we had at the time, Fabinho, Jordan Henderson and Gini Wijnaldum. They would hunt you down, suffocate you and most importantly, cover the spaces vacated by the offensive players. That then allowed them to attack with freedom in the knowledge that, if the ball was turned over, we were always protected from the counter attack.
It sounds perfect, right? Offensively aggressive, scoring lots of goals, but with the right protection to help become one of the best defences in Europe.
Unfortunately, that wasn’t enough for some, with a number of fans and media outlets preferring to talk about the lack of creativity provided by Liverpool’s midfield three, rather than how their work rate and defensive awareness gave us the stability to mount attacks.
Wijnaldum and Henderson especially were often the target for some supporters who questioned what they brought to the team. With that in mind, and the talk currently about our midfield and how vulnerable we are in transition, it appears many fans are now starting to revisit history and talk more positively about these players after realising just what a brilliant job they did for the team.
Now to the ‘evolution’ of Liverpool’s midfield where we seem to have shifted from a high press, ‘workman-like’ midfield who excelled in doing the less sexy side of midfield work, to more technical players such as, Thiago Alcantara and youngster, Harvey Elliott.
Thiago was brought in to compliment the legs of the players next to him in midfield, and give us the guile and technical ability to play passes through the lines from central areas into our strikers.
Thiago is a magician, we are blessed to watch him do his work. However, I’d argue that for him to flourish, he needs to do his work alongside two willing runners in the ilk of the 2019-20 versions of Henderson and Wijnaldum.
Elliott, on the other hand, is a young talent trying to learn his trade in a struggling team with much expectation. In recent times he has faced criticism as he has often been part of a midfield three that appears to be very open in transition, leaving Trent badly exposed with a lack of cover on his right-hand side.
Context is needed, though, when talking about Elliott. I personally think for now, he would be more suited to a role higher up the pitch where less of a demand is put on him to be defensively minded.
It hasn’t helped him that he has been next in line to Henderson, who has done such an effective job of dovetailing and covering for Trent over the years. The contrasting styles of the two midfielders could not be more apparent.
Henderson’s first thought is often ‘how can I cover the spaces vacated by the offensive players?’, whereas Elliott would prefer to find offensive pockets higher up the pitch where he can influence and be involved in our attacking play.
The key to all of this is finding the balance. In 2019-20 we had powerful runners who wanted to facilitate rather than dictate. Now, we have the reverse with more players that want to dictate possession rather than facilitate.
With Henderson and Fabinho racking up lots of miles in the legs, we don’t have the ability to suffocate teams like we used to. The knock-on effect is that if we can’t press properly, it becomes ever more difficult to carry players such as Elliott or Thiago, particularly when they are played together.
One thing is for sure, Liverpool need willing runners and energy in their midfield badly. This injection of energy should see a return of the famed pressing that is synonymous with Klopp’s teams.
It will stop the constant threat of being countered, as it will allow us to put more pressure on the ball. Plus it will help to get the best out of some of our more creative midfielders, who desperately need facilitators alongside them to give them the platform to perform.
After all, you can’t build anything great on a weak foundation.
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Brentford 3 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at the Gtech Community Stadium…AGONY. That was.
For 11 on the pitch, several thousand in the ground, all of us watching on the telly. For Jürgen Klopp, unable to fix it. Agony.
But Jürgen needs to think about why it needed fixing.
Let me be clear: I’m not slaughtering 19 year olds doing their best. I’m asking why they are picked in the first place.
In the aftermath of Leicester City, I presumed that Harvey Elliott’s start was to conserve the legs of Naby Keita. After all, Brentford’s physical but granular approach surely necessitated the selection of three midfielders of experience and some degree of physical prowess.
Instead, with Jordan Henderson’s absence, we still get Elliott and then we get an entirely predictable showing. This is where I need to be careful, but where the manager does too. The facts are these – Elliott’s performances have diminished and he is genuinely impacting the structure of the whole side in this role. He is unable to play in a 4-3-3 in the midfield area and it is skewing everything, making it harder for everyone.
Before a ball was kicked this evening, I would have started with Keita. Had Henderson been fit, I would have started with Keita. Had it been decided Keita couldn’t start, I would have tried to start anyone but Elliott. Because I have watched Brentford.
However, to then see Naby Keita be broadly speaking sound for 45 drives you even madder. If he can do 45, he can do 55. And then you bring someone like Elliott on.
None of this is to say Harvey Elliott is solely to blame for tonight. Or that he won’t make 500 Liverpool appearances. It is to explain why, well, this is on the manager. I am solely asking why he is picked in the first place.
The manager is off the back of two good games. He has made smart subs in both and maybe got lucky with his selection against Leicester, but in a direct sense subs and half times are the job and he does alright here tonight too.
His shoulders are broad enough. He shouldn’t go anywhere for 10 years as far as I am concerned. He isn’t and shouldn’t go anywhere until 2026 and he is a great man. Broad enough. But tonight was a big bowl of wrong and he is exposing a young footballer and he needs to pack it in for a bit.
Our most calm and faithful centre back was confused and lost. Our new young forward managed to get the ball in the back of the net but of course, offside. Agony. The lot of it. Drown your sorrows. Kick the sofa. Pound the cushion.
Feel the agony. But more important is the analysis.
Thiago plays well yet again for long stretches, but plays everyone into trouble in key moments. We are too too narrow and we get overloaded so easily. It has to be stopped with quick confident passing but none of that works.
Ibrahim Konate’s leg cannot be held responsible for the ball bouncing off it and into the goal. But all the defenders are responsible for basic errors of space and pace. Our high line only works with constant pressing.
Too narrow. Too narrow. Again and again. It is agony to watch. Brentford counter attack and overload. And Liverpool undershoot and are controlled.
We should not in our agony forget credit where is it due. And the 86th minute third goal is deserved by Mbeumo. Their pace is very credible and their tactics were right. The manager watched Mo Salah being overcrowded and crowded out by teams over the Christmas period and knew what he had to do.
Being fair, Brentford block passing lanes brilliantly time and again. Being fair, they do the granular thing. I love how clever they are, you know. It’s one thing to be physically imposing, but another thing entirely to break the game down as they do. They are a credit to themselves, their manager, their entire setup and their crowd who are having a ball.
Tonight is, in a number of ways, one of the most significant evenings in their history. Tonight they get to beat Manchester United and Liverpool at home in one season. This isn’t a trophy, but it is close. However, if they pick their moment, a trophy may not be beyond them. They are bright as a button and as big as The Giant, O’Brien.
Fabinho played well. Andy Robertson is good when he comes on. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain showed the value of doing a job. Joel Matip showed a bit. The issue isn’t generality, it is moments and the thing is this: opponents know that too.
By the end both sides are shattered, but that begs the question about whether it is better to start or end with the better players. It sends us back to asking the why.
I wouldn’t have taken six from the festive period. I would have taken seven though, so here we are. But finding them hard to watch is what is hurting me. I need to not find them hard to watch win or lose.
I need, we need not to be in agony but to be able to be in love win or lose. That’s the toughest trot at the minute. At Southampton, back in May, I’d have given them everything. They held my heart in their hands.
Right now, because of what we have all been through, because of them becoming doombrains, because it is hard to always run uphill, because they chose not to refresh, because they keep making similar errors, because they have moved away from their essence, they are hard to love. In not being able to love we all become unloveable.
Can’t have that.
Enough’s enough. Stopping fucking about. Agony.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Brentford 3 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at the Gtech Community Stadium…FUCKING hell. That first half.
We might have some of the stupidest people on the planet playing for us. Start well, on top, two passes later one on one, then an unlucky goal. Sound. Suck it up. Get in to half time 1-0 and fucking regroup. One goal disallowed. Fuck me that was lucky. Sound, get yourself in 1-0 at half time. Second goal disallowed, OK, fuck me, defo just get to the half. Liverpool: let’s play footy on the edge of our box, eh? What do you think? Oh 2-0.
They have no sense of logic, or danger. Massive structural issues and a distinct lack of fucking nous. Wow.
Better second half and you can’t give yourself too many mountains to climb, but this needs to be better.
Alisson: 7Unreal double save for the disallowed one. Unreal save for the one on one just before their goal. So unlucky for the second. Great effort to save it.
Trent: 6I just don’t really even know anymore, honestly. Our idea to score of just twatting it at their eight fucking giant trees in their box seems somewhat flawed. Has got about six fellas to mark every time the ball goes in our box. What a ball for the goal, on his wrong foot. Can’t miss. Then went back to slinging it into the box.
Virgil: 5Poor for the first. Just doesn’t turn quick enough so gives him self so much to do. I fucking hope his legs haven’t gone, as we really could do with them being, you know, still fucking there. No leadership from then on. Dragged at half time, or injured.
Konate: 5Unlucky for the first, but generally ragged really. I don’t know, it’s hard to slaughter the defenders too much as there is just not much in front of them. Really good second half. Aggressive, good on the turn. Until he wasn’t. Shite for the third goal. Too soft. Little nudge in the back has never been a foul.
Tsimikas: 5Should score at 1-0, poor effort really. Played a fucking ridiculous crossfield ball to Trent that got intercepted and really fucking ramped the pressure up when we really needed it. Was then pretty shite.
Fabinho: 5Just not the same player anymore. Can’t cover the ground. Looks like his hips have been fused. Doesn’t do that much wrong. Just not as good as he was, can’t cover as much as he could, and what you are left with is a sub-par midfield.
Thiago: 6The Reds’ best midfielder today – aside from maybe Henderson (shut up, sausage) – but still not great. I don’t think we are good enough anymore to be able to play the same way every game. We need to fucking consolidate at times. We are just too wide open and easy to play against. Thiago contributes to that. We are desperate for some fucking physicality in there, especially away from home. This result was so predictable, it was obvious.
Elliott: 4Started on minus as he is too small to be playing centre mid. Neither of those things are his fault but I don’t make the rules do I? But then scratched that as I think he might be on the right and he twatted someone in the first 10 minutes. Well in. Hang on, that dummy, on the edge of your box, when you have just got away with two disallowed goals takes some fucking beating. Should have been dragged off there and then. Trying his best, to be fair.
Chamberlain: 7Plays well first half. One of our better players. Great for the Tsimikas chance. Great goal. Great movement for it and lovely flick.
Salah: 6Feel sorry for Mo today. Surrounded frankly by bellends. Plays well considering our strategy to score seems to just involve twatting it.
Nunez: 7So unlucky for the one off the line. Does everything right. So unlucky for the disallowed one. What a finish. Unreal. Should do better with the scuffed one.
SUBSNaby Keita: 6He’s so much better than some of the alternatives in there. Comes on and gives The Reds real drive and presence for a bit. A proper midfielder. Would like him to start the next 10 games. He probably won’t, will probably snap his banjo somehow between now and then. All that said. Shit for their third. Got to look after it better.
Robertson: 7Got some bollocks about him which can’t be said of all of them. Gave The Reds some proper presence and character.
Matip: 6Good when he came on. Furious with everyone.
Curt: n/aMad the way he plays once every six weeks.
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Though the ‘expensive flop’ narrative continues to follow Darwin Nunez at Liverpool, Reds won’t worry about the Uruguayan just yet…THINGS didn’t start well for Ian Rush.
When the Welsh legend was initially approached by Liverpool in 1980, he was reluctant to make the move from Third Division Chester City. He was happy there and didn’t see how such a huge club could be interested in giving him first team football when they already had David Johnson and Kenny Dalglish.
Bob Paisley persuaded him to join with the promise that he could always go back if it didn’t work out.
Spoiler: It worked out.
He started off in the reserves and finally made his debut in a 1-1 draw against Ipswich Town. Rush didn’t score in that game or in any of his next six.
On Friday night, Darwin Nunez hit the post in the closing minutes of the first half. We all know what happened next, but the Uruguayan’s role was lost in the Wout Faes story. His chip over the onrushing Danny Ward pretty much made the goal. You’d think that that would be seen as a worthwhile and significant contribution. Liverpool won the game thanks to that chip.
Barely an hour after the Leicester City game, the BBC ran a headlining story about Darwin and whether his lack of goals and assists made him an £85m flop. The result itself was already old news. It was time to look at Darwin Nunez and make that the first headline on the website.
The stats then. He’s appeared 21 times in all competitions and scored nine goals.
If that’s the sort of start that interests the BBC, they would have loved the 1980 Ian Rush.
Obviously, no one is comparing the two players but it speaks volumes that so many are quick to judge and condemn a player who’s only been here for four months. What makes it baffling is that the story on Friday night was clearly about the poor lad who had won us the game and that, as shocking as we were, The Reds have now won four on the bounce.
‘Liverpool near Top Four’? Nah. Let’s look at £64m plus add-ons.
To be fair, the writer was simply echoing what many were saying on social media. Darwin isn’t Mo Salah, but he’s not the Fernando Torres of Chelsea either.
No one is saying Darwin Nunez is perfect. I doubt even he is and he strikes me as a man who doesn’t want for confidence. I’ve shouted at him as much as cheered him — the headbutt, the lack of square ball to Mo to box off the Manchester City game etc — but it’s clear he has something and will have even more coming once he’s been adequately Jürgen Klopp-ed.
This is an age where judgments are immediate, where appraisals are held at the end of every game.
There was a TAW contributor a while ago who said that Jonjo Shelvey could be a great Liverpool player, but they didn’t want him to make mistakes and learn from them in games where we’re trying to win trophies. That’s what the reserves and training matches are for.
I understand that argument, though it hints that Jonjo wouldn’t improve enough to be worth the risk. I don’t think anyone thinks that this is Darwin Nunez’s ceiling. He’s already lifting his head and passing more than he did in his early weeks.
If there’s one issue it’s his instinct. The goals he’s scored have mostly been from a quick header or early shot. He’s less successful when his options are increased. Not for him, the classic sprint and one-on-one finish like Salah. Darwin likes to hit early in the same way Robbie Fowler did.
That’s not necessarily a criticism. Nine goals in 21 games is hardly a poor start and to have someone who can catch defences by surprise is always a bonus. That’s where the chaos comes in. The ‘has he really tried that?’ moment. The absolute entertainment.
Great decision making doesn’t always come with youth. That takes time and arrives with maturity. Until then we’ll have to make do with him streaking past full backs and getting arses off seats as he does so.
With every game he’s linking up with Mo more and more. He’s also becoming more of a team player, tracking back a lot more now.
He’s not the finished article, but it’s rare that finished articles arrive and settle in straight away. He’s playing in a different country, in a better league and against defenders who know how to wind him up. If he was still without a goal I could understand if there was the odd raised eyebrow. Nine before New Year isn’t bad at all.
I wonder if this craving for criticism is part of the Erling Haaland factor. The same kneejerk journalism is already talking about Dixie Dean and scoring three figures by May. Daniel Storey in ‘the i’ newspaper quite reasonably notes that the Norwegian has 21 Premier League goals from 59 shots where Darwin has five from seven fewer. Darwin tends to shoot from further out, incidentally.
Daniel sees this going one of three ways — that he’ll score loads once he’s settled in, that Jürgen will get bored of his occasional haphazard finishing or that he’ll be more selective when he’s in a good position.
I don’t think he’ll do the latter. Not yet anyway. That instinct thing again. Nor do I think his manager will get sick of his wild shots and bench him. Only this week he’s thanked the crowd for singing his name when things aren’t going to plan.
You can’t compare him to Erling Haaland. Erling Haaland is generationally gifted. You can’t compare him to Jack Grealish either. He’s a different type of player who just happens to cost an absolute bomb too.
And I’m not comparing him to Ian Rush, but it’s worth remembering that coaching and time made him Liverpool’s greatest goal scorer. Coaching and time will help him, but he’s hardly, say, Jozy Altidore (two in 62) as things stand.
There’s always room for improvement and he’s in the best place for that.
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A background on Liverpool’s new signing Cody Gakpo, and how his faith has translated to his personality on and off the pitch…WHEN we signed Gini Wijnaldum and Virgil van Dijk I said something along the lines of: ‘to know the player you need to know the person.’
Now Cody Gakpo is a Liverpool player I’d like to shed some light on the person.
Cody is from Eindhoven which is a special city in the Netherlands. It’s the birthplace of the company Philips, which started creating light bulbs and led to the city being nicknamed the ‘Light City’.
Philips grew bigger and produced more and more electronics, spurring the development of the city. These days it’s one of the best places in Europe to study engineering. It’s a place of high performance, without losing its down to earth mentality.
This mentality comes up a lot in the contrast between rivals of PSV and Ajax. Ajax has the history and the natural arrogance that goes with being the capital and a special city. Ajax players are called the ‘Sons of Gods’, where PSV refers to themselves as farmers. It’s arrogance versus humility.
Humility is a core quality of PSV. Whether or not it has helped them I’ll not dive into too much. I would say that on the transfer market it hasn’t, PSV has rarely sold well. Pricey assets in Mark van Bommel and Ibrahima Afellay went for nothing and Cody is now their biggest transfer out. He’d ranked sixth most expensive for Ajax.
PSV’s training ground is called the Herdgang, named after the district of the city it’s next to. It used to be on the outskirts of the city, surrounded by the woods, but these days it’s more boxed in between. Every current and former player will always call the place “Gemoedelijk” – a Dutch word that knows no translation really. Gemoedelijk is more than a feeling, it’s a state of being relaxed, calm but not without purpose or order. It’s a good word, say the G as a Scouse C and you’ll be there.
Gakpo’s name is of French origin by the way, so no Dutch G, no Scouse C, just a French “Gakpo”. All of this is important to get to know Cody. Eindhoven and the Herdgang are central to the young attacker’s life.
His story basically consists of four pillars. Eindhoven, Herdgang, family and faith. And as everything the story starts at home. Cody’s father Johnny is a former Togolese international who travelled to Eindhoven via France for love, which is of course the most important reason to travel anyway.
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His mother, Anke, is a former Rugby player. A household of athleticism, but also a household that is all about humility, standing up for your beliefs, faith and politeness. Neither of his two brothers, both very talented players too, are known for wild or rash behaviour. They’re all polite, hardworking lads.
He knows where he comes from and doesn’t forget it. Nor will his parents let him forget it. The Gakpo’s are a very grounded family and that reflects in Cody.
His football journey has actually been very straightforward. He started playing football at the earliest possible over here, age four. He joined EVV Eindhoven initially but joined up with PSV within two years and won the league in his first year with the side, being very important to the win.
His talent shone through, even at that very young age. That U7 side had 11 players in it, three of them are current pro players, it was a talented side he grew up with. The U9s scored 280 goals, Cody scores 120 of them and assists half of the rest.
But, and this is not the last time I’m going to write this, it’s not just his ability but his personality that defines him. It’s been at home where his character was formed, but it was at the Herdgang where it became something more.
As his parents taught him, he regularly stands up for the weaker lads in the team. He’s a leader both on and off the pitch. He’s always available to help out others, regularly shows up at his former school to help. Always happy to show up for television duties, never shies away from the responsibility, both as leader, person and player.
Already at a young level he’s eager to learn, determined to become a better player on a daily basis and he’s hungry for more. More goals, more assists, more dribbles, more crosses, more of everything, just more. If he had scored 10, he wanted 12 according to his youth trainer Twan Scheepers, who grew into a confidante of the young player.
As he grew older, some doubt did creep in. The level of competition grows each year. He faces kids from other academies, Ajax, Feyenoord, AZ and they’re very good as well. Other kids around him move up earlier or get picked to train with the first team and he stays behind. He becomes restless and Scheepers manages to keep his head focused.
His parents helped him get through the period. They helped him focus on the joy of football. He was too critical of himself in that period. When he recovers his joy he propels forward. It’s difficult to find a picture of him not smiling. He’s upbeat, grounded, calm and determined – in short, ‘gemoedelijk’. He’s the ultimate product of PSV and Eindhoven.
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Ultimately, it’s Cody that pushed himself to the top. He learns to relish the challenge. He wants to test himself and it works out for him. He signs a pro deal and plays for Jong PSV, trains with the first team and goes a bit back and forth with minutes.
He won the league with PSV in 2017-18 playing around 80 seconds for the first team. From there on he’s on a steady upwards trajectory. His eagerness to improve, to learn and combined with his talent and physical traits turn him into the Eredivisie star he is today.
It’s perhaps his biggest trait, his personality. Especially off the field, his calm and jovial demeanour shines through. He’s mature and seemingly wise beyond his years.
His surroundings have helped him shape it, but the last step has been his to make. Gakpo is big on his faith. He attends church very regularly, but it doesn’t stop there. He loves reading the Bible a lot and by his own accord he often discusses the scriptures with his friends and other members of his community.
It’s a big part of where he finds the calm to deal with the pressure of life and the job. It helps him deal with the setbacks of life. When he was injured previously – including one almost season-long injury at the academy – he was all over the place. He now knows how to deal with the setbacks better. It doesn’t faze him as much.
One of the people he professes his faith with is Memphis Depay. Depay has not been as vocal about his faith but turned to the Bible later on in his life, only a couple of years ago. Together during the latest World Cup and in the midst of the storm they brought peace and calm to the squad.
No less than 15 players of the squad found themselves sitting together and professing their faith, discussing Bible verses that fit their situation. Dumfries had a poor group stage but had a great game against the USA. After the game he spoke at length about the gatherings that Depay and Gakpo organised, and Dumfries credited the boys for his renewed view towards religion and the effect it had had on his form.
Virgil is rumoured to have been one of the 15 attending. Virgil and Gakpo have been close during the World Cup. The best part is that the session was open to everyone. Religious, non-religious and non-Christians too. Everyone was welcome, everyone’s opinion valued.
That defines Cody. He came out in defence of his goalkeeper and was adamant that his mistakes were down to him too. Everyone shoulders the blame, everyone basks in the glory.
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What we’re getting with Cody is the full package. His demeanour is friendly, jovial and you’ll find him usually smiling. He’s a leader that doesn’t shy away from his responsibilities. He has spoken about the fact that a familiar face bears the burden to show goodness and set an example. He’s put his money where his mouth is.
His approach to his profession is extremely professional, and he’s eager to learn and willing to accept that he’s not there yet. He has worked with a coach outside of PSV to improve his decision making and overall game. This has resulted in a higher output and less injuries. He’s tactically very aware of what happens on the pitch and is happy to help a teammate out.
On the pitch we’ll get a beast of a player.
What annoys me over the years is that Manchester United always found players that could shoot incredibly well who could score out of nowhere. Once it was Rooney and Ronaldo, then we moved to the even more annoying Martials and Rashfords. Definitely not top players but still scored goals they had no right to score. Just cut inside and hit it better than they deserved. Just because of their shooting ability.
We get one of those with Cody and that’s just very nice to have. He loves to cut inside from the left to find the lower right corner. Why the lower right corner? That’s the most difficult corner to protect from his move, takes the goalkeeper the most travelling time, so as long as it’s on target it has a high chance of going in. It also gives Mo Salah the chance of a tap-in, which is something Gakpo took away from the individual coaching he received.
Much has been said about his versatility as a player and the positions he can play in, but that’s perhaps a bit too much wishful thinking. It’s true that he played several positions at the World Cup and he scored in the group stages with his left, his right and his head, but it’s not like he did that loads for PSV.
Louis van Gaal had sat down and explained he was going to play with two up top and a 10 behind, with Depay on the left side of the two up top. He’s a natural winger that loves to shoot with his right, but is perfectly capable of going around the defender and delivering a cross with his left.
We’re getting the full package with this fella. He dresses sharp, he’s got impeccable skin and I bet you he also smells dead nice too.
So, as Cody himself proves, a little faith will go a long way.
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Leicester City 1 in the Premier League at Anfield…LIVERPOOL were absolutely appalling this evening.
It was staggering how poor they were for the first 35 minutes of this game. Darwin Nuñez aside.
In the second half they didn’t create a great deal, but did manage to neutralise a tidy but limited Leicester side. Darwin Nuñez aside.
Darwin Nuñez aside. He is the most electrifying man in sports entertainment today and he showed precisely why again.
My theory is part of why Wout Faes panics for the first is that he has played 30 minutes against Darwin Nuñez and is therefore not standing for a shout from Danny Ward. He has information Danny Ward doesn’t have whether Danny is right or wrong. He was absolutely legged by Darwin which set up the Salah chance and you don’t forget that sort of thing.
Then the second comes from Darwin Nuñez being brilliant. Then everything good for Liverpool in the second half comes from Darwin Nuñez being brilliant. He is the game’s defining force yet again and while he is it makes life harder for Leicester.
So Liverpool. Darwin Nuñez aside. My word. That was a slog. It was worse than a slog at first. It was a nadir. Other plus points:
– Trent Alexander-Arnold defends the really rather good Harvey Barnes brilliantly. He yet again demonstrates he is England’s best right back if that matters. The world’s best. In fact.
– Thiago does well.
– Stefan Bajcetic’s tackle.
– Seeing friends.
– Wout Faes.
– Joe Gomez’s cameo.
– Alisson Becker’s kit.
– The three points.
The three points. Nobody said it should be easy. Nobody said it should be fun. If you want entertainment, Darwin Nuñez aside, go and watch clowns.
It was the most Gérard Houllier three points since Liverpool 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 in 2010. When Rafa Benitez was manager. Before then we possibly do need to go even further back.
The Wout Faes brace is absolutely perfect in terms of ways to win this game, 2-1 is perfect.
All this leads me to the point that this, should we get where we want from this season, will prove to be amongst my favourite ever Liverpool wins.
