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Liverpool criticised over £65m mistake

Liverpool’s Transfer Gamble Liverpool’s sporting director Michael Edwards is facing growing criticism over the club’s summer transfer activity, with former Premier League midfielder Andy …

Romano provides major Chiesa update

Federico Chiesa Facing Uncertain Future as Romano Reveals Possible January Exit Liverpool’s Federico Chiesa could be on the move in January, with reports suggesting …

Liverpool's Slot under fire from former Premier League defender

Phil Jones questions Arne Slot’s Liverpool rebuild amid mixed results Former Manchester United defender Phil Jones has offered a critical assessment of Arne Slot’s …

"Make it difficult for him" - Virgil van Dijk sends message to Trent Alexander-Arnold ahead of Liverpool return

Van Dijk reflects on Liverpool’s reunion with Trent Alexander-Arnold Liverpool enter a curious emotional crossroads as Anfield prepares to welcome a familiar face in …

Liverpool hopes of signing Premier League star hit

Guehi transfer battle intensifies as Man Utd join Liverpool pursuit Liverpool’s hopes of finally landing Marc Guehi have been dealt a major blow as …

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Daily Red Podcast: Back To Winning Ways

Dave Hendrick is here to cover all things LFC. He looks at the win over Villa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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David Lynch Reveals Key Lessons from Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa | Post-Match Analysis!

On the latest Media Matters, Dave Davis speaks to Liverpool FC journalist David Lynch to get his analysis on all the key talking points of Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 0 and the lessons learnt! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Konate Contract Twist as Liverpool Make New Offer

Dave Davis rounds up all the Liverpool FC-related news and gossip on Monday's Newsround podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Final Whistle: Game Week 10 - Premier League Fireworks

Nina and Ben are discussing all gameweek 10 action and key talking points and much more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Daily Red Podcast: We Did A Win!

Guy Drinkel is here to cover all things LFC. He looks at the win over Villa! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Liverpool FC Transfers

Liverpool criticised over £65m mistake

Liverpool’s Transfer Gamble Liverpool’s sporting director Michael Edwards is facing growing criticism over the club’s summer transfer activity, with former Premier League midfielder Andy …

Romano provides major Chiesa update

Federico Chiesa Facing Uncertain Future as Romano Reveals Possible January Exit Liverpool’s Federico Chiesa could be on the move in January, with reports suggesting …

Liverpool hopes of signing Premier League star hit

Guehi transfer battle intensifies as Man Utd join Liverpool pursuit Liverpool’s hopes of finally landing Marc Guehi have been dealt a major blow as …

Slot has £250m Liverpool problem to solve

Hughes’ high-stakes summer spending When Hughes took over recruitment responsibilities at Liverpool, there was anticipation of a measured rebuild. His first window was cautious, …

Mac Allister could make way for £150m star

Liverpool’s Midfield Balancing Act Amid Big Money Whispers Liverpool once treated blockbuster transfer fees like a superstition, a taboo belonging to Madrid or Manchester. …

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Liverpool's Slot under fire from former Premier League defender

Phil Jones questions Arne Slot’s Liverpool rebuild amid mixed results Former Manchester United defender Phil Jones has offered a critical assessment of Arne Slot’s …

Liverpool coach reveals January transfer plan for promising defender

Calvin Ramsay’s Reawakening Across Anfield folklore there are names that felt destined to light up the right flank after Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Calvin Ramsay …

Van Dijk rallies against 'lazy criticism'

Van Dijk Responds to Rooney Criticism After Liverpool’s Crucial Win Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has responded firmly to comments made by former Manchester …

Mac Allister could make way for £150m star

Liverpool’s Midfield Balancing Act Amid Big Money Whispers Liverpool once treated blockbuster transfer fees like a superstition, a taboo belonging to Madrid or Manchester. …

Liverpool scouts watch Premier League winger

Liverpool scout checks Fulham prospect as January plans accelerate Credit to Sports Mole for the original reporting that Liverpool chief scout Barry Hunter watched …

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Is the Looming 2026 World Cup Responsible for Liverpool’s Slow Start?

Things have started about as poorly as they could for Liverpool in the English Premier League. While they currently sit in the top half …

How Badly Will Liverpool Miss Mohamed Salah at the AFCON?

Liverpool could be missing Mohamed Salah for up to six league games due to the Africa Cup of Nations this winter. That prospect may …

How Liverpool’s Midfield Evolution Impacts Their Match Predictions

Significant tactical and personnel transitions have marked Liverpool’s recent campaigns. Nowhere has this shift been more evident than in the heart of the pitch, …

Exclusive: Liverpool set for Alexander Isak injury boost

Exclusive: Injury expert reveals the truth behind Alexander Isak's fitness scare Not only has Liverpool's luck on the pitch completely ran out, but it …

Gamification in Marketing: Engaging Consumers Through Interactive Rewards

Whenever you earn points for a purchase, unlock badges for leaving reviews, or spin the digital wheel for a surprise reward, you experience gamification. …

Liverpool 2 Watford 0: Player Ratings

Liverpool had a comfortable afternoon for most parts of the game against Watford, as they dominated both the possession and scoring to walk away with the three points. Watford created a couple of opportunities but Simon Mignolet was firm enough to deny them. Here are my ratings for each Red. Simon Mignolet (7) - Simon Mignolet was...

