Liverpool met Sheffield Utd at Anfield for their first game of 2020, hoping to pick up where they left off in 2019. In securing a comfortable 2-0 victory, they did just that. Liverpool's tactical approach was an intelligent one given the challenges presented by their opponent's system & Christmas scheduling.
They were able to simultaneously...
"This was a marvellous tactical battle, but for Nuno Espirito Santo, despite his best efforts, couldn’t quite deliver a surprise in morphing into Nuno Espirito Santa(!!!), but with Liverpool, rather unexpectedly, now four points clear of Manchester City, it seems Christmas may just have come early…" - Wolverhampton 0-2 Liverpool: A Tactical Breakdown, 23/12/2018
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Of course, the talk will be about VAR. But Liverpool have just won their 18th Premier League game out of 19 this season. They've gone back to 13 points atop the Premier League, after Sadio Mane's first-half goal sealed a 1-0 win over a plucky Wolves side at Anfield.
Here's how each player fared for...
Liverpool opened up a thirteen point lead at the top of the Premier League table with a 4-0 way away to second placed Leicester City.
A brace from Roberto Firmino, a James Milner penalty and a Trent Alexander Arnold goal crowned a performance of complete dominance, with the Reds imperiously lording over Brendan Rodgers' Foxes.
After...
Liverpool's Jordan Henderson is not expected to miss any game time due to the injury that forced him off in The Reds' incredible 4-0 win at Leicester City.
Jurgen Klopp spoke about the captain's injury in his post-match press conference on Thursday night. Liverpool had just put in one of the most complete, dominant displays...
What a performance. We go away to the team sitting in second place in the league and make them look like a bunch of part-timers. A truly scintillating display from start to finish and, in truth, 4-0 flattered Leicester. This was always going to be one of the harder games on the schedule, but...
Before the match, both Jurgen Klopp and Brendan Rodgers refused to talk about what this match meant as to the title race. Maybe they both knew what was coming because no one watching this game would have pegged it as a title decider. The gulf in class between Liverpool and Leicester was immense, and...
In the latest in our 'What If?' series, Jordan Henderson's damaging red card against Manchester City is bemoaned by Henry Jackson.
Anyone who reads my work or has to suffer through my endless tweets will know that I am a big admirer of Henderson.
A player who has been almost ridiculously maligned by some down the...
Liverpool claimed their maiden Club World success with a 1-0 after extra time victory over Brazil's Flamengo in Doha.
Roberto Firmino scored the game's only goal in the 99th minute, to banish the demons of 1981 and make the Reds the first ever English club to win a continental treble, European Cup, Super Cup and...
By Reece Chambers
When Liverpool signed Fabinho from AS Monaco in July 2018 for an estimated £40million, there was a degree of uncertainty as to what he would bring to Jurgen Klopp’s team.Â
He had previously played at right-back and centre midfield for Monaco, and did so to great avail, as he helped his side reach...
