Liverpool v Manchester City Preview - Reds and City face-off in potential thriller
The Details
Venue - Anfield, Liverpool
Referee - Martin Atkinson
Date & Time - Sunday, October 7th @ 16:30
Current Odds - Liverpool 13/8, Draw 13/5, Manchester City 17/10
Form
Liverpool Form
Liverpool's form has taken a definite hit over the last week or so. Yet, the most important fixture, in my view, was when Jurgen Klopp's men attained the most positive result of the last week - with Daniel Sturridge bagging a late equaliser at Stamford Bridge to maintain The Reds' unbeaten league …
Panic at the San Paolo - Napoli 1-0 Liverpool
Panic! Our once vaunted attack leaves Italy with a whimper. The Ribena has run out for James Milner. Naby Keita left the pitch on a stretcher. Trent and Robbo looked gassed from the beginning. And City awaits...
First Half
All About Naby
Each of the other Champions League ties were full of tricks, flips and goals galore. In Naples, the mood was much different. It’s not clear what crop was harvested from the San Paolo pitch prior to kickoff, but …
Player Ratings as Reds are neutralised in Naples
Dreadful, absolutely dreadful. Liverpool's worst performance of the season so far rightfully punished with a late Napoli winner.
The Reds were never at the races, with David Ospina not having to make a single save in the home goal.
Onto Sunday, where it has to be better. Here are your ratings.
Three players come away with credit
Alisson Becker (7): Made a couple of really good saves, probably would have been more than 1-0 if not for him. Held a …
Chelsea 1 Liverpool 1: A Tactical Breakdown
First of all, an apology from myself. I'm awfully sorry I haven't been able to discuss perhaps two of the most exciting games of the season - LFC vs. Spurs and LFC vs. PSG, as unfortunately, I have been without WiFi for the past two weeks. To make up for that, this is a short but special Tactical Breakdown edition, looking at both the Chelsea League Cup and Premier League games.
The League Cup fixture between Liverpool and Chelsea was …
Napoli v Liverpool Preview - Tough Trip to Naples for Klopp's Reds
The Details
Venue - Stadio San Paolo, Naples
Referee - Viktor Kassai (HUN)
Date & Time - Wednesday, October 3rd 2018 @ 20:00 BST
Current Odds - Napoli 5/2, Draw 13/5, Liverpool 23/20
Form
Napoli Form
Napoli lost Maurizio Sarri to Chelsea, during the summer. Sarri then also took their fantastic midfield-metronome, Jorginho, to Stamford Bridge with him. Carlo Ancelotti came in and, although he has made a relatively positive start, they are already behind the standards they set, last season. An early-season …
Alisson Becker - Passing His First Big Test
Daniel Sturridge has rightfully gotten most of the attention after the nail-biting finale of the clash against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge - what a strike that was. One the best compliments for that shot would be that even Alisson couldn't have saved it. Liverpool's new Brazilian keeper didn't have a whole lot to do in terms of saves this season up until Saturday evening - most of the accurate shots towards Alisson's goal were of bad quality, after all shot …
Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool: Who Was Man of the Match For Liverpool?
After a series of glorious opportunities went begging, it was beginning to seem that it would simply not be Liverpool's day at Stamford Bridge, only for Daniel Sturridge to single-handedly stave off the agony of an impending defeat and spark celebrations befitting of a victory.
From Eden Hazard's opener onwards, Liverpool were, without doubt, the better side, but they could not claim to have deserved anything more than a loss given their own wastefulness.
The Reds needed their front three to …
Observations as Liverpool and Chelsea share the spoils
Liverpool, courtesy of a wonder strike from Sturridge late on, rescued a point at the Bridge, a point they deserved considering the display put in. Going by the performance of Chelsea, not many teams would get points at Chelsea, so this could be a big point as the season progresses.
The key observations from this high-quality game
Alisson saves the blushes
This game had the two costliest goalkeepers in the world at either end of the field, and both of …
Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool - Player Ratings as Daniel Sturridge worldie rescues point
Daniel Sturridge. Daniel Sturridge. Daniel Sturridge. If you're a Liverpool fan, the 1-1 draw against Chelsea should leave you with no other thoughts in your head. What. A. Goal. I'm going to spend my next two days exclusively watching that goal over and over again. If you aren't, I'm judging you.
Here's how the rest of the Reds fared in a tough game at the Bridge.
ALISSON BECKER - 9/10
Immense. Bloody immense. He kept us in the game, which …
Chelsea v Liverpool Preview - Top of the Table clash at The Bridge
The Details
Venue - Stamford Bridge, London
Referee - Andre Marriner
Date & Time - Saturday, September 29th @ 17:30
Current Odds - Chelsea 15/8, Draw 12/5, Liverpool 11/8
Form
Chelsea Form
Chelsea, along with Manchester City, have been the closest league competitors to Liverpool, so far this season. The Blues have made the best start they could have imagined under new boss, Maurizio Sarri. Disregarding Wednesday night's game, due to the heavy rotation involved on both teams, Chelsea had already been very tough …