Liverpool should only look at themselves after meek defeat to Manchester City. There can be no excuses after similar losses this season… IN THE EARLY 1990s I worked for a publishing house, selling exhibition space. Every Monday, just before lunch, the...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Manchester City 3 Liverpool 0 in the 2025-2026 Premier League at the Etihad… WE’VE LOST FOUR consecutive away league games. We’ve lost four consecutive away league first-halves....
The visit of Real Madrid and the return of Trent Alexander-Arnold to Anfield inspired defiance which helped Liverpool secure victory… I’VE NEVER been one to boo. It’s always been a combination of Evertonian and pantomime in my eyes. I’m also approaching...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 1 Real Madrid 0 in the 2025-2026 Champions League at Anfield… THE BEST NIGHT is always this: A great game of football that Liverpool deservedly win. With a spoonful of needle. A...
Arne Slot chose a side that featured just two changes from last years league winning side in the same formation. The results were immediate… WELL, THAT FEELS better. Sometimes, when the slings and arrows are flying around it’s best to go back to what you...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 0 in the 2025-2026 Premier League at Anfield… IT FELT NORMAL when it has been anything but. That was the best thing about the win. It is normal. It is repeatable. It is...
Things are tough at the minute for Liverpool: for players, staff and supporters. Yet Arne Slot remains the right man to weather the storm… THIS WASN’T Northampton Town in 2010. It was the same competition and stadium. Same biblical rain and same image of...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 0 Crystal Palace 3 in the 2025-2026 Carabao Cup at Anfield… ON THE WHOLE you always have to hope calm heads prevail and you always have to hope Liverpool have calm heads. The manager...
A fourth Premier League defeat in a row was marked out as the worst under Arne Slot as Brentford’s approach seemed to surprise Liverpool… I MEAN… There are some defeats I can forgive. I can forgive losing to a last minute goal as you can be prone to them...
Arne Slot, Mo Salah and more widely Liverpool have had to endure negativity recently, but in football results quickly change a narrative… CULTURE wars. They’re not funny or clever. Mostly because they involve people who are neither funny nor clever doing...
