Win!
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life, I love you more
Allow me to explain if you will. You’ll need coffee. Tissues optional. Heart necessary. Fortitude compulsory.
If 2011 was the season that started me, this season could so simply have been the one that finished me. Back then, so many years ago, I became a father for the first time. …
Liverpool 7 - 0 Spartak Moscow: Iron Curtain torn apart by Reds onslaught
The Details
Date: 6/12/17
Venue: Anfield, Liverpool
Background
The stage was set at Anfield. The knockout stages of the Champions League awaited the victors. A win for Liverpool would also guarantee top spot in the group. Draw, and the Reds would probably slip into second place as Sevilla were widely expected to defeat Maribor in their final game, also tonight. Spartak had to win to progress.
Klopp again rotated his starting eleven with five changes from the team that took the pitch at …
Liverpool v Spartak Moscow - Knockout Stages beckon for Klopp's in-form Reds
The Details
Venue - Anfield, Liverpool
Referee - TBC
Date & Time - Wednesday, December 6th 2017 @ 19:45 BST
Current Odds - Liverpool 2/9, Draw 11/2, Spartak 10/1
Form
Liverpool Form
Liverpool's form has been much improved since the defeat to Spurs, and even that game was something of a speed wobble as the team had already shown signs of improvement before that, after a very disappointing September.
If they can keep the momentum going into this hectic festive period then Klopp's …
Liverpool Fans Need to Stay Calm
It's been a tough few weeks of late, with Liverpool dropping points against Newcastle, Burnley, Spartak Moscow and Sevilla whilst also getting knocked out of the League Cup by Leicester. Some fans have even started to turn on the manager. It's strange, Liverpool are only seven games into the league season and people are already writing off their chances of Champions League qualification, the season entirely, and subsequently there's talk of a club in crisis.
Yet the table does not …
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: Just Have A Little Patience...
It’s been a far from ideal start to life at Liverpool for new boy Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, after the midfielder signed from Arsenal on deadline day.
Joining off the back a thoroughly promising 4-0 win against his former-club, The Reds were largely expected to kick on with another highly versatile player in the ranks to add depth and experience amid a rigorous new campaign.
Yet, with Liverpool booted out the Carabao Cup after a 2-0 defeat against Leicester before suffering another …
Liverpool FC - The Wasteful Comeback Kings of England
Another game has passed and the mighty Reds fired blanks yet again. Somehow the ball didn't go in Spartak Moscow's net a second time. The mixture of feelings after such is hard describe. LFC managed to fight back after going 1-0 down. The result is not fatal in any way - reaching the knockout phase is still fully in our hands. The build up play was very good. And yet you can't help but feel we let one slip away …
Observations as Liverpool can't finish off Moscow in the Champions League
How did Liverpool not win that? Nobody will know. A tennis score would not have been an unjust reflection of play in Moscow, but in the end, Liverpool and Spartak Moscow had to share the points as the Reds failed to make their superiority count.
Philippe Coutinho cancelled out Fernando's free-kick that gave Spartak the lead, but the Reds could see this game as one where it got away, at the end of the group stages.
Here are some major …
Dominate, concede, repeat... Liverpool draw in Moscow
The Details
Date: 26/9/17
Venue: Otkrytiye Arena, Moscow
Background
Tonight, Spartak and Liverpool met for the first time since 2002. After what can probably be described as two disappointing draws for both teams in round one of the group fixtures, each of them was looking to get back on track with three points from this fixture. Sevilla, at home to Maribor in the other fixture, would surely be picking up three points and it was important to keep pace with …
Liverpool Player Ratings from a Frustrating Night in Moscow
From Russia with a point, return Jürgen’s Reds. Not great for Liverpool, but routine wins against Maribor and we’ll be laughing with 8 from 4.
Speaking of 8s and 4s, how did the players get on?
Starting Eleven
Loris Karius (5): Got sympathy for him with the first goal because it’s powerful etc. But, he doesn’t dive properly, so. Made a couple of half-decent other saves but he didn't do anything to win back his league place.
Trent Alexander-Arnold (6): …
Strangers in Moscow - Spartak vs Liverpool Preview
The Details
Venue - Otkrytiye Arena (Moscow)
Referee - Clément Turpin (France)
Date & Time - Tuesday, 26th September 2017 @ 19:45 BST
Current Odds - Spartak Moscow 7/2, Draw 3/1, Liverpool 7/10
Form
Spartak Moscow won the Russian Premier League last season for the first time in 16 years. Their defence of the title is not going to plan, however.
Massimo Carrera is their fiery Italian coach and he has been struggling with internal conflict this season between the Sporting …