Anfield's magic showcased again as Liverpool find another way to win

Anfield's magic showcased again as Liverpool find another way to win

What a night. We've had a few of those now, haven't we? Maybe none like this though. Liverpool 1-0 Shrewsbury Town in an FA Cup fourth round replay isn't exactly a headline score when taken out of context, but oh the context involved in this one is quite something. A Liverpool team where the oldest player was 22, with 19-year-old Curtis Jones the youngest captain in Liverpool's history. Against a League One side full of grown men, looking to seize …
Young Liverpool Bow Out of League Cup

Young Liverpool Bow Out of League Cup

An extremely young Liverpool team bowed out of the Carabao Cup after falling to a 5-0 defeat away to Aston Villa tonight. With the senior players in Qatar preparing for the Club World Cup semi final against Monterrey of Mexico tomorrow, the Reds opted to pick a squad -- with an average age of 19 -- composed of players from their under 17, 19 and 23 teams. A brace of goals from Jonathan Kodjia, a Morgan Boyes own goal and …
Ki-Jana Hoever commits his future to Liverpool

Ki-Jana Hoever commits his future to Liverpool

Liverpool's 17-year-old defender Ki-Jana Hoever has committed his future to the club by signing a new three-year contract with the Reds this week. The young Dutch defender can play at right-back or centre-back and made his first-team debut for Liverpool in last January's FA Cup defeat at Wolves. The club obviously holds Hoever in high regard with this new deal so the future is looking very bright indeed for the youngster. Speaking to Liverpoolfc.com, Hoever's quotes showed excitement at the …
Liverpool 3 Lyon 1 | Reds back to winning ways before City test

Liverpool 3 Lyon 1 | Reds back to winning ways before City test

Liverpool concluded their pre-season programme with a 3-1 victory over Lyon in Geneva. Goals from Roberto Firmino, a Joachim Andersen own goal and Harry Wilson gave the Reds their first victory in four pre-season games after they had fallen behind to an early Memphis Depay penalty. Jurgen Klopp surprised many with the experimental nature of line up, with Adam Lallana deepest of a midfield three with Naby Keita and Xherdan Shaqiri. Mohamed Salah, Alisson Becker and Firmino also started, just …
Liverpool’s Long Goodbyes

Liverpool’s Long Goodbyes

One of these days summer will actually come. It may feel like we’ll be forever chasing City, one point behind, in a perpetual spring where the temperature never climbs above frigid. But the calendar is in-fact progressing. We know that we’re not stuck in a time-warp because Joe Gomez and Oxlade Chamberlain are apparently ready for action. Some morning soon you’ll actually look out the window and see the sun and it will be time to consider Liverpool’s summer signings, …
Player Ratings as Liverpool are eliminated from FA Cup

Player Ratings as Liverpool are eliminated from FA Cup

This game was always going to be a strange one. Should Klopp go for it and risk injuries to key players in the midst of a genuine title challenge? Or should he play a youthful eleven, succumbing a chance to obtain his first piece of silverware since taking over for Brendan Rodgers? Many fans hoped for the former, with attentions firmly fixed elsewhere on the Reds' upcoming Premier League game against Brighton, the perfect time to offer a response after …