While Gini Wijnaldum plays contrasting roles for club and country, Leanne Prescott says that is what makes him so crucial to Liverpool and the Netherlands… Georginio Wijnaldum may be the only person who is happy to see the international break. For most...
Leanne Prescott writes that Joe Gomez’s injury on international duty is not only a big blow for Liverpool, it’s a further indictment of football’s fixture pileup… FOOTBALLERS, like us, are susceptible to strains and breaks. They suffer...
Despite doubts about the fee at first, Leanne Prescott believes Diogo Jota has shown signs of being the latest success story of Liverpool’s transfer policy… LIVERPOOL’S success since Jürgen Klopp’s arrival in 2015 can be attributed to many things....
While it’s not been his best start to a season, Leanne Prescott thinks we saw the best of Trent Alexander-Arnold again at Anfield on Tuesday… FOOTBALL without fans. It has felt like a struggle for some time now. It is the supporters that make...
ONE of the most tiresome quips levelled at Liverpool is that they are often lucky with injuries compared to their rivals. That is, naturally, a complete contradiction of the truth. The Reds have been without Alisson Becker, Xherdan Shaqiri, Kostas Tsmikas, Alex-Oxlade...
FEW would dispute the importance of psychology and mentality within football, but it is one of the hardest to analyse. It is complicated by the fact there is no quantifiable output, no list of characteristics or designated number that distinguishes between good...
IF there was any solace to take from Liverpool Women’s relegation from the Women’s Super League, it was the opportunity it offered to regroup, restart and regalvanise the entire atmosphere around the club. Everyone associated with the club has rallied. The recruitment...
BEHIND Jürgen Klopp, lies a trusted inner circle. It is best represented by the combination of the manager and his right-hand man, an almost telepathic relationship that lends itself to success. Liverpool’s journey over the past five years has been a collective...
LIVERPOOL have set an incredible standard over the past two years, achieving near perfection since suffering heartbreak in Kyiv. Piece-by-piece, Jürgen Klopp has constructed a relentless juggernaut, one that will rank within the best in English football history....
“THERE was a point in the game where I was watching Salah and I just thought, that is some player. “Four years ago, when he first came to Liverpool and he got 40-odd goals, I thought: ‘That’s a freak, he won’t be able to live with that.’ But then he consistently...