It was dreadful. I loved it. It was reduced to yardage. I loved it. It brought to mind the very depths of the soul and the limits of human endeavour and I loved it. If you want entertainment, go and see clowns. If you want to wonder what the fucking point is, watch this. Half time was Waiting For Godot in sporting terms. We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist?
At times tonight you imagine Jürgen Klopp trying to figure it out. Both existence and football. You can see the cogs going round. Leicester manage to chop our passing lanes in the first half. They manage to station four players around Mo Salah, knowing that our weakened left flank won’t benefit as it once did.
Leicester snatched their goal in the first five minutes. A frustrating series of dreadful mistakes, but the loss of confidence is worse than the goal itself. Liverpool go one goal down, but their collective brain is being clouded during the worst parts of play in the first 45. The doubt was existential. I can’t go on like this. That’s what you think.
We line up with two forward flanks, right and left. Thiago the fulcrum in the middle. You can see why it should work. It just happens not to for ten minute periods. Jürgen Klopp waves his arms around and that is frankly not enough.
But that doesn’t really matter because it is 2-1. It shouldn’t be. It makes a mockery of everything. But it is.
And then a second half happens. Nobody comes, nobody goes. It is terrible. But every now and again it is football.
It is football.
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The beautiful game isn’t always that; sometimes it is drop dead ugly but it is ours. Just as the three points are. The lines are so hard for Leicester, they really are, but by the end we have the denouement we want, the one we occasionally deserve and the reminder that it isn’t always wonderful and life-affirming.
Fine. We’ll do life-affirming elsewhere this weekend. Easy peasy. The points and the video will do. Liverpool can’t be as poor again in Brentford but hopefully they won’t be.
Anyway, happy new year. Thank you for reading these words for 12 months. Some were good, some were bad and some were indifferent. But all were for you, so thank you.
All my love.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Leicester City 1 in the Premier League at Anfield…Alisson: 6Couldn’t do anything for their goal. Get the feeling if he was playing in centre mid he would have made a better fist of tackling that dead slow cunt as he drifted through our midfield. Fuck me. Nothing to do second half which frankly, given the state of the first was a fucking Christmas miracle.
Trent: 7Actually thought he played well, there. Won his battles, especially second half.
Joel: 7What the fucking hell happened for their goal? He was goalside and set, and then he was chasing him like a dog after a sausage rolling down a hill.
There was a bit in the first half when they wafted one upfield and both centre halves looked at Vardy while he cushioned a header down, instead of one of them twatting him or at least challenging for the fucking thjng. I couldn’t fucking believe it.
Well better second half, especially first 10 minutes when he kept stepping out and winning it.
Virgil: 7It’s weird, isn’t it? Because the defence does alright again and yet The Reds were a bag of shite. What interests me is that we have had a decent performance against Villa, and then a few days of Jürgen and the players saying all the right things about tempo and doing the basics and looking forward to playing under the lights etc, and then they offer up that turgid one-paced passive nonsense.
I worry like fuck. Wonder why the atmosphere is shite? Because everyone is too busy scratching heads and asking each other why we are so easy to play against, why we can’t fucking run and why we have seemingly sacrificed everything that made us so great in the first instance.
Am I being too harsh? Fuck it.
Robbo: 7Again, does OK. Sound that he got injured, isn’t it? Fucking sound. Is right. Just what we need when we need a nice little injection of intensity.
Henderson: 6Struggled today, Henderson. To be fair, he has no presence anywhere near him, but the midfield is a huge problem. Huge.
Elliott: 5I’m not sure, aside from FA Cups and League Cup games against scruffs that he should be anywhere near our midfield, unless we sign fucking Momo Sissoko on steads to play next to fucking prime Souey. Because frankly, he might as well not be there without the ball.
Thiago: 6See the above but less extreme. We are fucking desperate for presence in midfield. Legs. The ability to get first to the cunting ball. Maybe it is harsh. Maybe it is a more systemic failure. I don’t know. But fuck me. Better second half and managed the game by buying fouls over and again. Not at his best.
Chamberlain: 5Runs around and is generally solid enough without a) being solid or b) being enough.
Salah: 7Think him and Nunez are well within their rights to be looking at the mess behind them and fucking flipping. Genuinely must be looking at them like what the fuck are you playing at?
Nunez: 8Funny the way opposing fans and some massive bellends think he is shite, and I am sat in the ground thinking thank fuck we signed him or we would have nothing to hit. His ability to stretch teams, to create mayhem. Will score a bundle.
SUBSBaj:Was on the front foot and won a tackle and honestly it was like winning the lottery.
Keita:Come on and was sound in the main, but another midfielder that fellas can just stride past with the ball.
Tsimikas:Was sound enough.
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To be fair to them, the hints had very much been dropped. The manager said that they were “always prepared” and answered “doing something again that is very positive – why not?” when asked about any potential repeats of Luis Diaz-style January signing.
Then, in the aftermath of the win at Aston Villa, Virgil van Dijk could not have been much more blatant in commenting: “hopefully we can welcome some new players at our football club.”
But we didn’t expect that new player to arrive the very same evening in the form of his Dutch teammate Cody Gakpo. Just a few hours after the news broke that conversations were advancing, PSV Eindhoven had announced that the deal for the 23-year-old was over the line. A very Merry Christmas to all of you, Reds.
Above the obvious short-term gain with both Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota still on the sidelines, Cody Gakpo will certainly be seen as a long-term prospect. At 6ft4 his physicality is a huge asset, and his natural finishing ability was clear for all to see at the World Cup.
We’ve got all the content you could ever need on Gakpo over on the app, so head there for the expert view from those who know his style best, but I expect people to be surprised by his versatility.
Widely spoken about as a left-sided forward, he is young enough to be moulded by Jürgen Klopp and is well equipped as a number 10 to help attackers thrive – his assist stats speak for themselves.
He is undeniably a huge boost ahead of a busy festive period and beyond, and we will all hope he can have the same impact on our season as Luis Diaz last year. As he gets settled in at Liverpool, the rest of the players will be focusing on preparations for their first home game in almost seven weeks as Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester head to Anfield.
It suddenly feels like a real fresh start.
After a quiet summer, Leicester will be disappointed with their slow start to the season, but they’ll be encouraged by more positive results leading into the break. Without their leading man James Maddison in the side, they struggled against Newcastle, and they’ll be keen to prove that they can get results and perform without him.
With four days between fixtures and hopefully any niggling illnesses on their way out, I don’t expect many changes to be made to Liverpool’s backline.
Alisson Becker returned from the World Cup in fine form, alongside Trent Alexander-Arnold (that ball, though) and Van Dijk. World Cup absentees Andy Robertson and Joel Matip will complete the defence.
A return to 4-3-3 seems to be here to stay for the time being, and it’s certainly the formation best suited to Fabinho who put in a solid boxing day performance. He will start the game alongside Thiago Alcantara and Jordan Henderson in midfield, both of whom came off against Aston Villa.
I wouldn’t be surprised, though, if Klopp turned to his younger talent once again at some point in the game, as both Harvey Elliott and Stefan Bajcetic put in good performances on Monday night.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was handed his first Premier League start in 10 months and I’d like to see him rewarded with another start against Leicester. I suspect, though, the manager may opt to bring Fabio Carvalho in for this one.
It’s been another week of Darwin Nunez debate, hasn’t it? I simply love him, because if we can’t relish in the chaos then what are we really in it for? I urge you to watch and enjoy because he’ll almost certainly be starting on Friday through the middle, with the inevitable Mo Salah completing the lineup.
Liverpool have put their cards on the table. They mean business this season and they won’t let it be written off when there is still so much to play for. It’s time to go again, and three festive wins from three would make the table look a lot better heading into the new year.
A very happy and healthy 2023 to all of you, Reds. Thanks for supporting us so relentlessly over the past 12 months, none of it goes unnoticed and we couldn’t do any of it without you.
Football is finally back, so let’s enjoy it together every step of the way.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago; Salah, Nunez, Carvalho
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Aston Villa 1 Liverpool 3 in the Premier League at Villa Park…YOU do this thing.
You say that it isn’t really about the football itself. It’s about all the other stuff. About seeing friends. About a sense of civic pride. About the intangibles, this thing.
You’ve missed it. I’ve missed it. We’ve missed it. But it isn’t just the football.
And then Trent Alexander-Arnold plays a pass you couldn’t see from the upper tier. He plays it with a slice and it elicits a gasp, because no one else who is there for the other stuff as well has even got near to seeing it. The run. You don’t see the run either from Andy Robertson and then you definitely do see Mo Salah and then you realise that no other set of footballers on the planet could have scored that goal better.
Perhaps one or two other sets of footballers could have scored it as well. Perhaps. But no one could have done it better.
This game the world plays. This game the world just played. And no one does it better. You’ll not see it bettered.
Breathtaking.
Merry Christmas then, Reds.
Klopp, before the game, openly acknowledges that none of us have been happy with Liverpool’s results during the first half of the season. He has an incredible way with honesty. Whereas many a manager would get angry, frustrated or worse, he just calls it as it is. He just says, with a smile, that none of us have been happy.
The transition team takes a big step into the future, as Jürgen Klopp backs the young to carry Liverpool up the league after a poor first half of the season.
Darwin Nuez can’t buy a goal for the second game in succession, but Liverpool take Aston Villa at Villa Park, three goals to one. Darwin is just electrifying and terrifying. He transmits himself as though one of the cartoons from ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’ is just dropped into Liverpool’s frontline, he’s the most alive man on the pitch and he simply doesn’t stop.
He’s also young. So is Stefan Bajcetic. As is Ben Doak.
A way for us all to be happy is to see this new Liverpool team emerge. It is to see our future open up before us. We were beaten by Manchester City, and we are far from perfect against Villa, but we all understand why Stefan Bajcetic comes on. He shows bravery, and his determination is rewarded with Liverpool’s final goal on the 81st minute. He settles the argument and ends what had been a period of uncertainty as Villa resurgent had bossed the third quarter of the game.
Ben Doak (17 years old for the love of god) comes on right at the end, but looks every inch the future. He joins a long line of Scottish Scousers, and if he runs at defenders like that for the next half of the season, it won’t just be Scotland’s current captain on the pitch at Anfield who will be pleased, it will be all of us.
The game had two halves. Liverpool withstood the basketball first 15 to dominate matters and build on their beautiful swoon of an opener. Jordan Henderson repeatedly plays the ball early and throughout the whole half Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson seem determined to show the World Cup what it was missing. Sometimes a crossfield pass has a beauty all its own, but they always take two to tango.
The shape is fascinating. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is the key cog shifting Liverpool between 4-4-2 and 4-3-3 out of possession while Liverpool’s desire to go direct causes havoc for Aston Villa. Liverpool looked slick through the first half. Thiago was cool and passing well. Fabinho won his battles and moved it. Mo Salah played as well as, well, Mo Salah can.
The key goal, the goal that offers Liverpool the buffer comes from the corner. In trying to hustle Virgil out of the way, the Villa players manage to place Van Dijk in just the right spot to strike the ball beautifully like the finest forward. It’s a lovely goal and it offers Liverpool something they haven’t had this season away from home – a deserved cushion.
But Aston Villa break out of Liverpool’s controlled passing and big passes as they come out after half time, and there is no let up even once Olly Watkins has earned a deserved goal with a great strike around the 60-minute mark. Watkins was excellent for 90 minutes. He is such a difficult opponent to face because he understands where space is and how to exploit it.
That Villa comeback is telling about this Liverpool side in this moment; they aren’t perfect. At times they look disorganised in defence – it is never nice to see Virgil Van Dijk not fully in control, but on the other hand I love it when he does some mildly panicked defending. Indeed, all of Liverpool’s defenders defend well in their individual moments. It is, as a whole, where Liverpool are rocking second half. They offer encouragement, but at least do so while the scoreboard is on their side.
Aston Villa are better than their performances under Gerrard, and they are, second half, determined to show it. From Mings to Watkins, they want the ball. They really trouble us for 35 minutes. You can’t keep John McGinn out of the action. However, then you can’t keep Stefan Bajcetic out of it either. He sashays with certainty. He shakes his young hips. It’s more gorgeous, more of the football you turn up for.
But it isn’t anything compared to the gorgeousness of the opener. God, you could gasp. God, you could take it dancing.
It is a statement of intent. It is a show of strength. It is a surety of touch that Jürgen can still rely on to build a team out of.
Not the end but another beginning for us, for you and I. It is always about the football but it is also always about us, and I wish you could have been there because I reckon everything is always new beginnings.
Isn’t that what we all want at the end of the year?
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Josh Sexton’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Aston Villa 1 Liverpool 3 in the Premier League at Villa Park…OH come all ye faithful. Joyful and triumphant.
Alisson: 8Made some great saves first half, couldn’t do anything about their goal and took an elbow to the ribs from Watkins like a champ.
Trent: 9Probably our best player in the first half and deserves a high mark for that ball to Robbo alone.
Matip: 7Got caught under the cross a bit for their goal, but besides that was very front foot and good.
Virgil: 9Defo his goal, that. Wonder who’s on the dubious goals panel, though, like is it a full-time gig? Will they get their bank holiday back in lieu?
Robbo: 9That ball for the first was unreal and he plays about four of them every week, including today.
Henderson: 7Just kept us ticking so well, and feels like his time with England has massively helped his confidence. Probably buzzing to play with Jude.
Fabinho: 7Thought he looked good against City when he came on and was good again today. So important that he stays at that level for us.
Thiago: 7Some mad moments but it’s all part of his lovely package, isn’t it? (No, you calm down.)
Salah: 10Equals Kenny’s record in over 200 fewer games. One of the best we’ll ever see.
Nunez: 8Love that Amazon gave him man of the match. See Klopp and Pep buzzing off him as he came off? Just can’t keep him out the action. He is the action.
Chamberlain: 6Don’t think he ever quite got into it, but good to see him getting some game time.
SUBSHarvey: n/aCome on and played left wing.
Naby: n/aCome on and had a shot.
Gomez: n/aCome on for a classic Christmas three centre-back diddle.
Bajcetic: 10What a moment. Unreal for him and clear to see how much he enjoyed that moment and the aftermath.
Ben Doak: 10Ben Doak.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Aston Villa v Liverpool in the Premier League at Villa Park, in Boxing Day’s 5.30pm kick off…MERRY Christmas. How are we? Been some time, hasn’t it?
Had a lovely little dress rehearsal in the week, there. Nice drive to Manchester with The Anfield Wrap’s John Gibbons, Mike Kearney and Liam Fasting, blasting Kisstory FM all the way.
The Reds didn’t get the win but it was so lovely just seeing matchgoing mates being reunited, after a mad mid-season break in what is generally the busiest time in the club football calendar.
Loads to be said for living the mad buildup to Christmas through the footy. Oh Come All Ye Faithful ringing around Anfield (shoutout to the away end last night for more than making up for its absence, though).
But now the real stuff is back and it may not get much realer than playing on Boxing Day in the dark against an Unai Emery team.
The Villains were finding their feet in the best possible way before the World Cup, buying into the Spaniard’s methods and picking up points in the process. They’re a team for whom the break came at the worst possible time in some senses, but there’s no doubt that a manager with his intelligence will use it as an advantage.
They’ll pose a very tough test to a Liverpool side who had also started to look like they’re buying into their own on-pitch methods once again and were picking up wins in doing so, though there’s no disputing that the break will have done them some good.
It’s been interesting that the noises coming from the playing and coaching staff have suggested they felt as though they didn’t get things exactly right in pre-season, especially around their pressing, and have looked to rectify that in Dubai.
Manchester City was never likely to offer a sign of whether that work has paid off, as it’s always a game played on a knife’s edge even without the scheduling issues of it, but Villa could well give us a first look at that.
Liverpool will need their strongest possible 11 on the pitch to do make it work, so it’s good that Alisson Becker, Virgil Van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold will all return to the fray, supporting Joel Matip and Andy Robertson as the shoo-ins from both City and the mid-season friendlies.
In midfield, the trusted three that played a section of the second half together at the Etihad of Jordan Henderson, Fabinho and Thiago, will likely be the three that start at Villa Park. Harvey Elliott being hooked early could make him a not wholly surprising inclusion, though.
Upfront, Mo Salah and Darwin Nunez will get another chance to solidify their growing understanding of one another, while Fabio Carvalho’s goal and how he grew into the game against City will surely see him in line for another start if Bobby Firmino still isn’t fit — though Jürgen Klopp’s words after the League Cup loss offered encouragement on that score.
It will be tough. Boxing Day always is, though the lucky ones among us generally have a whole heap of leftovers to feast upon until there is no more.
I would like Liverpool to feast upon Aston Villa until there are no more points for them, please. No more gifts today, Reds.
Predicted 11: Alisson; Trent, Matip, Virgil, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago; Salah, Nunez, Carvalho
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Manchester City 3 Liverpool 2 in the League Cup at the Etihad Stadium…OH God. We’re back and I missed you.
A game of football broke out. Their side was both surprising and unsurprising. It was stronger than ours from the outset but that proved to be alright.
No one could say this is a full strength Liverpool side. Or maybe they could. Maybe what they would say is that this is a Liverpool League Cup side and that Jürgen has landed on a way of managing this competition. Kelleher: this is yours, lad. The offer to Bajcetic. There are enough games for everyone. It is a strategy that may not bear fruit tonight, but that has and will in the long term.
It’s OK to get beat. If we have learned anything from the last seven years of Jürgen Klopp, anything from what came before, it is OK to lose games of football, as long as you find a way through and a way out.
Liverpool found both tonight – when Manchester City make it 1-0 we all fear the worst. Erling Haaland is effervescent and Liverpool are on the ropes.
We find a way. We find our way. We expand into their half and find out that the other side of Rodri is the entirety of Manchester City’s weak points.
Rodri is their essence. He is their belt and braces. The only Liverpudlian regret from tonight should be that he gets to put himself about, to give it the big one. He gets to referee and that needs to stop quickly.
Quietly he has been the most important player in the last two and a bit seasons of the Premier League. Acknowledging this matters; understanding what makes them tick stops the tick. Today we fall short and that’s both tactical and cultural.
But it goes 1-0 and Liverpool find their way. It’s a lovely finish from one of Liverpool’s little lads. The little lad dynamic is concerning but Fabio Carvalho is a pure finisher. It is sumptuous stuff.
When it goes 2-1 you worry, but my god is Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain good in the build up to the equaliser. So is Darwin Nunez. And then Mo Salah. It is a truly great goal.
It would be easy to then look at Darwin Nunez and find a way to criticise him. But I love being in the position.
Regardless, Darwin Nunez will go to bed a frustrated person this evening. Three times he got himself in the position to score against Manchester City in the League Cup. Three times he put the ball wide. Getting in the right place to score is hard against this side. But there are no points for near misses.
Jürgen Klopp will have seen his young forward’s frustrations and no doubt will take comfort from the repetition of the attempts. But the poise Nunez finds in the moment for the equaliser is enough, yet again. He is one of ours and we are his.
They all repeatedly get to be one of ours. That’s what I wanted coming back.
The winning needs to follow soon. Obviously it does. But if you aren’t winning this trophy then tonight will do.
No matter. It is never OK to get beat, even if it is OK to get beat because you will from time to time. What you do next matters. What we do next matters.
We’re back and I missed you and it was fabulous to see you today. I adored hearing from you. I was in love with every moment.
To be clear: from now to the end, these will be love songs this season. We’re getting soppy like we have in the past.
And like in the past, you aren’t going to let me down.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Manchester City 3 Liverpool 2 in the League Cup at the Etihad Stadium…Keepeher: 5Nothing really going on with any of their goals.
Milner: 4Fucking hell. He’s our age. He shouldn’t be up against some little whippet. It’s fucking moody. Someone give him a break. Jesus Christ. Should be playing the League Cup. Not this League Cup. Biff League Cup against biffs with biffs 1-11 and 10minutes here and there when we are winning 4-0. No wonder he went off. I’d have probably shit meself.
Joel: 7Our best player in our squad. Worth more than anything. What a stroll out for the goal. Held onto the ball longer than he should, held his nerve. Hold. And The Reds score. Looking at his centre half partners like Messi at that salt cunt.
Gomez: 5Christ. He just looked like a fuck off big weakness to me. Everywhere he goes risk follows. Like a fucking trap door.
Robbo: 6Was OK today. Not great. Not shit. I have a real fucking concern around Liverpool being too fucking nice, though. Second half, shit’s kicking off, Liverpool are passive as fuck. Gundogan lashes one of our lads and no one volleys him. Their lads bounding around and none of our lads fucking dishing it out. Shithouse behaviour.
Baj: 6Does OK, The Baj, first half. I’m not sure I would have took him off over anyone else.
Elliott: 5Too small for that tonight. It’s fine if he is in a team of fucking giants and he is running around. But he’s not, he’s another cog in a chain that is too small for the big job that’s needed there.
Thiago: 6Does OK, nice on the ball, but he’s not good enough off the ball. On his own, he is fine, but he needs two fucking marathon runners either side of him who are 7ft. He hasn’t got that so he struggles. Buy some fucking giants.
Carvalho: 5Spent the first half of the first half slaughtering him. Too light, too slow, to this to that. Floats into space, scores. Well in. Would like him to be 6ft2, though.
Nunez: 5I don’t know. Has four reasonably/very good chances and he doesn’t hit the fucking target once? In these games, these fine margins you need to be hitting the fucking target at bastarding least. Realistically, should have scored two. Didn’t.
Salah: 6Jesus. Was OK. I can’t say much more.
SUBSPhillips: 7
Can’t argue with him. The tackle on Haaland is fantastic. Plays well the rest of the game. Shouldn’t be on the pitch for Liverpool. That’s an aside.
Fabinho: 6Does alright, snaps into some tackles in a way he hasn’t for a while. But frankly gets lashed by Rodri and doesn’t get up and twat him. Just cop for it. Minus 10 points for being a shitbag there.
Henderson:I don’t know. Ran around. Would have liked more physical presence – eg, twatting people.
Keita:Funny that he come on. I thought we had deffo sold him.
Chambo:Best he’s played for Liverpool in maybe three years.
Can someone just get me a squad of fucking gangsters to shoot people and chop legs off when no one’s looking? These Reds are too nice.
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Manchester City v Liverpool in the League Cup fourth round at the Etihad Stadium…AND this is exactly what the tournament should have been about.
Never mind the timing of it or the debates that have flown around it like some swooping birds of prey. No, this is what we came for. The two best teams in the world, duking it out on the world stage. Head-to-head. Mano a mano.
Manchester City v Liverpool. Carabao Cup fourth round. I can’t wait.
Alright, everyone loves a World Cup, even this one, and the final was extraordinary, but this is the most important game of the week. Don’t @ me.
It hasn’t always been this way. There was a time when a Liverpool-City game had the same importance of, say, a game v West Brom.
Twenty years ago, Liverpool and City wouldn’t have excited much comment and, had anyone thought ahead to modern times, they would have frowned in the same way that we would if a time traveller arrived and told us about the top of the table crunch clash between Wolves and Bournemouth in 2042.
It’s for that reason that I can’t get overly excited about this new ‘intense rivalry’ between the fans. Oh, I can understand the on-pitch thing completely. As I’ve said, these are two of the best teams in the world housing the best club players, but for me City will never usurp Everton and United as the main rivals. This is a passing fancy in the same way United v Blackburn was a thing in the mid-90s.
That may appear sniffy and be taken as an insult to the opposition, but it’s really the opposite. City for me will always be Maine Road, great kits, greater away kits, Peter Barnes and Dennis Tueart (get your dad to ask his dad), hardier fans than their main rivals (anyone can support United if you’re from there – same for us, obviously) and, usually, a Liverpool win.
I only went to Maine Road a couple of times. We won 4-0 in an FA Cup quarter final in 1988. I got hit by a 2p piece when Ray Houghton scored the opening goal. I retrieved it and kept it for a while in a sort of Baldrick’s-bullet-with-his-name-on way. The previous July I’d been there to see David Bowie perform his Glass Spider tour. He chose not to lash a coin at me, for which I’ll be ever thankful.
We’ve a decent League Cup record against City too.
That semi at Anfield in 2012 was fantastic. You may be thinking about Craig Bellamy rolling back the years to knock over his former club, but the highlight was undoubtedly Stevie having a go at Joe Hart after he’d tried to get into his head before he took his pen. I love moments like that.
The penalty was due to a Micah Richards handball. It’s weird with him. I’ve never seen such a disparity between player and pundit. Enormous and brooding on the pitch, he’s now the BBC’s favourite uncle. The way he exhales with a frown when someone gives an opinion he hasn’t thought of. I like him.
The 2015 final was less than memorable and I only took two learnings from it. One was to never ever trust Philippe Coutinho from the penalty spot and the other was that Alberto Moreno should learn what a defensive line looks like and maybe join in with it sometimes.
Older Reds may remember a 4-0 win against them in 1995, which was followed three days later by a 6-0 victory in the League on the same pitch. That was probably my favourite City incarnation. The one that gave up pretty easily.
But that was then and the past is a foreign country and all that. We can’t take the game lightly even if the League Cup is the fourth highest on the totem pole (unless we win, obviously, then we’ll be showing it ‘respect’).
Pep Guardiola has already started the overrated notion of ‘mind games’ by saying that he has only ‘four or five players’ ready for the game. That would suit me down to the ground if two of them weren’t De Bruyne and Haaland.
