Penalties
New Molby On The Spot Podcast from Anfield Index Free Weekly Podcast with Liverpool Legend Jan Molby On the latest Molby On The Spot, Trev Downey and Jan Molby look back at the win over Wolves and Jan gives his take on Szoboszlai, Jones and the very calm and composed Quansah. This inspires the lads […]
Jan Molby Unpacks Liverpool’s Mo Salah Penalty Debate Liverpool’s Storied Penalty Legacy Liverpool FC have seen a parade of penalty takers grace the Anfield turf. From the legendary Jan Molby, who netted 42 times from the spot, missing only thrice, to the Egyptian King, Mohamed Salah, who shares the record with Molby for 18 consecutive […]
Salah’s Recent Misses: A Cause for Concern? The famous saying is there’s no such thing as a good penalty; it either goes in or it doesn’t. While that sentiment may relate to Mo Salah’s follow-up for his Bournemouth strike on Saturday, the elephant in the room around penalties certainly wasn’t being ignored on social media. […]
It’s hard to know which of the two things was more surprising in all truth. The fact Liverpool got another penalty this season or Mo Salah missing a second consecutive one. He should also have had another late on after Gabriel’s common assault, but the less we say about the officiating in this game the […]
It was a double header on the Under Pressure show this week, and although they touched on the incredibly impressive performance last week against Leeds (eight big chances and six goals) the main focus was on the first trophy of the season: Liverpool are League Cup champions. First up was the key pressing story from […]
Liverpool go into the international break third in the Premier League table after a 1-1 draw with Manchester City at The Etihad. Mohamed Salah’s early penalty was cancelled out by Gabriel Jesus’ equalizer and the Reds — who had the fortune of Kevin de Bruyne missing from the spot, albeit from an extremely harshly awarded […]
On Boxing Day, Mo Salah dived to win Liverpool a penalty. This naturally led to a backlash from fans of teams who aren’t Liverpool who were miffed that one of the PL’s top stars got a nonsense penalty after diving. This, of course, led to the natural response of Liverpool fans, some arguing Salah did […]
Mason: Are you sure you’re ready for this? [walks up staircase] Goodspeed: I’ll do my best. Mason: [stops and motions back to Goodspeed] Your best? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and f*ck the prom queen! When the squabble happened over who would take the penalty at Anfield I like many watching […]
The best way to get over a defeat is to win the next match; so the the old adage goes, and who are we to argue? Happily, participating in four competitions means you never have to wait too long for a chance at redemption. The ignominy of Saturday’s teatime capitulation, to a Stewart Downing inspired […]
