Sadio Mane

Penaltypool Returns! Reds, Refs Annihilate Arsenal 5-1

Spurs spursed! Tottenham tottenhamed! The Lillywhites 1-3 loss to Wolves was a glorious start to the day, leaving Liverpool with the potential to add distance between themselves and their wobbly pursuers. Would the rest of North London cooperate? Regardless of the early results, Liverpool was primed for a strong showing against Arsenal. These matches always...

Liverpool v Arsenal Preview – Mighty Reds to go marching on

The Details Venue - Anfield, Liverpool Date & Time - Saturday, December 29th @ 17:30 Current Odds - Liverpool 1/2, Draw 7/2, Arsenal 19/4 Form Liverpool Form This Liverpool team, created by Jurgen Klopp, has been displaying form the likes of which we have never seen before. Unbeaten and with 16 wins from 19 league games is simply out of this world. The...

Liverpool 4-0 Newcastle: A Tactical Breakdown

Liverpool FC vs. Newcastle United FC; it's one of the most historic games in the Premier League, supposedly always meant to be a toe-to-toe, all-action, enigmatic thriller. Add in the magic of Boxing Day - a day which Liverpool have not lost a league match on for over twenty years - and the return...

Key Stats as Liverpool Pulverise Magpies To Go Six Clear

Liverpool swept Newcastle aside with an emphatic 4-0 victory at Anfield to move six points clear at the top of the Premier League table. But what were the key stats from a glorious afternoon on Boxing Day? Set Pieces Fuelling Reds’ Season I’ve highlighted before the role that set-pieces play in making the Reds one of...

Super Sadio Remains A Key Cog In LFC’s Machine

Sadio Mané is a brilliant player in a slightly odd situation. Truthfully, our whole attack is in a somewhat strange moment, but whilst I think it’s clear that Mo Salah is an absolutely elite player, Bobby Firmino is a very important player to our team whose form could be the subject of multiple dissertations,...

Liverpool v Newcastle United Preview – Will Rafa ruin Reds’ Christmas?

The Details Venue - Anfield, Liverpool Referee - Graham Scott Date & Time - Wednesday, December 26th @ 15:00 Current Odds - Liverpool 7/50, Draw 7/1, Newcastle United 14/1 Form Liverpool Form Things are becoming very real for The Reds at the top of the table. Seven straight league wins since their 1-1 draw with Arsenal in early November means Liverpool are sitting pretty at...

Wolves v Liverpool Preview – Vigorous pre-Christmas test for Klopp and his team

The Details Venue - Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton Referee - Craig Pawson Date & Time - Friday, December 21st @ 20:00 Current Odds - Wolves 5/1, Draw 10/3, Liverpool 1/2 Form Wolves Form After a great start upon their return to the Premier League, Wolves then hit a bumpy patch, starting in October and going right thru November too. Nuno Espirito Santo's team lost five of...

Wave-Riding Reds Finding New Ways To Win

I know it’s popular to mock him and just generally hate him, you know, because he played for Man United for his entire career and naturally that brings animosity, but Gary Neville is a really strong pundit. His points are almost always thought out, insightful and intelligent and if nothing else, watching him full...

Liverpool 3-1 Manchester United: A Tactical Breakdown

There is no other game which manages to unnerve me like playing Manchester United does. Irrespective of form or quality, as matchday approaches, I fill with dread. On the morning of a match, I can barely eat. Perhaps it's the years of torment at school after losing, and unexplainable events which always seem to...

Fabinho orchestrates and Shaqiri sparks: Observations as Liverpool sink United

Liverpool polished off Manchester United in a 3-1 win at Anfield to regain their place at the top of the Premier League. The Reds got off to a scintillating start, setting a high tempo right from the off to push the opposition straight onto the backfoot after Sadio Mane capitalised on a tremendous lofted through-ball...