Key Stats As Mo Salah Inspires Reds To Pummel Cardiff
Liverpool shot back to the top of the Premier League with an excellent 4-1 win over Cardiff City at Anfield. But what were the key stats from another emphatic victory as the Reds made it ten league games unbeaten?
Salah The Catalyst For Big Win
Mo Salah proved once again why he’s Liverpool’s main man as he was the key factor in this decisive win – scoring one goal and creating two more. There were five big chances in the …
Coutinho Does a Houdini - What's Wrong With The Brazilian?
During the latter years of his time at Liverpool, Steven Gerrard famously nicknamed Philippe Coutinho as 'the magician'. If that is the case, and the Brazilian does indeed have special powers, it may explain why he's gone missing so far this season.
Alas, he hasn't quite disappeared. His cheesy grin, flamboyant step overs and flair for long range shooting still remain, but what's lost is the form that saw him crowned as Liverpool's Player of the Year back in May.
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Tottenham vs Liverpool Preview: Stats, Tactics and Team News
The Jürgen Klopp International Break of epic proportions. It was all going so well. Undefeated for a start, aced his opening press conference, hates the paparazzi and spends too much time in city centre restaurants and bars. Then the news started filtering through about Danny Ings' knee injury, compounded by the news on Wednesday evening that Joe Gomez was also out for the rest of the season. It is devastating news for both players, and just imagine for a second …
Brendan Rodgers, FSG and the Net Spend Myth
Let's be honest here, Liverpool fans are rarely content. The highs of 2013/14 wet our appetite for what could be and many have failed to readjust their expectations since. A club with as much prestige as Liverpool should be challenging for the title year in and year out but for various reasons we aren't in a position to really push for that. Fans find it difficult to accept this. They can't accept Liverpool aren't set up to push for the …
Arsenal v Liverpool Preview | Predicted Line-ups & Facts
Six points in six, Liverpool stand near the top of the table two fixtures into the new season. Admittedly, the level of competition has ranged from mid-table to newly-promoted for the Reds. The narrative of the campaign so far, however, is top teams struggling against weaker opposition. Arsenal can, of course, count themselves among that group, having a mediocre 1-0-1 start to 2015. Skating past Palace after a 2-0 defeat to the Hammers is much less than a stellar start. …
Phil, Bob, Ben and Dan: This Could be Beautiful
No this isn't the flowerpot men.
Let's not beat around the bush here, I've been fairly vocal on Twitter about Liverpool potentially signing Christian Benteke for £32.5million. Deep down I fully expected Aston Villa to cave in and accept a reduced offer and for Liverpool fans to celebrate that as a success.
However that wasn't to be and Big BAD Ben looks set to be the next signing.
Whilst I've already admitted I was against the idea now that he's …
Is this the end for Mario?
One suspects that Mario Balotelli gazed upon Roberto Firmino with the green eyes of envy as the Brazilian attacker was cited as Liverpool’s newest saviour following a £29 million move from Hoffenheim in June.
After a disappointing 2014-15, The Reds remain among the outsiders for a top four finish this time around. Brendan Rodgers had to make a big splash in the transfer market and the belief is that Firmino’s arrival at Anfield will effectively spell the end of a …
Brendan Rodgers' xFactor Moment
"You can tell he wants the job though"
Oh really? You're telling me Brendan Rodgers wants one of the biggest jobs in world football? Shit, well if he wants it I guess he should be the manager, yeah...
That was one of the reasons fans used when the news broke that Brendan Rodgers had survived the end of season review. How in-depth this review was we'll never know but that's for another day. Brendan Rodgers' Liverpool was going to be …
Poor Defending Weakens Rodgers' "Mitigating Factor" Argument
A year ago Liverpool fans were dreaming of a promising young manager - Brendan Rodgers - who was going to get better with time and bring success to the club. He evoked comparison with Bill Shankly, the legendary Liverpool coach. A year on, fans are not so sure he's anywhere near a reincarnation of Shankly. His hubris this season betrays the humility he says Liverpool exudes. His failure this season makes it almost blasphemous to mention him in the same …
Change - for Stability - is Required at Liverpool
I’ve had the distinct honour and privilege to be invited onto the panel of Anfield Index’s own Nina Kauser Show this season. Being part of such a popular call in show immediately after a defeat can be tough, with emotions very raw. Sometimes that can exact reactions that, with the benefit of hindsight and reflection, are considered an exaggeration.
Following a performance as atrocious as the 6-1 defeat to Stoke, if you can even call it a performance, feelings were …