What Happens In The January Window, If FSG Are Still Here
Liverpool appear to be in the process of finding new ownership, but it would be foolish to bank on a January spending spree by some deep pocketed (as yet) unknowns. In any sale process that involves a multi billion pound acquisition, time and patience is unfortunately something that we all need to acknowledge. The Chelsea sale was fast paced due its delicate nature and very different circumstances, and though FSG would probably look to get the high end monies secured …
Chelsea v Liverpool Preview - Top of the Table clash at The Bridge
The Details
Venue - Stamford Bridge, London
Referee - Andre Marriner
Date & Time - Saturday, September 29th @ 17:30
Current Odds - Chelsea 15/8, Draw 12/5, Liverpool 11/8
Form
Chelsea Form
Chelsea, along with Manchester City, have been the closest league competitors to Liverpool, so far this season. The Blues have made the best start they could have imagined under new boss, Maurizio Sarri. Disregarding Wednesday night's game, due to the heavy rotation involved on both teams, Chelsea had already been very tough …
Liverpool v Chelsea Preview - A Night for Rotation at Anfield
The Details
Venue - Anfield, Liverpool
Date & Time - Wednesday, September 26th @ 19:45
Current Odds - Liverpool 19/20, Draw 3/1, Chelsea 14/5
Form
Liverpool Form
The Reds go marching on, it seems. Seven wins on the bounce to start this season. Jurgen Klopp's Mighty Reds are yet to even step up their game and these are the results they are giving us. It has been a fantastic start for anyone supporting Liverpool and long may it continue. However, these next couple …
Premier League 2018/19 Season Preview
After an enormously entertaining World Cup full of drama and decadence, we the football faithful have been cast into the darkness of a month without the beautiful game. This has not stopped the majority of the big Premier League clubs from making money moves in anticipation. Ahead, we preview what to expect from them this season.
Arsenal
Arsenal’s relatively early business in securing the tenacious Lucas Torreira (aptly auto-corrected to terrier), supplemented with the earlier additions of Borussia Dortmund’s spine, …
Liverpool Need to Take Advantage of World Cup Hangovers
The Premier League season starts in just a few days. And the spectre of the World Cup still hangs over the Premier League’s top six. This was a World Cup in which the Premier League’s top teams all had plenty of players not just participating but going the distance – and certain teams will benefit from that.
Liverpool need to be one of the beneficiaries.
It’s expected that Roberto Firmino and his Brazilian teammate Alisson Becker will start against West …
Chelsea v Liverpool Preview - Face-off for Fourth
The Details
Venue - Stamford Bridge, Chelsea
Referee - Anthony Taylor
Date & Time - Sunday, May 6th @ 16:30 GMT
Current Odds - Chelsea 23/20, Draw 5/2, Liverpool 11/5
Form
Chelsea Form
Chelsea have had something of a renaissance in recent weeks. Just when I had written them off and considered Antonio Conte to be just seeing out his time until the end of the season, they've started grinding out wins again. It may be too little too late in their push for …
Liverpool v Chelsea Preview: Key Battles
An all-too-familiar second-half capitulation against Sevilla in the Champions League means that recent optimism has given way to the same old concerns for Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool fans alike. But for now, there is no time to brood on recent failures.
The fixtures now start coming thick and fast, and first up for the Reds, is a mouthwatering fixture against Chelsea at Anfield. The return of N'Golo Kante seems to have galvanised the champions, who are on their best run …
Liverpool v Chelsea - Conte brings his Blues to Anfield
The Details
Venue - Anfield, Liverpool
Referee - Michael Oliver
Date & Time - Saturday, November 25th @ 17:30 BST
Current Odds - Liverpool 23/20, Draw 12/5, Chelsea 23/10
Form
Liverpool Form
Liverpool have certainly improved over the last six weeks or so as they look to banish all memory of September 2017 to the history books. Despite a poor showing at Wembley against Spurs, the Reds have been on a steady upward curve in terms of performance. However, the second half …
How to Replace Emre Can: Leicester's Wilfried Ndidi
That crushing inevitability is the worst feeling.
Perhaps Liverpool fans are simply making their way through the stages of grief, and are trying to bargain with themselves the potential loss of Emre Can will be less grievous than reality will dictate. But fear not, for here in the land of perpetual posturing and theoretical deals, Anfield Index will be sorting out Liverpool’s need for control in midfield – alongside a shiny new Naby Keita, who’ll be entering the club right …
Klopp the Tactician: From Dortmund to Liverpool
Following on from my three-part series "The Klopp Project" which took a longer-term view on things (select the links for part 1, part 2 and part 3), I thought I would assess where Jurgen Klopp is in the present moment. Klopp the innovative tactician in Germany has been well documented. But what about Klopp the tactician at Liverpool? In assessing his time at LFC, we have to throw the conventional rules out the window.
Klopp's system does not rely on …