LFC News Roundup

Mohamed Salah wins again as his impressive campaign continues and the Arsenal vs Liverpool fixture is rescheduled. With much of the Liverpool squad away on international duty and Jürgen Klopp's men not playing their next game until April, it's sure to be a quiet week around the club. However, here's a brief update on everything...

Nicolas Gonzalez: A Future Liverpool Forward

Gradually, reports are beginning to emerge that Liverpool's main priority in the upcoming transfer window will be adding more firepower to their forward line. According to the well connected Simon Hughes of The Athletic the Reds will be looking to supplement their stock of attackers with addition(s) and not -- despite some rumours linking Mohamed Salah with...

Reds rumoured to be interested in Inter Milan centre-half

Liverpool are reported to be interested in Inter Milan centre-back Alessandro Bastoni as The Reds prepare to build on their current squad. Jürgen Klopp and co have had to cope for most of the season without their three top centre-backs - Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez, and Joël Matip. Van Dijk and Gomez both suffered...

Tactical Breakdown: Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Liverpool

Liverpool won 1-0 at the Mollineux as they strung together back to back victories and clean sheets for the first time since beating Wolves and Ajax, last December. Jürgen Klopp named an unchanged team, following his side's victory against RB Leipzig. Most significantly, this meant Fabinho played as the no.6 and Jota as the no.9. Liverpool's...

Liverpool’s route to another potential Istanbul final unveiled in Champions League draw

Liverpool will face Spanish giants Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League as revealed in today's draw in Switzerland. Jürgen Klopp's men travel to Madrid for the first leg on April 6th or 7th before welcoming Zinedine Zidane and co to Anfield for the return fixture a week later. The last time the sides...

Why Ozan Kabak Looks Likely To Earn Full Time Liverpool Move

At 20 years old, footballers are going to have peaks and valleys in their form. Nowhere is this truer than in the case of defenders. Since joining Liverpool on loan from Schalke 04 on the January transfer deadline day, Ozan Kabak has had his ups and downs in red. High profile errors against Leicester on debut...

“That’s the only way I know to get back on track” – Klopp believes ugly wins are necessary to revive Liverpool’s season

Liverpool will have to fight for more "ugly" wins between now and the end of the season according to Jürgen Klopp. The boss was referring to how his men battled hard to take all three points from their game at Molineux on Monday night. Diogo Jota's strike just before half-time was all that separated the...

Oxlade-Chamberlain faces vital period in his Liverpool career

One of the most cruel moments of the Jurgen Klopp era at Liverpool was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's cruciate knee ligament injury. On that sad night during the business end of the 2017/18 season, the former Arsenal man was an undoubted key starter in a Reds side on the cusp of reaching the Champions League final. Having initially...

An Ode To Andy Robertson, Liverpool’s Bionic Left Back

There are no two ways about it, Andy Robertson hasn't been as good this season as the campaigns that proceeded it. At the time of writing, the Scotland captain has only recorded five league assists, compared to 12 last season. Barring a huge glut in the final ten games of the campaign, the 27-year-old is...

“Let’s keep doing our job” – Reds forward insists focusing on their own games is only way forward for Liverpool

Liverpool's Diogo Jota believes The Reds can still finish in the top four in the Premier League this season. Jota scored the only goal of the game to give Jürgen Klopp's men an important victory at Wolves on Monday night. That win leaves Liverpool five points behind Chelsea who are fourth in the table. Speaking to...

Why Do We Still Underrate Mo Salah?

Mo Salah scored his 25th goal of the season in last Wednesday’s defeat of Leipzig. The Egyptian continues to break records but is yet to be considered as one of the world's best players, which begs the question: Why do we still underrate Mo Salah?   It is a tough question; maybe it is the slight...

Klopp praises his Reds for being “ready for fighting” for the win at Wolves

Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp was delighted with the fighting spirit his team showed as they held on to win 1-0 at Wolves on Monday night. Former Wolves player Diogo Jota scored the only goal of the game to give Liverpool a much-needed three points. The win moves Klopp's men back within five points of Chelsea...

The truth about Thiago and his pressing

The arrival of Thiago was supposed to give Liverpool a Plan B. The fear was that the opposition would soon find a way to limit the influence of the full-backs and that the Reds might get found out. However, injuries and Covid robbed Jurgen Klopp of his No.6 for the best part of half...

Liverpool Tame Wolves To Get Back To Winning Ways In The League

Liverpool's top-four prospects were given a shot in the arm after a 1-0 win away to Wolves. Returning to his former club, Diogo Jota scored the game's solitary goal and gave the Reds what was -- on the overall balance -- a deserved win. The visitors started the game in a shaky fashion and this was...

Will this be Liverpool’s starting lineup to face Wolves tonight in the Premier League?

Liverpool face Wolves tonight at Molineux in the Premier League as The Reds look to hold onto their slim hopes of a top-four finish this season. Jürgen Klopp's men are 8th in the league and 8 points behind Chelsea who are fourth. Liverpool have tonight's game in hand over The Blues so a win would...

The Thiago & Fabinho Partnership: The Midfield of Liverpool’s Future

Finally, for the first time since October, Fabinho played as a defensive midfielder in Liverpool's 2-0 Champions League last 16 win over Red Bull Leipzig. The Brazilian, who, due to the Reds' huge injury toll, had operated in the centre half role for the majority of the season. The 27-year-old mostly excelled in the heart...

