Jurgen Klopp

Tactical Breakdown: Spurs 1-3 Liverpool

A month ago, Spurs travelled to Anfield in a contest for the league's top spot. Since then, results have tailed off for both sides, and an hour prior to kickoff, the news that Fabinho was injured compounded a terrible winless run for Liverpool with more adversity. However, the truth was that the Reds had played...

Jurgen Klopp’s Arrigo Sacchi Influence Evident In Liverpool’s Offside Trap

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has on record in the past to say that Arrigo Sacchi -- the legendary former Parma and A.C. Milan coach -- is one of his biggest influences in football. Sacchi, now 74, guided Milan to back to back European Cups in the late 80's/early 9o's while using a high pressing, intense...

Dominant Wijnaldum must continue in No.6 role for Liverpool

A victory, at long last. Liverpool are finally back to winning ways in the Premier League for the first time since December 19th, and what a performance they produced at Tottenham. When Fabinho was nowhere to be seen in the starting lineup, the levels of anxiety went through the roof, with more dropped points appearing likely. Similarly,...

“That was us” – Klopp revels in Reds’ convincing victory over Spurs

Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp was in high spirits after watching his team return to form with a 3-1 Premier League win over Spurs in London. The home side adopted a not-so-surprising Jose Mourinho approach, sitting deep and hoping for openings on the break. However, despite an early scare due to Heung-min Son's offside goal, Spurs...

West Ham vs Liverpool Preview – Can Liverpool make it six points from six in London this week?

THE DETAILS Venue – London Stadium, London Referee – Jonathan Moss Date & Time – Sunday, January 31st @ 16:30 Current Odds – West Ham 10/3, Draw 3/1, Liverpool 3/4 ________________________________________________________ That was more like it at Spurs, wasn't it? Jürgen Klopp's Mighty Redmen on the march again with another makeshift central defensive partnership. Trent was back though, as was Bobby....

Liverpool End Goal Drought With Tottenham Thumping

Liverpool scored their first Premier League goals in over a month in their 3-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Goals from Roberto Firmino, Trent Alexander Arnold, and Sadio Mane wrapped up a deserved win for the Reds and saw them move to fourth place, four points off the leader's Manchester City. From...

Will this be Liverpool’s starting lineup to play Spurs tonight in the Premier League?

Liverpool are in London to play Spurs in the Premier League tonight. Let's take a look at the possible starting lineup Jürgen Klopp may go with. The Reds arrive at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium without a win in five league games. They have also failed to score in the last four of those matches. Mohamed Salah...

The truth behind Liverpool’s drought

Liverpool’s goal drought never really bothered me. Some went to the extreme, claiming the system had been found out and Jurgen Klopp needed to make wholesale changes to get them firing again. In truth, it was a mixture of bad luck and bad finishing. I wrote about it in detail for work.  The Reds had...

Klopp gives injury update ahead of Spurs game

Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp gave a general injury update ahead of his side's trip to play Spurs in London on Thursday night. Thankfully, Klopp confirmed that there were "no new cases" to be concerned about. Of course, Liverpool are still without Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez, Naby Keïta, Diogo Jota and Kostas Tsimikas. The good news...

Stop Playing Thiago As The 6, Liverpool

The medium to long term losses of Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk and the continued inconsistencies in Joel Matip's fitness record doesn't only impact Liverpool in defence. Of course, regularly not having three defenders of that calibre is harmful to a team's prospects of keeping clean sheets. But it's the Reds' midfield that has...