Liverpool: Winner?

The only good thing about the ongoing pandemic is that we can take a step back from all the non-sports-related scandals shaking the world of sports. There is no doping when there are no competitions. There are no controversial decisions made by the officials. Even the means and methods of fixing matches are ineffective...

How Would Carragher Fit Into This Liverpool FC Side?

While it’s practically impossible to improve on the kind of perfection that this Liverpool team has embodied over the last two years...it’s always fun to fantasise, isn’t it? So with that being said, here’s a Liverpool legend that might just fit into the greatest LFC side of our generation... When you look at this wonderful, star-studded...

“It has been a progression” – Reds captain discusses team’s never-say-die attitude

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson says the team's "mentality" and "resilience" has been "massive" in the team's recent successes. Since Jürgen Klopp's arrival at Anfield, The Reds have earned a reputation as mentality monsters - a team that simply never stops believing, never gives up. Late goals and come-from-behind wins were semi-regular occurrences in the last...

Jurgen Klopp’s substitution pattern

Jurgen Klopp is the best thing to happen to Liverpool Football Club for a long long time and certainly in my lifetime. The transformation of the club under the German is nothing short of incredible and has gotten him a demigod status for the Reds' faithful. During his Anfield reign Klopp has shown tactical...

How Would Fernando Torres Fit Into This Liverpool FC Side?

While it’s practically impossible to improve on the kind of perfection that this Liverpool team has embodied over the last two years, it’s always fun to fantasise, isn’t it? So, with that being said, here’s a Liverpool legend that might just fit into the greatest LFC side of this generation. No, replacing Roberto Firmino wouldn’t be...

Klopp rumoured to be eyeing a move for Ousmane Dembélé

Spanish publication, Sport.es, reported this week that Jürgen Klopp is eyeing a move for Barcelona's French forward Ousmane Dembélé. The report claims that Liverpool are interested in signing Dembélé for around €80 million. France international Dembélé is still only 22, yet, he has been performing to global audiences since his late teens. The youngster made his...

Sabitzer The Latest Bull to be Liverpool Red

Over the last year or so, Liverpool have had an exceptional record in tying down their key players to new deals. Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane -- among others -- have all penned new contracts to see them remain at Anfield for the foreseeable future. Absent from that list of renewals, however -- despite...

Mohamed Salah or Luis Suarez?

Only Alan Shearer has scored more goals than Mohamed Salah in 100 Premier League appearances for a single club. The Liverpool forward has 70 goals for the Reds in 100 games. A remarkable return given he's a wide forward. He's managed to eclipse the likes of Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Thierry Henry, Sergio Aguero and...

There will be no fairytale return to Anfield for former Liverpool star

Liverpool will not be providing Philippe Coutinho with a route back to Anfield in the next transfer window according to David Maddock. Coutinho has spent the last six months of his dwindling career on loan at Bundesliga giants FC Bayern. However, Bayern have all but confirmed that they will not be taking up the option...

Best games of 2019/20: Liverpool 2 – 0 Manchester United

As sport across the world continues to quite rightly take a back-seat, it provides a perfect platform to revel in some of Liverpool's finest moments of the season to date. While it may only provide a small silver lining to what are undoubtedly dark days, there's not a lot better than thinking back to some...

Liverpool reported to be interested in Valencia youngster

Liverpool's scouting department is reported to be keeping close tabs on Valencia's versatile young forward, Ferrán Torres. As reported by David Maddock in the Daily Mirror, Jürgen Klopp and his backroom team are rumoured to be admirers of Torres' ability. Having made just 10 starts in the previous two LaLiga campaigns, Torres burst onto the scene...

How Would Luis Suarez Fit Into This Liverpool FC Side?

While it’s practically impossible to improve on the kind of perfection that this Liverpool team has embodied over the last two years...it’s always fun to fantasise, isn’t it? So with that being said, here’s a Liverpool legend that might just fit into the greatest LFC side of our generation Liverpool's electric front three of Sadio Mane,...

Why Alisson is still the best goalkeeper in the world

Twitter can be a strange place. Manuel Veth, freelance football writers for a number of outlets, is of the belief that Manuel Neuer has been better than Alisson Becker this season. When asked to explain his thought process behind this shout, he refused and told me to write an article on why he’s wrong....

Former Liverpool striker gives his take on potential Bundesliga signings for Reds

Emile Heskey says that both Borussia Dortmund's Jadon Sancho and Timo Werner from RB Leipzig look like they would be ideal signings for Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool. Heskey played 150 games for Liverpool under Gérard Houllier between 2000 and 2004. He scored 39 goals for the club and was part of the treble-winning side of the...

Goals change narratives

There was never going to be an ideal time to pause football but doing so after a loss was always going to be torturous. Liverpool’s last outing was a 3-2 loss to Atletico Madrid. There’s no shame in losing to a team managed by Diego Simeone, even if they aren’t in the best form....

