THIS is the type of game I look forward to most. Following a team involves so much tense anticipation and trepidation. Who really relishes the prospect of a derby or watching us go to Old Trafford? Yes, there’s excitement at just how important a result could be...
In our long look at Liverpool’s win at Southampton we discuss the different phases of the game. Liverpool putting early pressure on the Saints, the home side coming back to donate the ball in the first period but unable to carve Liverpool open, and the Liverpool...
A run of the mill 0-2 win away from home? With this Liverpool team? And yet run of the mill victories have indeed become part of this season’s package. Liverpool crushed Southampton’s spirit just before the break and left them for dead. Virgil van Dijk...
ALL eyes were on the world’s most expensive defender on Sunday. The return of Virgil van Dijk just over a month after his record £75million move from Southampton to Liverpool was always going to be the headline, but an assured and measured performance from the...
THE South Coast Everton 0 Liverpool 2. The Reds went into this afternoon’s game with the knowledge that a win would well and truly ensure second place is all of our business, and they delivered against a side who love a “boo” so much at the mere sight of...
Andy Heaton, standing in for Neil Atkinson, hosts your post Southampton Pink after Liverpool have dispatched their South Coast satellite club in a rare two nil victory. Joining Andy for immediate post match reaction are Mo Stewart, Stu Wright and Dan Morgan. To...
MAD what happens when your goalkeeper isn’t a nervous wreck, permanently looking over his shoulder, isn’t it? A clean sheet and a 2-0 away victory with a game-affecting save in a decisive moment. I felt sorry for Loris Karius last week against Tottenham Hotspur. A...
THE game is about the second goal. The second goal tells us everything about the game and about these two teams and where they are right now. It is a goal Southampton never score. It is a goal Liverpool score all the time. Or a goal it feels like we score all the...
Citytalk this week fires the starting pistol on the run in. With 12 league games to go what can Liverpool look to achieve this season and how do they go about it? What will the main challenges be? John Gibbons and Josh Sexton had a chat with Gary McAllister, Ian Rush...
I’M brimming with something. Not quite confidence. I think it might just be plain old excitement. The Reds aren’t quite on the boil but they continue to simmer nicely. There’s 12 games left and we’ve got ourselves involved in a good, ol’ fashioned run in. I love...
Changing Expectations As Reds Fly: The Anfield Wrap
Neil Atkinson hosts John Gibbons, Sean Rogers and Ian Salmon. We discuss what constitutes a good season from this point, what Liverpool need to go right on and off the pitch to achieve this success and the ever looming contract situation.
Also in the show Neil chats to Dave Lynch about his substack….
