Premier League

Assessing Thiago’s debut season with Liverpool

There’s no guide out there on how to use stats in football. Maybe there should be. After all, a stat without context is just a number. Mainstream media has been forced into embracing this part of the sport over recent seasons. They initially resisted, but it quickly became a case of adapt or perish.  As...

Liverpool FC Weekend News Roundup

It was another eventful weekend for Liverpool with a disappointing Premier League result plus news on a transfer deal apparently almost done. Reds drop vital points against Newcastle Liverpool failed to capitalise on several gilt-edged goal opportunities against Newcastle on Saturday to take all three points. Mohamed Salah put The Reds in front with an astounding...

Will this be Liverpool’s starting lineup to face Newcastle on Saturday?

Liverpool play Newcastle at Anfield in Saturday's early Premier League game. We've had a look at Jürgen Klopp's likely starting lineup. The Reds are two points off Chelsea and the top four and, with six games to play, time is quickly running out. Newcastle arrive at Anfield on the back of two consecutive wins and it...

A Failed Venture

The Super League, a revolutionary idea that was shunned by the masses, ill prepared for public consumption by the instigators and put back into its box for normality to resume within the elite football corridors throughout Europe. UEFA are no shining light with their failures, short comings and inability to implement Financial Fair Play did...

Liverpool vs Newcastle United Preview – Magpies arrive at Anfield in flying form

THE DETAILS Venue – Anfield, Liverpool Referee – Andre Marriner Date & Time – Saturday, April 24th @ 12:30 Current Odds – Liverpool 2/7, Draw 19/4, Newcastle 8/1 ________________________________________________________ What a shitshow we've witnessed in the football world in the last few days. Our club, disappointingly, was at the centre of all that is wrong with the game at the...

Sadio Mané discusses his battle to return to top form after he scored Liverpool’s only goal against Leeds on Monday

Liverpool forward Sadio Mané scored his first league goal since January as he helped The Reds to a 1-1 draw away to Leeds on Monday night. Mané has endured a very poor run of form for a few months now with questions arising over his place in Jürgen Klopp's starting eleven. Speaking to Liverpoolfc.com after the...

Milner feels fatigue cost Liverpool as they are held to draw at Leeds United

Liverpool midfielder James Milner believes The Reds' Champions League draw with Real Madrid left them jaded at Elland Road on Monday night. Jürgen Klopp's Reds put everything they had into last Wednesday's quarter-final second leg performance against LaLiga giants Real Madrid at Anfield. It wasn't enough to stop Liverpool from going out but still left...

Will this be Liverpool’s starting lineup to face Leeds tonight in the Premier League?

Liverpool return to Premier League action tonight away to Leeds United as they continue their push for a top-four finish. The Reds are now out of the Champions League following their 3-1 aggregate defeat to LaLiga giants Real Madrid in the quarter-final. That means Jürgen Klopp and co now have five weeks to focus on...

Liverpool’s battle to save their season starts now

So, a trophy-less season it is then. Liverpool's Champions League dream ended in all-too-predictable fashion on Wednesday night, with poor finishing yet again proving fatal against Real Madrid. While much of the focus has understandably been on the Reds' centre-back woes, with Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip all absent, their struggles in the...

Leeds vs Liverpool – Energetic tussle expected at Elland Road on Monday

THE DETAILS Venue – Elland Road, Leeds Referee – Anthony Taylor Date & Time – Monday, April 19th @ 20:00 Current Odds – Leeds 7/2, Draw 10/3, Liverpool 4/6 ________________________________________________________ And then there was one... all focus must now turn to Liverpool's domestic duties over the next five weeks. A top-four finish is certainly doable but you would have to say...