Liverpool vs West Ham United Preview – Mid-table Hammers arrive at Anfield in confident mood

THE DETAILS Venue – Anfield, Liverpool Referee – Kevin Friend Date & Time – Saturday, October 31st @ 17:30 Current Odds – Liverpool 4/11, Draw 17/4, West Ham United 13/2 ________________________________________________________ As Liverpool's injury concerns mount, there will be plenty of teams confident of taking the Champions down a peg or two. Yet, the attitude, professionalism and commitment of this...

Liverpool rumoured to be in talks with Bundesliga defender over potential January transfer

With Liverpool's mounting injury concerns, particularly among defenders in the squad, The Reds are rumoured to be interested in Schalke's Ozan Kabak. As reported in recent days by the Mirror, Jürgen Klopp is an admirer of the 20-year-old centre-backs talents. Kabak is already a full international for Turkey. He has been playing his football in...

Tactical Breakdown: Liverpool 2-0 Midtjylland

Time is precious, especially time on the training pitches. Since the start of the season, Jürgen Klopp has found very little time between games to work tactically with his team, with match preparation, recovery and rest requirements taking up the majority of time between fixtures. The fixture schedule is so intense that rotation across...

The reasons behind Liverpool’s new shape

At least once every season, usually around this time of the year, Jurgen Klopp switches it up and has his Liverpool side play a variation of a 4-2-3-1. In the past, it’s been a way to help bed in new players. Other times, the maverick German has used it to keep things fresh.  During 2017/18,...

Update on the fitness of Liverpool’s Fabinho and Jordan Henderson

Liverpool's injury woes continued last night as The Reds suffered more bad luck during their 2-0 Champions League win over FC Midtjylland. Jürgen Klopp's Reds had to remain patient before second-half goals from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah (penalty) sealed the three points. However, the victory came at a price as Liverpool's makeshift centre-half Fabinho...

Blackburn Loan Ideal Stomping Ground For Harvey Elliott

Liverpool sent a raft of players out on loan to lower league opposition on the final day of recently closed the transfer window. Harry Wilson, Herbie Kane, Ben Woodburn, and Harvey Elliott all temporarily departed to pastures new and Elliott -- with all due respect to the trio of academy graduates -- who joined Blackburn...

Tactical Breakdown: Liverpool 2-1 Sheffield United

With Manchester City dropping points in the early kick-off, and Liverpool denied a late winner in last week's Merseyside Derby at the behest of David Coote, the pressure was on for the champions to regain some momentum after the hammer blows of injuries and disappointing results. Jürgen Klopp made a surprising tactical change, playing four...

Lacklustre Liverpool Labour To Win

Goals from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah sealed a 2-0 win for Liverpool over Midtjylland at Anfield in Group D of the Champions. After making five changes from the victory over Sheffield United -- with only the back five and Jota retained -- a performance devoid of any fluency still yielded a win, which was...

Will this be Liverpool’s lineup to face FC Midtjylland tonight at Anfield?

Liverpool welcome Danish club FC Midtjylland to Anfield tonight as Jürgen Klopp's side looks to make it two wins from two in the Champions League. The Reds won 1-0 away to Ajax in their opening group game last week while Midtjylland went down to a heavy 4-0 defeat at home to Serie A side Atalanta. Let's...

Liverpool vs FC Midtjylland Preview – Danish side arrive at Anfield for first meeting between the clubs

THE DETAILS   Venue - Anfield, Liverpool Referee - Pawel Raczkowski Date & Time - Tuesday, October 27th 2020 @ 20:00 Current Odds - Liverpool 1/9, Draw 17/2, FC Midtjylland 20/1 _____________________________________________________________________ Liverpool welcome FC Midtjylland to Anfield this Tuesday as The Reds look to continue their winning start to their Champions League campaign. It's the first-ever meeting between the clubs and Jürgen...

Shaqiri’s the odd man out as Klopp’s Liverpool squad evolves

There were quite rightly a few eyebrows raised during Liverpool's recent Champions League victory over Ajax when Klopp decided to rotate his entire front three. Mané, Salah and Firmino were replaced by Minamino, Jota and the lesser spotted Xherdan Shaqiri in the vital 1-0 win. Both Jota and Minamino turned in bright displays, with the former...

Liverpool new boy delighted to have given The Reds a “massive three points” with winner on Saturday

Liverpool's Diogo Jota scored a great headed goal to beat Sheffield United at the weekend. The Portugal international felt it was "a massive three points" for his new club. Jürgen Klopp's Reds had gone behind to a Sander Berge penalty after just 13 minutes when Fabinho was very harshly adjudged to have fouled Oliver McBurnie...

3 Potential Replacements for Virgil van Dijk

Before we get into this, I want to make it clear that it’s impossible to replace Virgil van Dijk. The best we can hope for is finding someone who fills the void in the backline and in my heart to the best of their abilities.  Now that we’ve cleared that up, we can look at...

Key Stats as Liverpool get back on track against Sheffield United

Liverpool got back on track in the Premier League after back to back games without a win, by coming from behind to see off Sheffield United 2-1 at Anfield. Diego Jota marked his first league start at Anfield with the match-winning goal, as Roberto Firmino got his campaign off and running following a penalty...

Player Ratings as Liverpool Put the Blades to the Sword

Liverpool got back to winning ways in the Premier League after a reasonably solid 2-1 over Sheffield United at Anfield. The Reds went behind after more disgraceful officiating aided by VAR, but dug deep to come away with all three points. Alisson – 6 It was great to see our gloved Brazilian back between the sticks...

