Understated Robertson continues superb start to the season
In years and decades to come, Liverpool supporters will look back at this phenomenal team and pick out the poster boys from it, lavishing them with love and praise.
Whereas some great teams only have two or three iconic figures to bore future generations to death about, there are endless contenders in this Liverpool side.
Virgil van Dijk is a defensive colossus who completely transformed the team when he arrived, with the unrivalled Alisson not too far behind in that …
He's Not Perfect, But He's Ours
I just want to make a point, a point that should be obvious to all Liverpool supporters, but something that seems to be lost in the reactionary atmosphere in which we live these days.
Adrian.
Adrian is our back-up keeper. If he was good enough to be a top-6 keeper elsewhere, he would be. But he's with us, he's a Red, and he loves being a Red!
He saved a penalty to win us the UEFA Super Cup in August …
Ajax 0-1 Liverpool: Who Was Man of the Match?
Liverpool made a solid start to their 2020/21 Champions League campaign with a 1-0 victory over Ajax at the Johan Cruyff Arena. It wasn’t the most convincing of wins, with the Reds requiring a strange own-goal from Nicolas Tagliafico to win them the game. Nevertheless, after a couple of scary moments at the back, Liverpool defended quite well and came away with a much-needed clean sheet.
In goal, he was at it again. Adrian made one good save to deny Quincy Promes …
Liverpool vs Sheffield United Preview - Blunted Blades arrive at Anfield with a point to prove
THE DETAILS
Venue – Anfield, Liverpool
Referee – Mike Dean
Date & Time – Saturday, October 24th @ 20:00
Current Odds – Liverpool 2/9, Draw 11/2, Sheffield United 11/1
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Liverpool have a tough season ahead of them with so many injuries to contend with. The obvious one is Virgil van Dijk who is out for the whole campaign, but the injury list also seems to be getting longer by the day. Squad depth has never been more important for …
Tactical Breakdown: Ajax 0-1 Liverpool
Despite both clubs' European pedigree, the last competitive game between these two sides was played back in the time of Bill Shankly. Much has changed since then. Nonetheless, football is still football, and tactics are the gameplans employed by managers to produce a particular outcome. These gameplans are often the product of the manager's philosophy, the players available to them and the opposition team, all of which characterised both manager's setups on Wednesday night.
Liverpool set up in their usual …
Thiago Influence Can Lift Jordan Henderson To Old Self
Jordan Henderson is an extremely versatile player, as we've seen throughout the entirety of his Liverpool career.
Whether it's been as the midfield anchor, as an energetic, box to box tornado of engine room intensity or -- as we saw in his first season with the Reds, under Kenny Dalglish -- as a right midfielder in midfield four, the captain has been a consistent performer for most of the time since his summer 2011 move from Sunderland.
Playing as the …
Fabinho may well be first-choice centre-back in Van Dijk's absence
It's strange to think, but Liverpool's second-best centre-back, after Virgil van Dijk, may well be Fabinho.
This isn't an article having a go at a clearly excellent, but still young and developing Joe Gomez. I'm a huge fan of Gomez as a defender. Still only 23, the former Charlton Athletic player is one of England's best.
Joël Matip is also a very underrated centre-half. The only issue with 29-year-old Matip is keeping him fit for a full season or even …
Virgil Loss Will Be a Huge Blow But Liverpool Are Still Brilliant
Let's get the captain obvious statement out of the way at the beginning, shall we?
Liverpool will miss Virgil van Dijk during his injury lay off, which, per reports, could last anything from six to nine months.
If you could manufacture the perfect centre half in a lab, equipped with elite physical, mental, technical and leadership attributes, then the Reds' towering Dutchman would be the ideal prototype.
Any team -- Barcelona with Lionel Messi, FC Bayern with Robert Lewandowski, to …
Ajax vs Liverpool Preview - Reds begin Champions League journey without talismanic Dutch defender
THE DETAILS
Venue - Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam
Referee - Felix Brych (GER)
Date & Time - Wednesday, October 21st 2020 @ 20:00
Current Odds - Ajax 7/2, Draw 3/1, Liverpool 8/11
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Liverpool arrive in the Netherlands without their own Dutch colossus, Virgil van Dijk. The Reds' number 4 is out for the rest of this campaign so 'life without Virgil' begins now, as far as the 2020/21 season is concerned. And what a place to start...
Amsterdam would have been …
Tactical Breakdown: Everton 2-2 Liverpool
Liverpool's goalless draw against Everton back in June - the first game of the restarted league season - was an intriguing affair in which Everton posed a number of tactical questions to Liverpool, and was able to slow down the red juggernaut. With Ancelotti's coaching clearly making a difference to Everton's performance, this game had an exciting tactical dimension to it. Yet despite Everton's superb form leading into this game, it was one which Liverpool dominated, with a number of …