A DRAW was probably a fair result. Tottenham were impressive, the best team to come to Anfield this year by a fair stretch. Yet, despite some careless passing, we actually found it easier to create chances against them than many other teams this year. Because they...
LFC Twitter got very excited last night. All it took was a few encouraging words from esteemed journalist Paul Joyce of the Daily Express and we were all a flutter. Back pages were being photographed and shared, pages were being refreshed rapidly waiting for the 10:30...
SUNDAY was a notable day for local players in the north west of England. At 1:30pm, Scouser Jon Flanagan was leading out Liverpool as captain for the first time. A few hours later an 18-year-old striker from Wythenshawe was scoring the winning goal in the Manchester...
HOW annoying. At half-time we are all laughing and joking and picturing Flanno lifting the Premier League trophy in 2017. At full time we’ve thrown it away, a limp second-half performance that only looked like finishing one way after The Saints equalised. For...
I’M meant to do player ratings now but I’m not going to. Its irrelevant. It’s always slightly irrelevant, of course, but feels even more so tonight. What score do you give Simon Mignolet? I don’t want to criticise Nathaniel Clyne for being up...
DO you know what you will be doing in 15 months’ time? Ian Ayre does. Or more accurately, he knows what he won’t be doing. Which is being the Chief Executive Officer of Liverpool Football Club. And to think they said Steven Gerrard’s departure was a...
AWAY games actually start two or three weeks before when you decide whether you are going or not. Tickets need buying, transport needs arranging and, in some cases, passes are needed from home. For most, the whole thing is a complex decision-making process based on...
ABSOLUTELY battered them 2-0. First to the ball, and better with it. If it wasn’t for their goalkeeper they’d be writing new records. Instead we go to Old Trafford without a tie-winning lead at this stage but with a commanding one nevertheless. Also with...
THE controversy around the penalty that was probably a penalty rumbles on. In the latest twist to the story, it has been revealed that assistant referee Scott Ledger — who decided Damien Delaney *did* foul Christian Benteke — won’t be given a...
I HAD written this introduction in my head on about 70 and it was moody as anything. It talked about consistency and how it separates winners from everyone else. It also talked about how the real problem, more than consistency, was quality and that the team looked...
The Anfield Wrap’s midweek free podcast looking back on Liverpool’s win at Anfield over Leicester City and previewing their trip to West Ham on Sunday.
John Gibbons hosts Rob Gutmann, Neil Atkinson and Beth Lindop.
