IN Paris on Monday night, the titanic clash between Liverpool and Barcelona was again on show as the best players from both teams waited to see who had been named the 2019 Ballon d’Or winner. It would turn out to be Lionel Messi’s night as he pipped Virgil van Dijk to...
IT is all so predictable, they say. The introduction of VAR is “clearly and obviously” being used as a tool to ensure that Liverpool win the league title, just as they suspected. You can only presume that the Twitter Sherlock’s peddling this cock of the poppiest kind...
TIS the season. No, not that season. Not yet, despite the thousands of identikit Christmas adverts we’ve been subjected to already. Seeing as everyone else is at it, I’ve had an idea for a Liverpool one. A young brother and sister are waking up at obscenely early...
ME at 4.30pm on Sunday… “Long way to go, whatever happens. Nothing decided today. No-one ever won a league title in early November.” At 6:30pm on Sunday… Tattoo artist: “Do you want the number 19 above or below the Liver bird mate?”, me: “Below, so it...
WHAT a moment. What a header. What a turnaround. At 4.44pm on Saturday, it seemed like Liverpool’s unbeaten record might be over. Not just for this season, but a record that stretches back all the way to January 22, 2018. The last time Liverpool lost in the league to...
THERE’S something a bit ‘fish in a barrel’ about writing an article on a player immediately after he’s put in an excellent performance. That’s why this is likely to be at least the fifth or sixth piece you will have read on Fabinho since his colossal showing...
IT didn’t feel like I thought it would. There was undoubtedly relief as Adam Lallana prodded in a late equaliser to retain Liverpool’s unbeaten start to the league campaign, but Jamie Carragher pulling out ‘Blue Steel’ as Gary Neville sank in his chair in...
YOU can never truly trust social media. There I was, harmlessly scrolling through Twitter on Sunday night, when I saw a number of posts to the effect of “What a goal from Wijnaldum,” “What has Wijnaldum just done?!” and even “OMGini!” It was tremendous news that...
THERE are plenty of myths in football. The idea that former players make good pundits, most definitions of “clear and obvious” when it comes to VAR, and of course the assertion that Everton have a good defence. Plenty. Another was put to the test at Anfield on...
IT was quite a celebration on Saturday. As Gini Wijnaldum drilled in Liverpool’s winner at Bramall Lane, giving Sheffield United goalkeeper Dean Henderson absolutely no chance (well, a bit of a chance), the players clad in black and teal raced to the away end and...