Danny Ings – Starting Over

At this time of year, Liverpool supporters are getting excited at the prospect of who the club will be signing in the summer. The excitement has reached fever pitch with Jurgen Klopp in charge, with daily rumours circulating about who his targets are and speculation mounting about the changes that will be made to...

Premier League Preview | Liverpool vs Watford

Liverpool welcome Watford to Anfield on Sunday afternoon following their success in overturning a 1-0 deficit against Villarreal to progress to the Europa League final. Liverpool are on a ten match unbeaten run at Anfield heading into the game, including four Europa League wins (W7 D3) which has seen them book their place in Basel...

Managing Daniel Sturridge – Method to Klopp’s Madness?

For the best part of a fortnight now Daniel Sturridge and Jurgen Klopp have dominated this website, our podcasts and social media. So many questions were being asked about the pair, from why Jurgen hadn't played Sturridge in the first leg against Villarreal to whether Sturridge was at odds with Klopp, the fans and the...

James Milner: Divisive, but increasingly brilliant

I have spent the whole of James Milner’s long and illustrious career trying to decide how good he is at football. He has forever baffled me. He was tipped as England’s new wonderkid when he burst onto the scene for Leeds United back in the early 2000s, but barring a few glimpses of class, I...

Why the Continuous Scouting of Players is Necessary

*In a previous article, which can be found here, I looked at why it's the profile of the player that's key when going on a recruitment drive and not their history or their current position. Scouting helps build up such a profile. In this article I look at how and why traditional scouting and...

Jürgen Klopp – The Human Juicer

The Liverpool boss is having a positive impact on the fans; even the doubters are slowly but surely being converted into believers. Some fans have even likened to him to football's equivalent of a messiah figure, here to steer Liverpool Football Club out of the dark times and restore this great club back to...

Player Profiling is Key to a Successful Summer for Liverpool

The transfer window, and the weeks leading up to it, is football fans' equivalent of Christmas as a child. Mystique surrounds the bi-yearly event. The hours spent talking about players you'd sign for your club becomes relevant. Reassurance, vindication and acknowledgement is up for grabs, if Liverpool sign a player you've put a case...

Observations from Liverpool’s win against Villarreal

Was it ever really in doubt? Liverpool at Anfield on a European night. There's nothing quite like it. There's an aura of invincibility and a sense of destiny when the Reds are in Europe. It's in the clubs blood. Feeding off such support the heart is once again pumping with Anfield rocking as Villarreal...

The Liverpool Kids – The Future or No Future?

As seasons go, this one has been something of a bonus for those Liverpool players looking to make the break through proper into fully fledged first team players. The arrival of Jurgen Klopp offered a fresh start, and the run in the FA Cup a platform on which to grasp that opportunity and show the...

No More Cup Dreams, Focus On The League Next Season

There're three things certain in life, death, taxes, and a Liverpool cup run. Liverpool have participated in 15 cup finals since the turn of the millennium, picking up the Champions League, the Europa League, three league cups and two FA Cups and firmly establishing themselves as kings of cup competitions. Cup fever has been a...

Emre Can, a risk worth taking?

Less than a month ago, Liverpool had beaten Borussia Dortmund at Anfield in one of the most spectacular games in recent memory. Subsequently, Liverpool became favourites to win the Europa League and secure a Champions League spot, under the guidance of Jürgen Klopp. The following two league victories, against Bournemouth and Everton, led many to...

WE Were Born Under a Liverbird

All of us really. Many may not be born in Liverpool but somehow, some way know that a Liverbird was around us in some shape or form before we could walk. A wise man told me it's not where you've come from but where you're at. So where are you at? Are we ready...

Diamond in the Rough – Illustrating Liverpool’s Pressing vs Swansea

As you may already know I collect pressing stats for every Liverpool Premier League game, I know - what a crazy thing to do - but it's popular, people enjoy the discussions resulting from the stats collection and we're learning a lot about some of the players at Liverpool Football Club. Twitter was adamant that...

Never underestimate the power of the twelfth man!

When the unlikeliest of victories happened, just over two weeks ago, Jürgen Klopp could do no wrong. He was the new saviour, the miracle worker, who coaxed every ounce of every players ability, heart and fight, to battle back against the odds and claim victory, against his beloved former club. The supporters were elated,...

