Lessons Learned: Liverpool 4 Spurs 3
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Liverpool 4 Tottenham 3 - Player Ratings
Alisson Becker - 6.0
Our player of the season, he was always going to be vital to a positive result. Could do nothing for the opening goal, whilst making a key stop shortly thereafter. Was given little chance for the Son goal or the equalizer, but was able to make crucial moments count.
Trent Alexander Arnold - 7.0
The recent productive run sees him irreplaceable right now. The assist for Curtis’ opening goal was perfection and he is now drifting …
The Salah Free-Kick Conundrum - Stats Analysis
The rarer something is, the more valuable it becomes. It’s simple supply and demand, as any student of GSCE Economics – I got an A, #humblebrag – can tell you. A copy of Northern Soul belter ‘Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)’ by Frank Wilson once sold for over £100,000 as there are only two originals known to be in existence.
Nothing that uncommon happened at Anfield last Saturday when Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest 3-2. There were some relatively …
Virgil van Dijk: Salah's Liverpool goalscoring feats aren't appreciated enough
Virgil van Dijk believes Liverpool attacker Mohamed Salah doesn’t get the wider credit his record-breaking exploits deserve.
The Egyptian moved level with Robbie Fowler, joint sixth on the club’s all-time list of scorers with 183 goals, when he turned home what proved to be the winner in Saturday’s 3-2 victory over Nottingham Forest.
Salah has reached that total in just 298 matches – 71 fewer appearances than Kop icon Fowler. He now boasts 27 goals in all competitions this season …
Lessons Learned from Liverpool's victory against Nottingham Forest
It wasn’t the prettiest by any means and the overriding feeling at the final whistle was a sense of relief more than anything else. If Liverpool fans don’t see a long throw-in again until next season it’ll be too soon, but as we’re at the business end a win was all that mattered. The Reds made it hard work for themselves against the worst away side in the league, but thanks to some familiar faces it worked out. We looked …
Diogo Jota - When You Can't Be Good, Be Lucky
Diogo Jota lost something when Liverpool won 6-1 against Leeds United on Monday, though what he retained and gained at Elland Road could prove to be far more important.
The most obvious thing he lost was the ball. A lot. The 26-year-old turned over possession (through mis-controls and unsuccessful touches) on five occasions when the rest of the team did so nine times between them. The 2-0 ‘home’ win over RB Leipzig in 2021 was Jota’s only previous match for …
Penalties: Salah Stays… For Now
It’s hard to know which of the two things was more surprising in all truth. The fact Liverpool got another penalty this season or Mo Salah missing a second consecutive one. He should also have had another late on after Gabriel’s common assault, but the less we say about the officiating in this game the better. The natural chat has now moved to the future of the Egyptian king as Liverpool’s chief penalty taker and whether he should remain in …
Liverpool 2 - 2 Arsenal - The Post-Mortem
The best and worst of our turbulent season was presented to the world on Easter Sunday, as the once mighty Reds capitulated before a shell-shocked crowd, before being driven to an emphatic home draw by the same Anfield support. The game should have had a winner, with Liverpool desperate to land the knockout blow in the final minutes. This is despite the visitors pummelling Jürgen Klopp’s men for most of the first half.
Rating this team (this season) is perhaps …
Tony Evans: Anfield Appears to be Paralysed
None of what we are watching is acceptable. The performance against Manchester City was appalling. Everyone knows that Liverpool cannot compete with the Etihad’s spending. The players can work as hard as Pep Guardiola’s team, though.
They didn’t.
Chelsea wasn’t much better. Jurgen Klopp talked about “small steps” forward. Didn’t see that myself. Chelsea are crap. Liverpool were worse.
This will take more than one transfer window to fix. But the biggest concern is that it’s not an issue of …
Manchester City 4 - 1 Liverpool - The Post-Mortem
Another away game and yet another loss. This was probably the most anticipated result of Liverpool’s season, with a complete difference in both class and endeavour from the two sides. Where this game had previously represented the meeting of England’s top two sides for 4-5 years, this was a million miles away from that point in time. My pre game prediction was a 3-1 home win, which showed my naivety in all honesty. The result should have been more damning, …