Both Arne Slot and Richard Hughes have had differing starts to their Liverpool careers, ahead of the new Premier League season kicking off… THINGS Arne Slot could have said and done in his first press conference: Committed to Trent Alexander-Arnold at...
How it felt as a fan to see Arne Slot’s Liverpool run out at Anfield for the first time and what we learned from Sunday’s friendlies… ANFIELD with a sense of newness. There aren’t many times you travel to a match and have no idea about what’s...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 0 Las Palmas 0 in the final game of The Reds 2024-2025 pre-season… HAVING written some of this in advance of the final whistle, my worry is it will read far angrier than I intend it...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 4 Sevilla 1 in the final game of The Reds 2024-2025 pre-season… IT’S good to be back. It’s good to see you. You being both you and those wild-eyed boys that had been away....
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 3 Manchester United 0 on the 2024-2025 pre-season tour of the USA… THE final of the three US games saw Liverpool outscore Manchester United by three goals to nil. I’m loath to...
How football and music become intertwined in our memories with past life events, and the power of nostalgia… MARTIN Phillips died this past weekend. If that name means nothing to you, he was the lead singer of the New Zealand band The Chills. If The...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 2 Arsenal 1 on the 2024-2025 pre-season tour of the USA… THEY got what they wanted. The trick of the mind is that Liverpool are in the US all the time. It’s actually the first...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 1 Real Betis 0 on the 2024-2025 pre-season tour of the USA… PITTSBURGH gets the first showing of Arne Slot’s Liverpool and Pittsburgh revels in it. We’ve had a fabulous...
What makes Jürgen Klopp perfect for the England manager job, as well as the antithesis to the identity that surrounds the position… JÜRGEN Klopp and the England job is fundamentally hard to argue against. His presence in any capacity is difficult to...
With the international tournaments now out of the way, Liverpool’s 2024-2025 pre-season begins now and the real stuff can finally resume… AND there goes the big summer tournament. Finished. Over the past month, people have been a bit upset when I’ve...
The Anfield Wrap’s midweek free podcast looking back on Liverpool’s win at Anfield over Leicester City and previewing their trip to West Ham on Sunday.
John Gibbons hosts Rob Gutmann, Neil Atkinson and Beth Lindop.