It’s different for The Reds, of course. It’s unlikely Alisson, Fabinho, Virgil and, obviously, Ibou will make it but you’d expect the manager to go strong because it’s City, in the same way that he’d just pick 11 lads from the stands if we’d drawn Gillingham at home. Both managers won’t want to lose to the other, though both will downplay any defeat as just a one-off scrap with no deeper meaning.
I say that this is the most important game of the week, but the Villa match takes precedence really. Villa, then City, then Qatar. Thanks for that game at the weekend though, Kylian and Lionel. It was pretty good, all told. Ibou Konate won a corner.
City don’t play for two more days after we visit Villa Park. Maybe they’ll be up to seven players by then.
Of course, it’s a ridiculous time to play a game and though it’s important in some ways, I doubt many will lose sleep if we go out.
I’ll probably disagree with that if it happens, though.
Predicted 11: Kelleher; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Phillips, Tsimikas; Henderson, Thiago, Elliott; Salah, Firmino, Nunez
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This week have a clip from our Overview show, which takes a look at Liverpool’s post-World Cup fixtures and the state of play beforehand.John Gibbons is joined by Rob Gutmann…
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If Jürgen Klopp was asked to produce a docu-series about himself, how would he go about it?We think Jürgen would tell the stories of the people and places that have influenced and impacted him throughout his career as a football player and manager.Supported by ERDINGER, The Anfield Wrap travelled to Glatten, Frankfurt, Mainz, Dortmund and around Liverpool to hear unique stories from the German’s journey, told by those who know him best.The five part docu-series explores five recurring themes throughout Jürgen’s story — challenge, culture, journey, winning and legacy — and features footballers that played with and under him, friends that stood by his side through thick and thin, colleagues that helped him move to the next level and the fans that gave him their undying support throughout.
In the third instalment of our documentary series on the career of Jürgen Klopp we look into how he recruited in Mainz, Dortmund and Liverpool – what were the expectations on the players and how could they respond?
His plans develop through the campaigns but he and his sides have adversity to deal with. Klopp’s very core is forged through these struggles and we bring you the people he shared all of them with. We can see Mainz built before our very eyes and his renovation of Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool.
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The Anfield Wrap’s pre-match warmup ahead of Manchester City v Liverpool in the League Cup at the Etihad Stadium, plus the opposition view.Ian Ryan hosts Neil Atkinson, Kev Walsh and Peter Bolster, while John Gibbons speaks to the Blue Moon podcast’s David Mooney…
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The rise of Trent Alexander-Arnold from academy graduate breaking through, to his struggles at the top, and what his Liverpool future holds….GENERATIONAL talent. Defensive liability. Assist King. Lazy. Future Liverpool captain. Glaring weakness.
Trent Alexander-Arnold creates headlines. That everyone has an opinion on The Reds right-back is testament not only to his unique skillset but meteoric rise. Full backs are not meant to command such attention. After all, nobody grows up wanting to be a Gary Neville…
In six short years the Scouser in our team has gone from young hopeful to gamechanger. Despite reinventing the position and scooping every major honour in the process, he is still questioned by those outside the Liverpool bubble.
To that end he has unwittingly come to personify the modern-day club versus country debate, which rages louder in Merseyside than anywhere else. But as another son of the city famously said, a local hero is something to be…
Academy GraduateBorn in West Derby, Alexander-Arnold joined Liverpool’s academy aged six. Ian Barrigan is the coach credited with spotting his potential, having observed a half-term training camp laid on for local schools.
Originally viewed as a central or wide midfielder, Trent excelled at every age group, captaining the Under-16 and 18 sides respectively. It was during these formative years a plan was hatched to convert him to a marauding full-back.
The academy brains trust, which then comprised Alex Inglethorpe, Neil Critchley and Pep Lijinders, saw this as his best route into the first team.
It was sound logic. Few midfielders break into the engine room of any ‘big six’ side, no matter their talent. By this point the likes of Jay Spearing, Danny Guthrie, Jordan Rossiter and Suso had all fallen by the wayside, despite bossing games in the youth setup. Someone needed to buck that trend.
It was rightly felt that Alexander-Arnold could gain opportunities and experience as cover for Nathaniel Clyne, a steady full-back whose role was somewhat understated. As he developed physically and mentally, he would be moved back into the heart of midfield. Or so we thought.
And so akin to a movie montage where our protagonist prepares for that final duel, Trent was exposed to the pace and guile of wingers like Bobby Adekanye on a daily basis. The challenge hardened him and put him on the cusp of the first-team squad.
It was around this time that outgoing captain Steven Gerrard name-checked Alexander-Arnold in his umpteenth autobiography. Speaking of his fellow Scouser, the Liverpool legend wrote…
“Trent Arnold has a terrific chance of making it as a top professional. He’s quite leggy but he’s got a lovely frame and seems to have all the attributes you need.”
That certainly piqued interest. Even so, it was a surprise to many when the 16-year-old was handed a start in a pre-season friendly against Swindon at the County Ground in August 2015.
Much of the focus that day was on new signings Christian Benteke and Bobby Firmino, so to say Trent staked a claim would be going overboard, but he certainly did his chances no harm with a solid showing across 58 low-key minutes.
Speaking afterwards embattled Reds boss Brendan Rodgers explained his inclusion.
“Trent impressed me last year; he came up as a schoolboy and played in a practice match and did very well. I always had that in the back of my mind and when we needed someone to bring in, it was good for him to get the chance.”
Much would change in the proceeding few months, not least the Liverpool manager. Foolishly and perhaps cruelly retained for the start of 2015-16, Rodgers was eventually put out of his misery that October.
If Trent feared for his own progression, he needn’t have worried.
From the outset, incoming boss Jürgen Klopp made clear his penchant for youth, handing various debuts to young hopefuls across both domestic cup competitions, as well as the Europa League.
Alexander-Arnold’s own chance came a year after his appointment, in a League Cup victory over Spurs at Anfield.
It was quickly followed by a new contract and a man-of-the-match display against Leeds in the fourth round, where he registered his first assist for Divock Origi. It wouldn’t be the last time that duo linked up…
A stoppage time cameo followed away to Middlesbrough in the Premier League before the ultimate baptism of fire. Full debuts don’t come much harder than Old Trafford, particularly for a Liverpool player having to run the gauntlet of abuse.
With Clyne falling ill, Trent was told the night before he would be starting in the lion’s den. Talk centered on how Anthony Martial was going to terrorise the youngster, but Trent snuffed out any threat on route to a respectable draw. It was the first glimpse of his defensive awareness, overlooked then and now.
Towards the end of that maiden campaign, Trent featured in a League Cup semi-final defeat to Southampton and, with injuries mounting, was handed a midfield berth away to Stoke as Liverpool chased down a top four finish.
In truth, that game passed him and fellow graduate Ben Woodburn by. Both were replaced at half-time as The Reds came from behind to seal three vital points.
Regardless, this had been a promising start. Nobody could foresee what came next.
Breakthrough SeasonChampions League participation rested on a qualifying round English clubs have since been excused from. With Clyne again injured and this time facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines, Alexander-Arnold was thrust into a must-win game and tie for Klopp’s side away at Hoffenheim.
It’s often forgotten that the Germans started the game brightly and had Liverpool on the backfoot. They won but missed a penalty in the 12th minute as The Reds struggled to get a foothold. That all changed when they were awarded a freekick 10 minutes from the interval.
Few amongst the travelling Kop expected the youngest player in the side to jump to the front of the queue but, unnerved, the rookie dispatched a perfect free kick to give us a crucial away goal. He (and we) had lift off.
For all the success that followed, it could be argued that the 2017-18 side was the most exciting we’ve seen under Klopp’s stewardship. It was committed to full-throttle football, with red arrows just as likely to snot Man City as succumb to Swansea. Frustrating? Occasionally, but it was exhilarating at least.
And Alexander-Arnold quickly became integral to it. The coaching staff initially tried to manage his minutes, trialling a position-share of sorts with Joe Gomez. Before long however, it became impossible to leave the more attacking of the pair out.
The talent was clear for all to see, and the output began to reflect that. An astonishing assist for Mo Salah at home to Bournemouth that April drew comparisons with Steven Gerrard and David Beckham. It was evidence of a frightening talent establishing himself in a swashbuckling team.
His season wasn’t without blips, mind. He had an uncomfortable afternoon back at Old Trafford where Marcus Rashford got the better of him in a bruising defeat. Yet he learned and learned quickly.
This was proven in a quite remarkable and unlikely run to the Champions League final in Kyiv. En route Alexander-Arnold was faced up by the likes of Leroy Sane and Radja Nainggolan, only to stare them down.
Going into the final itself, experts claimed the game would be won (or rather lost) as a result of his likely duel with Cristiano Ronaldo. Instead, the 18-year-old performed admirably. He was a bright spark on an otherwise depressing evening.
EnglandThose heroics earned him a call-up to the England squad for that summer’s World Cup in Russia. And so began a curious relationship with the national team.
It wasn’t until after Kyiv that Trent earned his fist cap, this in a friendly victory against Costa Rica at Elland Road.
Few then could have expected him to feature heavily in the upcoming tournament, one where England reached the semi-finals. The fact only 17 caps have followed, however, is frankly astonishing.
In that time, Trent has emerged as the most exciting and devastating full-back in world football. Those aforementioned numbers skyrocketed in 2018-19.
He went from two assists the previous campaign to 16 in that second act, propelling Liverpool to a 97-point league finish and Champions League glory. The latter was made possible due to his ingenuity, taking the most famous and audacious corner in history to assist Origi in completing that ridiculous comeback against Barcelona.
In the blink of an eye, he had become the creator in chief for one of the best teams in the world. A team, incidentally, that kept 21 clean sheets that PL campaign. Those defensive lapses, born solely from inexperience, were gradually being ironed out.
How do you follow that? With a title-winning season, one in which he clocked up a further 15 assists. Only Top Red Kevin De Bruyne could hold a candle to him.
Despite being named in successive PFA teams of the Year, Trent won just seven England caps in that time. Seven.
That says more about the England manager than it does the player himself.
As Liverpool fans it’s easy to shrug our shoulders. How England fare ranks lower than Love Island and Dua Lipa reissues on our list of priorities. Yet it matters to Trent himself which is why the constant furore around his international role is so concerning, and it has no doubt played a role in what has been a difficult start to this current season for Trent.
StrugglesNo career is without its peaks and troughs.
Right now, the scrutiny is on Alexander-Arnold given Liverpool’s general inconsistency. Mitigating factors abound, of course.
Yes, Trent has looked positionally suspect, indecisive and complacent but then chaos has reigned around him.
Injuries have undercut whatever plans Liverpool had coming into this a truncated season. Implementing a new system and integrating new signings has been made all the harder as a result.
From Trent’s own perspective, he’s often been without the protection of Jordan Henderson in front.
While Harvey Elliot has turned in some impressive performances on an individual level, it could be argued Liverpool are a weaker team with him in it. Particularly in that midfield area where he is too often bypassed.
This has often left Trent marooned, unsure whether to bomb on or sit back. It’s also been a revolving cast alongside him, with Joel Matip in and out, Joe Gomez struggling for consistency and even Nat Phillips drafted in at points.
That hasn’t stopped rent-a-quote pundits taking cheap shots.
Much of Liverpool’s success is down to the system. Remove one or two cogs and the red machine splutters. Trent is a victim of that, as he was in 2020-21 when long-term absences blew up the title defence.
On that occasion he bounced back. The role he played in that late surge for Champions League qualification is often forgotten. From April onwards he was outstanding, his late winner at The Kop End against Aston Villa kick-starting a sprint for the line. That form carried into last season where he reached new heights and collected more trophies. Just the 18 assists, if you’re counting…
And he’ll bounce back again, particularly with the soap opera of the World Cup now behind him.
Whether he’d admit it or not, Southgate’s cold shoulder has knocked his confidence. In October’s home draw with Brighton, he was quite obviously going through the motions. It was a tough watch. That background noise fades now, if only for a short while.
And in a strange way the England circus will serve to strengthen his bond with Liverpool supporters. We’re protective of our own, particularly when they’re questioned by FA suits and southern media. There is (justifiably) a suspicion that criticism is amplified because of who he plays for and where he comes from.
Bracketing him with the likes of Reece James and Kieran Tripper suits an agenda. Fine players they may be. Era defining ones they’re not.
Future RoleSo, what does the future hold for Trent Alexander-Arnold? The debate surrounding his long-term position is unlikely to quieten anytime soon.
We would be wise to remember that since making that international bow, this is a player who has won every major honour, registered 60 assists, been named in the PFA Team of the Year on three occasions and been nominated for multiple Ballon d’Ors. Clearly, he’s doing pretty well where he is. For that reason, there will be no rush.
Yet there comes a point when talent demands a starring role or rather a central one. Football history is filled with examples of wide men that have come infield to emerge as totems – Thierry Henry and Cristiano Ronaldo being just two. Philipp Lahm may be a better reference point for our number 66.
So, when could that happen? Maintaining the numbers he’s posted from right-back for another five years may prove impossible. The same goes for Andrew Robertson on the other flank. Teams evolve or risk being worked out. That realisation may prompt a change in style and, by extension, a change in role for Trent.
Either way he will be pivotal to the next decade and is destined to become skipper of his hometown club.
Not bad for a lad who can’t defend.
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Fabio Carvalho has proven to be a talented and versatile player for Liverpool, but there’s more to come on his impressive journey to the top…FABIO Carvalho is not for the faint hearted.
From street football in Portugal to adapting to a new country at a young age, like many of Liverpool’s talented players Carvalho has overcome adversity to earn his seat at European football’s top table.
His fine touches in tight spaces at Anfield have captivated the interest, as he has showcased his skills in the Premier League and the Champions League in a number of positions already.
The Portuguese began his ascent by lighting up the streets of Lisbon as a child with his dazzling dribbling skillset.
Carvalho was scouted and subsequently signed by Benfica before his family departed for London in search of better working opportunities when he was 10 years old.
He established himself almost immediately in England, signing for the youth team of Croydon’s Balham FC, who now ply their trade in the ninth tier of English football.
Carvalho signed for Fulham’s youth team setup in 2015, but didn’t make his debut until a 2-0 League Cup win over Sheffield Wednesday in September 2020. Not all that long ago.
The midfielder didn’t get much game time that season until the final weeks of the Premier League season when Fulham were already well-adrift of safety and on direct course for the Championship. He scored his first senior goal in a 3-1 defeat at Southampton in May, playing as a centre forward and showcasing his versatility beyond the dynamism we’ve seen at Liverpool thus far.
Carvalho scored 10 goals and delivered eight assists that season, finding his way into the PFA Championship Team of the Year.
He thrived as a number 10 and linked up well with Aleksandar Mitrovic. From our perspective, this could act as precedent as well as prior experience for a potential future partnership with Darwin Nunez who is a not-dissimilar style of striker to the Serbian.
Carvalho scored 10 goals and delivered eight assists that season as he found his way into the PFA Championship Team of the Year.
Considering he has only been playing senior football for a relative short amount of time he has looked at home in this Liverpool team. A tidy right-foot finish opened his Liverpool account against Bournemouth, before his 98th minute winner against Newcastle won not only the three points but the hearts of supporters.
He has had lazy comparisons drawn between himself and Harvey Elliott, deemed by some to be a similar type of player and he like Carvalho is a product of the Fulham academy.
Elliott is further along in his development, having been exposed to more first-team football playing with the top-level players at Liverpool. A comparison at this stage is unfair, plus there are critical differences in Carvalho’s favour.
While Elliott is perfectly capable of playing further forward, I can see him being part of a midfield three in the Thiago mould especially as the Spaniard ages.
Carvalho has the capacity to become the Philippe Coutinho replacement we have been arguably yearning for over the past few years. I can see him being the key to breaking down a low-block defence in a tight game with a piece of quick-thinking and a skilful touch in a pocket of space.
Under contract until 2027, Carvalho will have an opportunity over the next few years to prove himself at one of the biggest clubs in the world and continue his meteoric rise.
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Liverpool have had their fair share of roller coaster centre halves on the books, but it was Ibrahima Konate’s composure that they craved…IMAGINE this…
You’re a central defender and your new club only plays two of those. Actually, make that one as one of your new teammates happens to be the best in the world in that position.
The lads vying for the remaining place consist of an England international, a Champions League winner (he set up the winning goal there too) and a younger, mainly untested lad who got them into next year’s group stages and deserves a bit of loyalty.
Then they all shake your hand when you turn up with your medical certificates, slides and washbag.
It must be daunting to show up at a new club for your first day. To pass through the doors of reception and give your name to the person behind the desk, before meeting your future.
“Hello. I cost an extraordinary amount of money and I’m bricking it as I’m about to be judged by everyone. Can you tell the manager I’m here?”
It must be worse if you’re from another country. Even with a smattering of the language you’d think you can answer questions at a press conference with what you have, but there’ll always be the worry that you’ve inadvertently offended half the planet with a misstep.
And that’s just the easy part. Then you’ve got to play your way in. That first session with your new teammates must be harrowing.
In his autobiography, Jamie Carragher said that they knew El-Hadji Diouf was garbage 30 seconds into his first visit to Melwood. Jamie had a point.
It must be even harder still if you’re joining the Club World Champions. For all the cameras, high fives and hugs it must be scary as hell.
And, in the same way, every player has been the best player at school, county and local level from about the age of six before they realise that they’ve lowered into par once they’ve reached Anfield, almost every player has had a first day like that.
Some arrive well, some overdo the confidence while others shrink altogether.
Let’s look at Ibrahima Konate.
Ibou played 29 games for The Reds last year and knocked in three goals. His second ever game was the 5-0 win at Old Trafford which isn’t the worst start to have. I’d say he settled in quite quickly. His first day must have been a breeze.
Scoring in an FA Cup semi-final didn’t hurt either.
Garth Crooks, the breathless pundit who can only speak in three-word salvos of hyperbole, described him as ‘no thrills or frills,’ but that’s why many of us like him. We all prefer centre halves who aren’t going to give us kittens when the ball comes towards them. We want a defender who can defend.
He’s only started three games for Liverpool this season, against Ajax, Rangers and Spurs. Injuries and a preference to Joe Gomez have hindered the Frenchman but, at time of writing, he is the only Liverpool player left at the World Cup.
And he’s enjoying the tournament. He made more tackles than any other player in Group D and didn’t commit a single foul.
That’s hardly news to anyone who’s seen him play regularly. He’s the very model of a measured defender who reads the game brilliantly and, though at present the manager seems to prefer Joel and Joe as Virgil’s partner, at 23 Ibou looks like he’ll have a long career here.
He’s already stated that he’d like to play here for the duration of his playing days. Though I suppose they all say that. Maybe even El-Hadji.
His manager told him that his life would change once he arrived here and though he was overwhelmed at two trophies and a Champions League final, it was the trophy parade which really made him believe he’d joined something special.
“At the end when we arrived in the city, I was really not ready for that. Oh my God. I will never forget this moment. (It was) one of the best days of my life because how you can do that; in my head I imagined if we’d won the Champions League!’
Some players would shrink at that level of energy — I always thought that Taki Minamino was a bit overawed at it — but Ibou seems to be as calm about it as he looks.
I hope he gets onto the pitch on Wednesday and though we all tend to favour the underdogs in these things, I’d like a Liverpool player to be a World Cup winner. That’s got nothing to do with my having France at 7/1 before the tournament. Nothing at all. How dare you.
Of course, we’ve had World Cup winners and finalists here before, going back to the days of Sir Roger Hunt, but this current side deserves someone who’s gone to the biggest stage. Thank God it can’t be Dejan Lovren.
Virgil and Joel are 31 years old now and though it’s easier for defenders to play into their mid-30s. Jürgen Klopp must see Konate as the future. He’s already fit right in since he arrived from Leipzig and won trophies which is as good a start as any. The biggest one of all would give us all a lift.
With apologies to Moroccan, Argentinian and Croatian Reds, obviously.
Allez les Bleus.
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Alastair Campbell once insisted that Jürgen Klopp should consider going into politics, but there are a few reasons the German won’t do so…BACK in spring, when off we went gathering cup finals in May and the unprecedented no longer seemed unthinkable, former Labour spin master Alastair Campbell posted an open letter to Jürgen Klopp in The New European, for where he now writes as editor-at-large…
“Dear Mr. Klopp,” he began. “You’re wasted in football… Thought about going into politics?”
Campbell, a lifelong Burnley fan and friend of the since departed Sean Dyche, was actually doing his homework. I mean, really doing his homework. He happened to be taking a German language course at the time and, for an assignment, had been asked to write someone a letter. Presumably a German someone.
Evidently, he’d been caught up in all the excitement; the kind that, every once in a while, breaks its borders and sweeps beyond the parochial and beyond even the game.
The quadruple was on, and history was in the offing. Pep Guardiola was blown off course, sufficiently piqued by the media’s perceived red bias to forget he was closing in on the title himself. Liverpool were the only show in town.
Campbell wasn’t alone. Writing for The New Statesman in late May, by which time the league, at least, looked less likely, Michael Henderson – long-time arts critic and cricket correspondent for any number of broadsheets – was still in a bit of a swoon.
Paraphrasing the painter Thomas Gainsborough, he proclaimed that: “We are bound for heaven, and Jürgen Klopp is of the company.” While Henderson was getting lyrical, Campbell stayed on point.
Such are Klopp’s leadership qualities that it’s no surprise he attracts attention from outside of his chosen field. Providence has caught up with Klopp, however, and six short months later those traits are undergoing a stress test as he works to reverse a relative downturn in fortunes and challenges that multiply by the game.
The strain had been evident, as referee Anthony Taylor could attest after sending Klopp to the stands against City. Not an episode Klopp will look back on with pride if he looks back at all.
But something had to give. He was about to find some freedom again, more than just the Freedom of the City. He seemed stuck in a moment, half a yard short like his team, visibly tired though admirably reluctant to use that as an excuse, and short on ready answers.
As for the seven-year itch, too many have been too quick to see it and many too slow to point out the differences and call it for what it is – nothing but coincidence. On punditry’s periphery, where Gabby Agbonlahor and Didi Hamann turn hot air into money, the unthinkable is never unsayable. If Klopp’s time isn’t up – yet – then for some it’s at least up for debate.
It’s a broad church, as with any club, and maybe a few have started to wonder what we’d do without him. We’re closer to the end than the beginning – that much is true, unfortunately – maybe it’s more fruitful to wonder what he’d do without us?
Campbell would be the first to admit that Westminster is no place for someone who knows exactly where he’s at his most influential. It’s an entertaining thought experiment, one that the Labour Party tried twice to make a reality in the 1970s with Brian Clough, according to legend, but one that’s grounded in a very real malaise.
In the UK, we’re nearing the end of a calamitous political cycle, caused in no small part by an ongoing failure of leadership. Don’t bet on any visionaries rising to meet the permacrisis any time soon.
And yet you’ll find leaders in sport. In the fight against racism, professional athletes have woken up to their capacity to speak out in a way that elected officials have not.
In the six years since Colin Kaepernick first sat out the US national anthem before taking the knee, kicking off the most visually effective protest in sport since Vincent Matthews and Wayne Collett’s Black Power salute at the 1972 Munich Olympics, football has at least found a collective voice on the matter – or, at least, players and fans have.
As a global business it’s still locked in an eternal tango with the forces of capital. The World Cup in Qatar, studded with stadia from an alternate reality and built on the suffering and death of migrant workers, seems like a brazen rebuke to the very notion of rights – a calculated fuck you to anyone naïve enough to dispute a state’s assertion that it can do and buy whatever it wants.
Klopp has excused players from the burden of protest in Qatar, highlighting their exclusion from the decision-making process that brought the tournament there in the first place, and insisting that the onus lies with politicians and journalists. It’s common sense to point out that if we were ever serious about doing anything about it, then 12 years ago was the time.
But it’s also astute, and indicative of an innate political sense and an adroit approach to topics that often embarrass coaches and players alike. His surefooted handling of the FA Cup final spat, which stoked Boris Johnson-fanned outrage in the right-wing press, showed a willingness to wade in when necessary.
He was careful to acknowledge the problem, but showed savvy in speaking to his own constituency while asking a simple question. If people weren’t standing, he reasoned, then surely, they wouldn’t do so without reason? Better, perhaps, for the great and the good to seek out that reason, rather than simply point the finger?
It was a telling moment, not least because it illustrated just how Klopp differs from the average Prime Minister – and they are average – and just why his gifts would wither and die in the political arena.
Johnson went straight to the Westminster playbook when he jabbed the finger, probably garnering a few votes on the way. Klopp asked a question and had us all wondering why politicians won’t ask those questions themselves. For Johnson it was all about expediency and personal ambition. Klopp displayed an inherent selflessness born of faith and honed in service to the clubs and fanbases he has dedicated himself to.
It’s that essential modesty – the promise of the Normal One, if you like – that sets him apart from politicians as we know them. He knows the difference between winning and beating his opponent – a graceful distinction – and while there may be politicians we could say that of, there are none I could readily name.
His selflessness infers a deep trust in others, players, and fans alike. In his own words, ‘everyone is responsible for everything’. Keir Starmer might just get there in the end, but I suspect it will be a while before anyone in the House of Commons voices anything quite so grown up.
Klopp isn’t at the mercy of the voter, though he’s as vulnerable to results as any manager in the end. Perhaps his free hand is a luxury some MPs can only dream of. But sport has filled the space vacated by politics long ago and he finds himself exactly where he should be, at a club that has provided an apt arena for his communitarian instincts.
