Liverpool Lose Anfield Streak In Burnley League defeat
Liverpool's 68 game home Premier League unbeaten record at Anfield was ended by Burnley in a 1-0 defeat.
A controversial late penalty from Ashley Barnes gave the Clarets the three points and condemned the Reds to their first league reversal at home since April 2017.
Despite dominating the possession and territory throughout the toothless defending champions -- who have now gone four consecutive Premier League games without scoring -- couldn't force the ball past Nick Pope and now find themselves …
Key Stats as Reds drop points at home v Burnley
Burnley nabbed an undeserved second half equalizer to frustrate record-chasing Liverpool, who dropped points for the first time at Anfield this season. Andy Robertson headed(!) the Reds in front, before Jay Rodriguez’s volley. The result means Liverpool need three wins out of three to beat Man City's 100 point record. But what were the key stats from the 1-1 draw?
Oh Andy Andy
With Trent Alexander-Arnold having such a strong season, it’s gone a little under the radar how good …
Errors - The Worst Currency for a Goalie
So I like stats. I’m an unabashed stats lover. Whenever I can I write using stats, about stats or using stats in my articles. One of the benefits of being in an LFC community is that there are people who are smarter than me on Twitter who occasionally post interesting stats. This is one of those occasions, and one of those articles.
So AI’s own Dan Kennett recently did this thread highlighting goalkeeper error rates:
https://twitter.com/DanKennett/status/1017407619508498435
My reaction to this …
Klopp Runs Rule Over Karius as GK Search Cools
The World Cup in Russia is far from over but Liverpool’s pre-season is officially underway. Jurgen Klopp is without his full complement at Melwood, but this week the process of guiding his new additions and delegating a squad role to each player will begin.
It will, of course, be key to integrate incomers Naby Keita and Fabinho, but Klopp’s most important task this pre-season concerns his incumbent no. 1: he must make a rational and well-informed decision on the much-maligned …
To Pope or Not To Pope, That Is The Question
A knock to the head from Sergio Ramos saw Loris Karius suffer a concussion in the Champions League final, leading to two costly errors in between the sticks and ending any hopes of Liverpool taking home No.6. Thus, any goalkeeper links must be taken with a pinch of salt; Karius' errors has fuelled the idea Klopp could be eyeing a new No.1 for the upcoming campaign.
It's no surprise that Liverpool have been linked to pretty much ever goalkeeper in …