The brilliance of Florian Wirtz is now beginning to shine through at Liverpool after a period of settling in to his new surroundings… SOMETIMES it’s easy to see. I remember watching Xabi Alonso on an early autumn Saturday afternoon at Anfield against...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Sunderland 0 Liverpool 1 in the 2025-2026 Premier League at the Stadium Of Light… Win the right to play. Football changes all the time. Positions flit in and out of importance. Shapes are fashion....
Often, only with the benefit of time can we judge how things truly are. In the present, we may have to settle for changing expectations… NOW WHAT? Where are we now? There are times when frustration gives way to anger and onto an acceptance. Liverpool just...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 1 Manchester City 2 in the 2025-2026 Premier League at Anfield… WHEN THE remarkable, eyes-on-stalks, Houllier-at-Goodison-face, freekick hit the back of the net Liverpool deserved to lead. So...
The recent transfer window closed with Liverpool ignoring the present situation to strengthen the future, raising a number of questions… I ENJOYED listening to Neil’s chat with Rory Smith this week. I’ll get straight to the crux of the conversation...
Liverpool and Anfield show once again that they’re both at their best when explosive, as the Reds blew through Newcastle United… THERE ARE moves in chess which are termed explosive. These are moves played after the opening which are either risky...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 4 Newcastle Utd 1 in the 2025-2026 Premier League at Anfield… START at the end. Because you get what you want. Maybe you’d forgotten, in the maelstrom, that you wanted it but suddenly...
Liverpool’s domestic form has disappointed this season, leading many supporters to constantly question if Arne Slot is still up to the task. THAT was nice, wasn’t it? Anfield cutting loose. The shoulders of a famous stadium loosening after feeling a...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 6 Qarabag 0 in the 2025-2026 Champions League at Anfield… Taking off tight shoes. Liverpool face a side at Anfield that they should beat comfortably and they just beat them...
Whilst many heroes might be forged in our youth, Andy Robertson – Liverpool’s greatest ever leftback – is an exception to that rule… THE OLDER YOU get the more entrenched you become in the past. Take those ‘Greatest Ever...
The Anfield Wrap’s midweek podcast looking back at Liverpool’s win against Sunderland and looking ahead to Brighton in the FA Cup this Saturday.
John Gibbons hosts James Carr, Ian Salmon and Daniel Eastwood.
Also in the show, Kieo talks to Joe Jones from ‘Your Light Matters’, Joe is setting up an exhibition at the Isla Gladstone Conservatory to highlight ‘invisible issue’ of men’s mental health and encourage people to speak out more.
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