Naby-Mania is Running Wild, Brother
It may have taken longer than expected but Naby Keita has finally arrived for Liverpool. After showing glimpses at various times throughout the season, the £52million signing has had a big impact in the past week for the Reds.
With top spot on the line, the Liverpool No.8 opened his account for the club against Southampton with an uncharacteristic goal - a stooping header at the back post - to level the game on the night. He then drilled in …
Should Fading Wijnaldum Return to Face Chelsea?
Jordan Henderson and Naby Keita have felt like two sparkling new signings over the past week.
Both have done perfectly well at times throughout this season, particularly the former, but Liverpool's last two matches have been significant for the likeable pair.
The wins over Southampton and Porto allowed the Reds to continue their winning streak, now at six victories in a row, and it was Henderson and Keita who were the biggest positives.
The skipper was left out of the …
No More Conservative Midfields for Liverpool
This title race is killing you, admit it.
All the times Liverpool were buried in sixth, meagre and irrelevant seem like the golden days of old compared to the ninety-minute-long heart attack Liverpool fans are forced to endure on a weekly – sometimes bi-weekly – basis. Bring Hodgson back, for God’s sake.
Seeing as that’s unlikely, and seeing as Liverpool are firmly stuck in a title race in which they have to make up the ground, the nerves have manifested …
Lucky Lucky Liverpool?
Lucky, lucky Liverpool eh? Comments about all the circumstances in which luck has favoured the Reds this season are out in force after their late goal against Spurs, courtesy of Hugo Lloris punching the ball onto the back of Toby Alderweireld, and there are a lot of frustrated opposition fans, as well as journalists, keen to jump on the Reds’ lucky streak.
First things first, we were lucky against Spurs. No two ways about it. On balance, the second half …
Southampton v Liverpool Preview - Praying for points at St Mary's
The Details
Venue - St Mary's, Southampton
Referee - Paul Tierney
Date & Time - Friday, April 5th @ 20:00
Current Odds - Southampton 7/1, Draw 15/4, Liverpool 4/11
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The journey continues
On thru' the storm
The Reds, now battle-weary
Carrying dreams for too long
Six more acts to get through
The plot, no-one knows
We'll witness every minute
Just to see where it goes
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Form
Southampton Form
Ralph Hasenhuttl's Southampton side has come into a nice bit …
Durability A Key Factor In Liverpool's Success
When you look at Liverpool’s success so far this season, one of the key reasons that the team has played consistently well is the lack of injuries to key players. Joe Gomez and Trent Alexander-Arnold aside, of Liverpool’s main starting XI (or starting X plus one if we’re being fair), nobody has picked up anything more than a minor niggle this season.
And some would say that in that respect, Liverpool have been very lucky. Going through the team, there …
Naby Keita: The key to a good performance against Burnley
Let's cast our minds back to a cold, dark Wednesday night at Turf Moor in December.
Jürgen Klopp took his Liverpool team to take on Sean Dyche's Burnley and selected Naby Keita in central midfield for the second consecutive match after an injury lay-off had seen him reduced to watching his team mates from the side-lines.
Keita had enjoyed a solid start to the season for the Reds, but injuries disrupted things for him, but he came in against Burnley …
Liverpool v Burnley Preview - Reds can't allow another draw at home to Burnley
The Details
Venue - Anfield, Liverpool
Referee - Andre Marriner
Date & Time - Sunday, March 10th @ 12:00
Current Odds - Liverpool 7/50, Draw 13/2, Burnley 16/1
Form
Liverpool Form
Liverpool have drawn five of their last seven games in all competitions. While the defence is still doing its job, goals have been hard to come by at the other end (unless we play Bournemouth or Watford).
Jurgen Klopp's Redmen have still only lost one league game all season. However, if they continue …
Klopp's Liverpool Can Look Beyond May For Success
The panic has started to set in. The nerves of a proper title race are jangling. Liverpool had a four-point lead at the top of the table, which could have been extended to seven, but instead, four draws in six games see it now as a deficit by a single point, leaving the title race on a knife-edge with nice games to go.
Now the reactions have been somewhere between outright panic – people already saying the title is lost …
The Reds' possible starting eleven against Everton this Sunday
Is this how Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp will line The Reds up for the Merseyside derby at Everton this weekend?
Liverpool and Everton played out an extremely tight and tense game at Anfield back in early-December.
A 96th-minute winner from super-sub Divock Origi gave Liverpool a priceless 1-0 victory and started Klopp's men on an eight-game winning streak in all competitions.
2019 has proved a tougher proposition so far for Liverpool, however. Yet, on Wednesday night, Sadio Mané, Mohamed Salah and …