Liverpool 2-0 Sheffield United: Who Was Man of the Match?

Liverpool moved 13 points at the top of the Premier League after a very impressive 2-0 win against Sheffield United at Anfield. The Reds controlled the game from start to finish and fully deserved the 3 points and a clean sheet. In goal, Alisson had very little to do once again, until the last 5...

Liverpool 2–0 Sheffield United: Player Ratings As Blades Broken At Anfield

Liverpool started 2020 in fine form with yet another win being in total control. The Blades have fared well this season, but rarely threatened and never looked like taking any spoils from Anfield. Liverpool’s stars showed their quality by asserting themselves at will at both ends of the pitch. Jurgen Klopp will surely be...

Lustrous Liverpool Maintain Healthy League Lead

Liverpool maintained their 13 point lead at the top of the Premier League table with a 2-0 victory over Sheffield United at Anfield. Goals in each half from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane sufficed for the Reds in a performance of irrepressible control which saw them keep their fifth consecutive league clean sheet. James Milner was...

Klopp on Liverpool’s current squad status

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp discussed some of the difficulties The Reds currently face due to injuries and a hectic fixture schedule. Sheffield United visit Anfield tonight in another huge Premier League clash while Everton arrive on Sunday for a third-round FA Cup clash. In his pre-match press conference, Klopp spoke about Liverpool's absent players - The...

Liverpool 1-0 Wolves: A Tactical Breakdown

"This was a marvellous tactical battle, but for Nuno Espirito Santo, despite his best efforts, couldn’t quite deliver a surprise in morphing into Nuno Espirito Santa(!!!), but with Liverpool, rather unexpectedly, now four points clear of Manchester City, it seems Christmas may just have come early…" - Wolverhampton 0-2 Liverpool: A Tactical Breakdown, 23/12/2018 It's...

Jurgen Klopp says Anfield crowd must continue to play part in making ground a fortress

Liverpool's last home defeat in the Premier League came in April 2017. As we now enter 2020, Jurgen Klopp has praised the home crowd for helping to maintain that phenomenal record. The Reds kept their 13-point lead at the top of the table after a very hard-fought home win over Wolves on Sunday. Later this...

Liverpool Vs Sheffield United Preview – Tough encounter in store against Wilder’s Brilliant Blades

The details Venue – Anfield, Liverpool Referee – Paul Tierney Date & Time – Thursday, January 2nd @ 20:00 Current Odds – Liverpool 2/9, Draw 21/4, Sheffield United 10/1 _____________________________________________________________ European champions, World champions, Premier League champions-elect? It's looking increasingly likely. However, after a 30-year wait, there is not a single Liverpool fan who considers this title a foregone conclusion. One...

Xherdan Shaqiri injury update

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp confirmed that Xherdan Shaqiri missed the victory over Wolves due to a minor hamstring injury. A Sadio Mané strike late in the first half was enough to give The Reds a very hard-fought victory at Anfield, restoring a 13-point lead at the top of the table for Klopp's men, with a...

The Ideal Next Step for Curtis Jones

It’s that time of the year once again where attention turns to the transfer market. The January transfer window is one that Jürgen Klopp tends to shy away from where possible, but Virgil Van Dijk and Takumi Minamino are examples of him willing to use it in exceptional circumstances. However, whilst any further purchases...

Liverpool 1-0 Wolves: Who Was Man of the Match?

We end 2019 with yet another 3 points at Anfield. It was a bit of a grind but, in the end, a deserved win despite a somewhat lacklustre performance. It was clear the team was suffering from the relentless fixture pile-up over this Christmas period and were unable to play with the same intensity...

Liverpool 1-0 Wolves – Player Ratings as Reds grind out another Anfield win

Of course, the talk will be about VAR. But Liverpool have just won their 18th Premier League game out of  19 this season. They've gone back to 13 points atop the Premier League, after Sadio Mane's first-half goal sealed a 1-0 win over a plucky Wolves side at Anfield. Here's how each player fared for...

Solitary Mane Goal Extends Liverpool’s Run

A solitary Sadio Mane goal saw Liverpool extend their lead at the top of the Premier League to 13 points thanks to a hard fought 1-0 victory over Wolves at Anfield. After such a hectic period of games, the Reds looked laboured for much of the game against a team who had made wholesale changes...

Leicester 0-4 Liverpool: A Tactical Breakdown

A result like this was a long time coming. Liverpool has shown ominous signs to their rivals since the start of December, heralded by Mohamed Salah's return to form and the reintroduction of an injury-free Naby Keïta into the starting XI. It was especially fitting that Leicester were on the end of a monumental...

Liverpool Vs Wolves Preview – Can Klopp’s team continue red-hot form?

The details Venue – Anfield, Liverpool Referee – Anthony Taylor Date & Time – Sunday, December 29th @ 16:30 Current Odds – Liverpool 2/7, Draw 9/2, Wolves 10/1 _____________________________________________________________ 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand. This Jurgen Klopp creation is one hell of a red monster. Take them on at your peril....

What if…Liverpool Actually Signed Konoplyanka?

Regret’s a funny thing, isn’t it? When any Liverpool fan sees the words “What if?” their thoughts could very easily be drawn back to any of the misfortunes befalling the club since the famed night in Istanbul, over fourteen years ago. That, to any reasonable Red, was the night their team sold their soul to the...

