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Liverpool Player Ratings As They Terrorise The Terriers

A win, something we can all breathe a sigh of relief at. A turbulent couple of weeks for Liverpool with transfers, or lack thereof, and some disappointing results, but tonight we can all just smile. Save the transfer rage for Wednesday the 31st and Jim White's yellow ties. Can, Firmino and Salah were on the scoresheet...

Liverpool FC: A lack of winners

In February 2007 I met the woman who would go on to become my wife. Very quickly she was introduced to my obsession with football, and Liverpool Football Club in particular. Thankfully for me, she got onboard with this obsession almost from the off and has gone on to become a Liverpool supporter in her...

VAR Causes Chaos At Anfield

There was a period of absolute perplexity on Saturday as spectators watched Craig Pawson haplessly hold his hand to his earpiece, waiting for a decision to come through from VAR. Jake Livermore appeared to tug down Mohamed Salah in the penalty area, with the referee turning to the newly trialled technology before eventually pointing to...

Huddersfield Town v Liverpool Preview – Can Liverpool stop the rot?

The Details Venue - John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield Referee - Kevin Friend Date & Time - Tuesday, January 30th @ 20:00 GMT Current Odds - Huddersfield 17/2, Draw 17/4, Liverpool 3/10 Form Huddersfield Form Huddersfield have been struggling of late. While 14th position may be an admirable and acceptable place to find themselves in at this stage of the season, the reality is that Wagner's...

Don’t Believe The Hype – Liverpool 2 West Brom 3

Won a big game, have we? And thus Liverpool become Liverpool. While the Manchester City game was an undoubted highlight of the season, with Jurgen Klopp’s red men swamping all over the champions elect, it also marked the point where things went wrong. Firstly there was the Swansea game where Liverpool were second to every ball...

Key Stats from Liverpool 2-3 West Brom

Liverpool crashed out of the FA Cup to West Brom in a disappointing 3-2 defeat at Anfield. But what were the key stats from this bitterly poor performance? Home Implosion This was Liverpool’s first home defeat of the season, as the Reds’ 19 game unbeaten home run ended. Defensively, this was a shambles and it was...

Liverpool Player Ratings As They’re Bossed By The Baggies

Honestly, reckon the FA Cup is overrated anyway. I'm more of a Barclays Asia Trophy kinda guy. Liverpool 2-3 West Brom. They actually had the ball in the net five times, did the Baggies. The beauty of VAR and all that, Liverpool still managed to mess it up. Onto the ratings... Simon Mignolet (5): Where’s Danny Ward? Have...

Liverpool v West Brom Preview – Can Reds battle on in the Cup?

The Details Venue - Anfield, Liverpool Referee - Craig Pawson Date & Time - Saturday, January 27th @ 19:45 GMT Current Odds - Liverpool 1/4, Draw 11/2, West Brom 8/1 Form Liverpool Form It was all going swimmingly, wasn't it? Then a trip to the bottom of the table club in Wales puts an end to the run the Reds had been on. There is...

Key Stats from Swansea 1-0 Liverpool

Liverpool fell to their first defeat in 19 games with a woeful performance as they lost 1-0 at the Liberty Stadium. Lack of clinical finishing costs Reds dearly Some days it’s your day. Some days it isn’t. Last week I mentioned how Salah, Firmino and Mane all scored low percentage chances, but this week it was...

Swansea 1-0 Liverpool | Player Ratings as Liverpool do a Liverpool

Typical Liverpool eh? Beat the Premier League leaders one week, lose to the league's bottom the next. It was a disjointed Reds side up against a spirited Swansea outfit, who displayed tremendous team-spirit and character to come out with a 1-0 win that ensured Liverpool couldn't extend their advantage over Spurs to more than...