Marseille 0-3 Liverpool - Champions League Postmortem
By Steven Smith
After a run of Premier League draws that drained belief rather than built momentum, Liverpool arrived in Marseille facing an altogether different examination. This was not about control through possession or pattern play. This was about temperament, bravery, and whether a fractured season still had substance...
Marseille 0 - 3 Liverpool - CL Player Ratings
The Champions League saw the Reds travel to France as swirling speculation surrounding the future of Arne Slot refused to dampen. Could this be the last game for the Premier League champion?
The lineup and subsequent ratings are listed below.
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Alisson Becker - 7.0
The giant Brazilian stopper was...
Liverpool 1 – 1 Burnley – Premier League Postmortem
By Steven Smith
After a week of decent results and encouraging performances, consistency was needed on top of three points as the shadow of Xabi Alonso loomed quietly over Anfield. A draw away to Arsenal followed by FA Cup progression had steadied the ship, but this was...
Understanding Liverpool fans booing
For years, Liverpool supporters have been portrayed as a singular, almost mythic entity: loyal to a fault, endlessly patient, and fiercely protective of their own. Criticism, when it came, was often dismissed as the work of faceless accounts online, voices amplified by algorithms rather than lived experience. Yet recent scenes at...
Konate Under the Microscope as Liverpool’s Defensive Cracks Deepen Against Burnley
Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Burnley at Anfield was framed, initially at least, as another frustrating afternoon of missed chances and squandered momentum. Yet as the dust settled, attention shifted away from penalty misses and moments of attacking brilliance, and towards a growing sense of...
Van Dijk Confronts Liverpool Malaise After Burnley Draw
Liverpool’s season has reached an uncomfortable juncture, one defined not by collapse but by erosion. Momentum, once so reliable at Anfield, now feels fragile. Following a 1-1 draw with Burnley, a result that extended a worrying run of league stalemates, Virgil van Dijk offered an unusually candid...
Konate Under Scrutiny as Slot Reflects on Liverpool’s Missed Control Against Burnley
Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Burnley at Anfield felt like a game that drifted rather than collapsed, yet within that drift lay moments that carried consequence. One of them centred on Ibrahima Konate, whose involvement in Burnley’s equaliser became a focal point for post-match...
Arne Slot’s Burnley Frustration Reveals Why Wirtz and Kerkez Matter So Much
Liverpool’s draw with Burnley felt like one of those afternoons that lingers longer than it should. Control without comfort. Dominance without decisiveness. And, at full time, a sense that something important had been revealed, even if the league table barely shifted.
Arne Slot did...