Liverpool FC Analysis

Is Mohamed Salah Still the World’s Greatest in Waiting

Salah the Best? Despite a couple of down games in the past few weeks, the 2023/24 form of Liverpool’s Egyptian King, Mohamed Salah, has been largely sensational. I wrote late in the summer, how I believed the 31-year-old would likely head off to the AFCON in January, with real question marks over whether he would...

Deep Dive: Wataru Endo’s Performance against Sheffield United

Liverpool's Convincing Victory Liverpool put in a convincing performance as they came out comfortable 2-0 winners against Sheffield United on Wednesday night. Goals from Virgil Van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai were enough to secure a crucial three points on the road. The victory puts the Reds just one point off Arsenal at the top of...

Predicted Lineup For Liverpool’s clash with Crystal Palace

Liverpool's Title Challenge Liverpool's title challenge received some extra encouragement as the Reds moved four points clear of Manchester City on Wednesday. Jurgen Klopp's side put in a comfortable performance to emerge as 2-0 winners against Sheffield United, while Pep Guardiola's team fell to a 1-0 away defeat at Aston Villa. Those results leave Liverpool just one...

Hendrick on Palace Recently: “Rubbish, Absolute Rubbish”

Assessing Liverpool's Upcoming Clash with New CB Insights In their latest podcast, Dave Hendrick and Karl Matchett from Anfield Index provided key insights into Liverpool's upcoming game against Crystal Palace. Hendrick began by reflecting on Liverpool's recent performance against Sheffield United, highlighting their controlled dominance and full-deserved win. Matchett agreed, noting Liverpool's occasional sloppiness but...

Liverpool Building: Need For Non-Drip Dross

Liverpool's Road Ahead: Navigating Crucial Away Games For the great majority of Reds who are still recovering from Sunday's encounter, the focus will naturally be on watching four incredible goals that secured the three points at Anfield. However, amidst all the madness and celebrations from this one, there will be a few who have already...

The Darwin Núñez Problem Liverpool Must Resolve

Fulham Chaos Sometimes rational analysis in the cold light of day belies a football match. Liverpool’s 4-3 victory over Fulham was a strange, chaotic, glorious beast of a thing. You had the Reds scoring four in a league game without a forward getting any of them for the first time in 11 years. There were two...

Jarell Quansah Set for Liverpool Test

Matip’s Season-Ending Injury Thrusts Quansah into Limelight At the start of last summer, there is no doubt Liverpool were looking into buying a centre-back. While the focus was on midfield recruitment, the club were exploring defensive options as well. But then came an unprecedented window, with twists and turns and the sudden emergence of a...

Dr Nunez / Mr Darwin: Right Version Needed

Darwin Nunez: Liverpool's Divisive Striker Intensity of Sunday’s Drama For those of us who are still coming down from the intensity and insanity of Sunday’s late drama against Fulham, the talking points revolved around all areas of the team. However, it’s impossible to debate that no player draws scrutiny either nationally or amongst the fanbase right...

Can Jarell Quansah Succeed Where Others Have Failed…?

Jarell Quansah: Liverpool's Rising Star There have been so many players that have come and gone at Anfield, that were once destined to be the next big thing or the eventual successor to which ever current Liverpool star was at the club in that period. In terms of defenders, Martin Kelly, Andre Wisdom, Sebastián Coates,...

Klopp in 2021: “Why make best right-back in the world a midfielder”

Trent Alexander-Arnold: From Right-Back to Midfield Maestro Klopp's Tactical Evolution: Alexander-Arnold's New Role In the ever-evolving world of football tactics, Jurgen Klopp's recent strategic shift at Liverpool has been nothing short of intriguing. Central to this change has been the transformation of Trent Alexander-Arnold from a world-class right-back to a midfield dynamo. As James Pearce of...