Those tempted to view his side’s current travails as symptomatic of a failure in leadership might do well to see his resolve as an exemplar of true leadership.
There’s always been something a bit un-football about Klopp, something bracingly untypical. You sense a hinterland, populated by friends as likely to be surgeons or filmmakers as football coaches.
When the time comes, voices from other fields will call. It’s easy to imagine the book on leadership, the one business owners and team leaders will devour, but you suspect Klopp may find something that will surprise us all.
It won’t be politics, though. Campbell’s letter was a kind of confession, a testament to the failures of his own profession.
No doubt he wrote with tongue in cheek. But he might as well have asked Klopp to take over at Burnley.
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Jürgen Klopp has fostered many relationships throughout his journey to Liverpool, but his relationships with fans have been most important…BACK in October 2015, I felt as though I had missed the boat, too young to remember the famous Champions League and FA Cup conquests of the Rafa Benitez era.
Brendan Rodgers had just departed Liverpool and we had spent the year or so prior in the wilderness staring foreseeable mediocrity dead in the eyes.
That same month, Jürgen Klopp breezed into Melwood and promised a title win within four years. Four years? No chance. Not with the team we had back then.
Klopp galvanised us. For the first time since the 1980s, it felt as though Liverpool had shown true ambition. A full-blooded gegenpressing assault on the summit of English and European football.
Jamie Carragher has since made a comparison to Bill Shankly in his ability to communicate and command the ear of Liverpool supporters. Klopp created a synergy between himself and the supporters that very few of the rigidly media-trained present day managers have succeeded in enacting.
I was staggered by the early results. Wins over Chelsea and Manchester City were performed with gusto, catching teams off-guard and playing without fear of the opposition, fear of failure. This was a team unrecognisable from its timid, disjointed state just a few months prior. He didn’t just galvanise us. He galvanised the team.
From the moment Klopp signposted his desire to win a title in that opening speech, my eyes were fixed on the league. Close second-place finishes in 2002, 2009, 2014 and 2019, coupled with endless taunts from rival fans had me desperate for success.
Sure enough, he delivered. The best year of my life supporting Liverpool ensued in 2019-20. Every week saw a fresh adventure as notable wins over Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, and Chelsea propelled Liverpool well clear at the top of the Premier League table. This was capped by that famous win over Manchester United at Anfield. A day I’ll never forget.
I’ll forever remember seeing Mo Salah glide past me from my seat in the Lower Kenny Dalglish, seeing him slot the ball between David de Gea’s legs, dispose with his shirt and thrash the air towards The Kop without ever slowing down. Klopp personified.
Klopp’s Liverpool not only conquered England but took European football by storm. It started with that night against Dortmund in 2016. The first glimpse of a European past reignited.
I was captivated. I had grown up with stories of Saint-Etienne, Olympiacos, and Istanbul. Now I have my own anecdotes to match, I can now raise them tales of Roma, Barcelona, and Madrid. I no longer felt like Liverpool were great. But rather Liverpool are great.
Even amidst the chaos and confusion of the past few months, he has still delivered a resonant, goliath-slaying victory over Manchester City that reminded us exactly what one of his teams can do.
It is these moments that heighten our affection towards Klopp. Every Liverpool fan in every conceivable corner of the globe has their own personal eulogy pertaining to the man.
Only 401 matches in, the series is far from finished, there are many stories still to be written.
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Even after winning every possible trophy at Anfield, Jürgen Klopp has earned an even bigger accolade in the eyes of Liverpool supporters…I’M a bit old for heroes.
I’ve always felt adulation should be kept for your first three decades. Maybe that’s the cry of the cynic, but the more you invest in someone, the more likely you are to be let down.
Mine will be more than familiar to people of my generation. Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalglish, Ray Kennedy, Ronnie Moran and Pauls McCartney and Weller. The usual. They took up most of my time growing up.
So, when it comes to Jürgen Klopp, I’ll just express my thanks as an intense respect rather than a love letter.
The problem with managers is that they’re instructed to talk a lot and therefore always have the opportunity of sticking their foot in it. A frown can never be far away. It was the same with Jürgen initially. In one of his first interviews, he expressed his love for the band Genesis. That wasn’t the start I wanted. I can’t abide Genesis.
Come 2015, I was more or less resigned to supporting an average Liverpool side albeit with one of occasional peaks. I never warmed to Brendan Rodgers. The language of LinkedIn is never for me. All that ‘part of the dance’ nonsense and faux philosophical aphorisms left me cold and, as much as I loved 2014, I always felt that a 2015 was coming and that it might be the norm.
Many knew the ending was coming for Brendan on the day of the October 2015 derby, though the talk of his replacement was less known. I was sat in my mate’s car at Warwick Services when word arrived. Hardly news, but once we looked at the betting and saw who was odds-on favourite…
Neil, Andy and I discussed the arrival of Bill Shankly on the On This Day show last week and, in particular, the sense of a manager coming to a club at the right time for both parties. I used the word ‘alchemy’ because I’m the sort of tit who does that. In 1959, Liverpool were in dire need of a man in dire need of a project.
Though Jürgen’s achievement can never be considered the same as Shankly’s, he too joined a club desperate for change. He was at a crossroads too. The great Dortmund years had given way to the bad Dortmund years and, though he denied being tired, a combination of poor results and an inability to replace Mario Gotze and Robert Lewandowski, must have made him wonder if it were time for a change via a beach.
I didn’t always like what he said — that cynicism thing again. ‘Doubters into believers’ is a bit hard to take if you’d seen more false dawns than most and the whole ‘if you really love this club then you need to believe in our way,’ statement of September 2016 really yanked my chain. Really love the club? I’ve been here for decades, mate. Come on, eh?
But all he really wanted was for us to all be on board. An ultimate buy-in to progress us to the next level. A tough ask to the league’s most fractured fanbase.
It’s hard to sum up just what he’s done for the club, though this sentence is a start…
He’s won every single trophy he could since he’s been.
Yeah, yeah – the Europa League, but he even took us to the final of that.
It’s difficult to dislike any manager who has come in, changed the tactics, the culture and the trophy cabinet size. A lot of people would get behind Pol Pot if he lifted the odd trophy. (‘Sure he had the odd genocide in him, but look at his Carabao Cup record’.) Luckily for us, Jürgen Klopp’s got one more thing to his name.
He’s absolutely sound.
I mean, what a man! A solid pint. A man who stands on the right side of every issue, Genesis aside, and who wants you to come with him — not through rage or rant, but with measured argument.
I love that he believes in people and sees the fans as the ultimate audience rather than his paymasters. I love his camaraderie with his team and, at the same time, I love that he’s rude to journalists and pundits when warranted. Des Kelly, for one.
Kenny and Shankly had that too. Always happy to praise the support from the terraces and a cantankerous outlook borne of frustration and impatience when it came to those looking for a story or keen to sow a seed of dissent.
Moreover, he’s a man on our side. The punches he throws to The Kop at the end of a win isn’t the stunt many would have you believe. It’s a bonding process. ‘We won today.’ Not just the team. All of us.
More than anything in 2015, I just wanted to get behind a manager who I could trust to deliver. I was tired of going close only to see us fall back further. I wanted genuine progress that was leading somewhere.
Every fan of every club wants that, but hardly any of them get it. The odd cup run or win is the best they can hope for. Nowadays, we can feel a bit deflated after winning two cups, losing another final and being a point behind the Champions. Some are furious that we didn’t end up with more. I’d like to remind them of Liverpool 2007-2017.
The last seven years have been a dream. I never thought we’d see days like these again and never so much as hoped that any success would be built upon. He’s raised the bar on every single level and he’s made us whole and in touch with the club again.
I can pay no higher accolade than that.
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If Jürgen Klopp was asked to produce a docu-series about himself, how would he go about it?We think Jürgen would tell the stories of the people and places that have influenced and impacted him throughout his career as a football player and manager.Supported by ERDINGER, The Anfield Wrap travelled to Glatten, Frankfurt, Mainz, Dortmund and around Liverpool to hear unique stories from the German’s journey, told by those who know him best.The five part docu-series explores five recurring themes throughout Jürgen’s story — challenge, culture, journey, winning and legacy — and features footballers that played with and under him, friends that stood by his side through thick and thin, colleagues that helped him move to the next level and the fans that gave him their undying support throughout.
From growing up in the shadow of the famous Black Forest, to the beginning of Jürgen’s professional career in Frankfurt, becoming a hero as a player and subsequently the manager of Mainz, taking Borussia Dortmund right to the top of European Football, and waking up the sleeping giant in Liverpool.
This is a story directed and told by the fans that love Jürgen, but featuring stories from each of his homes: including the Mayor of his hometown Glatten; teammates from his Frankfurt days; son of his legendary manager Wolfgang Frank, plus the Mainz CEO who gave him his first job; members of his most successful Borussia Dortmund side; plus his former dressing room leader and neighbour Adam Lallana, plus legendary former player and manager Kenny Dalglish at Liverpool.
With 35 unique interviews filmed across four countries, The Anfield Wrap paints the full picture of Jürgen Klopp — the man, the manager and the leader.
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Released earlier this year on TAW Player, but now for free, this is our first ‘Football Miracles’ looking at the Liverpool Football Club miracles under Jurgen Klopp, as Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Phil Blundell, Kev Walsh and John Milburn.. A celebration of football miracles under Jurgen Klopp and hilarious coincidences from our contributors. This […]
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On This Day revisits big moments from Liverpool’s history and talks topical stories, such as Thiago Alcantara, Rafa Benitez and David N’Gog. Josh Sexton hosts Phil Blundell and Mike Kearney… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Thiago Alcantara… Recent Posts:
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Liverpool FC Women manager Matt Beard and defender Gilly Flaherty speak to The Anfield Wrap about their season so far. Harriet Prior hosts from The Reds’ training session… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Matt Beard, Gilly Flaherty and Liverpool FC Women… Recent Posts:
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The latest on Liverpool transfers as links to West Ham midfield Declan Rice emerge, while uncertainty remains over recruitment plans. Rob Gutmann hosts Damian Kavanagh, Harriet Prior and Jake Nolan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Declan Rice to Liverpool links… Recent Posts:
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On This Day revisits big moments from Liverpool’s history and talks topical stories, such as the emergence of Caoimhin Kelleher, Stan Collymore’s quick fire goal and another derby day thriller. Neil Atkinson hosts Rob Gutmann and Ian Salmon.. Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Caoimhin Kelleher… Recent Posts:
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On today’s Talking Reds, Neil Atkinson is joined by Rob Gutmann to discuss the sad passing of Liverpool legend David Johnson as well as the news that the Glazer family are open to offers for Manchester United… Recent Posts:
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This week we released an interview with Neil Atkinson chatting to Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders, off the back of the release of his book ‘Intensity‘ John Gibbons and Neil Atkinson talk it through… Press play to listen to this show in full or alternatively you can listen for free on Audioboom, Spotify, Apple Podcasts […]
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With the World Cup making headlines for all the wrong reasons, what has happened to the spirit that was behind the tournament’s origin? WHEN the historians of the future come to look upon where the game went mad, they’d do well to look at November and December 2022. Usually there’s a slow slide into […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s exclusive interview podcast with Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders, off the back of the release of his book ‘Intensity‘. Neil Atkinson hosts at the AXA Training Centre in Kirkby… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for the full Pep Lijnders interview podcast… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s exclusive interview video with Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders, off the back of the release of his book ‘Intensity’. Neil Atkinson hosts at the AXA Training Centre in Kirkby… Recent Posts:
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On This Day revisits big moments from Liverpool’s history and talks topical stories, such as Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Ronnie Moran. Neil Atkinson hosts Andy Heaton, Karl Coppack and Josh Sexton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Sadio Mane… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap answers YOUR random football questions, including the best pub in Liverpool to watch the match, and whether the boycott of the World Cup, including not watching it at all, can actually make a difference? Adam Smith hosts Mike Kearney, Neil Docking, Clare Brookfield and Robbie O’Neill… Below is a clip from the […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast looking at the ownership of FSG and what the future may hold for Liverpool and potential owners. Neil Atkinson hosts Phil Blundell, Ian Ryan and Dan Austin… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s review of Liverpool’s defence, midfield and attack this season, including a look at the stats and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Liverpool’s defence, midfield and attack… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast looking at the ownership of FSG and what the future may hold for Liverpool and their ownership. Neil Atkinson hosts Phil Blundell, Ian Ryan and Dan Austin… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on FSG, as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you… […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning reaction to Harry Kane’s armband protest, from Brasco Lounge in the city centre. Neil Atkinson is joined by Mo Stewart… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s AFQ Friday podcast as Neil Atkinson hosts Cameron Rimmer, Siobhan Biggane, Emilia Bona and Ryan Paton… (Keep an eye on our Twitter feed to submit your questions for the next show) Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s live podcast is a chat with book authors Pep Lijnders, John Williams, Jonn Elledge and Andi Thomas. Neil Atkinson hosts to discuss ‘Intensity‘, ‘Red Men Reborn‘, ‘Conspiracy‘ and ‘Against All Odds‘… Press play to listen to this show in full or alternatively you can listen for free on Audioboom, Spotify, Apple Podcasts […]
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As Manchester United plunge deeper into the mess surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo, Liverpool can learn a lesson from their rivals… THIS Cristiano Ronaldo stuff is an absolute nightmare for all involved at Manchester United. The person has had a devastating loss this year and that should never be forgotten. I actually think the player gets […]
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With the World Cup upon us, it’s time to have a round up of what’s going on around Europe – looking specifically at Serie A and Ligue 1. Mo Stewart hosts Serie A expert Conor Clancy and Ligue 1 journalist Jonathan Johnson… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more of the […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s preview of the World Cup 2022, with the second part of our look ahead at what is to come over the next month. Mo Stewart is joined by John Gibbons and Phil Blundell… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Thursday night, for reaction to the news that Curtis Jones has signed a new contract at Liverpool. Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan, Damian Kavanagh and Craig Hannan… Recent Posts:
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Ben Jacobs from CBS Sports joins The Anfield Wrap to give an update on FSG’s Liverpool sale and how they may be open to a full buyout. Neil Atkinson hosts… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Ben Jacobs’ FSG reports… Recent Posts:
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A bigger picture analytical look at Liverpool’s season so far, with this episode centred specifically around The Reds’ formation. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers…
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The three strikes are Liverpool competing in the Dubai Super Cup, doing maths around the Premier League title race and Everton. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Dan Austin and Josh Sexton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the Dubai Super Cup… Recent Posts:
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Paul Amann from Liverpool’s LGBT+ fan group Kop Outs tells us about broken promises from 2019 and why many won’t travel to the World Cup now. John Gibbons hosts… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more from Paul Amann, as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you… Recent […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s preview of the World Cup 2022, looking ahead to what is to come over the next month for Liverpool’s lads and beyond. Mo Stewart is joined by John Gibbons and Phil Blundell… Recent Posts:
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The latest on Liverpool transfers as we assess the impact that a potential takeover could have on the club and The Reds’ plans. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Phil Blundell, Adam Smith and Neil Docking… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool’s potential takeover… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s live discussion around Liverpool’s 2022-23 season so far and what the World Cup break could look like for The Reds. John Gibbons is joined by Fuad Hasan… Recent Posts:
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With the World Cup upon us, it’s time to have a round up of what’s going on around Europe – looking specifically at La Liga and Bundesliga. Mo Stewart hosts La Liga expert Euan McTear and Bundesliga journalist Kevin Hatchard… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more of the latest from […]
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A discussion about what Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool do next, during the World Cup break and beyond, as discussed in the latest Review podcast. John Gibbons and Dan Morgan talk it through… Press play to listen to this show in full or alternatively you can listen for free on Audioboom, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or The Anfield […]
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Rattling through 10 topics in 10 minutes handpicked by you, the viewers, including Luis Diaz’s return from injury. John Gibbons is joined by James Sutton… Recent Posts:
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In a relatively routine win for Liverpool over Southampton, Alisson Becker and James Milner both managed to make a lasting impact at Anfield… I WENT to see Half Man Half Biscuit on Friday. For the uninitiated, the band put an album out every three to four years, tour rarely and even when they do […]
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The Anfield Wrap answers YOUR random football questions, including how good Darwin Nunez is and can be for Liverpool. Adam Smith hosts Ian Salmon, Jackie Willcox, Josh Sexton, Clare Brookfield and Sanj Shetty… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Darwin Nunez.. Recent Posts:
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The panel discuss Ben Doak after his first professional contract at Liverpool, England’s World Cup squad, the T20 World Cup and Peter Kay. Emilia Bona hosts John Gibbons, Abigail Rudkin, Peter Bolster and Ryan Paton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Ben Doak and the other topics… Recent […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast after Liverpool 3 Southampton 1 in the Premier League at Anfield, plus looking ahead to what comes next. Neil Atkinson hosts Dan Austin, Paul Senior and Jake Nolan… Recent Posts:
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Fan reaction to the weekend’s Premier League action, as the Brentford manager called the Manchester City result one of the club’s best ever. John Gibbons hosts Brentford fan Billy Grant, Leicester City fan Pete Selby and Bournemouth fan James Roach… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Brentford’s best result… […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s second look at Liverpool 3 Southampton 1 in the Premier League at Anfield, talking through the biggest storylines. Josh Sexton is joined by Grace Mailey, with further statistical insight from Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast after Liverpool 3 Southampton 1 in the Premier League at Anfield, plus looking ahead to what comes next. Neil Atkinson hosts Dan Austin, Paul Senior and Jake Nolan… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool v Southampton, as well as reaction to all the news and events that […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning reaction to Cristiano Ronaldo’s quotes and the Ronaldo documentary, from Brasco Lounge in the city centre. John Gibbons is joined by Craig Hannan… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s review of Liverpool 3 Southampton 1 in the Premier League at Anfield, including a look at the stats and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Liverpool 3 Southampton 1… Recent Posts:
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Fan reaction to the weekend’s Premier League action, as Aston Villa sack Steven Gerrard and win their first game 4-0 without him. John Gibbons hosts Aston Villa fan Tom Fahy, Newcastle United fan Alex Hurst and Leicester City fan Pete Selby… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Aston Villa […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s second look at Nottingham Forest 1 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at the City Ground, talking through the biggest storylines. Harriet Prior is joined by Shaun O’Donnell, with further statistical insight from Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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Liverpool fans were reminded of the damage done by Hillsborough all too recently, the chants that form further reminders need to be punished… “If it’s happened, I’m so sorry – it doesn’t represent what we are as a team and a club. But don’t worry, we can behave perfectly [from] our mistakes. Not a […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s review of Nottingham Forest 1 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at the City Ground, including a look at the stats and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Nottingham Forest 1 Liverpool 0… Recent […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning reaction to Nottingham Forest 1 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at the City Ground, from Brasco Lounge in the city centre. John Gibbons is joined by Ian Salmon… Recent Posts:
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Liverpool Women sank to a 0-2 defeat against Arsenal Women but they played reasonably well. Discussing the game with Neil Atkinson we have Philippa Smallwood, Andy Bell, Lizzi Doyle and Michael Manning. They get into Arsenal’s quality, Ceri Holland’s excellence and Liverpool’s resilience Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool FC Women, as […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast looking back on Nottingham Forest 1 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at the City Ground. Neil Atkinson hosts Lizzi Doyle, Stu Wright and Philippa Smallwood… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Nottingham Forest v Liverpool, as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast looking back on Nottingham Forest 1 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at the City Ground. Neil Atkinson hosts Andy Bell, Stu Wright and Philippa Smallwood… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap brings you on the whistle video reaction from Reds all over after Nottingham Forest 1 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League… Recent Posts:
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Nottingham Forest 1 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at the City Ground… THREE dropped. But momentum dropped. The feel good dropped. Morale dropped. Some seasons are in full bloom quickly. Some seasons find their way and blossom. And some seasons are like orchids you have […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after Nottingham Forest 1 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at the City Ground. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons and John Milburn… Recent Posts:
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Nottingham Forest 1 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at the City Ground… LOOK, Liverpool are missing players left, right and centre. We can all agree that. But fucking hell that was absolutely dog shit. It was so fucking obvious from the first 10 minutes. […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Nottingham Forest 1 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at the City Ground. Josh Sexton hosts George Trad, Craig Hannan and Peter Bolster… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Nottingham Forest v Liverpool reaction… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s AFQ Friday podcast as Neil Atkinson hosts Rob Gutmann, Kelly Forshaw, Mike Kearney and Selma Bazara… (Keep an eye on our Twitter feed to submit your questions for the next show) Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s live podcast looking ahead to Nottingham Forest v Liverpool in the Premier League at the City Ground. Neil Atkinson hosts Sean Rogers, Siobhan Biggane and Robbie O’Neill, plus Layla Wright on her BBC Panorama documentary ‘Champions League Final – What Went Wrong?’ and DJ Lauren Lo Sung on LOLiFE’s return to the […]
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Liverpool looked much more organised after a formation change against Rangers, and Jurgen Klopp should stick with that shape going forward… THE Brighton game was a watershed moment. That so little had changed in terms of performance, despite the three weeks since Liverpool’s last Premier League game, was as disappointing as it was damning. […]
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The three strikes are Erling Haaland to Real Madrid rumours, Manchester United’s progress and Liverpool in the Champions League group stage. Rob Gutmann hosts Mo Stewart, Shaun O’Donnell and Paul Johnson… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Haaland to Madrid and the other topics… Recent Posts:
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Rattling through 10 topics in 10 minutes handpicked by you, the viewers, including whether Liverpool will shop in the January transfer window. John Gibbons is joined by Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap answers YOUR random football questions, including how to go about improving Anfield’s atmosphere and more. Adam Smith hosts John Gibbons, Paula Murphy, Jackie Willcox and Niki Cornish… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Anfield’s atmosphere.. Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s review of Liverpool 2 Rangers 0 in the Champions League group stage at Anfield, including a look at the stats and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Liverpool 2 Rangers 0… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s second look at Liverpool 2 Rangers 0 in the Champions League group stage, talking through the game’s biggest storylines. Harriet Prior is joined by Josh Sexton, while Neil Atkinson gives further statistical insight… Recent Posts:
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Reflecting on Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Rangers in the UEFA Champions League at Anfield. John Gibbons hosts Craig Hannan… Recent Posts:
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Rangers 0 in the Champions League group stage at Anfield… SORRY this is a bit late. The team drops and suddenly the idea of a run of the mill 2-0 seems unlikely, but yet again this season Liverpool confound expectations. This time pleasingly. […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video from The Sandon after Liverpool 2 Rangers 0 in The Reds’ third Champions League group stage game at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts Kev Walsh and Adam Melia… Recent Posts:
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Rangers 0 in the Champions League group stage at Anfield… THEY love the king, don’t they? Fucking hell. Wouldn’t stop wanging on about him, like he is this big legendary figure. Been in the job abar a week. Still in his probation. Anyway. […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Liverpool 2 Rangers 0 in The Reds’ third Champions League group stage game at Anfield. John Gibbons hosts James Sutton, Sian Bennett and Jay McKenna… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Liverpool v Rangers reaction… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s match preview before Liverpool v Rangers in The Reds’ third Champions League group stage game at Anfield… IT’S easy to get frustrated when your source of enjoyment becomes a little bit less enjoyable. When what is supposed to be an escape doesn’t feel that way for a length of time. You […]
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The panel discuss Liverpool’s slow starts to games, Erling Haaland’s Manchester City form, Eubank v Benn and what they’re watching. Emilia Bona hosts Neil Atkinson, Jake Nolan, Selma Bazara and Ryan Paton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool’s slow starts… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s preview of Liverpool v Rangers under the lights at Anfield in The Reds’ third Champions League group stage game. Ian Ryan hosts John Gibbons, Rob Gutmann and Peter Bolster, while Josh Sexton speaks to Rangers podcast Rambling Ger… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool v […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s second look at Liverpool 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 in the Premier League at Anfield, talking through the biggest storylines. Neil Atkinson is joined by Fuad Hasan… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s reaction to the Jurgen Klopp press conference ahead of Liverpool v Rangers in the Champions League group stage at Anfield. Josh Sexton is joined by Mike Kearney and Craig Hannan… Recent Posts:
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As frustrations at Liverpool reach boiling point, it’s important that players being made the scapegoats are supported – now more than ever… I DON’T like this any more than you do. I left Anfield raging, saddened and confused. What the hell was that about? More than anything it was a feeling of a returning […]
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Fan reaction to the weekend’s Premier League and Championship action, as Wolves and Middlesbrough sack managers Bruno Lage and Chris Wilder. John Gibbons hosts Wolves fan Richard Hobbs, Middlesbrough fan Daniel Gray and Newcastle United fan Alex Hurst… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Wolves and Middlesbrough sacking their […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s review of Liverpool 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 in the Premier League at Anfield, including a look at the stats and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Liverpool 3 Brighton 3… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning reaction to Liverpool 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 in the Premier League at Anfield, from Brasco Lounge in the city centre. John Gibbons is joined by Phil Blundell… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast looking back on Liverpool 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 in the Premier League at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Salmon, Paddy Fitzsimons and Steve Graves… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool v Brighton, as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast looking back on Liverpool 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 in the Premier League at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Salmon, Paddy Fitzsimons and Steve Graves… Recent Posts:
