ANFIELD is a special place although today was not the most intensity from the crowd. More like afternoon tea – Jurgen Klopp, May 8, 2016 I’ll give you that one, Kloppo, you have got me bang to rights there. In fairness, I was pretty distracted by external unrelated...
HOW many of these games have we seen this year, eh? The Reds were totally, brilliantly dominant first half. A machine – a pressing wrecking ball of a machine that could have run over anyone. Newcastle couldn’t cope; Liverpool’s shape, organisation and pressing...
Show them the way to go home, They’re tired and they want to go to bed (40 winks*) They’re only half a football team compared to the boys in red. Oh THE greatest of football songs this. In fact, I’d go as far as to say it is my favourite. Reasons as...
I’M not sure if you are aware, but someone writing for The Anfield Wrap last week apparently referred to the current England manager as the Devil. I know, it’s outrageous isn’t it? Whoever it was should be ashamed of themselves. I’m fairly sure they will have...
I HAD every intention of using this column to write about our current songbook this weekend; a critical analysis of the songs that are in heavy rotation and a reflection on the impact they are having on the atmosphere in the ground. There was going to be a big section...
PICTURE the scene. Dawn breaks. A naked man lies alone on a heavily distressed bed — the duvet and pillows seem to be at once entwined with and yet almost scrambling to escape his clutches. Through the untouched, gaping curtains an inquisitive beam of light...
I HAD a soft spot for Crystal Palace when I was eight. I quite liked them. To me they had appeared out of nowhere — a magical, mystical club, named after the Wizard of Oz’s house. I had never heard of them before that season but here they were playing the Reds...
I DON’T know about you but I had a great day out. One of them where everything comes off. Our minibus turned up when it was supposed to, the driver wasn’t a Bluenose and he was sound (well in, Paul). We got to London without hitting any traffic, found a...
THERE’S a phrase going round at the minute about good teams having seven or eight people to carry a piano and three or four to play it. I struggle with this for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I bought a piano about two years ago and arranged for it to be...
IT is surprising how often my thoughts and random daydreams always come back to Sam Allardyce and his life. I can’t help it. I have tried to scratch him from my mind but it’s no good. I think about whether he can sing and, if so, whether he sings around the...
Press Conference Extra looks at the wider context around Arne Slot’s media briefing before Liverpool’s Champions League tie against Real Madrid at Anfield.