Dominant Liverpool Hunt Foxes

Liverpool opened up a thirteen point lead at the top of the Premier League table with a 4-0 way away to second placed Leicester City. A brace from Roberto Firmino, a James Milner penalty and a Trent Alexander Arnold goal crowned a performance of complete dominance, with the Reds imperiously lording over Brendan Rodgers' Foxes. After...

Klopp on Jordan Henderson’s injury

Liverpool's Jordan Henderson is not expected to miss any game time due to the injury that forced him off in The Reds' incredible 4-0 win at Leicester City. Jurgen Klopp spoke about the captain's injury in his post-match press conference on Thursday night. Liverpool had just put in one of the most complete, dominant displays...

Leicester City 0-4 Liverpool: Who Was Man of the Match?

What a performance. We go away to the team sitting in second place in the league and make them look like a bunch of part-timers. A truly scintillating display from start to finish and, in truth, 4-0 flattered Leicester. This was always going to be one of the harder games on the schedule, but...

Leicester 0-4 Liverpool: As The Reds Dismantle The Foxes

Before the match, both Jurgen Klopp and Brendan Rodgers refused to talk about what this match meant as to the title race. Maybe they both knew what was coming because no one watching this game would have pegged it as a title decider. The gulf in class between Liverpool and Leicester was immense, and...

What if… Dejan Lovren was sent off against Middlesbrough?

In the latest of our 'what if?' series, we cast our minds back to 21st May 2017. Back in the days of watching James Milner play left back every week, Nathaniel Clyne on the other side as Trent Alexander Arnold sat on the bench, Dejan Lovren partnered Joel Matip in defence as part of a...

Liverpool ‘keeper insists he had no doubts Firmino would finish off Flamengo

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker says he had full faith in Bobby Firmino's ability to win the game when he was put through on goal in extra-time against Flamengo. Alisson was speaking to the club's official site Liverpoolfc.com after The Reds had claimed their first-ever Club World Cup title against Flamengo in Qatar. Liverpool's stopper claimed he...

What If…Henderson wasn’t sent-off against Man City?

In the latest in our 'What If?' series, Jordan Henderson's damaging red card against Manchester City is bemoaned by Henry Jackson. Anyone who reads my work or has to suffer through my endless tweets will know that I am a big admirer of Henderson. A player who has been almost ridiculously maligned by some down the...

Back-To-Goal Salah Offers Liverpool New Attacking Dimension

Mohamed Salah is back. After a few weeks of relatively low-key performances while clearly playing through an ankle injury, the Egyptian has burst back into form and has netted goals in games versus Watford (x2), Bournemouth and Red Bull Salzburg. The most striking feature of Salah's game in recent weeks, though, is how well the forward...

Liverpool trio delight in historic Club World Cup victory

Liverpool created history on Saturday evening in Qatar, winning the Club World Cup for the first time in the club's history. Roberto Firmino, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk spoke with FIFA.com after the 1-0 extra-time victory over Brazilian club Flamengo. An extremely poor refereeing performance left Liverpool battling against the odds as they also dealt...

What if… Liverpool hadn’t signed Divock Origi?

‘It’s Saturday night and I like the way you move, Divock Origi,’ chants the Kop as the loveable Belgian forward comes on the 84th minute for Roberto Firmino in a last-ditch attempt to get one up on local rivals Everton yet again. Less than 10 minutes later, Origi had scored one of the most bizarre...

Leicester City Vs Liverpool Preview – Rodgers’ Foxes out to curtail Reds title charge

THE DETAILS Venue – King Power Stadium, Leicester Referee – Michael Oliver Date & Time – Thursday, December 26th @ 20:00 Current Odds – Leicester 9/4, Draw 11/4, Liverpool 21/20 ________________________________________________________ There's nothing quite like the feast of football served up to us on Boxing Day, is there? Well, add to that the fact that Liverpool's game is what should...

Liverpool Are World Champions.

Liverpool claimed their maiden Club World success with a 1-0 after extra time victory over Brazil's Flamengo in Doha. Roberto Firmino scored the game's only goal in the 99th minute, to banish the demons of 1981 and make the Reds the first ever English club to win a continental treble, European Cup, Super Cup and...

Tactical analysis: Henderson’s new role in absence of Fabinho

By Reece Chambers When Liverpool signed Fabinho from AS Monaco in July 2018 for an estimated £40million, there was a degree of uncertainty as to what he would bring to Jurgen Klopp’s team.  He had previously played at right-back and centre midfield for Monaco, and did so to great avail, as he helped his side reach...

Liverpool 1-0 Flamengo (AET): Who was man of the match?

World champions and international treble winners: that has quite the ring to it. Though profligate in front of goal and on the receiving end of some woeful refereeing, Liverpool eventually ran out victorious against Flamengo to cap off a memorable 2019 with more silverware. South America's finest were impressive in the first half but the...

Player Ratings as Liverpool are crowned Champions of the World

Well it wasn’t easy, but Liverpool are Champions of the World for the first time in their history. It was far from a stellar performance, but once again the Reds did enough to get the victory.  Now, let’s see how each player performed individually. Alisson - 6 A few poor passes and didn’t look as assured...