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 in the Premier League at Anfield… WELL, The Reds might be dog shit. That’s a shame aye. Alisson: 7 Well. One of the only players on the pitch to come out of it with any credit. Watching the rest […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning reaction to the Merseyside derby and where it leaves Liverpool, from Brasco Lounge in the city centre. Josh Sexton is joined by Lizzi Doyle… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s review of Everton 0 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at Goodison Park, including a look at the statistics and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson, Sean Rogers and Paul Cope… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Everton 0 Liverpool 0… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast looking back on Everton 0 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at Goodison Park. Neil Atkinson hosts Mo Stewart, Stu Wright and Robbie O’Neill… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast looking back on Everton 0 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at Goodison Park. Neil Atkinson hosts Mo Stewart, Stu Wright and Robbie O’Neill… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Everton 0 Liverpool 0, as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you… […]
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The Anfield Wrap brings you on the whistle video reaction from Reds all over after Everton 0 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League… Recent Posts:
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review after Everton 0 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at Goodison Park, and it’s two dropped but not the worst result… (THE football) Two dropped. But not the same as the other kinds of two dropped. (Not the football) Because of Goodison Park. Because of Everton. Because of everything Everton […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after Everton 0 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at Goodison Park. Neil Atkinson hosts Rob Gutmann and Steve Graves… Recent Posts:
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings after Everton 0 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at Goodison Park, as Joe Gomez stands out… WELL, unbeaten again at their gaff, with no midfielders and their manager wearing kecks from Screw Fix. Should have got some fucking Rockwool and Gorilla Glue for that fucking head. Baldy before you […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Everton 0 Liverpool 0 in the Premier League at Goodison Park. John Gibbons hosts Andy Heaton, Kev Walsh and Craig Hannan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Everton v Liverpool reaction… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s AFQ as Neil Atkinson hosts Kelly Forshaw, Rob Gutmann, Steve Graves and Emilia Bona…. (Keep an eye on our Twitter feed to submit your questions for the next show) Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s reaction to the Jurgen Klopp press conference ahead of Everton v Liverpool in the Premier League at Goodison Park. Josh Sexton is joined by Harriet Prior and Phil Blundell… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s Merseyside derby big match preview before Everton v Liverpool in the Premier League at Goodison Park… “DIOGO probably will be in as well, he trained yesterday with the team first time. He will train today. “I have to make a decision, does it make sense that we involve him already or […]
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With Premier League clubs spending £1.9billion this transfer window, the market continues to operate in a vacuum to the real world… TODAY represents another astonishing backdrop to this ever-confusing island. Today families, parents and business owners have woken to 200-400 per cent increases in energy bills, some of which will result in the loss […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s live podcast in the build up to Everton v Liverpool in the Premier League at Goodison Park. Neil Atkinson hosts Sean Rogers, Siobhan Biggane and Robbie O’Neill, plus Tom Cain on his play ‘97+‘ which is part of Liverpool Theatre Festival… Press play to listen to this show in full or alternatively […]
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A compartmental look at the Liverpool FC 2022-23 squad, assessing The Reds’ options in midfield and how they’re shaping up this season. John Gibbons hosts Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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Picking out the standout stats and assessing the tactical setups ahead of Everton v Liverpool in the Premier League at Goodison Park. Neil Atkinson hosts with the help of our partners at StatsBomb… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s pre-match warmup ahead of Everton v Liverpool in the Premier League at Goodison Park, plus the view from the opposition. Ian Ryan hosts Neil Atkinson, Kev Walsh and Adam Melia, while John Gibbons speaks to Everton fans from The Tenth Pint Podcast… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for […]
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Fan previews ahead of the Premier League weekend, with the Merseyside Derby at 12.30pm and a couple of ‘London Derbies’ at 3pm on Saturday. Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan, Kev Walsh, Tottenham Hotspur fan Paul Duhaney, West Ham United fan Andy Middleton and Bournemouth fan James Roach… Below is a clip from the show – […]
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As Liverpool struggled once again against Newcastle at Anfield, Fabio Carvalho and Harvey Elliott led the way for The Reds… WHAT a way to feel alive. It wasn’t straightforward, of course, but in reality it rarely is. Watching this team so rarely is. These Reds are the entertainers. The thrill seekers. They are the […]
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Thursday night, for reaction to Liverpool’s transfer deadline day so far with Arthur Melo imminent. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Emilia Bona and Ian Salmon… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s second look at Liverpool 2 Newcastle United 1 in the Premier League at Anfield, talking through the biggest storylines. Neil Atkinson is joined by Josh Sexton… Recent Posts:
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Serie A journalist Conor Clancy gives the Italy perspective on Arthur Melo’s imminent transfer deadline day move from Juventus to Liverpool. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Italy on Arthur Melo… Recent Posts:
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La Liga expert Euan McTear gives the Spain perspective Arthur Melo ahead of his imminent transfer deadline day move from Juventus to Liverpool. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Spain on Arthur Melo… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s review of Liverpool 2 Newcastle United 1 in the Premier League at Anfield, including a look at the statistics and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Liverpool 2 Newcastle 1… Recent Posts:
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Assessing the key stats around Liverpool’s transfer targets and potential departures, including imminent signing Arthur Melo. Neil Atkinson hosts with the help of our partners at StatsBomb… Recent Posts:
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Spanish journalist Guillem Balague discusses Arthur Melo ahead of his imminent transfer deadline day move from Juventus to Liverpool. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Guillem Balague on Arthur Melo… Recent Posts:
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The Daily Mail’s Dominic King gives the Liverpool perspective on Arthur Melo’s imminent transfer deadline day move from Juventus. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Dominic King on Arthur Melo… Recent Posts:
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Serie A expert James Horncastle gives the inside track on Arthur Melo’s imminent transfer deadline day move from Juventus to Liverpool. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from James Horncastle on Arthur Melo… Recent Posts:
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The latest on Liverpool transfers as a loan deal for Arthur Melo moves closer, will it just be the first of deadline day? Rob Gutmann hosts Mo Stewart and Josh Sexton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Arthur Melo… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap brings you on the whistle video reaction from Reds all over after Liverpool 2 Newcastle United 1 in the Premier League… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after Liverpool 2 Newcastle United 1 in the Premier League at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts Phil Blundell and Dan Morgan… Recent Posts:
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review after Liverpool 2 Newcastle United 1 in the Premier League at Anfield, as The Reds look out of sorts but win… YOU don’t get much poetic justice in football. It’s a genuine rarity. To be clear, you tend to get what you deserve. That isn’t the same thing. You often […]
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings after Liverpool 2 Newcastle United 1 in the Premier League at Anfield, as Fabio Carvalho is the hero… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Nothing better in the world. Alisson: 6 Nothing to do all game aside from pick one out the net and catch a freekick. Was going berserk last few minutes when we […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Liverpool 2 Newcastle United 1 in the Premier League at Anfield. John Gibbons hosts Neil Docking, Siobhan Biggane and Jay McKenna… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Liverpool v Newcastle reaction… Recent Posts:
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Melissa Reddy, senior reporter for Sky Sports, talks through Liverpool’s transfer shortlist of midfielders they’ve looked at this summer. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Melissa Reddy on Liverpool’s transfer shortlist… Recent Posts:
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After more criticism of Jordan Henderson despite a 9-0 win, is it possible to try and understand the difference in Liverpool’s support? THIS isn’t going to be easy to write. It’s going to get ripped and it will be used as a buttress to hold up accusations of agenda and protective bias, but there’s […]
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Looking ahead to tonight’s game at Anfield in the Premier League between Liverpool and Newcastle United, and taking time to discuss links to Aston Villa’s Douglas Luiz. John Gibbons is joined by Fuad Hasan… Recent Posts:
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An overview of Liverpool’s first batch of fixtures and results, as The Reds made a slow start before bouncing back in a big way. Rob Gutmann hosts Mike Kearney, Harriet Prior and Damian Kavanagh… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more overviews of every Liverpool game… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s reaction to the Jurgen Klopp press conference ahead of Liverpool v Newcastle United in the Premier League at Anfield. Josh Sexton is joined by Mike Kearney and Craig Hannan… Recent Posts:
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Match preview before Liverpool v Newcastle United in the Premier League at Anfield, with The Reds looking to solidify their momentum… “WINNING here is special,” admitted the manager back in April following a 1-0 win at St James’ Park. In the context of recent discussions about Liverpool’s midfield, it was funny to watch the […]
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The latest on Liverpool transfers, with links to RB Leipzig’s Konrad Laimer as The Reds continue their search for a midfielder. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Mo Stewart and Adam Smith… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Konrad Laimer… Recent Posts:
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Picking out the standout stats and assessing the tactical setups ahead of Liverpool v Newcastle United in the Premier League at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts with the help of our partners at StatsBomb… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s pre-match warmup ahead of Liverpool v Newcastle United in the Premier League at Anfield, plus the view from the opposition. Ian Ryan hosts Andy Heaton, Emilia Bona and Dan Austin, while John Gibbons speaks to Newcastle United fan Alex Hurst… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more pre-match […]
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Fan reaction to the weekend’s Premier League results in England and Scotland, as Manchester United make it back to back wins. John Gibbons hosts Manchester United fan Ant Shaw, Celtic fan Kevin Graham and Rangers fan Colin Armstrong… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the English and Scottish Premier […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast looking back on Liverpool 9 Bournemouth 0 in the Premier League at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts Phil Blundell, Neil Docking and Shaun O’Donnell… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s second look at Liverpool 9 Bournemouth 0 in the Premier League at Anfield, talking through the biggest storylines. Harriet Prior is joined by Ian Salmon, with statistical insight from Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast looking back on Liverpool 9 Bournemouth 0 in the Premier League at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts Phil Blundell, John Gibbons and Shaun O’Donnell… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool 9 Bournemouth 0, as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you… […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning reaction to Liverpool 9 Bournemouth 0 in the Premier League at Anfield, from Brasco Lounge in the city centre. John Gibbons is joined by James Sutton… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s review of Liverpool 9 Bournemouth 0 in the Premier League at Anfield, including a look at the statistics and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Paul Cope… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Liverpool 9 Bournemouth 0… Recent Posts:
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Sunday Best looks across the Premier League weekend in the context of The Reds, after Liverpool v Bournemouth at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts Adam Smith, Mike Bankole and Dan Austin… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool v Bournemouth… Recent Posts:
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John Gibbons player ratings after Liverpool 9 Bournemouth 0 in the Premier League at Anfield, as Gibbo delivers the 10s The Reds couldn‘t… YES The Reds, 9-0 weather. What a day that was, then. We demanded a response, the manager demanded a performance and the players rained goals on sorry Bournemouth. The only thing […]
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The Anfield Wrap brings you on the whistle video reaction from Reds all over after Liverpool 9 Bournemouth 0 in the Premier League… Recent Posts:
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review after Liverpool 9 Bournemouth in the Premier League at Anfield, and you don’t get many nines… WELL, well. You don’t get many nines (NINE)s. The highlight might actually be Virgil van Dijk getting the ball when it goes nine. Virgil hurrying them along. Because, he knows, you don’t get many […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after Liverpool 9 Bournemouth 0 in the Premier League at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts Mo Stewart and Ian Ryan… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Liverpool 9 Bournemouth 0 in the Premier League at Anfield. John Gibbons hosts Damian Kavanagh, Sian Bennett and Stu Wright… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Liverpool v Bournemouth reaction… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s AFQ as Neil Atkinson hosts George Trad, Kev Walsh, Tom Whittaker, Olivia Graham and Mike Kearney…. (Keep an eye on our Twitter feed to submit your questions for the next show) Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s reaction to the Jurgen Klopp press conference ahead of Liverpool v Bournemouth in the Premier League at Anfield. Josh Sexton is joined by Lizzi Doyle and Phil Blundell… Recent Posts:
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After a week of writing some wrongs on the training ground, can Liverpool rediscover their belief to get them back on track? FRIDAY. The deserving end to the working week. Remember those Friday’s when Liverpool were great and the fruits of our labour could be enjoyed instead of fearful budgeting for the next energy […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s live podcast in the build up to Liverpool v Bournemouth in the Premier League at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts Neil Docking, Emilia Bona and Ste Evans, plus Ian Salmon on the return of Venus Rising and Matthew Cain on a new scholarship that has been created in memory of James Gary Aspinall… […]
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Picking out the standout stats and assessing the tactical setups ahead of Liverpool v Bournemouth in the Premier League at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts with the help of our partners at StatsBomb… Recent Posts:
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Leicester City have endured a slow start to the Premier League season, but can Brendan Rodgers start the turnaround this weekend at Chelsea? Neil Atkinson hosts Paddy Fitzsimons, Arsenal fan Jim Johnson, Manchester United fan Teza Simukulwa, Leicester City fan Pete Selby and Everton fan Gary Judge… Below is a clip from the show – […]
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Thursday night, for reaction to Liverpool’s Champions League group draw. John Gibbons hosts Mo Stewart, Kev Walsh and Craig Hannan… Recent Posts:
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Match preview before Liverpool v Bournemouth in the Premier League at Anfield, as this fixture becomes strangely important again… THE last three meetings with Bournemouth at Anfield have come at very interesting times for Liverpool. In 2017-18, Liverpool beat Bournemouth 3-0 at Anfield, in the midst of a spell that included a 0-0 draw […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s pre-match warmup ahead of Liverpool v Bournemouth in the Premier League at Anfield, plus the view from the opposition. Ian Ryan hosts Mo Stewart, Ian Salmon and Ryan Paton, while Neil Atkinson speaks to Bournemouth fan Sam Davis… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more pre-match on Liverpool […]
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The three strikes are fan representation whether Liverpool have hit a wall of fatigue, the Premier League title race and Thomas Tuchel. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Mike Kearney and Damian Kavanagh… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool fatigue and the title race… Recent Posts:
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The latest on Liverpool transfers, with speculation over Liverpool’s search for a ‘plan B’ midfielder showing no signs of slowing down. Rob Gutmann hosts John Gibbons, Harriet Prior and Adam Smith… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool’s midfielder search… Recent Posts:
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Will Arnett tells us all about the role football has played in his life and how that role has changed throughout his acting career. Adam Smith hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Will Arnett… Recent Posts:
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Letters To The Editor addresses your burning questions & comments pertaining to Liverpool, including the flashbacks of 2020-21 this season… HERE are your burning questions and comments in the week after Liverpool lost to Manchester United… Dave Lee: Sadio Mane is gone, ballers Thiago Alcantara and Diogo Jota injured amongst others: do we need […]
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Dissecting Liverpool’s latest transfer rumours, including Moises Caicedo from Brighton & Hove Albion, Naby Keita to Borussia Dortmund and Leandro Paredes from PSG. John Gibbons hosts The Liverpool Echo’s Paul Gorst… Recent Posts:
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As the fallout from Manchester United 2 Liverpool 1 continues, what will The Reds do next to save themselves from falling further behind? Neil Atkinson is joined by Harriet Prior… Recent Posts:
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The panel discuss Virgil Van Dijk and his early season form, Chelsea transfers and Serena Williams and the next host of Love Island. Emilia Bona hosts Ian Salmon, Josh Sexton, Mike Bankole and Joel Sanderson-Murray… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Virgil van Dijk… Recent Posts:
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Ahead of the release of The Anfield Wrap’s interview with actor and Liverpool fan Will Arnett, here’s more on how the podcast came to pass. John Gibbons and Adam Smith talk it through… Press play to listen to this show in full or alternatively you can listen for free on Audioboom, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or […]
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With defeat to Manchester United leaving Liverpool with even more questions to answer, what direction will The Reds go to turn things around? I’LL level with you, my attempt at writing a column this week hasn’t got off to a flying start. I’ve hit the backspace button 100 times and sat staring at a […]
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The Anfield Wrap answers YOUR random football questions, including the Roberto Firmino solution, what you’d do if you swerved footy and more. Adam Smith hosts John Gibbons, Phil Blundell, Jackie Willcox and Sajad Iqbal… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the Roberto Firmino solution… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s second look at Manchester United 2 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at Old Trafford, talking through the performances. Harriet Prior is joined by Craig Hannan, with statistical insight from Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast looking back on Manchester United 2 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at Old Trafford. Neil Atkinson hosts Dan Austin, Stu Wright and Josh Sexton… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast looking back on Manchester United 2 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at Old Trafford. Neil Atkinson hosts Dan Austin, Stu Wright and Josh Sexton… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Manchester United 2 Liverpool 1, as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s review of Manchester United 2 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at Old Trafford, including a look at the statistics and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Paul Cope… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Manchester United 2 Liverpool 1… Recent Posts:
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review after Manchester United 2 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at Old Trafford, and The Reds look hungover… LIVERPOOL were dreadful. Tragic. Miserable. It’s amongst the poorest showings since Virgil van Dijk signed for the club. It’s amongst Virgil van Dijk’s poorest showings since he signed for the club. I […]
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The Anfield Wrap brings you on the whistle video reaction from Reds all over after Manchester United 2 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League… Recent Posts:
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings after Manchester United 2 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at Old Trafford, as most flatter to deceive… Alisson: 7 What a save from the freekick. Christ. Does nothing wrong all game, makes two great saves. Trent: 4 I went camping at the weekend. Climbed Snowdon. Had a good day. When […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after Manchester United 2 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at Old Trafford. Neil Atkinson hosts Steve Graves and Neil Docking… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Manchester United 2 Liverpool 1 in the Premier League at Old Trafford. John Gibbons hosts from the away end… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Manchester United v Liverpool reaction… Recent Posts:
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Match preview before Manchester United v Liverpool in the Premier League at Old Trafford, with both sides in need of a win… I’VE been watching the Arsenal documentary this week. It’s thrown up some interesting questions. For example, why does Mikel Arteta feel the need to say ‘guys’ every couple of sentences? Seriously, it’s […]
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Fan reaction to the weekend’s Premier League results, as Arsenal maintained their perfect start to the season with a win over Bournemouth. John Gibbons and Josh Sexton hosts Arsenal fan Jordan Jarrett-Bryan, Southampton fan Nick Illingsworth and Fulham fan Jack Collins… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Arsenal and […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning preview of Manchester United v Liverpool in the Premier League at Old Trafford, from Brasco Lounge in the city centre. Josh Sexton is joined by Paul Johnson… Recent Posts:
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The Liverpool Echo’s Paul Gorst discusses the quotes that broke last night, in which Jurgen Klopp all but suggested he wanted a new midfielder. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Paul Gorst on the latest Jurgen Klopp quotes… Recent Posts:
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Sunday Best looks across the Premier League weekend in the context of The Reds, before Manchester United v Liverpool at Old Trafford. Neil Atkinson hosts Karl Coppack, Niki Cornish and Robbie O’Neill… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Manchester United v Liverpool… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s AFQ as Neil Atkinson hosts Josh Sexton, Craig Hannan, Tom Whittaker, Liam Fasting, Fuad Hasan and Harriet Prior…. (Keep an eye on our Twitter feed to submit your questions for the next show) Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Thursday night, for a preview of Manchester United v Liverpool in the Premier League at Old Trafford. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Ian Salmon and Jake Nolan… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s live podcast in the build up to Manchester United v Liverpool in the Premier League at Old Trafford. Neil Atkinson hosts Adam Smith, Sian Bennett and Sean Rogers, as well as John Gibbons speaking to Michelle Langan from Paper Cup Coffee and Augustine Mulenga on his book ‘Never Give Up’… EXCLUSIVE NordVPN […]
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As Manchester United v Liverpool meet again with contrasting fortunes, when was the rivalry last competitive enough to be considered ‘proper’? THE word heavyweight was used a lot in Jurgen Klopp’s press conference this morning. It wasn’t to describe a potential 12-round bout between the Liverpool boss and Gabby Agbonlahor. Nor was it a […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s reaction to the Jurgen Klopp press conference ahead of Manchester United v Liverpool in the Premier League at Old Trafford. Josh Sexton is joined by Craig Hannan and Shaun O’Donnell… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s pre-match warmup ahead of Manchester United Liverpool in the Premier League at Old Trafford, plus the view from the opposition. Ian Ryan hosts Andy Heaton, Phil Blundell and Andy McCann, while Neil Atkinson speaks to Manchester United fan Teza Simukulwa… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more pre-match […]
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Tottenham followed a win on the Premier League’s opening weekend by rescuing a point at Chelsea, and face Wolves next to stay on course. Neil Atkinson hosts Kev Walsh, Andy McCann, Tottenham Hotspur fan Paul Duhaney, Wolves fan Rich Hobbs and Aston Villa fan Tom Fahy… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe […]
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With injuries leaving Liverpool light in midfield, Harvey Elliott can provide a much-needed spark to kickstart The Reds’ season… HOW does one solve a problem like Liverpool’s midfield? Ah, the perennial question. It’s the only part of the pitch that seems to cause major differences in opinions and take serious criticism, and one that […]
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The latest on Liverpool transfers as reports suggest Naby Keita is unhappy with his situation and could force a move away this summer. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Mo Stewart and Damian Kavanagh… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for the latest on Naby Keita… Recent Posts:
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The three strikes are fan representation within Liverpool’s supporters board, Cristiano Ronaldo’s future and Graeme Souness’s comments. Harriet Prior hosts Josh Sexton, Sanj Shetty and Paul Hogan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the Liverpool supporters board… Recent Posts:
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Picking out the standout stats and assessing the tactical setups ahead of Manchester United v Liverpool in the Premier League at Old Trafford. Neil Atkinson hosts with the help of our partners at StatsBomb… Recent Posts:
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Alphabet Soup is the A-Z of Liverpool – the club, city and culture – and in this edition we discuss things in the area that begin with T. John Gibbons hosts Andy Heaton, Paula Murphy and Olivia Graham… Below is a clip from the podcast – subscribe for more on Liverpool; the club, city and […]
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With availability becoming an increasing issue across Liverpool’s squad, the forwards are under particular pressure to provide the answers… AND so it begins. Our weekends, evenings, Mondays and Fridays are dominated by football again. Our moods depend on it. Our group chats and work chats are shaped by it. Good job everyone is staying […]
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Reaction as Darwin Nunez apologises for his red card against Crystal Palace, plus the announcement of a supporters board which sees fan representation at Liverpool. John Gibbons is joined by Craig Hannan… Recent Posts:
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Dissecting Liverpool’s latest transfer rumours, as the injuries continue to mount and Matheus Nunes agrees a move to Wolves. John Gibbons hosts The Liverpool Echo’s Paul Gorst… Recent Posts:
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Letters To The Editor addresses your burning questions & comments pertaining to Liverpool, including our confidence around Jude Bellingham… HERE are your burning questions and comments in the week after Liverpool dropped more points to Crystal Palace… Robert Whelan: We’re the worst team in the league at managing the referee. From manager down to […]
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The panel discuss Luis Diaz, Antonio Conte v Thomas Tuchel, Anthony Joshua v Oleksandr Usyk part two and their favourite comedians. Harriet Prior hosts Phil Blundell, Mike Kearney, Andy Bell and Paul Anderson… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Luis Diaz… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s final word on Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 1 in the Premier League at Anfield, with a look at the biggest performances. Harriet Prior is joined by Grace Mailey… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap answers YOUR random football questions, including the need for calm heads between Liverpool supporters and players. Adam Smith hosts Josh Sexton, Paula Murphy, Mike Bankole and Mick Moran… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool and the need for calm heads… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s video podcast looking back on Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 1 in the Premier League at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts Mo Stewart, Paul Cope and Adam Melia… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast looking back on Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 1 in the Premier League at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts Mo Stewart, Paul Cope and Adam Melia… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 1, as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s review of Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 1 in the Premier League at Anfield, including a look at the statistics and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Ian Ryan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 1… Recent Posts:
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings after Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 1 in the Premier League at Anfield, with a game of two halves for some… Alisson: 8 He does nothing wrong and a hell of a lot right, even though all kinds of fuckers are offside when having shots. Looked at his best, which frankly […]
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The Anfield Wrap brings you on the whistle video reaction from Reds all over after Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 1 in the Premier League… Recent Posts:
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review after Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 1 in the Premier League at Anfield, as The Reds let another two go… IT’S poor. There can be reasons and there can be mitigating circumstances, but in so many ways I am just a bit tired of mitigating circumstances. This isn’t a plea to […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 1 in the Premier League at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts Ben Johnson and Neil Docking… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 1 in the Premier League at Anfield. John Gibbons hosts Emilia Bona, Damian Kavanagh and Sian Bennett… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Liverpool v Crystal Palace reaction… Recent Posts:
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While it’s not the done thing to praise upcoming opposition, Crystal Palace supporters are among the best to visit Liverpool at Anfield… THERE are accepted truths in football. All touchline fights begin and end with pushing, with all parties knowing that it will never go further than that. Those words ‘yes, I agree’ have […]
