How Liverpool Should Prepare for Manchester City
With this seasons Champions League run now officially over, the Reds have a short break in which to recalibrate their stuttering form. Though the international break will take many of the players away from the club, it can still be a moment for the coaching team to really evaluate and establish a way of improving. With twelve games remaining (in Liverpool’s Premier League schedule), there is still much to play for, despite the recent (and hefty) two legged defeat to …
Potential Ward Replacements: Tim Steidten
It’s all gone a bit quiet on the western front in regards to this one. With recent news suggesting that Julian Ward is now the front runner for the Sporting Director role at Ajax, we revisit our series on potential candidates for his role at Anfield. The latest name which has come from nowhere is that of former Bayer Leverkusen Sports Coordinator and Chief Scout Tim Steidten. Whilst the 43 year-old won’t be a household name to many reds, he …
Bellingham Blow-Up: Hold….For Now…
For anyone familiar with tune, the Boomtown Rats had it right when news comes through in the morning like it does. If you’d believed that the international break would be a quiet and calmer period after all the turbulence of the current campaign, David Ornstein did his best to dispel that myth with his news that Liverpool are looking ‘increasingly unlikely’ to sign Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham this summer. One glance at social media will show you a variety of …
Could Enzo Le Fée Become the Thiago Understudy?
I’ve always loved the idea of senior and highly established players mentoring young talents. This season, we have heard that Stefan Bajčetić has been taken under the wing of his fellow Spaniard, Thiago Alcantara. Our number six is one of the world’s finest central midfielders, therefore it is heartening to hear that he is using his experience to help the next generation of Liverpool player. So often we have heard of players, such as Cristian Ronaldo, trying to create avenues …
Trent Alexander-Arnold: Nothing more than a blip
When we look back on this horrible, instantly forgettable season in years to come, every Liverpool fan will have their own choice as the Reds' worst player.
There is a depressingly long list to choose from, from the past-their-best Fabinho and Jordan Henderson to the out-of-sorts Joel Matip and Joe Gomez, with only Alisson really performing at his usual level.
As things stand, however, it could be Trent Alexander-Arnold who stands out as the poorest of the lot, having endured …
Tony Evans' Column: Klopp Needs To Start Inspiring The Players Again
What’s worse than an international break? An international break that’s overshadowed by a sense of crisis.
Bournemouth. Madrid. Neither performance was good enough, neither was acceptable. Jurgen Klopp’s demeanour in the Bernabeu afterwards was worrying. He is a bad loser but that didn’t show.
You can moan all you like about FSG – and, yes, the owners could do a better job of running the club – but there are enough good players at the manager’s disposal to be doing …
Lessons Learned Versus Real Madrid
Out of the Champions League at the last 16 stage with barely a whimper. Truth be told, it wasn’t too much of a contest in the Bernabau as Real Madrid won 1-0 on the night and 6-2 on aggregate. Liverpool fans have a long time to process this one as their next game isn’t until April (away at Manchester City….excellent) and reality stares them in the face. We look at the painful lessons learned from the end of the European …
Real Madrid 1 - 0 Liverpool - CL Player Ratings (6-2 agg)
Alisson Becker - 9.0
A simply emphatic first half display, with number of world class stops that kept the reds in the tie. The second half saw him continue to show his world class credentials, with one marvellous one on one stope from Valverde. He could nothing for the opening goal, which ended a tie he had just about kept them in.
Trent Alexander Arnold – 5.0
An okay first half that was often leaving himself open against Vini, yet …
It’s Time To Dismantle The Galactico Empire Klopp Has Helped To Create
The motivation to continually overcome any and all adversaries must be difficult, especially when the highest of highs have previously been attained. I would imagine it’s fairly easy to raise one’s level when Manchester United are rolling into town, yet a windy lunch time in Bournemouth is perhaps a stretch too far for some. Last weekend we saw yet another inept showing from Liverpool FC, one which has now become a commonality of the season. It will not be until …
Real Madrid v Liverpool - The CL Preview (5-2 from 1st leg)
My supporting naivety led me to predict a 3-1 home win in the first leg. The early stages had me nodding at my footballing wisdom, until Real Madrid found out just how bad the Reds can be. All teams can have moments of desire and periods of good fortune, but class will often prevail. The visitors were a level apart when they woke up, thereby embarking on a rampage of Anfield away goals.
With the second leg just around the …