What a win for The Reds, what a performance from Liverpool, what a night in Portugal. It’s a great showing from a Liverpool side that looks built to terrify Europe and we discuss the hows, the whys, the wherefores and the fuckinggetins of the contest. Sadio Mane...
PRE-season friendlies are interesting for a number of reasons. They give supporters a chance to see some of the club’s brightest young talent in action, to see new stars make their mark and even give the players who looked certain to leave the club a chance to claw...
In another TAW Player subscriber exclusive, Neil Atkinson sits down with Liverpool’s James Milner for a wide-ranging 25-minute chat. He talks in depth about his relationship with Jurgen Klopp, his position in the team, Liverpool’s style of play, what he thinks was...
YOU may or (probably definitely) may not have noticed that I didn’t meet the Monday morning deadline for my weekly column to go up. I noticed. To be honest, I pre-empted it. You see, I was in Magaluf from Friday night to Sunday morning on a whirlwind tour. Magaluf,...
DOMINIC CLIFF JAMES Milner netted his seventh consecutive penalty of the season against Manchester City on Sunday. Despite his perfect record, Sky Sports cameras picked up Jürgen Klopp with his back turned to the field of play as the spot kick was being taken. Klopp...
JAMES Milner was asked by Jamie Redknapp this week whether he likes playing left-back. “Honestly? No, I don’t,” was his frank reply. “It’s what the manager wants and what’s best for the team and if he thinks it’s best for the...
SOMETIMES when you write, you write to clarify your own thoughts. You set off without an answer hoping that by the end of the piece you’ve come to some sort of a conclusion that makes sense to you and the reader, writes DAN BEALE. That was going to be my tact after...
MY mates would tell you I’m too much of a knob to be a full-back, they’re usually a quiet bunch who keep themselves to themselves and keep things ticking along, not causing any trouble or getting drunk. I think my dark side comes from always wanting to be a centre...
JÜRGEN’S wild boys; a lethal attacking force who run like crazy and take opposition sides apart with fluid, dynamic, heavy-metal football. If only Klopp could fix Liverpool’s defence, then they could be serious title challengers. This has become the stock...
IF you did find yourself watching international football last night — not that I blame you if you weren’t — you might have seen Liverpool’s Gini Wijnaldum limp off in his country’s 1-0 defeat to France. That’s my biggest problem...