Midfield Reinforcements For Liverpool: Pre-contract Targets To Add Creativity
Liverpool's midfield benefitted from £100m in investment over the summer with the surprise signing of Monaco's Fabinho, and the arrival of Naby Keita - signed from RBL last summer. However, with the injury to Oxlade-Chamberlain, we've still had to suffer through games with Gini Wijnaldum, James Milner and Jordan Henderson in the engine room.
As we've seen in recent games, the three from last season's team are able to provide a solid midfield to counter teams like PSG and Man …
Liverpool v Chelsea Preview - A Night for Rotation at Anfield
The Details
Venue - Anfield, Liverpool
Date & Time - Wednesday, September 26th @ 19:45
Current Odds - Liverpool 19/20, Draw 3/1, Chelsea 14/5
Form
Liverpool Form
The Reds go marching on, it seems. Seven wins on the bounce to start this season. Jurgen Klopp's Mighty Reds are yet to even step up their game and these are the results they are giving us. It has been a fantastic start for anyone supporting Liverpool and long may it continue. However, these next couple …
Chelsea v Liverpool Preview - Face-off for Fourth
The Details
Venue - Stamford Bridge, Chelsea
Referee - Anthony Taylor
Date & Time - Sunday, May 6th @ 16:30 GMT
Current Odds - Chelsea 23/20, Draw 5/2, Liverpool 11/5
Form
Chelsea Form
Chelsea have had something of a renaissance in recent weeks. Just when I had written them off and considered Antonio Conte to be just seeing out his time until the end of the season, they've started grinding out wins again. It may be too little too late in their push for …
Liverpool and that Semi-final feeling again
When I watched Ryan Babel sprint past a tired Cesc Fabregas to finish off an incredible Champions League night, little did I know it was going to take me that long to experience that feeling again.
That feeling! That feeling of being in the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League. That feeling is back again, thanks to a bunch of heroes led by Jurgen Klopp.
That feeling is just made all the more special by the happenings of the last ten …
Do Liverpool Need a Creative Midfielder to Break Down Defensive Teams?
On the most recent edition of the Tactics Weekly pod, host Daniel Rhodes quizzed Paul Dalglish in an AI:PRO Q&A Special (you can listen for FREE for one week). One particular question (below) posed was that of breaking down defensive sides, an issue Liverpool have had for quite a while - harking back to troubles under Rodgers.
Do Liverpool need a creative CM to break down a low block, or is the positional play (i.e. width & using the pace …
Liverpool v Chelsea - Conte brings his Blues to Anfield
The Details
Venue - Anfield, Liverpool
Referee - Michael Oliver
Date & Time - Saturday, November 25th @ 17:30 BST
Current Odds - Liverpool 23/20, Draw 12/5, Chelsea 23/10
Form
Liverpool Form
Liverpool have certainly improved over the last six weeks or so as they look to banish all memory of September 2017 to the history books. Despite a poor showing at Wembley against Spurs, the Reds have been on a steady upward curve in terms of performance. However, the second half …
Why Liverpool Can Win The Premier League
Liverpool go into this Premier League season off the back of another good summer, looking to build on a really big improvement in the last twelve months and possibly challenge for the Premier League title. So, based on Liverpool’s summer window, the relative strength of the other teams around us, and of course, Jürgen Klopp, can Liverpool win the Premier League title? Yes, and here’s why.
Hit the Ground Running
The first thing to note is what Liverpool need to …
Liverpool beating Chelsea is the sweetest thing in football
For a Liverpool fan, there are very few feelings that can top the joy at the final whistle of a victory over our age-old rivals, Everton and Manchester United. What could be sweeter than wins over your local rivals and long-term competitive rivals? Well, the answer to that of course is beating Chelsea.
The Liverpool Chelsea rivalry really blossomed into a thing of dark and twisted beauty when Messrs Benitez and Mourinho took control of their respective clubs in 2004. …
Liverpool Needs Its Own X-Factor To Progress
The Oxford Dictionary defines x-factor as “a variable in a given situation that could have the most significant impact on the outcome”. X-factors tend to be the difference between teams that win trophies, those who fail to make top 4 and those that end up being relegated. An x-factor of some sort is therefore a prerequisite for success for any football team. When Chelsea won the league last season they did so with a world class manager (Mourinho), world class …
Premier League Preview PODCAST: Liverpool Vs Chelsea
Premier League Preview Show - Liverpool Vs Chelsea
Date: 5th November, 2014
Another day, another podcast from Anfield Index. This time the Premier League Preview Show!
Jim Fishlock hosts this show speaking to, the owner of Anfieldindex, Gags Tandon and Chelsea supporter, owner of popular @ChelseaRumours Twitter account, Rasmus BaekGaard.
They discuss the following:
- Brendan's obsession with the 4-2-3-1 formation
- Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas - how two top class signings can transform a side
- Have Henderson and Sterling been Hodged …