Emre Can
Watching Liverpool put on a tactical masterclass against Pep Guardiola from a darkened discotheque in Barranquilla, Colombia where I’m visiting family, was something I’ll never forget. I celebrated goals over iced-beer with a bunch of local Liverpool supporters who don’t let distance or language stop them from supporting a club that has more “alma,” soul, […]
The Details Venue – Anfield, Liverpool Referee – Felix Brych (GER) Date & Time – Wednesday, April 4th 2018 @ 19:45 BST Current Odds – Liverpool 2/1, Draw 13/5, Manchester City 7/5 Form Liverpool Form Liverpool have been playing well, despite one or two blips, since late October. That is no mean feat. Klopp’s men have impressed […]
There is no right way to leave a club. If nothing else, that’s the lesson that we can take from Liverpool in the last few months and even years. Zeroing in more specifically on Emre Can, it seems to me that there simply is no way that Emre can leave the club that won’t anger […]
The Details Venue – Selhurst Park, London Referee – Neil Swarbrick Date & Time – Saturday, March 31st @ 12:30 GMT Current Odds – Crystal Palace 13/2, Draw 7/2, Liverpool 2/5 Form Crystal Palace Form Before their 2-0 win at Huddersfield, Crystal Palace had gone seven games without tasting victory, losing in five of those matches. To be fair […]
The international break has been and gone, and we can all get back to enjoying proper football again. As March slowly turns to April, Liverpool’s season is alive and kicking, with the Premier League and Champions League promising some great occasions in the coming weeks. Looking at the short-term outlook over the next two weeks, […]
A World Cup summer and a key player is trying to manipulate the market to get himself to a “very big club?” I know all of you readers are shocked at the mere possibility. Emre Can’s quotes, or at least the most nefariously framed ones, strongly suggest that he’ll be on the move after his […]
There was something so routine and yet so unbelievable about that. For a player who scores so frequently, it’s mad that it’s Mo Salah’s first hat-trick. Even crazier that he decided to score four, not three. Liverpool 5-0 Watford – into the home-stretch of the season with a win. Andy Robertson’s gang of beautiful lads […]
Liverpool’s aura of invincibility was always going to be pierced at some point. Retrospectively, it was almost inevitable that Jose Mourinho and the “anti-football” rhetoric that surrounds his Manchester United side would be the pin that burst Jürgen Klopp’s bubble. Following a dismal exit in the FA Cup at the hands of West Bromwich Albion, […]
The Details Venue – Anfield, Liverpool Referee – Anthony Taylor Date & Time – Saturday, March 17th @ 17:30 GMT Current Odds – Liverpool 1/6, Draw 6/1, Watford 14/1 Form Liverpool Form Liverpool are five points behind United in the race for second place. They do seem to be in good shape to guarantee top four as long as […]
Games between Liverpool and Manchester United at Old Trafford tend to follow a certain narrative with a free-flowing attacking unit coming up against a double-decker bus. Then there’s the referee who’s never too far from the headlines. This game was no different, providing the perfect illustration of a Mourinho-Klopp showdown in an affair dominated by […]
