Liverpool

Ruthless Liverpool Ruin City To Establish 9 Point Lead

Liverpool find themselves nine points clear at the summit of the Premier League table thanks to a 3-1 win over Manchester City at Anfield. Goals from Fabinho, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané gave the rampant Reds a 3-0 lead before Bernardo Silva snatched a late consolation for the visitors. Manager Jurgen Klopp elected to pick what...

Stop And Smell The Roses – A Look Ahead To Liverpool v Man City

Here we are, on the precipice of the most important match ever in the history of football since 1992, the dawn of time (historical accuracy brought to you by Sky Sports, Sky Bet and Gary Neville’s pompous sense of self-importance)....... AND IT’S LIVE. The Reds, a crack commando unit, sent to play two games within...

Marko Grujic vs Denis Zakaria – who suits the Liverpool midfield?

Liverpool’s midfield is a divisive topic, but one thing most fans can agree on is that reinforcements will soon be needed. Jordan Henderson is 30 at the end of the current campaign, Gini Wijnaldum turns 29 this month, James Milner is 34 in January and Adam Lallana is 32 in May.  Of the current crop...

Why Liverpool vs City isn’t make or break

The hype around Sunday afternoon at Anfield has started to reach a fever pitch. It's easily the most anticipated game of the season as Klopp's table-topping Liverpool welcome Guardiola's defending champions Manchester City. The mind games have started, the fans are gearing up for creating an raucous atmosphere and the scene is well and truly set. It...

Predicting Liverpool’s starting lineup for Sunday’s Manchester City clash

Liverpool and Manchester City meet at Anfield in the Premier League on Sunday. We've had a go at predicting Jurgen Klopp's starting lineup for this huge fixture. Nathaniel Clyne, Joel Matip and Xherdan Shaqiri are the three players definitely ruled out through injury for this game. Jordan Henderson missed the 2-1 Champions League win over KRC...

Liverpool’s Lallana Experiment Sets Positive Precedent

Jurgen Klopp raised a few eyebrows with his team selection for Liverpool's recent Premier League victory away to Aston Villa. With Fabinho walking a suspension tightrope ahead of this coming weekend's top of the table clash with Manchester  City, the Brazilian sat the game out. In his stead, most assumed that Jordan Henderson -- who played...

Liverpool v Manchester City Preview – Anfield welcomes Premier League champions

The details Venue – Anfield, Liverpool Referee – Michael Oliver Date & Time – Sunday, November 10th @ 16:30 Current Odds – Liverpool 81/50, Draw 5/2, Manchester City 8/5 _____________________________________________________________ Time to bite your nails to the quick. These games are huge. No, they're not fuelled by quite as much tribalist vitriol as the Manchester United or Everton fixtures, but because...

James Milner believes Liverpool have had to further evolve already this season

James Milner says this season has seen a need for Klopp and co to continue evolving Liverpool's playing style when facing teams focused on defending. The Reds have won 10 of their opening 11 Premier League games, only dropping points in the 1-1 draw away to Manchester United. This has been achieved while also going...

We need to talk about Naby Keita

Naby Keita is the latest in a long line of players to divide opinion at Liverpool. He's a victim of hype others created for him and there's no escaping that. The deal to bring him to Anfield was unique in the sense fans has to wait an entire year to see him turn out...

Oxlade-Chamberlain will keep pushing himself after another match-winning performance

Liverpool beat Genk 2-1 at Anfield on Tuesday night and the match-winner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, believes he has more to offer Jurgen Klopp's side as he gets back near his best. Despite Liverpool's dominance, the teams were level at 1-1 going in at half-time. Oxlade-Chamberlain popped up with an excellent low finish, on the turn, to...