Napoli midfielder touted as ideal Reds signing on AI Pro podcast

Dave Hendrick and Karl Matchett recently spoke about Napoli midfielder Fabián Ruiz and how his game has developed at Napoli. Both feel that Ruiz would be a great addition to the Liverpool midfield. The conversation was featured on Anfield Index Pro podcast A-Eye Scouted: Transfer Chat this week. The Spain international turns 24 next month. Standing...

Imagining A Post Apocalyptic Anfield

A small drone whizzes down a deserted street. Two mangy dogs face off over possession of a discarded can. The tin echos as it bounces across pavement and concrete. The camera pans up, past the shuddered businesses and grey landscape as a shimmering, modern stadium comes into focus. Post apocalyptic Anfield. Because, no matter what happens to society,...

James Pearce’s insight into Liverpool’s approach to the lockdown as a club

James Pearce from The Athletic recently joined Nina Kauser on the Anfield Index Pro Media Matters podcast to discuss Liverpool's approach, as a club, during this lockdown. Jürgen Klopp's Reds were 25 points clear at the top of the Premier League table when the action was brought to a stop due to the current Coronavirus pandemic. With...

A Football Club is About More than Just Football

There have been so many yearnings for what we no longer have. A platitude of moral dilemmas trying to figure out how much we’re allowed to miss football whilst also framing every such pining with “we know football’s not important in the grand scheme of things.” But, it is, isn’t it? If anything’s been proven...

Alexander-Arnold’s in-depth interview on British GQ

The Scouser in our team, Trent Alexander-Arnold, gave an in-depth interview to Alastair Campbell and British GQ in recent days in which he professed his love for his Merseyside club. Liverpool's number 66 was asked about many subjects in an interview that's certainly worth watching if you get the opportunity. TAA was asked about the connection...

Why is Virgil Van Dijk so underrated?

When does a player become too good that people start to underrate their performances? In Virgil van Dijk’s case, it was almost immediately after he moved to Liverpool. Though he went on to claim the PFA Player of the Year in his first full season at Anfield, many put that down to the hype surrounding...

Why Villa away is Liverpool’s biggest win of 2019/20

When Liverpool do eventually win this Premier League title, there will always be moments looked back upon as the most pivotal during the season. For me, the game that stands out more than any other is the trip to Aston Villa in November. This was long before the Reds started building an unfathomable lead over Man...

Former Everton and Manchester United star admits Liverpool “deserve this title”

Former Manchester United star Wayne Rooney believes Liverpool deserve the Premier League title and that the right decision has been made with regards to completing the current domestic league season at some date in the future. Writing in his column in The Times, Rooney had high praise for the achievements of Jürgen Klopp's Reds and...

David Alaba The Swiss Army Knife Liverpool Need

This upcoming transfer window — whenever that will be in the coronavirus paused footballing world — could well be Dejan Lovren’s last at Liverpool. The Croat defender has proved a divisive player amongst the Reds fans since his £20M switch from Southampton in the summer of 2014 and his Anfield stint almost came to an...

Best games of 2019/20: Leicester 0 – 4 Liverpool

The current authority-imposed hiatus from football due to the ever-saddening Coronavirus outbreak gives us all time to reflect on a plethora of subjects. Inevitably, for those obsessed with football and the thought of Liverpool finally claiming that Premier League title, thoughts turn to some of the Reds' stand-out performances of what has been a marvellous...

What should Liverpool do with Naby Keita?

When Liverpool beat FC Barcelona, FC Bayern and a host of Europe’s elite to secure the signature of Naby Keita it was heralded as a coup. The Guinean captain was a whirlwind in the middle third for RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga and appeared to be the definition of a box-to-box midfielder. He scored goals....

Salah v TAA – Who is Liverpool’s TRUE ‘MVP’ of 2019/20?

In real terms, the only ‘contest’ involving Liverpool now is an internal one—namely, the identity of who becomes the club’s latest Player of the Season. But who deserves it more? We highlight two main candidates, with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohammed Salah as the prime outfield contenders. ‘TAA’ – Already up there with Gerrard? Underdog stories within...

FA, Premier League and EFL confirm intentions to complete 2019/20 domestic season

The 2019/20 English football season will hopefully be completed at the earliest possible opportunity, according to the FA, the Premier League and the EFL. Liverpool - 25 points clear at the top of the Premier League table - need just six more points to clinch the club's 19th league title and their first for 30...

Liverpool will be crowned Premier League champions

Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same. For the past week, in footballing circles, talk has centred around whether or not the 2019/20 campaign would be finished. Common sense would suggest a season not yet underway couldn’t take precedence over one that is very near completion. But there’s not much common sense...

Pepijn Lijnders shares some insights into being part of the LFC backroom team

Liverpool assistant manager Pepijn Lijnders recently spoke to the club's official site about working with Jürgen Klopp and what it's like to be a part of The Reds' backroom staff. Lijnders described the club as being "blessed" to have such a talented and informed group with "ambition and passion" working behind the scenes for Klopp. Klopp...