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Fan reaction to the weekend’s Premier League results, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur played out the Battle Of The Bridge part two. John Gibbons hosts Tottenham Hotspur fan Flav Bateman, Brentford fan Billy Grant and Nottingham Forest fan Rich Ferraro… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the Battle Of The […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning preview to Liverpool v Crystal Palace in the Premier League at Anfield, from Brasco Lounge in the city centre. John Gibbons is joined by James Sutton… Recent Posts:
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Match preview before Liverpool v Crystal Palace in the Premier League at Anfield, with The Reds looking to kickstart their season… WHAT an odd week to be a Liverpool fan. After The Reds’ stellar performance in the Community Shield, I think we were all ready to kick off the season proper with a bang. […]
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Sunday Best looks across the Premier League weekend in the context of The Reds, including Manchester City continuing their strong start to the season and Manchester United getting hammered by Brentford. John Gibbons hosts Dan Austin, Joel Richards and Ian Salmon… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Fulham v Liverpool… […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s AFQ as Neil Atkinson hosts Timo Tierney, Anna Walsh, Kelly Forshaw, Lizzi Doyle and Siobhan Biggane… (Keep an eye on our Twitter feed to submit your questions for the next show) Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s live podcast looking ahead to Liverpool v Crystal Palace in the Premier League at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts Dan Morgan, Sean Rogers and Ste Evans, as well as John Gibbons speak to Spanish football journalist Euan McTear about the Barcelona debacle and The Echo’s Paul Gorst about the latest around Liverpool’s transfer […]
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As supporters disagree over whether Liverpool need further reinforcement in midfield, what are the dangers to us constantly demanding more? JURGEN Klopp is effusive about the need for the “right player”. He will bang the drum in your face at every given opportunity, but it only perforates a minority. Some will simply live in […]
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Picking out the standout stats and assessing the tactical setups ahead of Liverpool v Crystal Palace in the Premier League at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts with the help of our partners at StatsBomb… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s reaction to the Jurgen Klopp press conference ahead of Liverpool v Crystal Palace in the Premier League at Anfield. Josh Sexton is joined by Phil Blundell and Fuad Hasan… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s pre-match warmup ahead of Liverpool v Crystal Palace in the Premier League at Anfield, plus the view from the opposition. Ian Ryan hosts Neil Atkinson, Dan Austin and James Wilson, with Robbie Scotcher on to tell us more about Crystal Palace… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more […]
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After a win on the Premier League’s opening weekend, Chelsea face a tough test against former manager Antonio Conte and Tottenham Hotspur. Neil Atkinson hosts Andy Heaton, Phil Blundell and Joel Richards, as well as Chelsea fan Kweku Afari, West Ham fan Andy Middleton and Leicester City fan Pete Selby… Below is a clip from […]
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The three strikes discussed are the average age of Liverpool’s squad, Everton’s summer business and new VAR technology being trialled. Rob Gutmann hosts John Gibbons, Paula Murphy and Dan Austin… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool’s average age… Recent Posts:
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The latest on Liverpool transfers as the midfield injuries mount up for The Reds, could they be tempted into making a move this summer? Rob Gutmann hosts Mo Stewart, Mike Kearney and Josh Sexton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool and the midfield… Recent Posts:
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Fans of Sunderland, Watford and more teams from up and down the Championship, League One and League Two discuss their starts to the season. John Gibbons hosts Sunderland fan Stephen Goldsmith from Wise Men Say, Watford fan Bradley Hayden and Edward Walker from the D3D4 Football podcast… Below is a clip from the show – […]
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Letters To The Editor addresses your burning questions and comments pertaining to Liverpool, including why The Reds won’t loan a midfielder… HERE are your burning questions and comments in the week after Liverpool dropped points at Fulham… Dave Lee: Our players complained of the slow, waterlogged pitch, whereas I was dumbfounded by the lack […]
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Considering the merits of Darwin Nunez, Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota, is there only one man for the job of being Liverpool’s centre forward? SINCE 2016, Liverpool have had an interesting relationship with the centre-forward position. While the Premier League rumbled on with the same old, same old, the Sergio Agueros, the Diego Costas […]
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Discussing the state of play around Liverpool in the aftermath of Fulham, plus a look at the wider football world that surrounds The Reds. Neil Atkinson is joined by Fuad Hasan… Recent Posts:
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A compartmental look at the Liverpool FC 2022-23 squad, assessing The Reds’ options in midfield and how they shape up for the season ahead. John Gibbons hosts Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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As the fallout after Liverpool’s draw with Fulham begins to die down, The Anfield Wrap relives their best and worst from the week. John Gibbons and Neil Atkinson talk it through… Press play to listen to this show in full or alternatively you can listen for free on Audioboom, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or The Anfield […]
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The Anfield Wrap answers YOUR random football questions, including where Fulham ranks among Liverpool’s most frustrating draws. Adam Smith hosts Neil Atkinson, Mike Kearney, Jackie Willcox and Sanj Shetty… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool’s draw with Fulham… Recent Posts:
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The panel discuss Liverpool and their big midfield questions, the Barcelona madness, the Commonwealth Games and Liverpool’s Eurovision bid. Emilia Bona hosts John Gibbons, Ian Salmon, James Royle and Ashley … Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool and their midfield question… Recent Posts:
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Rattling through 10 topics in 10 minutes handpicked by you, the viewers, including Gini Wijnaldum and his transfer to AS Roma. John Gibbons is joined by Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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Phil McNulty and Jim White discuss their book Red on Red: Liverpool, Manchester United and the Fiercest Rivalry in World Football. Harriet Prior hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the book ‘Red On Red’… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s final word on Fulham 2 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League at Craven Cottage, with a look at the biggest performances. Harriet Prior is joined by Ian Ryan… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s review of Fulham 2 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League at Craven Cottage, including a look at the statistics and tactics. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Fulham 2 Liverpool 2… Recent Posts:
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Fan reaction to the weekend’s Premier League results, as Brighton got off to the perfect start with a win at Man United. John Gibbons hosts Brighton & Hove Albion fan Alan Wares, Bournemouth fan James Roach and Newcastle United fan Alex Hurst… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on all […]
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So much went wrong for Liverpool on the opening day at Fulham, but they must learn and move forward before it becomes a bigger issue… WELL, we didn’t expect that. There are two types of draws. The one where you’re furious at conceding a late equaliser and the other where you’re just pathetically relieved […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast looking back on Fulham 2 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League at Craven Cottage. Neil Atkinson hosts Rob Gutmann, Phil Blundell and Ian Salmon… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Fulham 2 Liverpool 2, as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you… […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s Monday morning reaction to Fulham 2 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League at Craven Cottage, from Brasco Lounge in the city centre. John Gibbons is joined by Fuad Hasan… Recent Posts:
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Sunday Best looks across the Premier League weekend in the context of The Reds, after Fulham 2 Liverpool 2 at Craven Cottage. Neil Atkinson hosts Adam Smith, Niki Cornish and Mike Kearney… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Fulham v Liverpool… Recent Posts:
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review after Fulham 2 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League at Craven Cottage, as The Reds stuttered to start the season… THAT was two dropped. Two that hurt. Two that kill. Dropped points are the worst. It isn’t about complacency. It’s about knowing and understanding the bar. The bar is so […]
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The Anfield Wrap brings you on the whistle video reaction from Reds all over after Fulham 2 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after Fulham 2 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League at Craven Cottage. Neil Atkinson hosts Rob Gutmann and Steve Graves… Recent Posts:
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings after Fulham 2 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League at Craven Cottage, as the starters flatter to deceive… Alisson: 5 Shite for the goal. I know he’s had no pre-season and that but it’s poor, that. Flaps one at it. Nothing else to do. But The Reds drew 2-2, so […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Fulham 2 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League at Craven Cottage. John Gibbons hosts Craig Hannan, Fuad Hasan, Phil Blundell, Paul Senior, Kristian Walsh and John Milburn from the away end… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Fulham v Liverpool reaction… Recent Posts:
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Match preview before Fulham v Liverpool in the Premier League at Craven Cottage, where a win could bring it all flooding back for the better… THIS is late so I’m sorry, but let me explain. I write this as I sit down to watch Crystal Palace v Arsenal, and I can’t really believe it’s […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s AFQ (any fucking question), as John Gibbons hosts Phil Blundell, Emilia Bona, George Trad and Josh Sexton… (Keep an eye on our Twitter feed to submit your questions for the next show) Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s live podcast looking ahead to Fulham v Liverpool in the Premier League at Craven Cottage. Neil Atkinson hosts Sian Bennett, Siobhan Biggane and Cam Rimmer, as well as John Gibbons reporting from the LFC Foundation and Right To Play’s ‘Side By Side’ event in Bangkok… Press play to listen to this show […]
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The Anfield Wrap attended an LFC Foundation event in Bangkok with Right To Play to find out more about their joint ‘Side By Side’ campaign. John Gibbons is joined by Billy Hogan, CEO of Liverpool FC, Sami Hyypia, Liverpool legend, Matt Parish, Chief Executive of the LFC Foundation, Forbes Duff from Red Neighbours and Julia […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s reaction to the Jurgen Klopp press conference ahead of Fulham v Liverpool in the Premier League at Craven Cottage. Josh Sexton is joined by John Gibbons, Emilia Bona… Recent Posts:
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It’s been another summer of ups and downs inside and out of the football world, but Liverpool are back to being our escape for another season… HOW are we doing? A genuine question, one which often carries no other meaning than to find a less awkward way to open dialogue with someone. You might […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s pre-match warmup ahead of Fulham v Liverpool in the Premier League at Craven Cottage, plus the view from the opposition. Ian Ryan hosts Craig Hannan, Shaun O’Donnell and Robbie O’Neill, with Fulham fan Jack Collins speaking to John Gibbons… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more pre-match on […]
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The new Premier League season kicks off with Crystal Palace v Arsenal at Selhurst Park, with Patrick Vieira unbeaten against his old team. Mo Stewart hosts Cam Rimmer, Crystal Palace fan Robbie Scotcher, Arsenal fan Jim Johnson, West Ham United fan Andy Middleton and Manchester United fan Teza Simukulwa… Below is a clip from the show […]
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Thursday night, for a preview of Fulham v Liverpool in the Premier League at Craven Cottage. John Gibbons hosts Mo Stewart, Phil Blundell and Jake Nolan… Recent Posts:
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With the ups and downs of last season behind them, Liverpool will want a fast start to put their strengthening rivals quickly out of sight… THEY tell you never to look back. When the dust is settled and the deed is done, simply move on. But on the eve of the 2022-23 Premier League […]
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The Anfield Wrap give their Premier League predictions for the 2022-23 season, including title winners, top four, top goalscorer and more… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more buildup to the new season… Recent Posts:
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Our latest update on the sides fighting for the Premier League’s top six, Arsenal, Manchester United and one wildcard the focus. Mo Stewart hosts Harriet Prior and Joel Richards… Recent Posts:
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The BBC’s Emma Sanders speaks about England Women’s EURO 2022 win, being at Wembley and what it means for football. John Gibbons hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on England Women’s EURO 2022 win… Recent Posts:
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Our latest update on the sides fighting for the Premier League’s top six, Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur the focus. Mo Stewart hosts Harriet Prior and Joel Richards… Recent Posts:
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Letters To The Editor addresses your burning questions and comments pertaining to Liverpool, including what the club learned from last season… HERE are your burning questions and comments in the week building up to the new season… What specifically will Jurgen Klopp and his staff have learnt from the unique experience of last season? […]
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The latest on Liverpool transfers and the battle between top four chasers Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. Rob Gutmann hosts John Gibbons, Adam Melia and Josh Sexton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the top four transfer battle… Recent Posts:
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Reaction to the news that Diogo Jota has signed a new five-year deal with Liverpool, plus a Reds-related snippet from the Arsenal documentary and Pep Lijnders’ book. John Gibbons is joined by Craig Hannan… Recent Posts:
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An overview of Liverpool’s first batch of fixtures and results, what the new season may bring and how Manchester City are shaping up. Rob Gutmann hosts John Gibbons, Damian Kavanagh and Stu Wright… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more overviews of every Liverpool game… Recent Posts:
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Just over 50 years ago, women were banned from playing football in this country – and England’s Euros win will help break down more barriers… REWIND the clock a hundred years, and women’s football was thriving. A crowd of 53,000 descended on Goodison Park to watch a famous factory team from Preston take on […]
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A no-agenda chat from Nova Scotia in the city centre looking back on how Liverpool have fared in opening day fixtures from years gone by. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Ian Ryan and Josh Sexton… Recent Posts:
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The panel discuss Darwin Nunez’s Manchester City performance, England Women winning the Euros, favourite F1 team and Wagatha Christie. Emilia Bona hosts Neil Atkinson, Andy Bell, Paula Murphy and Robbie O’Neill… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Darwin Nunez v City… Recent Posts:
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What Liverpool showed us in their Community Shield win over Manchester City, and why we may still have to take some things with a pinch of salt… FOOTBALL fans lie to themselves every day. On the walk down to the King Power stadium, I’d committed to two viewpoints. Firstly, a defeat meant nothing. This […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s review of Liverpool 3 Manchester City 1 in the Community Shield at Leicester City’s King Power Stadium. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more review chat around Liverpool 3 Manchester City 1… Recent Posts:
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Video podcast looking back on Liverpool 3 Manchester City 1 in the Community Shield at Leicester City’s King Power Stadium. Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan, Grace Mailey and Paul Johnson… Recent Posts:
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Free podcast looking back on Liverpool 3 Manchester City 1 in the Community Shield at Leicester City’s King Power Stadium. Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan, Grace Mailey and Paul Johnson… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool 3 Manchester City 1, as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter […]
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Talking through the latest Liverpool transfer rumours and taking stock of The Reds’ squad compared to title rivals Manchester City. Rob Gutmann hosts Harriet Prior, Adam Smith and Joel Sanderson-Murray… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the Liverpool and Manchester City squads… Recent Posts:
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Monday morning discussion around the next generation of Liverpool’s squad, and future supporters of The Reds and England Women. Josh Sexton is joined by Ian Salmon… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after Liverpool 0 RC Strasbourg 3 in the final game of The Reds’ pre-season at Anfield. Neil Atkinson hosts Steve Graves and Joel Richards… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Liverpool 0 RC Strasbourg 3 in the final game of The Reds’ pre-season at Anfield. John Gibbons hosts Josh Sexton and The Athletic’s James Pearce… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Liverpool v RC Strasbourg reaction… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after Liverpool 3 Manchester City 1 in the Community Shield at Leicester’s King Power Stadium. John Gibbons hosts Harriet Prior and Phil Blundell… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Liverpool v Manchester City reaction… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s AFQ (any fucking question), as Neil Atkinson hosts Olivia Graham, Mike Kearney, Kelly Forshaw and Paula Murphy… (Keep an eye on our Twitter feed to submit your questions for the next show) Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Friday night, for look ahead to Liverpool v Manchester City in the Community Shield at Leicester. Neil Atkinson is joined by Emilia Bona, John Milburn and Joel Richards… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s TAW Live podcast looking ahead to Liverpool v Manchester City in the Community Shield at Leicester’s King Power Stadium. Neil Atkinson hosts Lizzi Doyle, Ste Evans and Robbie O’Neill, plus coverage from the LFC Foundation LCR Pride Tournament and interviews with Liverpool FC Women’s stars Emma Koivisto, Shanice Van De Sanden and […]
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The pre-match warmup ahead of Liverpool v Manchester City in the Community Shield, plus a bit of look ahead to the Strasbourg friendly. Ian Ryan hosts Mo Stewart, Ian Salmon, and Josh Sexton, with David Mooney speaking to John Gibbons for the opposition view… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s latest review of Liverpool’s pre-season so far, after the real training camp started for Jurgen Klopp’s team in Austria. Dan Morgan hosts Harriet Prior and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more coverage of Liverpool in Austria… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap relives their favourite games of the 2021-22 season, with Bristol City 2 Liverpool Women 4 in the Women’s Championship up next. Andy Bell remembers watching The Reds lift the league title that day… Recent Posts:
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Talking through the latest Liverpool transfer rumours, including more rumours surrounding Roberto Firmino and his future at Anfield. Rob Gutmann hosts Phil Blundell, Adam Smith and Stu Wright… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Roberto Firmino rumours… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after RB Salzburg 1 Liverpool 0, The Reds’ fourth pre-season game in Austria. Neil Atkinson hosts Phil Blundell and George Trad… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after RB Salzburg 1 Liverpool 0, The Reds’ fourth pre-season game in Austria. John Gibbons hosts Harriet Prior, Josh Sexton and Andy Bell… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more RB Salzburg v Liverpool reaction… Recent Posts:
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Arsenal, Aston Villa and Chelsea fans preview the 2022-23 Premier League season for their respective clubs. John Gibbons hosts Arsenal fan Jordan Jarrett-Bryan, Aston Villa fan Tom Fahy and Chelsea fan Kweku Afari… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Premier League season previews… Recent Posts:
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Build up to RB Salzburg v Liverpool on the pre-season tour of Austria, plus reaction to the club’s latest interview with Jurgen Klopp. Josh Sexton is joined by John Gibbons… Recent Posts:
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Gareth Roberts and Amanda Jacks explore the dark side of football fandom; speaking to supporters, the police, mental health workers and more. For so many of us, football is a huge part of our everyday lives. Our passion for our clubs can be all consuming — leading to huge commitments in terms of time, money […]
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The three strikes discussed are more unrest at Chelsea, coverage of the Women’s Euros and changes to the law around pitch invasions. Harriet Prior hosts Mo Stewart, Grace Mailey and Adam Smith… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the Chelsea unrest… Recent Posts:
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Rattling through 10 topics in 10 minutes handpicked by you, the viewers, including Liverpool’s pre-season highlights. John Gibbons is joined by Josh Sexton… Recent Posts:
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Talking through the latest Liverpool transfer rumours, including the latest on Roberto Firmino, Matheus Nunes and Jude Bellingham. Rob Gutmann hosts Dan Morgan, Damian Kavanagh and Craig Hannan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Roberto Firmino… Recent Posts:
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Considering the psychology of a football fan, and how we’re optimistic when things are bad yet pessimistic when things are good… I’M a big fan of the Jeeves stories by P.G Wodehouse, since you asked. If you’re a stranger to them then allow me to bestow a frankly undeserved gift of a recommendation to […]
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Fans of Burnley, Derby County and Norwich City look ahead to the new Championship season, predicting how their teams will fare. John Gibbons hosts Burnley fan Natalie Bromley of the No Nay Never podcast, Derby County fan Joel Clyne of Total DCFC, and The Athletic’s Norwich City correspondent Michael Bailey… Below is a clip from […]
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Free podcast looking ahead to Liverpool v Manchester City, The Reds’ evolution heading into the new season and staying unpredictable. Harriet Prior hosts John Gibbons, Emilia Bona and Stu Wright… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool v Manchester City, as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to […]
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Video podcast looking ahead to Liverpool v Manchester City, The Reds’ evolution heading into the new season and staying unpredictable. Harriet Prior hosts John Gibbons, Emilia Bona and Stu Wright… Recent Posts:
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Monday morning discussion around Liverpool’s forward options, including the new boys Darwin Nunez and Fabio Carvalho. John Gibbons is joined by Fuad Hasan… Recent Posts:
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7 Elite Academy coach Anthony Godfrey relives the goals that decorated his life supporting Liverpool. Andy Heaton hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Anthony Godfrey… Recent Posts:
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NIVEA Men and The Anfield Wrap surprise lifelong Liverpool supporter and Melwood resident Eric with a visit and a gift from Kenny Dalglish… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap answer your questions as Josh Sexton hosts Anna Walsh, Mo Stewart, Neil Atkinson and Chris Barbour. Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s TAW Live podcast reacting to Darwin Nunez scoring four in Liverpool’s pre-season thrashing of RB Leipzig and more. Neil Atkinson is joined by John Gibbons, Phil Blundell and Adam Smith, plus Fran from Red Rum Club on their upcoming US Tour and James Higgins on a new football agency with a focus […]
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The panel discuss Darwin Nunez (before the RB Leipzig game), the Women’s Euros (after England’s win), Novak Djokovic and Love Island winners. Emilia Bona hosts Mike Kearney, Josh Sexton, Fuad Hasan and Paul Anderson… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Darwin Nunez… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction video after RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 5, The Reds’ third pre-season game in Germany. Neil Atkinson hosts Steve Graves and James Sutton… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s post-match reaction podcast after RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 5, The Reds’ third pre-season game in Germany. John Gibbons hosts Andy Heaton, Mo Stewart and Kev Walsh… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more RB Leipzig v Liverpool reaction… Recent Posts:
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Brentford, Leicester City and Nottingham Forest fans preview the 2022-23 Premier League season for their respective clubs. Neil Atkinson hosts Brentford fan Billy Grant, Leicester City fan Pete Selby and Nottingham Forest fan Richmond Ferraro… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Premier League season previews… Recent Posts:
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Talking through the latest Liverpool transfer rumours, with links to more forwards suggesting Roberto Firmino could still leave this summer. Rob Gutmann hosts Phil Blundell, Josh Sexton and Jake Nolan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Roberto Firmino… Recent Posts:
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Alphabet Soup is the A-Z of Liverpool – the club, city and culture – and in this edition we discuss things in the area that begin with S. Dan Morgan hosts Andy Heaton, Olivia Graham and Paul Murphy… Below is a clip from the podcast – subscribe for more on Liverpool; the club, city and […]
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Dissecting the latest Liverpool transfer rumours, including Ben Davies’ exit, Rhys Williams’ loan and more Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain chat. John Gibbons hosts The Liverpool Echo’s Paul Gorst… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap unwrapped explores big issues in the wider football world, with the impact of COVID-19 the latest topic to dig deeper into. John Gibbons hosts Ian Ryan, Neil Docking and Ian Salmon, with the help of this article by The Guardian’s Jonathan Liew… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for […]
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Looking through the transfer business done by Liverpool’s rivals up and down the Premier League, and what it could mean for The Reds. John Gibbons is joined by Josh Sexton… Recent Posts:
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The three strikes discussed are Darwin Nunez’s settling in period, Barcelona and the upturn in clubs selling to their rivals this summer. Harriet Prior hosts Mo Stewart, Damian Kavanagh and Shaun O’Donnell… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Darwin Nunez… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap relives their favourite games of the 2021-22 season, with Everton 1 Liverpool 4 in the Premier League up next. Kev Walsh remembers being in the away end that day… Recent Posts:
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Talking through the latest Liverpool transfer rumours, with reports in Portugal suggesting The Reds are pursuing Matheus Nunes. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Belinder Bhati and Paul Cope… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Matheus Nunes… Recent Posts:
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Part one of James Milner’s story, from Leeds United wonderkid to a leader at Liverpool, with the help of teammates, journalists and supporters… To help tell the story we first speak to Phil Hay, Leeds United correspondent for The Athletic, who tells about his first memories of Milner bursting onto the scene and how he’s […]
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Assessing the key stats around Liverpool’s transfer targets and potential departures, including Nicolo Barella and Naby Keita. Neil Atkinson hosts with the help of our partners at StatsBomb… Recent Posts:
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Remembering the Liverpool Football Club miracles under Jurgen Klopp, with the Alisson Becker header the pick of the 2020-21 season. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Phil Blundell, Kev Walsh and John Milburn… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for reaction to more Liverpool Football Club Miracles… Recent Posts:
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The three strikes discussed are Naby Keita, the introduction of five subs and feelings towards the new Champions League format after Paris. Gareth Roberts hosts Mike Kearney, Damian Kavanagh and Josh Sexton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Naby Keita and the other topics discussed… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap relives their favourite games of the 2021-22 season, with Liverpool 3 Manchester City 2 in the FA Cup up next. Sian Bennett remembers being inside Wembley that day… Recent Posts:
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Talking through the latest Liverpool transfer rumours, with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain holding the key to future midfield moves. Neil Atkinson hosts Gareth Roberts, Ian Ryan and Jake Nolan… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s future… Recent Posts:
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On today’s Talking Reds, Gareth Roberts and Fuad Hasan discuss all the goings on during Liverpool’s summer and answer your questions… Recent Posts:
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It wouldn’t be the first time Liverpool have brought a big player back to Anfield, but would a Gini Wijnaldum return be worthwhile? “WHAT is past is past. Never go back. “Not for excuses. Not for justification, not for happiness. You are what you are, the world is what it is.” Mario Puzo, that. […]
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Video podcast looking ahead to Liverpool’s pre-season plans compared to that of their rivals and assessing what shape The Reds will be in. John Gibbons hosts Gareth Roberts, Paul Senior and Josh Sexton… Recent Posts:
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Free podcast looking ahead to Liverpool’s pre-season plans compared to that of their rivals and assessing what shape The Reds will be in. John Gibbons hosts Gareth Roberts, Paul Senior and Josh Sexton… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool’s pre-season plans, as well as reaction to all the news and events that […]
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Gareth Roberts tells us all about the role football has played in his life, how that role has changed and what his life would be like without it. Adam Smith hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Gareth Roberts… Recent Posts:
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Monday morning reaction to Frank Lampard’s latest comments about Liverpool and the treatment his Everton players get from referees. Gareth Roberts is joined by Andy Heaton… Recent Posts:
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Writer Suzy Wrack discusses ‘A Woman’s Game: The Rise, Fall, And Rise Again Of Women’s Football’. Neil Atkinson hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Suzy Wrack… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap answer your questions as John Gibbons hosts Olivia Graham, Craig Hannan, Kelly Forshaw and Mike Kearney Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Friday night, for a big chat about the 2021/22 season and Liverpool’s squad for the next campaign. Gareth Roberts hosts Ian Ryan, Craig Hannan and Phil Blundell… Recent Posts:
