Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 0 Nottingham Forest 1 in the 2024-2025 Premier League season… It’s the poorest Liverpool performance at Anfield in the league since October 2022 against Leeds Utd. It takes...
Mikel Arteta’s journey from head coach to manager is nothing new for England’s elite but Arne Slot seems likely to follow a different path… IN THE SLOWEST of news weeks, something gripped me about Mikel Arteta’s new deal at Arsenal. Among the...
Celebrating Ron Yeats’s life and contributions to Liverpool Football Club after it was announced he has passed away at the age of 86… TIMES change. Time moves on. The old order changeth, yielding place to new. (That’s Tennyson but I got it from...
Mo Salah is proving he’s still got what it takes to be at the top level with Liverpool, so why has his contract been allowed to become a saga? I LOVE that they made it about Casemiro. Dom Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch pressing and filling in and making...
An exclusive extract from Neil Atkinson’s book ‘Transformer’ about the significance of Manchester United 0 Liverpool 5 at Old Trafford in 2021… YESTERDAY was a great day. Everything came together as you’d hope and the company...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Manchester United 0 Liverpool 3 in the 2024-2025 Premier League season… IT’S alright to just admit that we’re the fantasy. Tell you what. Three games, three wins, none...
As Federico Chiesa becomes Liverpool’s sixth senior out-and-out forward, how does he fit into The Reds’ squad needs this season? FEDERICO Chiesa couldn’t look any happier to be a Liverpool player. Player announcement media is often generic and...
After excelling in the number six role since Arne Slot arrived, could Ryan Gravenberch be the answer to Liverpool’s prayers in the position? FOOTBALL is obsessed with number sixes. The common feeling is that, like your goalkeeper, the better managers get...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Brentford 0 in the 2024-2025 Premier League season… A PAIR of 2-0s to set the season up nicely for us. But something else, something more – a blueprint as to how a season could...
As Rafa Benitez shares further stories about his time at Anfield, is it worth revisiting a strange relationship with such a great man? IN many ways, Rafael Benitez’s mid-to-late Liverpool era remains none of my business. I was still following Liverpool home and...
