Jurgen Klopp

Jurgen Klopp faces selection headache ahead of Liverpool’s clash with Spurs

Liverpool host Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday in a massive Premier League game, with both teams still fighting for Champions League qualification for next season. Jurgen Klopp's side come into this one on the back of three successive wins in the league, beating Leeds United, Nottingham Forest and West Ham United. The Reds have been in fine...

Cody Gakpo a bright spark in Liverpool’s stuttering season

Patience is something that is important in football and something that has increasingly disappeared in the modern game. Players are written off too soon, managers are sacked before they get a chance to prove their worth and everything is about the here and now. This certainly applied with Cody Gakpo in his early weeks in a...

West Ham 1 Liverpool 2 – The Post-Mortem 

Both Liverpool and West Ham headed into this game in fine recent form, despite both enduring difficulties in their own domestic campaigns. This was an entertaining midweek battle, one which allowed a cut and thrust that shone under the London Stadium's lights. There could and probably should have been more goals, yet for Jürgen...

The Salah Free-Kick Conundrum – Stats Analysis

The rarer something is, the more valuable it becomes. It’s simple supply and demand, as any student of GSCE Economics – I got an A, #humblebrag – can tell you. A copy of Northern Soul belter ‘Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)’ by Frank Wilson once sold for over £100,000 as there are...

Golden Gakpo Steps Up as Liverpool’s Firmino Heir

Blimey, Jurgen Klopp must be feeling like a kid in a sweet shop with his forwards. Even with Bobby Firmino on the treatment table, Liverpool's gaffer has Mo Salah, Diogo Jota, Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz, and Cody Gakpo all scrapping for three spots in the attack. "The ticket into this team must be and will be...

Final Showdown in Cursed White Kit for Liverpool

As luck would have it, luck of the bad variety; Liverpool shall don their white kit for their Wednesday night face-off with West Ham, regardless of the abysmal record they've had sporting the strip. The Reds shall descend upon the London Stadium riding high on the wave of back-to-back Premier League victories, while the Hammers...

How to Watch: West Ham vs Liverpool – Steaming Guide

Is West Ham vs Liverpool on TV? Kick-off time, channel and how to watch the Reds' Premier League match tonight Following an unexpected upswing in form, West Ham will be keen to maintain momentum as they welcome Liverpool. Two convincing victories against Fulham and Bournemouth, alongside a draw with Arsenal, have elevated the home side out...

Liverpool Close In on Next Sporting Director Choice

Jurgen Klopp, the man at the helm of Liverpool Football Club, has declared that conversations are indeed "going in the right direction" as the club hunts for the ultimate person to fill the boots of their new Sporting Director come summer. With Julian Ward hanging up his hat at the end of the season, allegdly...

How this New System Suits Liverpool’s Squad…

In the past two games for Liverpool FC, we have seen Jürgen Klopp adjust his formation and strategy in order to create form and rhythm for his struggling team. Out of possession represents much of the same 4-3-3 system, one which achieved so much silverware during Klopp’s reign at Anfield. What we saw in...

Dave Hendrick: If Klopp wants to stick with this shape, he might need a new left back

Over the last couple of games, we have seen quite a significant change in the shape Liverpool are taking up when in possession and it has led to some unusually high possession numbers for the Reds. They had 74% of the ball against Leeds, and 82% against Nottingham Forest, as they racked up back-to-back...