Seven Games From Glory For Liverpool
International breaks are annoying, aren’t they?
Fresh off the back of three pulsating Liverpool victories in a week, approaching the back end of the season, ready for the final run-in, and now we get two full weeks of no Liverpool action, and having to watch international teams play largely pointless fixtures against the backdrop of hoping nobody from LFC gets injured.
But this article isn’t going to be a gripe at the lack of Liverpool action over the next couple …
Virgil van Dijk insists Mohamed Salah is playing well despite recent lack of goals
Liverpool's brilliant centre-half Virgil van Dijk was giving his public backing to Mohamed Salah after the Egyptian King failed to score in his seventh successive game at the weekend.
The Reds won 2-1 and Salah was again a thorn in the side of the Fulham defence, creating havoc at every opportunity as he did against Burnley the week before.
However, because of Liverpool's number 11's phenomenal scoring record last season, sections of the media have jumped on Salah's mini-drought to try …
Andy Robertson admits not winning at Fulham would have been "gutting"
Liverpool's Andy Robertson admitted that The Reds' 2-1 win at Fulham was a "massive" result for the team and that it would have been "gutting" if they had not taken all three points.
Jurgen Klopp's men dominated proceedings at Craven Cottage but could not increase their lead despite Sadio Mané's first-half opener.
Ryan Babel equalised for Fulham in the last 20 minutes after a calamity of errors between James Milner, Virgil van Dijk and goalkeeper Alisson.
Thankfully, Milner was able …
Liverpool's Jordan Henderson out of Fulham game while Naby Keita faces late fitness test
Jurgen Klopp today confirmed that Liverpool's captain Jordan Henderson will miss this Sunday's Premier League trip to Fulham.
The Reds' midfielder went off after just 11 minutes against Bayern Munich on Wednesday night. Henderson had twisted his ankle but tried to continue. However, even after some bandaging, he could not run off the injury.
Speaking today at his pre-game press conference, Klopp said:
"With Hendo, we made further assessment and we know now that it’s serious enough probably to …
The Ghost of Football Optimism
Anfield Index listeners and readers will know that I assemble some of the more negative verbiage in the Liverpool universe, even in a season where the club are making a run at their first title in the Premier League era.
Like most supporters, the transfer windows always leave me wanting more while the moves by the manager often confound my admittedly limited American, brain. My perspective changed though after a recent trip to England, the real England; past Ramsbottom and …
Lallana discusses tackle Klopp referred to as a 'fantastic counter-pressing block'
Adam Lallana explained the method behind his brilliant sliding challenge on Phil Bardsley which created the goal to put Liverpool in front on Sunday.
There's nothing Jurgen Klopp loves more than effective counter-pressing in the opposition's defensive third of the pitch. Klopp referred to Lallana's challenge as a "game-changer" and a "fantastic counter-pressing block".
Lallana pounced on some indecision between Burnley's Jeff Hendrick and Phil Bardsley to block the clearance, deflecting the ball into Mohamed Salah's path in the box. …
Liverpool's double brace bests Burnley
As the early kickoff time neared, Reds supporters were concerned about two things, that dastardly wind our manager keeps going on about and the refs who seem by their recent actions to be party to Manchester City's slush fund bonanza. We'll come on to those refs in a bit, but when the line-up card came out, that was all that Liverpool fans could talk about.
Adam Lallana. Adam Lallana? Adam Lallana!
The player who perplexed us all with his late …
Predicted Liverpool lineup after Klopp's Burnley press conference
Jurgen Klopp gave Liverpool fans an injury update today ahead of Burnley's visit to Anfield in the Premier League on Sunday.
As expected, judging from Klopp's quotes, Dejan Lovren can only hope for a place on the bench, at most, while the aim with Joe Gomez seems to be a return after the international break, maybe for the matchday squad against Spurs.
When asked for a general update regarding first-team squad members, Klopp disclosed:
“Dejan [Lovren] trained yesterday completely …
Liverpool v Burnley Preview - Reds can't allow another draw at home to Burnley
The Details
Venue - Anfield, Liverpool
Referee - Andre Marriner
Date & Time - Sunday, March 10th @ 12:00
Current Odds - Liverpool 7/50, Draw 13/2, Burnley 16/1
Form
Liverpool Form
Liverpool have drawn five of their last seven games in all competitions. While the defence is still doing its job, goals have been hard to come by at the other end (unless we play Bournemouth or Watford).
Jurgen Klopp's Redmen have still only lost one league game all season. However, if they continue …
Sadio Mane insists there is no rivalry among Reds strikers
Liverpool's Sadio Mané has said there is no rivalry whatsoever between himself and The Reds' other star striker Mohamed Salah.
Salah has won the CAF African Footballer of the Year award ahead of Mané for the last two years running. However, Mané is giving no time to the notion that a rivalry has developed between the Liverpool attackers.
Speaking to World Soccer, Mané, smiling, said:
“You’d love me to say there is (a rivalry) wouldn’t you? “The media seem to expect there …