Liverpool

Liverpool And Their Calculated Defensive Gamble

Gambling, by its very nature, doesn't always come off. There can be no debate that Liverpool -- after the sale of Dejan Lovren to Zenit St Petersburg -- gambled when they didn't sign a centre half last summer. Instead, the Reds pushed the boat out to sign Thiago Alcantara from FC Bayern and planned on using...

Liverpool bids farewell to club legend Ray Clemence

Liverpool goalkeeping legend Ray Clemence passed away at the age of 72 on Sunday as confirmed by his family. Clemence is the most successful goalkeeper in LFC history having played 665 first team games for The Reds over a 13-year period. He won five league titles and three European Cups as Liverpool's number 1. In memory...

Priceless Matip faces career-defining period at Liverpool

When it rains, it pours. Or in Liverpool's case, when it rains, a monsoon arrives. The Reds find themselves in one of the most bleak, unfortunate injury situations in their recent history, following an awful period in the fitness department. When Virgil van Dijk was ruled out for the season with cruciate ligament damage it felt...

How can Liverpool get Robert Firmino firing?

Roberto Firmino looked like the odd man out in attack against Manchester City. In truth, it’s nothing to be embarrassed by really.  After all, most players would have trouble keeping up with Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Diogo Jota. The Brazilan has never been blessed with blistering pace, but it was never really an...

Gomez injury will keep him out for most of the season, club confirms

Liverpool defender Joe Gomez will miss "a significant part of the remainder of 2020-21" the club has confirmed. Gomez was injured earlier this week while training with Gareth Southgate's England squad. He has since returned to Liverpool and undergone surgery to repair a damaged tendon in his knee. The club released an official statement on Gomez's...

Liverpool’s New Tactical Shape Offers Opportunity To Lesser Seen Squad Members

Jurgen Klopp sprung a surprise in Liverpool's recent 1-1 draw against Manchester City at The Etihad. After Diogo Jota scored a hat-trick against Atalanta in the Champions League a few days prior to the clash with Pep Guardiola's team, speculation was rife that Klopp may drop Roberto Firmino, one of his key lieutenants, and retain...

Another setback for Liverpool as defender sustains “serious injury” during England training camp

Liverpool defender Joe Gomez is the latest Red to suffer an injury this season with the young centre-back reportedly having sustained a "serious" setback at England training camp. Jürgen Klopp and his backroom team will await the results of further tests over the coming days to determine the extent of Gomez's injury. The story broke on...

Reds say goodbye to Melwood for the final time

Liverpool finally brought the curtain down on the club's time at Melwood over the weekend. The Reds leave their famous training ground after 70 years. When Jürgen Klopp's squad returns after the current international break, they will begin training at Liverpool's new state-of-the-art AXA training centre in Kirkby. LFC published a well-composed page with club staff,...

Tactical Breakdown: Manchester City 1-1 Liverpool

As I have grown up, I have witnessed titanic clashes between footballing behemoths. Games for which the world would stand still for 90 minutes in order to witness the spectacle. In the early noughties, it was Arsenal and Manchester United; then Chelsea and United; Liverpool and Ferguson's side followed briefly, before the rise of...

Jürgen Klopp says he is happy with how Liverpool defended at the Etihad

Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp says how his team defended against Manchester City "was really good". The Reds earned a 1-1 draw away to Pep Guardiola's side after Mohamed Salah gave them the lead through an early penalty. Gabriel Jesus then equalised for City before Kevin De Bruyne missed a penalty shortly before half time. The result...