Cody Gakpo’s Liverpool Revival Under Andoni Iraola Could Be One of the Stories of the Season
Cody Gakpo has opened the new campaign looking like a footballer determined to reshape the conversation around his Liverpool career. After a difficult 2025/26 season, and amid serious transfer interest from Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, there was every...
Blistering opening transforms Liverpool mood
Alexander Isak needed only ten minutes to change the atmosphere around Liverpool’s new season. Two goals, both dispatched with the alertness expected of a £125 million striker, secured a first Premier League victory of the campaign and offered an early demonstration of what this rebuilt side might become under Andoni...
Gakpo turns selection pressure into early momentum
Competition can unsettle a player or sharpen him. On the evidence of Liverpool’s 2-0 away victory over Ipswich Town, Cody Gakpo has chosen the more profitable response.
Alexander Isak supplied the two goals, both scored inside nine minutes, and understandably collected the official man-of-the-match award. Yet Gakpo shaped the...
Liverpool Penalty Decision v Ipswich Reignites VAR Debate After 2-0 Win
Liverpool got the result they needed at Portman Road, beating Ipswich Town 2-0, and they did it early. Alexander Isak scored twice inside the opening 10 minutes, the game was effectively settled, and Andoni Iraola had a first league win on the board.
That should...
Cody Gakpo Raises Liverpool’s Left-Side Ceiling as Bradley Barcola Waits for His Moment
At the start of a season, hierarchy can feel fluid. New signings arrive with noise and expectation, old certainties can seem vulnerable, and selection often appears a referendum on transfer fees. Yet a team tends to reveal its truths quickly. Liverpool’s 2-0...
Bradley Barcola Debut Gives Liverpool the Pace They Were Missing
Liverpool won 2-1 at Ipswich Town on Friday, but the wider point sat beyond the scoreline. Bradley Barcola made his first appearance and, in half an hour, gave a clear indication of why Liverpool paid north of £120m to bring him in.
Andoni Iraola resisted the...
Alexander Isak Fires Liverpool to First Win with Sharp Start at Ipswich
Liverpool needed a response and they got one quickly. A 2-0 win over Ipswich Town was settled inside nine minutes, with Alexander Isak doing the damage and Cody Gakpo supplying both assists. Simple enough on paper, decisive enough on the pitch.
After a slow...
Liverpool Beat Ipswich 2-0 as Isak and Araujo Set Tone for Iraola’s First Win
Andoni Iraola has his first win as Liverpool head coach. It came without fuss, and largely inside the first 10 minutes.
Alexander Isak scored twice away at Ipswich on Friday night, both created by Cody Gakpo, and that was enough for a...
Last Word On Liverpool's 2-0 Win at Ipswich
After Liverpool’s return to Premier League action ended with a 2–0 victory over Ipswich, the Reds finally have their first win of the campaign.
The scoreline was decided inside the opening nine minutes, with Alexander Isak striking twice from two excellent Cody Gakpo assists. Liverpool were unable to...
Liverpool Finally Get Their Win as David Lynch Identifies Five Key Factors
Liverpool finally have their first Premier League victory under Andoni Iraola, and David Lynch believes there was plenty to encourage in the 2-0 win over Ipswich Town.
Speaking in his post match YouTube analysis, Lynch highlighted five major positives from a night when Alexander...
