Liverpool found themselves on the receiving end of a deserved defeat against a good Napoli side tonight. They seemed to be just off the pace but nearly hung on for a point. Talking about the level of Napoli, what is wrong with The Reds and what needs to happen if...
JESUS. Ran ourselves into the ground for a big dose of nothing but cramp and tired legs for Sunday. Would probably have been better if they had just beat us early doors. Fine lines between a good, old-fashioned, hard-fought European away point, and a massive bowl of...
THE celebrations in those closing minutes at Stamford Bridge on Saturday tea time, were full blooded, defiant and maybe will come to be seen as disproportionate. We are apt to do this. I was part of an away end at Villa Park in Brendan Rogers last season that properly...
It’s our second Champions League focused show of the 18/19 season as Liverpool travel to Italy to face a Napoli side in need of a precious 3 points. Does Jurgen Klopp pick a full strength XI for the clash in the Stadio San Paolo or will he shuffle his pack with...
It’s your penultimate post-match ‘pink’ of the season as Liverpool battered Napoli in Dublin, and joining Neil Atkinson for immediate post match reaction show to talk about Naby Keith, Daniel Sturridge, Mo Salah and more are Timo Tierney, Dan Morgan...
I USED to say this: Delusion leads to hope. Hope leads to belief. Belief leads to achievement. If you can’t kid yourself you can do something, then you just can’t do it. That definitely remains true. The maxim is correct. The thing is this: Liverpool have...
“FOOTBALL, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football…” There are few cities in Europe as passionate about football as Liverpool and Naples. The game is at heart of both cities, skipping a beat on matchdays. Day sessions and...
Liverpool’s Famous Kop & Man City | The Anfield Wrap
Liverpool face a Manchester City side this weekend, a game which would grab the attention of the nation regardless, with City having been found guilty of cheating by the Premier League facing a side that ran them so close on various occasions, the eyes of the nation will be glued to a fixture that promises a powder keg of an atmosphere – but with so many questions hanging over Manchester City, should this fixture even be played at all and what can we expect when the side found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges levelled at them roll in to Anfield?
To discuss all the above, Neil Atkinson is joined by John Gibbons and also Brian Reade to talk not just about the weekend’s clash, but also his new book ‘The Kop’ which explores how and why the Kop became the globally-renowned stand it is today.
Also on the show, Neil chats to Charles and Andrew Hendy of ‘The Mary Wallopers’ to talk about their James Skelly produced new album ‘Paddywhackery’.
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