Sturridge’s wave or Skrtel’s mistakes?

“A good living leads to forgetfulness”- A Ghanaian Proverb This came to mind on one of the many days Twitter’s machine guns and RPGs were set in motion in the Daniel Sturridge battle. For a striker who owns an impressive record that put into shade Suarez, Owen and Fowler, celebrating him should be a chore...

Prioritising the Europa League was the correct choice

The last ten days haven't been Jurgen Klopp's most memorable as Liverpool manager. He saw his Reds throw away a 2-0 lead at home to Newcastle to draw 2-2, then had the misfortune of watching on as a series of individual errors undone what would've been an excellent European semi-final away draw and then to...

Hope is Important as Klopp’s Doubters Rear Their Heads

Jurgen Klopp’s first challenge at Liverpool was to instil his ideas and philosophies on a squad of players left to him following the departure of Brendan Rodgers... ...OK, maybe his first challenge was the journey from John Lennon Airport to the city centre, and the subsequent negotiation of the selfie requests on the streets surrounding...

Swansea City 3 Liverpool 1: Player Ratings

Liverpool players tried passing the ball for the full ninety minutes but were not very successful at it resulting in another loss, this time at the Liberty Stadium on a rain-soaked Sunday afternoon. Benteke's goal was the only consolation in one of the most abject performances this season. Tough to hit a level below...

Anfield, Villarreal and Liverpool comebacks

Liverpool’s Europa League semi-final first leg was less party and more party poopers, where losing an injury time goal felt like a kick in the guts. Disappointing? Yes. End of the world? No. Some of the response it invoked on good old social media was disproportionate to say the least. Have some people forgotten...

Swansea vs Liverpool Preview | Team News & Predictions

Jurgen Klopp’s side travel to the Liberty on Sunday afternoon to face Francesco Guidolin’s side. The Reds will be looking for a win to help build momentum ahead of their second leg in the Europa League semi-final against Villarreal on Thursday night. Liverpool currently lie 7th in the Premier League, four points behind fifth placed West...

Hillsborough Part Three: The Cover Up

‘If it wasn’t for the Scousers we could stand.’ In January 1990, a mere eight months after the Hillsborough disaster, Lord Justice Taylor published his findings in what became known as The Taylor Report. The two headlines, as it were, were plain and simple. Firstly, the disaster was caused by a lack of police control...

The Blame Game – A Tactical look at the Villarreal loss

The blame game is funny. Liverpool lose and it's almost like some fans go out of their way to criticise a player they dislike even if their only at 10% fault for the goal that lost the Reds the match. Narrow minded doesn't do it justice. Like a bull locked on to a red...

Hillsborough Part 2: Saturday 15th April 1989

Saturday 15th April 1989 was a sunny day. I was living in a Halls of Residence cinderblock corridor of a room in South East London at the time, just about to complete my first year at Poly. I couldn’t afford the return train fare to Sheffield it being late in the term and what with my...

Liverpool Need To Convert Leads into Victories – It’s Not Easy

If it happens once you can pass it off as being normal. You're told that It happens to everybody and not to worry about it. You nod in agreement at the reassurance being offered. If the same problem continuously happens then you have two choices; bury your head, pretend it's normal and carry on nodding...

Observations from Liverpool’s loss to Villarreal

It was almost the perfect European away leg. Jurgen Klopp sent his Reds out with a game plan and they were so close to executing it to full effect. It was a disciplined Liverpool side. It wasn't a boxing match like the Dortmund tie were both teams went at it blow for blow. This was...

Hillsborough Part 1: The Lead Up To April 1989

Sometimes we take things for granted. Being a Liverpool fan means that you naturally adopt certain causes and prejudices. For example, there’s an inbuilt dislike of Everton and Man United. This has been with us for ages and even when there’s the occasional ceasefire it’s always there. Then there’s the more modern rivalry (that, I’ll...

Liverpool’s Progress Under Jurgen Klopp

It was a time of conflict, of separation and fissures growing ever fractured by the day. If ever there were an embodiment of how a sinking ship can simply initiate a cold depression, it was Liverpool under Brendan Rodgers. Steven Gerrard was a club legend. Yet even his influence, his special goals, the undying embers...

Illustrating Liverpool’s Pressing in the last three games

We've been collecting Pressing Stats since 2013 on Anfield Index and after watching Liverpool's last three games and then collecting the pressing stats it's safe to say that they were a mixed bag! There were some surprising performances - many will be shocked to hear that Joe Allen was key in pressing in all three...

Match Preview: Villarreal vs Liverpool

Liverpool will face Villarreal on Thursday evening in the first leg of the Europa League semi-final. The Reds will hope to bring back a positive result for the home time at Anfield and progress to the final of the competition. Liverpool are just three games away from ending their season with European silverware, with Thursday’s...

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