Ibrahimovic
Last week I penned a column about how Manchester United’s current crisis reflects our own dark days before Jurgen Klopp took the helm. I outlined the struggle that comes with recognizing a “big club” isn’t quite so big anymore. This week, for part two of this “Downfall” series on Manchester United, I’d like to look […]
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, […]
There were a couple of moments at the end of last season that seemed to save Daniel Sturridge’s Liverpool career. By the time the crucial trip to West Ham rolled around on May 14th, the general consensus was that Sturridge’s continued fitness woes had left him surplus to requirements, with a move elsewhere likely this […]
Another season has been and gone, but unlike so many at Liverpool since they decided to stop winning everything, 2016/17 has left us with a feeling of great warmth. The Reds’ title challenge may have fizzled out after a very promising first four months, but sealing Champions League qualification has to be seen as a […]
Liverpool need their own Sergio Agüero. There’s no need for foreplay, or context, or even to reflect on the glory days of yester-year, when Liverpool were famed for their mercurial number nines. All one needs to see is the reaction from Manchester City following James Milner’s penalty. They came at Liverpool, they scored a goal, […]
It wasn’t like the game at Anfield earlier this season. It was a Liverpool vs United game that lived up to its billing. Yes, it was short of quality on a few occasions, but the pluck and frenzy of a derby was there for all to see. Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s late header cancelled out Milner’s first-half […]
It was a far from ideal way to warm up for a trip to Old Trafford as Liverpool put on one of their worst displays under Jurgen Klopp in the 1-0 semifinal first-leg loss in the EFL Cup at Southampton. Liverpool are very lucky to still be in that tie, but now the focus should […]
It wasn’t what the majority had hoped to witness but the Reds finally ended United’s winning streak at Anfield on Monday night. It didn’t go to plan. Liverpool didn’t blitz their bitter rivals. They didn’t get revenge on Mourinho for 2013/14. But they did successfully manage to highlight just how one dimensional the special one actually is. As […]
The international break is over, and oh boy is it over. We resume Premier League action with arguably the biggest fixture of the English footballing season. It’s Liverpool vs Manchester United. At Anfield. On Monday night. Under the lights. One word? BOOM! FORM Put simply, Liverpool’s is better than United’s. We’re seven games into the […]
The old enemy. The new Anfield under floodlights for the first time. An optimism that has been a while since we’ve seen. All the facts point to what should be a mouth-watering Monday night on Merseyside. Liverpool welcome Manchester United to the Anfield Fortress, as the Reds look to build on what has been a […]