Reflecting On A Frantic Season | The Friday Night appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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Telling compelling stories from the city of Liverpool, starting with Comfort Angels – a football team bringing inclusion and integration for refugees and people seeking asylum. Hosted and edited by Harriet Prior for The Anfield Wrap… Click here for more information and how to make a donation to Comfort Angels. Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap […]
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The Anfield Wrap answers YOUR football questions, including Liverpool pre-season memories and breakout stars. John Gibbons hosts Mike Kearney, Joel Sanderson-Murray, Paula Murphy and Mike Bankole… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Liverpool pre-season coverage… Recent Posts:
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Reaction to updates from the latest French senate hearings surrounding the treatment of Liverpool fans at the Stade de France in Paris. John Gibbons is joined by Dan Austin and Spirit Of Shankly chairman Joe Blott… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool FC well as reaction to all the news and events […]
French Senate Hearings Update: TAW Special appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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A no-agenda chat from Brasco Lounge in the city centre looking ahead to Liverpool’s 2022-23 fixtures after they were confirmed. Neil Atkinson hosts Gareth Roberts, Emilia Bona and Phil Blundell… Recent Posts:
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Reaction to the news of Sadio Mane’s exit being confirmed, on the same day Liverpool celebrated five years of Mo Salah. John Gibbons is joined by Harriet Prior… Recent Posts:
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Talking through the latest Liverpool transfer rumours, with The Reds suggesting they’re happy with their midfield options. Rob Gutmann hosts Harriet Prior, Paul Cope and Josh Sexton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool’s midfield options… Recent Posts:
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Actor Damian Lewis relives the three goals that decorated his time supporting The Reds and chats about his career to date. Andy Heaton hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Damian Lewis… Recent Posts:
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Manchester City, Arsenal and Fulham fans review their 2021-22 seasons, across the Premier League and the Championship. Neil Atkinson and John Gibbons hosts Manchester City fan Dave Mooney, Arsenal fan Jordan Jarrett-Bryan and Fulham fan Jack Collins… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Premier League season reviews… Recent Posts:
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On the day that Sadio Mane leaves Liverpool for Bayern Munich, how should fans feel about the departure of a legend? I DON’T like it when Liverpool players leave. I don’t just mean players like Fernando Torres or Luis Suarez. I mean all of them. They’ve either not quite made the cut or we’ve […]
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The Anfield Wrap relives their favourite games of the 2021-22 season, starting with Manchester United 0 Liverpool 5 at Old Trafford. Gareth Roberts relives being in the away end that day… Recent Posts:
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Now it has been officially announced that Sadio Mane is joining Bayern Munich we relive some of our favourite Mane moments in a Liverpool shirt. John Gibbons is joined by Gareth Roberts, Joel Richards and Craig Hannan. Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Sadio Mane Leaving Liverpool… Recent […]
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What we’d do if we had the reins at another Premier League team this summer, with Newcastle, Tottenham, Southampton and Wolves up next. This time the task falls to Neil Atkinson, Phil Blundell, Paddy Fitzsimons and Andy McCann… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Newcastle, Tottenham, Southampton and Wolves… […]
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Assessing the key stats around Liverpool’s transfer targets and potential departures, including Calvin Ramsay and Neco Williams. Neil Atkinson hosts with the help of our partners at StatsBomb… Recent Posts:
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Rattling through 10 topics in 10 minutes handpicked by you, the viewers, including Neil’s dream signing for Liverpool and changes to the laws of the game. John Gibbons is joined by Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
Dream Signings, Potential Rule Changes & More | 10 Topics 10 Minutes appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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The three strikes discussed are Mo Salah’s contract demands, Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea record and fan involvement at football clubs. Gareth Roberts hosts Andy Heaton, Joel Richards and Grace Mailey… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Mo Salah’s contract stand off and the other topics discussed… Recent Posts:
Salah’s Contract, Thomas Tuchel & Fan Club Involvement: Three Strikes appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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Talking through the latest Liverpool transfer rumours, with Real Madrid’s Marco Asensio being linked, are Liverpool still in the market? Rob Gutmann hosts James Sutton, Gareth Roberts, Paul Hogan and Joel Richards… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool’s transfer window… Recent Posts:
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Talking Reds is back and on today’s agenda, Gareth Roberts and Craig Hannan talk about wild rumours of a Gini Winjaldum return and answer your questions on youtube and twitter… Recent Posts:
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Free podcast looking at both Liverpool and across the league and the transfer market is evolving and clubs changing attitude to transfer fees. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons and Rob Gutmann… Recent Posts:
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Palace, Chelsea, Bournemouth and West Ham are up next. And taking them through the summer are Neil Atkinson, Mo Stewart, Ian Ryan and Steve Graves… Below is a clip from the show – for more on Liverpool FC’s summer, click here to subscribe…
Palace, Chelsea, Bournemouth and West Ham: In Their Shoes appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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Free podcast looking at both Liverpool and across the league and the transfer market is evolving and clubs changing attitude to transfer fees. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons and Rob Gutmann… Subscribe to The Anfield Wrap for more on Liverpool FC well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you… […]
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In the second part of our summer look ahead, The Anfield Wrap imagines what Jurgen Klopp’s summer 2022 looks like, with big decisions to be made around the squad by him and his staff. Neil Atkinson hosts Dan Morgan and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Jurgen […]
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Gareth Roberts is joined by Ian Salmon to devour Monday morning headlines over a brew and a butty at Brasco. Mo Salah, Man United, Chelsea and half-time interviews are on the agenda… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap answer your questions as Neil Atkinson hosts George Trad, Kev Walsh, Emilia Bona and Phil Blundell Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Friday night, for a big chat about the current situation around Sadio Mane. Neil Atkinson hosts Gareth Roberts, Emilia Bona and Phil Blundell… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap live this week looks back on the huge contribution of Sadio Mane as he seemingly nears the exit door in a move to Bayern Munich as Neil Atkinson, Siobhan Biggane, Neil Docking and Mike Bankole pay tribute to the Senegalese superstar. Also in the show, Josh Sexton chat to Jamie Farr about […]
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Leicester City, Fulham and Arsenal are up next. And taking them through the summer are Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons and Chris Barbour respectively… Below is a clip from the show – for more on Liverpool FC’s summer, click here to subscribe…
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Neil Atkinson is joined by Chris Barbour and Teza Simukulwa to talk about the seasons had by Chelsea and Manchester United respectively. What went well and, in a fair few aspects, what went badly? What needs to be different and what are the next steps? It’s a great season review full of insight and laughs. Below […]
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A bigger picture analytical look at the stats and trends around the impact of Liverpool’s forwards across the course of the season… Neil Atkinson hosts Dan Morgan, Stu Wright and Joel Richards…
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With Liverpool closing in on a deal for Aberdeen’s Calvin Ramsay, Harriet Prior speaks to Richard Hay from the Aberdeen FC Podcast Here We Go for the low down on the Scottish full back. Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Calvin Ramsay to Liverpool… Recent Posts:
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Talking through the latest Liverpool transfer rumours, with Darwin Nunez done, do Liverpool need to make any further additions? Rob Gutmann hosts Lizzi Doyle, Ian Ryan and Joel Richards… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Darwin Nunez… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap answer your questions as Neil Atkinson hosts Mike Kearney, Kev Walsh, Sian Bennett and Lauren Lo Sung Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Friday night, for a big chat about the name on Liverpool lips right now – Darwin Nunez. Neil Atkinson hosts Gareth Roberts, Sian Bennett and Craig Hannan… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s live review of the 2021-22 season for Liverpool FC women, in which they won the FA Women’s Championship title. Neil Atkinson hosts Leanne Prescott, Philippa Smallwood and Michael Manning… Press play to listen to this show in full or alternatively you can listen for free on Audioboom, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or The […]
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The third part of The Anfield Wrap’s transfer committee game, in which we map out a provisional summer of Liverpool FC business. Neil Atkinson hosts Phil Blundell, John Milburn, Paddy Fitzsimons and Andy McCann… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Liverpool FC transfer committee games… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s second review of the 2021-22 season for Liverpool FC, across the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool FC in 2021-22… Recent Posts:
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Talking through the latest Liverpool transfer rumours, with Darwin Nunez looking like an imminent arrival at Anfield. Rob Gutmann hosts Gareth Roberts, Mo Stewart and Andy Heaton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Darwin Nunez… Recent Posts:
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A compartmental look at the Liverpool FC 2021-22 squad, assessing The Reds’ options in attack and how they fared in the season just gone. John Gibbons hosts Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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Reacting to the updates on Liverpool’s pursuit of Darwin Nunez and Bayern Munich’s offers for Sadio Mane. Gareth Roberts is joined by Craig Hannan… Recent Posts:
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The second part of The Anfield Wrap’s transfer committee game, in which we map out a provisional summer of Liverpool FC business. Neil Atkinson hosts Phil Blundell, John Milburn, Paddy Fitzsimons and Andy McCann… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Liverpool FC transfer committee games… Recent Posts:
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With reports Darwin Nunez is now Liverpool’s top target and Sadio Mane still likely to depart, the Daily Mail’s Dominic King gives the latest. Josh Sexton hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Darwin Nunez and Sadio Mane… Recent Posts:
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With reports that Darwin Nunez is Liverpool’s top target this summer, expert Jamie Farr gives the perspective from Portugal on the player. Josh Sexton hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Darwin Nunez to Liverpool… Recent Posts:
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Young Reds fans look back on the 2021-22 season for Liverpool FC, across the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup. Harriet Prior hosts Grace Mailey, Belinder Bhati and Tom Whittaker for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on 2021-22 for Liverpool FC… Recent […]
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A compartmental look at the Liverpool FC 2021-22 squad, assessing The Reds’ options in midfield and how they fared in the season just gone. John Gibbons hosts Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s fourth review of the 2021-22 season for Liverpool FC, across the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup. Neil Atkinson hosts Rob Gutmann, Lizzi Doyle, Ian Ryan and Ian Salmon… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more reviews of the 2021-22 season for Liverpool FC… […]
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Picking out the best images from Propaganda Photos that sum up the sixth part of Liverpool FC’s 2021-22 season across all competitions. John Gibbons is joined by Mo Stewart… Recent Posts:
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Talking through the latest on Sadio Mane’s reported contract demands and why Liverpool aren’t prepared to meet his demands. Rob Gutmann hosts Neil Atkinson, Phil Blundell and Ian Salmon… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Sadio Mane’s contract… Recent Posts:
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A compartmental look at the Liverpool FC 2021-22 squad, assessing The Reds’ options in defence and how they fared in the season just gone. John Gibbons hosts Neil Atkinson… Recent Posts:
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French Ministers revealed that they thought Liverpool fans would be a ‘problem’ in Paris, but why do the same stereotypes carry through today? IT’S strange how anger takes over from fear then relief. Following last week’s events, I’ve been through all three of those emotions but anger is very much in the current hotseat. […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s review of the 2021-22 season for Liverpool FC, across the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Liverpool FC in 2021-22… Recent Posts:
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Free podcast looking back on the 2021-22 season for Liverpool FC, across the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup. Neil Atkinson hosts Kev Walsh, Emilia Bona, Siobhan Biggane and Josh Sexton… Subscribe to TAW Player for more on the 2021-22 season for Liverpool FC, as well as reaction to all the news […]
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Video podcast looking back on the 2021-22 season for Liverpool FC, across the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup. Neil Atkinson hosts Kev Walsh, Emilia Bona, Siobhan Biggane and Josh Sexton… Recent Posts:
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Reaction to the news that James Milner has signed a new contract at Liverpool, keeping him at the club for at least another year. Neil Atkinson hosts Andy Heaton, Kev Walsh and Siobhan Biggane… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on James Milner’s new contract… Recent Posts:
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Monday morning reaction to the latest news surrounding Sadio Mane, Mo Salah and James Milner’s futures at Liverpool. Josh Sexton is joined by Rob Gutmann… Recent Posts:
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The first part of The Anfield Wrap’s transfer committee game, in which we map out a provisional summer of Liverpool FC business. Neil Atkinson hosts Ian Ryan, Mo Stewart, Cam Rimmer and Joel Sanderson-Murray… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Liverpool FC transfer committee games… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap answer your questions as John Gibbons hosts Ryan Paton, George Trad, Emilia Bona and Chris Barbour Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s live review of the 2021-22 season for Liverpool FC, across the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Paul Cope and Mike Bankole… Also in the show, Neil talks to Liverpool FC’s Tony Barrett and West Derby MP Ian Byrne about the ongoing fallout from […]
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An end of season roundup from around the top leagues in Europe, starting off with Ligue 1 in France and La Liga in Spain. Mo Stewart hosts Ligue 1 journalist Jonathan Johnson and La Liga journalist Semra Hunter… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Ligue 1 and La Liga reviews… […]
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The panel discuss Sadio Mane, Summer Sports, and how mad Britain is at the minute. Emilia Bona hosts Siobhan Biggane, John Gibbons, Steve Graves and Neil Atkinson… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Wildcards… Recent Posts:
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An end of season roundup from around the top leagues in Europe, starting off with the Bundesliga in Germany and Serie A in Italy. Mo Stewart hosts Serie A journalist Conor Clancy and Bundesliga journalist Chris Williams… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Bundesliga and Serie A reviews… Recent […]
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Picking out the best images from Propaganda Photos that sum up the fifth part of Liverpool FC’s 2021-22 season across all competitions. John Gibbons is joined by Mo Stewart… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s end of season awards at the Liverpool FC Academy for 2021-22, including player of the season, surprise package and more. Josh Sexton hosts Goal.com’s Neil Jones and the Liverpool’s Echo Matt Addison… Below is a clip from the podcast – subscribe for more on the Liverpool FC Academy 2021-22… Recent Posts:
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After a trophy parade which encapsulated how good it is to be in Liverpool, fans can still be proud of how far this team came this season… HOW do you define success? It is a concept that many boil down solely to the trophies won, but the answer is rarely so simple. After all, […]
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Reaction to the hearing of French government ministers Gerald Darmanin and Amelie Oudea-Castera, in which more lies were told about Liverpool supporters in Paris… Amélie Oudéa-Castéra: “I have the perception there was an incoherence between these 30,000-40,000 and the 2,500ish fake tickets UEFA has reported.” That’s because the first number isn’t real, you moron. — […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s review of the 2021-22 season for Liverpool FC, across the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup. Neil Atkinson hosts Damian Kavanagh, Mike Kearney and Jay McKenna… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more reviews of the 2021-22 season for Liverpool FC… Recent Posts:
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Considering the wider impact on Liverpool, the club and city, that the trouble in Paris has caused at the hands of UEFA, France and its police… POINT of order: I wasn’t there. I don’t get to have that utterly terrifying experience and for that I feel lucky but also guilty. Guilty to not be […]
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Dissecting the latest Liverpool transfer rumours, including the current movements around Sadio Mane and potential replacements. John Gibbons hosts The Liverpool Echo’s Paul Gorst… Recent Posts:
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Leicester City, Crystal Palace and Watford fans review their 2021-22 seasons, with contrasting fortunes for each in the Premier League. Neil Atkinson hosts Leicester City fan Pete Selby, Crystal Palace fan Robbie Scotcher and Watford fan Bradley Hayden… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Leicester, Crystal Palace and Watford… […]
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Fans discuss Nottingham Forest, Sunderland and Port Vale – the Championship, League One and League Two playoff promotion winners. John Gibbons hosts Stephen Toplis from 1865 Podcast for Nottingham Forest, Ste Goldsmith from Wise Men Say podcast for Sunderland, Jonny Hancock from Ale and The Vale Podcast for Port Vale and Ryan Dilks from The […]
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The best bits from onboard Liverpool FC’s trophy parade as it makes its way through the city, with 500,000 Reds coming out to celebrate… Recent Posts:
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Talking through the latest on Sadio Mane’s Liverpool future, and whether the club have a replacement lined up for him. John Gibbons hosts Mo Stewart, Adam Smith and Josh Sexton… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on Sadio Mane… Recent Posts:
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As rival fans let Liverpool stereotypes rule their judgement over the trouble in Paris, they must support now or it could happen to them… I WISH we’d won the European Cup. That should have been my waking thought on Sunday but, given what happened beforehand and afterwards, it was a secondary concern. I wasn’t […]
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The Anfield Wrap’s final word on Liverpool 0 Real Madrid 1 in the Champions League final at the Stade de France in Paris. Gareth Roberts is joined by Shaun O’Donnell… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s review of Liverpool 0 Real Madrid 1 in the Champions League final at the Stade de France in Paris, including a deep dive into the team selection. Dan Morgan hosts Neil Atkinson, Sean Rogers and Paul Cope… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more Liverpool v Real Madrid […]
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Free podcast looking back on Liverpool 0 Real Madrid 1 in the Champions League final at the Stade de France in Paris and the fans’ treatment. Neil Atkinson hosts Gareth Roberts, Ian Ryan and Stu Wright… Subscribe to TAW Player for more on Liverpool 0 Real Madrid 1, as well as reaction to all the […]
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Video podcast looking back on Liverpool 0 Real Madrid 1 in the Champions League final at the Stade de France in Paris and the fans’ treatment. Neil Atkinson hosts Gareth Roberts, Ian Ryan and Stu Wright… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s experience of being a part of the Liverpool FC League and FA Cup trophy parade through the city centre as it happened. Neil Atkinson hosts with a changing cast, including the Mayor Of Liverpool Joanne Anderson… Subscribe to TAW Player for more on Liverpool’s trophy parade, as well as reaction to all […]
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Morning after reaction to Liverpool’s trophy parade, discussing the impact it could have on the club this summer and into next season. John Gibbons is joined by James Sutton… Recent Posts:
Liverpool’s Parade, The Summer & Next Season | The Bacon Butty appeared first on The Anfield Wrap - Liverpool Football Club Podcast, Videos and Writing.
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The Anfield Wrap answer your questions on another AFQ Friday, as John Gibbons hosts Kev Walsh, Phil Blundell, Paddy Fitzsimons and Olivia Graham. Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap places you in the pub on a Friday night, with a look ahead to Chelsea v Liverpool in the FA Cup Final at Wembley. John Gibbons hosts Phil Blundell, Gareth Roberts and Cam Rimmer… Recent Posts:
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Match preview ahead of Chelsea v Liverpool in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, reliving the journey that got us to this point… HERE we are again. History beckons. Liverpool are at least 90 minutes away from their second trophy of the season, and they don’t come much bigger in this country than […]
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As Pep Guardiola claims everybody backs Liverpool in their battle with Manchester City, sustained success for The Reds’ will prove him wrong… THERE was a Liverpool tweet I read this week which implied football was too emotionally draining to continue with. Even in such rich existence, I get the point. We’ve all adopted similar […]
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Reaction to Jurgen Klopp’s press conference ahead of Chelsea v Liverpool in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium. Josh Sexton hosts Rob Gutmann, Mo Stewart and Siobhan Biggane, with Chris Barbour on the opposition view… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the Chelsea v Liverpool press conference… […]
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Part two of The Anfield Wrap’s preview ahead of Chelsea v Liverpool in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, from The Blues’ perspective. Mo Stewart is joined by Kweku Afari on Wembley Way… Recent Posts:
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Clive Tyldesley relives his memories of commentating on FA Cup finals, and shares his thoughts on Chelsea v Liverpool. Neil Atkinson hosts for The Anfield Wrap… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more from Clive Tyldesley on the FA Cup final… Recent Posts:
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It’s FA Cup final weekend as Liverpool face Chelsea at Wembley, plus there’s some huge games Premier League to come on Sunday. Neil Atkinson hosts Andy Heaton, Chelsea fan Chris Barbour, Manchester United fan Teza Simukulwa, West Ham United fan Andy Middleton and Brentford fan Billy Grant… Below is a clip from the show – […]
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A no-agenda chat from Metrocola in Liverpool City Centre in which the panel relive the game that made up The Reds’ run to the FA Cup final. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Mo Stewart and Craig Hannan… Recent Posts:
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The Anfield Wrap’s live build up to Chelsea v Liverpool in the FA Cup final at Wembley, plus reaction Aston Villa in the Premier League. Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Lizzi Doyle and Adam Smith… Press play to listen to this show in full or alternatively you can listen for free on Audioboom, Spotify, Apple […]
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Sharing memories of FA Cup finals from Liverpool’s history, starting in the 1980s and finishing in 2012 with some Cardiff magic on the way. John Gibbons hosts Neil Atkinson, Craig Hannan and Timo Tierney… Below is a clip from the show – subscribe for more on the FA Cup final… Recent Posts:
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Part one of The Anfield Wrap’s preview ahead of Chelsea v Liverpool in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, from The Reds’ perspective. Mo Stewart is joined by Robbie O’Neill on Wembley Way… Recent Posts:
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Reacting to Liverpool’s win over Aston Villa last night at Villa Park and discussing Sadio Mane’s future. Harriet Prior hosts John Gibbons. Recent Posts:
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Liverpool Women are a point away from promotion back to the Women’s Super League at the perfect time, as women’s football continues to grow… IF you had the chance to look ahead in the summer and see how the season ends, would you take it?
Granted, you’d avoid a lot of stress. But for most people the journey is as, if not more, important than the end destination.
Rewind to August last year and Liverpool Women had just lost their opening game of the season at home to London City. I was at Prenton Park that day, and left with a mix of frustration and anticipation of what was to come.
Had the march to promotion perhaps come a season too soon? Would the team gel quick enough to get results? With only 22 games to play, each loss represented a missed opportunity.
Returning manager Matt Beard hadn’t been in the job long enough to make a real impact, yet there was a definite sense that this team could and would become contenders given half the chance. First on his agenda was to get the players to believe in themselves and start enjoying their football again, and he had belief that the rest would follow.
Speaking to the players a week before the season commenced, it was clear that the introduction of new players and increased investment in the team was reason for positivity. The goal was clear: get back to the Women’s Super League where they belong.
Where they had struggled for a lack of firepower in previous seasons, Rianna Dean was brought in to provide the attacking spark. Dean quickly made her way onto the scoresheet in the second game of the season to secure a 3-2 win against Watford, and it wasn’t long before Leanne Kiernan joined her. As we’ve moved through the season, she has been a key figure in Liverpool’s success, with a six-minute hat trick against Blackburn epitomising her impact this season.
Defensive solidity soon followed, conceding just six in the league and two since the second game of the season, with goalkeeper Rachel Laws key to the setup. The team has continued to strengthen, and the addition of Katie Stengel to the squad in the January transfer window proved important as they approached the business end.
Taylor Hinds has been a star from the start, and a change of formation has allowed her to display her attacking abilities. She has been rightly rewarded with a new contract, but when she spoke to The Anfield Wrap last week she made clear that playing with pride and happiness on the pitch is where the success has started.
They have plenty of reasons to be joyful about the season so far. With four games to go, Liverpool Women can win the league on Sunday if they avoid defeat and pick up a point against Bristol City.
There are a few good omens around the match, as it was against Bristol on two occasions that Liverpool secured the Women’s Super League title. A win against them this time around would ensure they returned to top-flight football.
This morning Bristol City confirmed that with more than 4,100 tickets sold and five days to go, the game is set to smash the league attendance record for the FA Women’s Championship. The club are putting on free coaches to from Anfield to Ashton Gate stadium, and you can buy tickets for the game here.
Back on that summer’s day in August it would have been hard to predict that Liverpool would be in the position they’d be in now with promotion all but secured in March. The teams around them at the top have rotated, with Bristol and Durham both giving it a good go, but it’s hard to argue with Liverpool’s consistency.
“There’s still a long way to go,” says Hinds. “Compared to when I was 13 and seeing how many people are at the game now… It’s heading in the right direction.”
The growth of the women’s game in Liverpool is a microcosm of its emergence across the country. The Women’s European Championship final at Wembley could surpass the record for any Euros match for both men and women. More than half of the 700,000 tickets available across the competition have been snapped up in pre-sales, and general sale tickets are expected to go just as fast.
There is a clear appetite for women’s football, and this summer will be a celebration of just that. Having followed Liverpool’s journey throughout the season, it’s clear to see why more and more people are getting on board.
If you can, get yourself on board that bus on Sunday because it promises to be a great day out.
Liverpool Women are on the brink of promotion, and you can be a part of it.
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With Liverpool and Manchester City fans being all but left to make their own way to Wembley, should we ever have expected better from The FA? IT was a nice idea to hold the FA Cup semi final in the north, but it was never going to happen.
Despite the protestations from both Liverpool and Manchester City fans, the date and venue of the FA Cup semi final was finally confirmed last week. It will take place at Wembley Stadium on Saturday April 16 at 3.30pm.
Of course, there are no direct trains running from Liverpool or Manchester on that day. Fans will have to make their own way through the 207 miles (us) or 196 miles (City) to ‘the home of sport’ without their help. If you can’t drive, get a lift or stay down there until the trains are back on, you’ve had it.
This is especially maddening when you consider that the distance between the competing teams is just 35 miles. A logical solution might be to play the game at a venue nearer the two clubs, but this is the Football Association — the governing body of the English game, so there’s no room for logic here.
It wasn’t just the fan groups that were involved. Our own captain Jordan Henderson, a former England captain at that, so someone you’d think the FA would listen to, made similar overtures last week, but the blazers wouldn’t listen.
Instead, the meanest of compromises were made with the offer of free coaches for 5,000 Liverpool and City fans. Once again, it’s us who are given the thin end of the wedge when it comes to convenience. The sponsors and ‘clients’ came first. Was anyone surprised?
Even that offer was sold to us through an untruth.
“Wembley Express services drop you direct to the Stadium from over 50 locations across the UK. Brought to you by National Express, the Official Coach Supplier to Wembley Stadium connected by EE, it’s the easiest and most convenient way to travel to the best sporting and music events.” (Wembley Stadium official website)
The easiest and most convenient way to travel? No it’s not! Taking the train is far easier. There are no closed lanes on a train, no need to stop at service stations and no chance of a gridlock on the line. Sure, delays occur but tens of thousands of people from the North West can make it to North West London much easier by train than by a four or five-hour car journey. Let’s not pretend otherwise.