Tactical Breakdown: Liverpool 2-0 RB Leipzig

Liverpool won 2-0 in their "home" leg in Budapest against RB Leipzig to progress to the quarter finals of the Champions League. The victory in both result and performance was similar to the first leg, with the Reds creating a number of big chances, but Leipzig not managing to convert any of theirs either. Fabinho...

Phillips & Kabak: Liverpool’s Should Be Pairing At The Back

Liverpool, allowing for exaggeration, fielded their 8000th centre-half combination of the season against Red Bull Leipzig in their 2-0 Champions League last 16 victory over the German's last Wednesday night. Nat Phillips and Ozan Kabak saddled up together for only the second time and the young duo was largely superb in keeping a clean sheet...

Wolves vs Liverpool Preview – Reds more likely to shine away from Anfield

THE DETAILS Venue – Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton Referee – Craig Pawson Date & Time – Monday, March 15th @ 20:00 Current Odds – Wolves 15/4, Draw 11/4, Liverpool 8/11 ________________________________________________________ Liverpool are seven points off the top four with just 10 games remaining in the Premier League season. It's highly unlikely The Reds will qualify for the Champions League but you'd...

No Champions League football could be blessing in disguise

It feels ridiculous even contemplating starting this article in all honesty. The reigning champions left licking their wounds as they limp through what has been nothing short of a horror show. Now, instead of what we all thought would be a season where Liverpool would make a stern defence of the trophy that had alluded them...

Liverpool midfielder nominated for Champions League Player of the Week award

Liverpool's Fabinho is one of four players nominated for the Champions League Player of the Week award after his performance in The Reds' win over RB Leipzig. Fabinho was in inspired form as he returned to his more natural defensive-midfield role, guarding the young centre-back pairing of Nat Phillips and Ozan Kabak. Thiago Alcântara was...

Ozan Kabak: Harshly criticised and under-praised

LIVERPOOL ARE BACK! Well, they've won another game, at least. The Reds were excellent in their 2-0 win over RB Leipzig, as they were in the first leg and in a smattering of recent away matches. For all this incomprehensibly bad home form at Anfield, which is now bordering on laughable, Jurgen Klopp's men haven't completely...

#SellThemAll (Except the Scousers)

Every individual human involved in Liverpool Football Club, any pack animals utilised in Nike’s kit supply chain, the cows that provided the leather for our boots, even inanimate objects should be open for critique at this point. Yes, our recent past includes some of the best memories this club has experienced in a generation....

Liverpool And The Fabinho Conundrum

Without a shred of a doubt, Fabinho has been Liverpool's best centre half this season. Considering the Brazilian only played the role once previously, keeping Robert Lewandowski scoreless in a 0-0 Champions League draw with FC Bayern in 2019, his adaptation to the heart of the defence has been remarkable. In lieu of the injured Virgil...

Thiago hails teammate as “awesome to play alongside” after Liverpool progress in Champions League

Liverpool's Thiago Alcântara was signing the praises of Fabinho after The Reds' progressed to the quarter-final stages of the Champions League. Fabinho was back in his more natural defensive-midfield role as Jürgen Klopp's men beat Bundesliga side, RB Leipzig, 2-0 in Budapest, going through 4-0 on aggregate. Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané were the scorers, as...

MOTM Fabinho raises levels as Liverpool advance in Europe

Jurgen Klopp hailed the joy of seeing "the best number six in the world" back in his favourite position, as Fabinho put in a Man of the Match display throughout Liverpool's 2-0 win over Leipzig on Wednesday night. Courtesy of goals from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, Liverpool rode to a 4-0 aggregate win over...

Liverpool 2-0 Leipzig (4-0 aggregate): Player ratings as Reds march on

There will be attempts to dampen this initially torturous, eventually comfortable victory. Leipzig, it will be said, are the ideal opponents for this one-dimensional iteration of Liverpool. The depleted Reds' prospects of going all the way in the competition will be written off. However valid those reservations, this win offers supporters a precious feeling of...

Liverpool Cruise Into Champions League Quarter Finals After Leipzig Victory

Liverpool cruised into the quarter-final of the Champions League after a 2-0 victory over Red Bull Leipzig in Hungary. Goals from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane gave the six times winners a deserved victory over the Bundesliga side. Were it not for poor finishing, with Diogo Jota, Mane, and Salah all guilty of blowing big...

Will this be Liverpool’s lineup to play RB Leipzig tonight in the Champions League?

Liverpool are back in Budapest tonight as they prepare to defend their two-goal lead against RB Leipzig in the Champions League. Jürgen Klopp's men won the 'away' leg on the same ground back in February. Tonight's fixture is technically Liverpool's 'home' leg but, due to COVID-enforced travel restrictions between the UK and Germany, both games...

Lucas Paqueta: Liverpool’s Next Brazilian Star?

Liverpool's have seen several Brazilian players ply their trade at Anfield in recent years. Lucas Leiva, Fabio Aurelio, Philippe Coutinho, Alisson, Roberto Firmino and Fabinho have all represented both the Reds' and the Selecao in the last decade. The lesser spotted goalkeeping duo of Diego Cavalieri and Doni also donned the famous red and yellow...