“WE made it clear from the first second that it will be very difficult for City.” Park the scoreline for a second. Wait a minute with the goals. Just hold off on the fact it could have been more. Breathe in the dominance. Stretch in the dominance. Shake...
IN a recent interview, John Barnes referenced a culture of wanting to win matched with the culture of ensuring a win as a primary reason behind Liverpool’s golden past. It didn’t matter who the opposition were, what ground the game was at, or which competition the...
JÜRGEN Klopp thinks Augsburg is “really cool” and he’s right you know. It’s an attractive city with its cobbles and spires, but also has this gritty feel to it. “Real” was another word the manager used as a description and it’s bang on. There’s a Irish bar...
I INTERVIEWED John Barnes for Goal.com to discuss being third on their list of the greatest 20 players to ever turn out for Liverpool. Typically, he wasn’t fussed over such an accolade and shared some brilliant insight into what made the club so special and what...
LIVERPOOL FC in 2016: 10 games, three wins — not including the penalty shoot-out victory over Stoke in the second leg of the League Cup semi-final — 14 goals scored, 15 conceded, a final secured, spectacles broken, only one top-flight game where the...
LIVERPOOL’S defending often still feels like getting someone else’s sick on your shoes during a wild night out. Liverpool’s attack often still stumbles like they’ve downed a stream of Jägerbombs on a wild night out. Liverpool’s midfield often still feels...
AS the temperature dropped to below freezing at Anfield on Wednesday night and three answered goals were scored in the FA Cup third-round replay against Exeter, none of them could match the amplified volume of Jon Flanagan’s return – 619 days after he last...
FOR the most part, this felt like a throwback. A sublime South American acting as the catalyst for his side’s offensive domination. Bending the ball to his will. Straining every sinew in his body to track back and turn his team around. Always there, pressing. Always...
ROBERTO Firmino is at school. He’s learning that he gets to keep the man-of-the-match champagne after adding his fizz to a game. Learning that he has to pay closer attention to what he posts on social media. Learning about the unabating, unforgiving nature of English...
AN international player once told me: “One of the hardest and most annoying things is when you feel like some of your team-mates are playing in a completely different game on a completely different pitch to you.” These words often smack me across the face when I watch...
