West Ham 1 - 4 Liverpool: Reds run riot at London Stadium, again
The Details
Date: 4/11/2017
Venue: London Stadium
Background
Liverpool visited West Ham for the first time since their convincing 4-0 victory at London Stadium back in May. Klopp's Reds have been trying to kickstart their season again after a dismal run of results in September. October was an improvement but Spurs took Liverpool apart at Wembley to put a bit of a dampener on the 'revival'. Sadio Mané also returned to the starting eleven, ahead of schedule after his recent injury.
West Ham …
West Ham 1-4 Liverpool - Player Ratings as the Hammers are crushed
Well in, Reds. After a couple of routine 3-0's, a fairly hair-raising 4-1 got the heart rates back up whilst still providing a healthy kick to the goal difference.
It looked bad, then it looked oh so good. It looked bad again for exactly 57 seconds, and it was more than good by the end.
Roll on some dropped points on Sunday! Here are the ratings.
Defence
Simon Mignolet - 5: Why the *bleep* doesn't he come and get the …
Liverpool FC and The Dreaded U-Shape
Liverpool's last two matches have both ended with impressive score-lines, with six goals and none conceded. However, despite the two 3-0 wins, both of Liverpool's performances have been somewhat flat and lacklustre. The opponents in these past two matches both opted to employ low defensive blocks with no real intention to play or score a goal, so Liverpool had the relatively simple task of having 90 minutes to basically break those teams down.
However, although that may appear simple, and …
Observations from Liverpool's comfortable night against Maribor
Three goals, three points and an efficient performance. The Reds are back, kind of, with the Champions League last 16 well in sight.
From the top of the main stand, where I sat for the first time (pleasantly surprised at noise), what did I observe?
Daniel Sturridge
Yes, I’m starting with a substitute scoring in the last min. Sturridge is the real story of the night. After all, he’s been through, he finally gets his Champions League goal, and a …
Liverpool 3-0 Maribor - Player Ratings from Liverpool's defeat of Maribor
Liverpool produced a carbon copy of the weekend performance against Huddersfield, to put themselves in control of Group E in the UEFA Champions League. After an insipid first-half display, goals from Mo Salah, Emre Can and Daniel Sturridge gave the Reds a 3-0 win over a plucky Maribor in the rather quiet confines of Anfield.
The win means that Liverpool can book a place in the Round of 16, with a win against Sevilla on Matchday 5 in Spain.
Here's …
Liverpool 3 - 0 Maribor: Patience the most important virtue again
The Details
Date: 1/11/17
Venue: Anfield, Liverpool
Background
Liverpool came into this game as hot favourites after disposing of the same opposition 7-0 in Slovenia two weeks ago. They could all-but-guarantee qualification to the knockout stages with three points tonight and maintain pole position at the top of the group ahead of Sevilla. Klopp would have the opportunity to rest some regular starters and give some much-needed game time to fringe players. Oxlade-Chamberlain would get his chance from the start but …
Liverpool v Maribor - Damage Limitation the only aim for Slovenian Champions
The Details
Venue - Anfield, Liverpool
Referee - Ivan Kruzliak (Slovakia)
Date & Time - Wednesday, November 1st 2017 @ 19:45 BST
Current Odds - Liverpool 1/25, Draw 20/1, Maribor 50/1
Form
Since the 7-0 win in Slovenia, Liverpool have again displayed some jarring inconsistencies in their team performances. They were well beaten at Wembley by Spurs while showing a more patient, professional side to their game against Huddersfield. Lovren and Mignolet, among others, had a nightmare at Wembley, however, Klopp stuck by …
Klopp set to be vindicated over Oxlade-Chamberlain use
Jurgen Klopp has taken something of a beating from supporters in recent weeks from Liverpool fans criticising his signing, and resulting use, of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Much of that criticism has been fair. Whether or not you subscribe to the '£35M is the new £15M' club, it's okay to expect something of a quick return from a player Liverpool put so much money down for in late August.
The sort of return that Nemanja Matic, Ederson and Mohamed Salah - all …
Heavy Metal Isn't Klopp's Only Football
On the Anfield Index Pro Post-Match show after Liverpool beat Huddersfield 3-0, Simon Brundish talked about how the idea of Liverpool needing to play fast, flowing football every single game is a complete myth. He also highlighted our excellent form at the back end of last season where Liverpool had to grind out results, rather than simply playing through other sides. The full soundbite is below:
https://twitter.com/AnfieldIndex/status/924673863308447745
One big takeaway from Liverpool’s 3-0 win defensively has been how Joe Gomez …
Liverpool 3-0 Huddersfield: A Tactical Breakdown
A calming remedy to the farcical display at Wembley against Spurs, but a hurdle which Liverpool were always expected to jump over rather comfortably. Liverpool's 3-0 victory, for the opening 45 minutes threatened to be a washout, as the Reds struggled, with an all-too-familiar drabness. In the second-half though, Liverpool sprung into life, with both Sturridge and Firmino scoring, and Wijnaldum capping the display off towards the end. But this was a break from some of the patterns we've seen …