Liverpool Blunt Blades in Comeback Win

Goals from Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota saw Liverpool fight back from 1-0 down to beat Sheffield United 2-1 at Anfield. Far from their best, the Reds -- who were on the receiving end of more farcical VAR decisions -- eked out a win and moved level with Everton at the top of the table. With...

Understated Robertson continues superb start to the season

In years and decades to come, Liverpool supporters will look back at this phenomenal team and pick out the poster boys from it, lavishing them with love and praise. Whereas some great teams only have two or three iconic figures to bore future generations to death about, there are endless contenders in this Liverpool side. Virgil...

He’s Not Perfect, But He’s Ours

I just want to make a point, a point that should be obvious to all Liverpool supporters, but something that seems to be lost in the reactionary atmosphere in which we live these days. Adrian. Adrian is our back-up keeper. If he was good enough to be a top-6 keeper elsewhere, he would be. But he's...

Will this be Liverpool’s starting lineup to play Sheffield United on Saturday night?

Liverpool return to Premier League action on Saturday night when Sheffield United visit Anfield. Let's have a look at the likely starting eleven for The Reds. Jürgen Klopp will be hoping to welcome back Thiago Alcântara and Joël Matip to the squad while Kostas Tsimikas and Naby Keïta will also face late fitness tests. Some good...

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

Liverpool made a solid start to their 2020/21 Champions League campaign with a 1-0 victory over Ajax at the Johan Cruyff Arena. It wasn’t the most convincing of wins, with the Reds requiring a strange own-goal from Nicolas Tagliafico to win them the game. Nevertheless, after a couple of scary moments at the back, Liverpool defended...

Liverpool vs Sheffield United Preview – Blunted Blades arrive at Anfield with a point to prove

THE DETAILS Venue – Anfield, Liverpool Referee – Mike Dean Date & Time – Saturday, October 24th @ 20:00 Current Odds – Liverpool 2/9, Draw 11/2, Sheffield United 11/1 ________________________________________________________ Liverpool have a tough season ahead of them with so many injuries to contend with. The obvious one is Virgil van Dijk who is out for the whole campaign, but...

Tactical Breakdown: Ajax 0-1 Liverpool

Despite both clubs' European pedigree, the last competitive game between these two sides was played back in the time of Bill Shankly. Much has changed since then. Nonetheless, football is still football, and tactics are the gameplans employed by managers to produce a particular outcome. These gameplans are often the product of the manager's...

Klopp praises Fabinho and Joe Gomez central defensive partnership after win at Ajax

Liverpool got their Champions League campaign off to a great start thanks to a hard-fought 1-0 win away to Ajax with Fabinho and Joe Gomez forming a solid partnership in central defence. Fabinho had a particularly good game at centre-half while Joe Gomez also showed a marked improvement in his level of performance. This could...

Thiago Influence Can Lift Jordan Henderson To Old Self

Jordan Henderson is an extremely versatile player, as we've seen throughout the entirety of his Liverpool career. Whether it's been as the midfield anchor, as an energetic, box to box tornado of engine room intensity or -- as we saw in his first season with the Reds, under Kenny Dalglish -- as a right midfielder...

Ajax 0-1 Liverpool: Player ratings as Reds battle to three Group D points

Liverpool ended their run of three games without a win by doggedly beating Ajax. Nicolas Tagliafico's clumsy own-goal was ultimately the difference, though Davy Klaassen hit the post and Liverpool spurned opportunities of their own in the closing stages. Here's how the Reds rated in Amsterdam... Adrian - 7 It was far from a confident start - the...

Liverpool Open Group D Campaign With Win

An own goal from Nicolas Tagliafico saw Liverpool open their Champions League Group D campaign with a 1-0 victory away to Ajax. Far from their best, the Reds -- who played a makeshift centre half pairing of Joe Gomez and Fabinho -- battled their way to a win in a professional rather than purring showing. It...

Will this be Liverpool’s starting lineup against Ajax tonight?

Liverpool begin their Champions League campaign tonight away to Ajax. Let's have a look at the likely starting lineup Jürgen Klopp may go with. By now, all Reds fans are aware that we are likely to be without Virgil van Dijk for the rest of the season. Currently, Liverpool are also missing Alisson and Alex...

Fabinho may well be first-choice centre-back in Van Dijk’s absence

It's strange to think, but Liverpool's second-best centre-back, after Virgil van Dijk, may well be Fabinho. This isn't an article having a go at a clearly excellent, but still young and developing Joe Gomez. I'm a huge fan of Gomez as a defender. Still only 23, the former Charlton Athletic player is one of England's...

Virgil Loss Will Be a Huge Blow But Liverpool Are Still Brilliant

Let's get the captain obvious statement out of the way at the beginning, shall we? Liverpool will miss Virgil van Dijk during his injury lay off, which, per reports, could last anything from six to nine months. If you could manufacture the perfect centre half in a lab, equipped with elite physical, mental, technical and leadership...

Klopp gives injury update ahead of Ajax clash

Jürgen Klopp gave Liverpool fans an update on the squad's injury-list this week as The Reds prepare to start their Champions League campaign away to Dutch giants Ajax. Virgil van Dijk will most likely miss the rest of the season after Jordan Pickford's horror challenge on Saturday. Thiago Alcântara was also injured in the Everton...