So why have the FA and Wembley dug in their heels and thumbed its nose at the idea of, say, an Old Trafford semi final? One answer lies outside the game in the shape of something called ‘Club Wembley.’
Club Wembley is a membership package offered by the stadium which comes with the following claim on its website:
“All Club Wembley memberships give you a guaranteed seat at both Emirates FA Cup Semi-Finals, as well as the Final on Saturday 23 May.
“Whether you’re going with friends or colleagues, Club Wembley is a great way to experience the biggest club games in England. From the great range of food options on the Club Wembley concourse, to premium hospitality options in Bobby Moore and One Twenty, there is a Club Wembley membership to suit you.”
Worried you won’t be able to get a ticket? Missed one of the ties on the way to the semi and think you won’t have enough credit? Not to worry. Club Wembley can offer a ’guaranteed’ seat in both semis and final. You don’t need anything like ticket buying loyalty or even have the mildest interest of one of the clubs involved. Simply purchase a membership and your place is ‘guaranteed’.
If you’re in the market, those memberships range from ‘The Inner Circle’ package at just £2,394 including VAT to a Private Box membership which comes in at a whopping £37,200. That last package comes with ‘complimentary trains and parking’ — though presumably not from the North West.
You do get a free programme, though.
There are over 160 boxes at Wembley. If they sell all of those at rate card, they make just short of £6,000,000 on them alone.
That was the dilemma the FA faced. On one hand you’ve got thousands of loyal fans being massively inconvenienced and out of pocket, while on the other there’s £6,000,000 worth of corporate sponsorship to rake in. What to do?
Let them eat cake. Enjoy your coaches, everyone.
The bottom line in all this is that the FA must favour Wembley before anything and everyone else. If your trains are off then tough. They have a cash cow to milk.
Incidentally, they knew about those trains being off two years ago, but how were they to know who would be playing in the 2022 ties? Well, I’d wager two years from now, one of the clubs in the semi finals will be from Liverpool or Manchester. After all, either city has been represented in the last eight semis.
The FA knew this was coming and they still brazened it out.
Of course, none of this is news. The FA have favoured Wembley over all as far back as 2007 when they took the step to host all semi finals at the national stadium, rather than on neutral territory as it had done for all but one of the previous 136 years. (The 2000 semis were played at Wembley as a sort of farewell to the old ground.)
There was no chance of Wembley missing out on a payday. No chance of refunding all those private boxes. It was an act of reckless optimism to even consider them taking our pleas seriously. Money talks, bullshit takes the bus.
They could have looked at this with a benign eye. They have a hell of a lot of reputational damage to repair to our fans, the club and even their own tournament. You know why. Let’s talk about apologies.
Following the findings of the Hillsborough Independent Panel in 2012, the FA’s then Chief Executive David Bernstein offered a ‘full and unreserved apology’ to the families devastated by the disaster, stating: “We are deeply sorry this tragedy occurred at a venue the FA selected. This fixture was played in the FA’s own competition, and on behalf of the Football Association I offer a full and unreserved apology and express sincere condolences to all of the families of those who lost their lives.”
While reporting on that statement four years later, David Conn asked a very pertinent question: “Neither he nor the FA ever explained exactly what, specifically, it was apologising for: whether English football’s governing body was taking responsibility itself, for selecting Hillsborough repeatedly as a venue throughout the 1980s despite its squalid Leppings Lane away terrace and the ominous warning signs.”
In short, they made an unspecific apology because they’d been told to and they thought that would be enough.
It’s worth remembering that four years later in 2016 not one of the numerous FA officials questioned at the inquest reiterated or offered even the slightest apology to the families. In fact, they doubled down on their defence with the spurious notion that ground safety had nothing to do with them and they knew nothing about previous games.
A hell of a lot of damage to repair. Wouldn’t this have been the perfect place to offer an olive branch to the clubs and fans and show that it’s the fans that make the game? Wouldn’t this have been the time to let logic dictate and not think about the pay-out at the other end?
No. Coaches for 5,000. That’s all you’re getting.
I love my club. I am overly and probably unrealistic in my ambition for them, but I swear I would cheer louder than any trophy lift if we just walked away from that rank, toadying, pound-chasing organisation and told them we won’t be paying them any credence by appearing in their bloated competition.
They are not fit for purpose and haven’t learned a thing since they were exposed for what they are all those years ago. They don’t listen and they won’t listen. The fans, the very people who fund them in the main, are a secondary concern once more as we always have been and we know why. We love the game; they love the income. Logic can take a powder.
I’m glad we asked the question and I’m glad Jordan spoke up for us and, though I want us to beat Man City on March 16, there will never be a strand of that repugnant organisation that will ever gain my respect. Not one strand.
I want us to beat City, of course I do, but I’d love us to make some sort of statement in some way.
Stick your guaranteed seats and shove your coaches.
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To this day Liverpool fans still sing about hating Nottingham Forest, but what is the reason for it and the origins of the rivalry? ON the days when The Kop is in full voice and running through its repertoire, you’ll hear a song about how much we hate Everton and Manchester United.
No surprises there, but the opening lyric is occasionally met with confusion on younger faces.
‘We hate Nottingham Forest.’
Seriously? Do we really hate Nottingham Forest?
It’s a fair question when delivered through younger voices. Why the hell would we waste time on a club who were relegated some 23 years ago and one who even spent three seasons in the third tier of English football?
But ask me that same question in 1978 and you’d receive a long and barely decipherable reply containing some robust language for a nine-year old.
I had no love for United back then and didn’t mind Everton so much thanks to my dad and elder cousins being the acceptable face of Bluedom, so Forest quickly came into my Hate Chart with a bullet.
It would be a full year and the 1979 FA Cup semi-final before United found their form and overtook them to secure the number one spot — a place they’ve occupied ever since. You’ve got to admire their stamina.
It’d be easy to point the finger at Brian Clough and place all my enmity on him, but this was long before his appalling Hillsborough comments. I even had a sneaky regard for him back then as he annoyed a lot of people and, most importantly, none of them were me.
Say what you like about the side he created though, they were a great watch. Two proper wingers in John Robertson and Martin O’Neill with Tony Woodcock and John O’Hare upfront. I liked Kenny Burns too, even though he’d never get a game today — one dirty bastard, but he looked a bit like Asterix the Gaul from the books by Gosciny and Uderzo and I was, let’s remember, still a kid. Anything Asterix related found a place in my heart so his headbutts and hacked knees got a pass.
No, this is all about Pat Partridge.
We have a good laugh at the Ev for their Clive Thomas and Pierluigi Collina-based conspiracies, but most clubs have a referee’s face in mind when they think about footballing wrongs. Mine were focussed on an official from County Durham. Jesus, I hated Pat Partridge.
Partridge officiated at the 1975 cup final between West Ham and Fulham, though that was before my time. He came to the 1978 League Cup final with a decent enough reputation, though there was some over-officiousness in there. They all were a bit like that.
We hadn’t won the League Cup at that point and though it had been written off as a nonsense competition by many, it rankled a bit with me. Everton had come close the previous season, losing to Villa in a replay but it was more than that. It was about putting down an incoming rival.
Forest had only just come up from the Second Division and were already top of the league, ahead of the European champions. We’d had a terrible autumn and languished in fourth and fifth place for much of the year. Forest came from nowhere and though it looked like they’d win the league, this was our chance to put them in their place. They stood between us and the one trophy we’d never won.
The first game was a goalless encounter at Wembley, though Kenny should have put us one up in 17 seconds, so the replay took place at Old Trafford. The game was largely forgettable but for an incident in the second half when Tony Woodcock put John O’Hare in on goal. Phil Thompson, hampered slightly by an astonishing and weighty perm, realised he couldn’t get in front of the Forest striker and kicked him just outside of the penalty area. Partridge pointed to the spot and Robertson slotted it past Ray Clemence.
The decision wasn’t even close, though this was an age before VAR. Our lads surrounded him, but he was having none of it. After the game Thommo admitted that he made a ‘professional foul’ — the first time anyone had used the term — but he knew what he was doing and chose to kick him where it wouldn’t hurt.
Tommy Smith took it charitably as you’d expect: “The only thing they had on their side was the referee tonight. It was bloody ridiculous. He’s given them a penalty and he’s disallowed a goal for us. It’s terrible. He should be shot.”
Peter Taylor, Clough’s assistant, was adamant that it was a penalty and told reporters: “your cameras should have picked it up”. Yeah, mate. They did.
Injustice is tough to take at that age. I saw Clough on the telly a few weeks after reminding the world that Don Revie’s Leeds, who he hated, only won trophies because they cheated. That was it between me and him. And an awful lot of Reds.
Forest won the next League Cup too (we bowed out as soon as possible to Sheffield United) and they also knocked us out of our European Cup to deny us three on the bounce thanks to a 2-0 win at the City Ground.
An uncharacteristic error from Graeme Souness gave them the second goal when he chased Colin Barrett to his left back position and left a big hole where he should have been at centre mid. Our more experienced players would have been happy with a 1-0 reverse and Joe Fagan gave him some direct feedback in the dressing room. “That was my lesson,” Souness wrote later.
Forest didn’t follow up their league title though, as The Reds battered everyone in 1978-79. Everyone.
But they did win our European Cup and though the English media were elated that it had been a hat-trick of English victories, there wasn’t much love in my household. They retained that too the following season against a Kevin Keegan-led Hamburg in Madrid, but they were done soon after.
A few years later they were knocked out of the 1984 UEFA Cup semi-final by Anderlecht following some extraordinary decisions by the Spanish referee, and it was many years before it emerged that he’d been given a £27,000 ‘loan’ by Anderlecht’s chairman. Sympathy? None. None at all.
And that’s their story and the story of the song. One promotion, one league title, two League Cups and two European Cups in four seasons. The equivalent of Huddersfield coming up this season and dominating the game for a while. When people talk about ‘the miracle of Leicester in 2016’ it still doesn’t come close to what Forest achieved and, my antipathy towards them, has only lessened slightly since those days as a result.
And this is why I’ll never accept Chelsea as a rival. They’re only relevant today, not across the decades in the same way we went head-to-head with Arsenal a lot in the late 1980s and Blackburn five or so years later. I don’t see Forest as a rival now — how could I? — but I’ll always sing that song with gusto. I owe it to my younger self.
Bitter? Of course. You can’t pluck a dream from a child and expect fairness.
We hate Everton too.
We hate Man Uniiiiiited
But Liverpool we love you.
Into these, Reds. Fucking into them.
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Reaction to Arsenal v Liverpool in the Premier League at Anfield, and looking ahead to Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup quarter final. John Gibbons hosts Gareth Roberts, Emma Sanders and Cam Rimmer.
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Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Arsenal 0 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League at the Emirates Stadium… WELL then.
There was a point they were 14 behind. But you know they were never 14 behind.
There was a point where it felt they’d thrown too many cheap points away. But you thought they could click into business.
There was the idea it could become a procession. But you suspected they’d never stand for that.
Well then.
They are the heroes you always wanted. They are the heroes you always needed. Whatever happens next (well well; well then) they’ll do for me.
My favourite thing is they know how to suffer. They believe in suffering. They believe in it being difficult. They believe in the notion that you take one step forward at a time.
Today I was in row four. Row four through the wind, through the rain. Drenched with heavy drops from the Emirates roof. Soaked by the gale blowing the rain in.
In front of me, right in front I saw Andy Robertson take one step at a time. Saw him win it back with aggression and precision. Saw him stride. Saw him take a breath and a look. Saw him pick out Roberto Firmino. Through the wind and the rain, saw him take his steps with certainty and desire and saw Liverpool win the game because of those steps.
Make no mistake, Roberto Firmino still had work to do. The flick was one thing, the celebration another. It was reminiscent of Kenny in London in ’78. The goal and the celebration all as one sweet, sweet move. The graft from elsewhere, the delight for us all.
Give me this before my very eyes. Give me this through drenched lenses. Give me this because this league isn’t going to win itself and like you I always, always knew. I promised you. I told you it could be there.
For the full 90, Robertson was impeccable. Nobody has ever wanted to win the football league more. His anticipation in all phases of the game is a credit to him and his manager. He is the brightest of footballers. He understands both game and contest. He wins his battles in all the ways they can be won. He is man of the match and man of the hour.
Diogo Jota opens the scoring crowning the moment that Thiago Alcantara owns the game. It belonged to him second half and that included his sloppiness in one moment and his excellence in all the others. Jota’s simplicity in finishing makes it all the more incredible that he keeps doing it. He strikes it hard and low and surprises Ramsdale. The ball leaves his foot and finds the net in an instant.
The whole game is firstly a vindication of cutting edge. Liverpool have it and, when it is the blood and the bone in the pouring rain, Arsenal just don’t quite.
But secondly it is a confirmation of the brilliance of Liverpool’s centre backs. Second half I was immensely impressed with Ben White. He played very well indeed. He was the third best centre back on the pitch.
And that is the truth about Arsenal at the moment. Thomas Partey was excellent. He was the second best deep-lying midfielder. Kieran Tierney did little wrong. He was the second best left back. Ramsdale showed the breadth of his ability. Alisson Becker is markedly better and that is fine.
One of the reasons why this league is so alive is that Arsenal are the fourth best team in the country and, man for man, they aren’t as good as Liverpool. And they are good.
Well then.
The hard part hasn’t even started yet. Crampon by crampon Liverpool have clambered up the mountain. They’ve got to the hard part. The league isn’t going to win itself. It will take some winning. But I like the look of our lads. I like the glint in their eye.
Whatever happens, they’ll do for me. They, their manager, they exist in a state of grace. Grace with gritted teeth, grace with a glint in their eye, but grace nevertheless.
They can win this league and I think they will win this league, but whatever happens from here they’ll do for me.
I shall not be moved.
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Ben Johnson’s player ratings for The Anfield Wrap after Arsenal 0 Liverpool 2 in the Premier League at the Emirates Stadium… OH my god what a performance. As good as it gets.
Alisson: 9 Everyone jizzing their kecks over Arsenal first half and Alisson didn’t have a single thing to do. Not one. OK lads. Take it easy. You have just soiled yourself. Relax. Take a shower. We’ve got all night.
Turns out he has one save to make in the entire 90. And fuck me what a save. Now’s the time to get excited, lads. Lose your inhibitions. He is like a fucking armoured bear in them situations. What, sorry? You want to score past this massive loving target? Fuck off, you scruff.
Trent: 8 Martinelli ragged him a few times, which is no disgrace as he is a fucking good player. To the extent that The Reds are almost certainly going to sign him on the sly and have started their offensive already. Trent responds by trying to pick them passes. Great ball for Sadio at the end of the half and then carries on picking them out all game. Defends really well second half, one on one, no problem.
Virgil: 8 Unlucky with the header in the first minute. So big. Funny when he tried to leave the ball for Alisson and he was still in his line and Alisson just shielded it for about 25 minutes till he got there.
Big Joel: 8 I don’t know. That goatie has sort of come out of nowhere. Is he a guy who can grown a goatie like Rafa, fucking Sinbad, at a moment’s notice, or is he just a poor beard fella, with zero or underwhelming cheek growth. Who knows? I would like him to rock up with a Brian Blessed fella. Full on Mr Twit effort. Anyway. He was sound there. Really good.
Robbo: 8 Loves a scrap, doesn’t he? The second goal. Wild that he creates it with pure counter-pressing pressure. Amazing response, unreal ball in, the game is done.
Fabinho: 9 Rattles into a tackle at the end of the first half which honestly was so good it brought a tear to the eye. He was absolutely immense going backwards.
Thiago: 8 Is floating around the perimeters of the game first half. Trying to settle us down, rightly. Then decides to inject himself right into the mix by playing their lad right in one on one for their only chance and then picking a ball out for The Reds to go one up which was frankly outrageous. What a fella.
Henderson: 7 Was peripheral really. That’s not to say he doesn’t have a big impact on the game, just that we are off it first half and then on it very quickly second.
Jota: 7 Funny him, lad. Imagine he is on yours in five-a-side. You are fucking slaughtering him all game. Lad. Keep the fucking ball, you donkey. Fuck me. Then he steps up and slaps the goal that leads The Reds to the win. Just fucking hit it, lad. Alright. Slap. Love that it was his last touch and we make the change anyway.
Sadio: 7 Was better when we got the old guard back together second half. Sort of looked like he didn’t know where to be first half.
Diaz: 7 See above. We looked off it a little bit upfront. Mainly because the best player in the world wasn’t there to make space or consume defenders for the rest of them. Does well, does nothing wrong, but you can’t argue with them changes.
SUBS Mo: 7 Great when he comes on, in that they swallow their underpants.
Bobby: 9 Unreal when he come on. Like a massive comfort blanket. Bringing a defensive midfielder on. Who is boss. I’m not sure how he scored that. He was the only player on the pitch who could score it. The deftest of touches. Wild.
Jones: N/A Come on.
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LIVERPOOL players and supporters have come together to raise money for those impacted by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
Backed by fan groups such as Spirit of Shankly, Liverpool Women’s Supporters Club, and Official Liverpool Supporters Clubs around the world, an initiative has been set up to support those in need.
As part of this the club have created a text-to-donate scheme in partnership with the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal, to which you can contribute £10 by texting LFC to 70150 (standard network rates apply).
On top of this, Liverpool’s players donated their match-worn shirts from the FA Cup fifth-round tie against Norwich City, with each shirt signed personally and the money from the LFC Foundation’s auction going towards helping Ukrainian people access vital supplies of food, water, first aid, medicines, warm clothes and shelter via the British Red Cross’s Ukraine Crisis Appeal. You can access the auction here.
Liverpool’s legends have also got together to pledge £15,000 raised by the Forever Reds Christmas Lunch to the appeal, while supporter Rob Edwards has been backed by the club on his mission to personally deliver essential items to Poland for those who have fled the war in Ukraine.
“We want to use the power of our global fanbase to try and show solidarity and support to help those affected by the ongoing crisis in Ukraine in any way possible,” said the club’s CEO Billy Hogan.
“The dedicated LFC text to donate page is a way for our fans to do what they can. We’re very proud to support this initiative, alongside efforts by our players past and present, and our staff in a show of solidarity and togetherness from Liverpool Football Club.”
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Arsenal fan Jordan Jarrett-Bryan talks us through the resurgence of Arsenal under Mikel Arteta, as well as what’s next for The Gunners. Neil Atkinson hosts for The Anfield Wrap…
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The three talking points the panel discuss are football governance issues, Everton’s struggles and the promotion battle in the Championship. Gareth Roberts hosts Andy Heaton, Ian Ryan and Jake Nolan…
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The Premier League’s top four scrap could be about to hot up, with Tottenham Hotspur and Wolves among the hopefuls facing off this weekend. Neil Atkinson hosts Mo Stewart, Phil Blundell, Sajad Iqbal, Tottenham fan Paul Duhaney and Crystal Palace fan Robbie Scotcher…
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Match preview ahead of Liverpool v Leicester City in the Premier League at Anfield, with The Reds’ squad in rude health… I CAN barely contain my excitement about The Reds at this time.
Having turned up to the Cardiff City game nursing a bad hangover and being subjected to a first half which felt like punishment for my overindulgence, a half-time pint and the events of the second half had me skipping out of Anfield.
My still slightly drunk senses felt overwhelmed by the noise and colour of the occasion in a way that is usually saved for a sunny final day game at home. Luckily, by the time Harvey Elliott and Luis Diaz entered the fray to a rapturous reception, my mind was on the mend and I could revel in the occasion as much as other Reds around me were.
It was just great though, wasn’t it? It felt like a cup tie full of excitement and hope for what comes next. Despite the chants of “we’re going to Wembley twice”, FA Cup success still feels a distance away from where we sit right now, but it’s reflective of the mood at the club at this moment that supporters are dreaming of what might be come May.
It made me even more excited to get into Anfield for a night under the lights against Leicester City. I’m casting no aspersions about Brendan Rodgers’ side being pushovers despite what the critics are suggesting going into this. I’m also struggling with the idea that their manager is suddenly clinging onto his job given all they’ve gone through this season.
Anyway, that’s all for another day. Because tonight needs to be all about these Reds and keeping the good feeling going.
With that in mind, Jurgen Klopp will be looking to go as strong as possible. However, having suddenly been blessed with a plethora of options, it’s hard to know exactly what that looks like.
It starts with Alisson Becker in goal, Trent Alexander-Arnold at right back, Virgil van Dijk at left centre back and Andy Robertson at left back. But what of the right centre-half spot? Joel Matip has been the number one option this season, but Ibrahima Konate continues to impress and Joe Gomez desperately needs minutes — as the manager himself attested to.
In midfield, a potential injury to Jordan Henderson will likely see at least one of Naby Keita and Curtis Jones expected to continue on the left side of midfield, with Harvey Elliott likely to be given his first start on the right — given Thiago Alcantara and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will be out of rhythm. Fabinho seems a shoo-in to return to the base of midfield.
Upfront is genuinely anybody’s guess. We can probably work off the basis that Diogo Jota and Bobby Firmino are the nailed on central and left-sided forwards of choice. That leaves the right-hand side open for either of the returning Mo Salah or new boy Luis Diaz, though it would be a different role than what he is used to from his Porto days.
Think about the lads who miss out there. Think about the strength of that bench. Imagine this Leicester side being resolute for over an hour and then turning to see any number of those lads readying themselves to come on and batter down the door. Heavy init?
Be heavy, Liverpool. Leave them heavy legged and breathed. Leave everything out there. Let’s show our strength in numbers now, on and off the pitch.
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Looking back at the Liverpool career of John Barnes – his arrival, his rise to the top and his legacy – alongside special guest Ian Rush. Ian Ryan hosts John Gibbons, Rob Gutmann and Damian Kavanagh…
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With Liverpool’s backup forwards stepping up, plus returnees and reinforcements onboard, The Reds are set up to attack the month ahead… BETWEEN the months of August and May much of our life is both literally and emotionally dependent on football.
Results can make or break weekends, plans change depending on when The Reds are playing, and injury concerns become our concerns.
Seeing players happy has the ability to instantly put a smile on my face, and the opposite is also true. I felt simultaneously heartbroken for Mo Salah on Sunday after Egypt lost the AFCON final on penalties and delighted for Sadio Mane as he celebrated with his teammates. God knows what it must have felt like for Venus and Serena Williams’ parents for all those years.
It’s no surprise that Salah returned to Merseyside the following day keen to move on to the next. He has, however, played four matches in 12 days that all went to extra time. He should be exhausted and in need of a month off, but we all know there’s no chance he’ll be in the country and happy to sit on the sidelines.
“I spoke to him and pretty much the first thing Mo told me was: ‘I’m ready’. Haha!” said Jurgen Klopp in an interview with the club today. Mane is still quite rightly enjoying his celebrations, so won’t be back quite in time for Leicester.
All of a sudden, though, missing one of our key players upfront doesn’t seem like the end of the world. The momentum has shifted in recent weeks, and with a bucketload of trepidation we can talk about the sheer depth of the squad, particularly upfront.
Diogo Jota has relished the opportunity to be the star man in recent weeks. Many were unsure how he would fare without Salah and Mane alongside him, and how he and Roberto Firmino would operate in the team together. A few teething problems early on were quickly resolved, and Jota showed throughout January that he is more than capable of leading the frontline.
He demonstrated that once again on Sunday in the fourth round of the FA Cup against Cardiff. His movement is so measured and precise, yet he still manages to be absolutely everywhere at the same time. I’d hate to be a defender playing against him.
Time and time again he shows qualities that seem inconsistent with his build and what we’d expect from him. His strength in particular consistently surprises me. He never gets bullied off the ball, and always works to win the ball back in dangerous areas.
And what about the scoring from headers? He just loves it. The ball from Trent Alexander-Arnold was exceptional, but to get up in the air surrounded by defenders and find the left corner takes a serious amount of skill.
With all eyes on him, it’s clear to see the impact he has made. But it’s definitely not an isolated case, rather it builds on how well he has played since he signed in the summer of 2020. He’s scored 10 in 18 Premier League starts this season, and 15 in all competitions, and is showing absolutely no sign of slowing down.
The momentum on his side is a microcosm of the whole team at the moment. The signing of Luis Diaz was undoubtedly the main factor in lifting the spirits of the fan base, but the feeling of optimism stretches beyond that. With the two star players returning from AFCON, it starts to become difficult to know who the preferred three upfront will be.
Jota has made himself difficult to drop for the foreseeable, Salah is expected to slot straight back into the team, and there is likely to be a chance for Diaz to make his mark while Mane has a break — and it’s mad that I haven’t even included Firmino yet.
Then there are players who have made a case for regular game time throughout January, like Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and players returning from injury like Harvey Elliott. With a 32-minute cameo on Sunday he showed that should always be in contention, and his positional versatility and ability to play in midfield will work in his favour. Takumi Minamino also added to his goal tally at the weekend.
It’s a fine balance to strike between maintaining rhythm, giving players who need it a rest, and getting our best 11 out on the pitch. There will be some tough calls for the manager, but with five games in the next two weeks, they should all get their chance in February.
Having to think about squad depth. What a nice problem to have. There is likely to be a shake-up and a clear out over summer, but for now we can make the most of having world class players in abundance.
We’ll need all of them as we attack on four fronts.
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