Champions League
For years, the feeling was that succeeding Steven Gerrard as Liverpool captain would be an impossible task. He’d kept us relevant when it looked as though we’d slip into mid-table obscurity. He’d dominated finals, sometimes single-handledly bringing trophies back to Anfield. He even had a special celebration for goals against Manchester United and he regularly […]
The last 20 minutes of last year’s Champions League final are easy to forget, barring Divock Origi’s trophy-clinching goal in the dying embers. It was a match to fall asleep to for the neutral, with little happening for vast chunks of proceedings, as Liverpool showed their experience and outmaneuvered an ineffective Tottenham side. In hindsight, […]
The ongoing global pandemic has already had a big impact on football finances. With games returning behind closed doors, clubs have been deprived of matchday revenues, in terms of hospitality, ticket sales, and other streams of income, such as club shop sales. Additionally, and more impactfully, television rebates — even given the fact they have […]
Finally, after what felt like an interminable wait, Liverpool Football Club are Champions of England once again. The Reds’ 19th crown — their first in the Premier League era — is all the more impressive, given the club’s recent boom and bust history; where a title challenge would inevitably be followed a season later by […]
With Premier League teams across the country leaping back on the horse to finish the 2019/20 season this week, there is much to play for. Liverpool require just six points to seal a first league title in 30 years, with teams such as Manchester United, Chelsea and Sheffield United scrapping for Champions League spots a […]
What’s been the best performance by an opposition player at Anfield this season? It’s obvious, isn’t it? Takumi Minamino’s masterclass for Salzburg in the Champions League was a joy to watch at times, even if he was doing his best to rob Liverpool of group stage points. The Japanese caught the eye throughout on a […]
It’s that time of the year again. With transfers being discussed, Philippe Coutinho is once again being linked with a return to Liverpool. It’s been a regular occurrence ever since he forced his way out of Anfield to secure a dream move to Barcelona. But that quickly turned into a nightmare. He was nothing more […]
This past week marked the nine-year anniversary of Jordan Henderson’s transfer from Sunderland to Liverpool. From a skinny right-sided midfielder — who admitted to being daunted at sharing the same midfield as Steven Gerrard — to a colossal leader of men, Henderson has come of age at Anfield and is the ideal player to lead […]
Excuse the pun, but Timo Werner’s decision to join Chelsea came out of the blue. The RB Leipzig forward publicly flirted with the Reds on an almost constant basis; notably taking time to flutter his eyelashes at Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp — describing both the team and the coach as “the world’s best” — after […]
Liverpool may no longer be unbeaten in the Premier League, but it’s abundantly clear that they still are the team to beat. A coronavirus induced hiatus has given rival managers more than ample time to ponder how they could set up their side to tactically overcome Liverpool. Whilst Atletico Madrid and Watford are the two […]
