Liverpool vs Villarreal: Champions League Test Arrives Amid Injury Worries
Liverpool go again in the Champions League tonight, and they do so with the treatment room doing far too much of the talking. Villarreal arrive at Anfield with the home side carrying fresh knocks after the weekend, and that puts the focus on resilience as...
Florian Wirtz Shows Signs of Progress as David Lynch Assesses Liverpool Form
Florian Wirtz has delivered consecutive assists in Liverpool’s victories over LASK and Brentford, giving the attacking midfielder an encouraging platform to build on after a difficult start to the season. Speaking to Dave Davis on Anfield Index’s Media Matters podcast, journalist David Lynch...
Bradley Barcola settling into Liverpool life after difficult start
Bradley Barcola has arrived at Liverpool with a €145m fee on his back, a World Cup summer behind him and very little time to settle. So the slow start was hardly shocking. Expensive signings do not become instant answers just because the invoice is huge.
The 24-year-old...
Liverpool team news: Andoni Iraola puts freshness first before Villarreal clash
Andoni Iraola wants Liverpool’s strongest available team on the pitch against Villarreal. His definition of that team, however, depends on how players have recovered from a particularly demanding afternoon at Brentford.
With four consecutive home fixtures approaching, Liverpool face an opportunity to build momentum at...
Rio Ngumoha contract talks progressing as Liverpool youngster thrives under Andoni Iraola
There is a freshness about Rio Ngumoha that feels perfectly suited to the demands of modern Liverpool, a young forward with pace, nerve and the kind of adaptability that turns promise into genuine trust. At 18, he is already beginning to look like...
Florian Wirtz Remains Liverpool’s Big Tactical Question After Brentford Win
Liverpool got the result they needed at Brentford. They responded to a first league defeat of the season, collected an away win and climbed to fifth. On the surface, that is the kind of afternoon Andoni Iraola would have taken without much fuss. Dig a...
Liverpool Injury Update as Andoni Iraola Confirms Setback for Jeremie Frimpong and Dominik Szoboszlai
Liverpool left Brentford with three points and a 2-1 victory, but the mood around Andoni Iraola was tempered by the kind of injury news that can sour a good afternoon. In the hard light that follows a narrow win, the head...
Liverpool’s Brentford Test Comes Fast as Fixture List Starts to Bite
Liverpool head to Brentford this afternoon with the season already asking awkward questions of Andoni Iraola and his squad. The issue is simple enough. The Reds have had precious little time to recover after Wednesday night’s 6-3 win over LASK in Austria, a game...
Alexander Isak Injury Concern Grows as Bradley Barcola Delivers Liverpool Breakthrough
Liverpool finally got a return that looked worthy of a nine-figure outlay. Bradley Barcola’s Champions League hat-trick against LASK was emphatic, timely and badly needed. More to the point, it felt like the first genuinely weighty statement from Liverpool’s expensive attacking rebuild.
Alexander Isak had...
Virgil van Dijk Offers Liverpool Injury Reassurance Ahead of Brentford Clash
Virgil van Dijk has offered Liverpool a welcome measure of reassurance ahead of Saturday’s Premier League trip to Brentford, suggesting that the calf injury sustained against Manchester City should not prevent him from returning to the starting line-up.
For a player whose presence has become...
