It hurts. Nobody is saying it didn’t hurt. In fact everyone is talking about exactly how it hurts and how disappointed they are on our post match show. Liverpool were defeated by Real Madrid but more so defeated by themselves. They failed to perform on the...
THIS is it, then. The biggest week of our lives, the only thing in any room you’re ever in. I’ve thought about many ways to write this piece. But ultimately it has written itself, a shot from the hip aimed in the direction of Eastern Europe. Now that you’ve opened...
With the Kiev final looming ever larger on the horizon and the focus on both teams intensifying, who better to speak to about the experience and what to expect than Liverpool’s former assistant manager and La Liga coach Pako Ayestarán. Also in the show, Pako...
It has been quite the journey this season. From Manchester to Maribor we’ve previewed every European Game and this is no different. Looking at the Champions League Final from Liverpool and Madrid. In the studio John Gibbons is joined by Melissa Reddy, Paul...
THE mornings of Champions League finals are unique days. Days when we feel special but equally full of trepidation. Like children on their birthdays or confirmations or Bar Mitzvahs. In Liverpool there’s not a stranger, a shop assistant, an acquaintance you won’t...
Sid Lowe has been covering Spanish football now for many a year and his insight into the mentality, approach and poise of this Real Madrid side is very much worth listening to. In a conversation which shifts around approaches, control, the importance of luck and the...
immortality noun the ability to live forever; eternal life. SO, here we are. On the brink of immortality. The doorstep to eternity. I’ve been writing this for weeks. Thinking about how to start it, what it should say, how to follow articles that I put everything into...
Every week The Anfield Wrap takes a long look at Liverpool’s weekend game and wonders about the approach from The Reds and their opponents. This week though we are looking ahead, imagining we are in the shoes of Jurgen Klopp and Zinedine Zidane and wondering...
IF we played a game of Liverpool FC word association, and I threw at you the words “beach ball”, then there’s only one player that’s going to come to mind, writes GREG POWER. But even before Pepe Reina’s injustice at Sunderland in 2009, I associated a very...
YOU see the pictures and the footage from the glory days, writes RACHAEL HUNTER. You hear the stories from those lucky enough to have witnessed it first hand and it only serves to increase your desire – your pining – for your very own slice of history. I was only 12...
The Anfield Wrap’s podcast looking back at the weekend as Liverpool cruised to victory over Manchester City at The Etihad after Arsenal suffered defeat to West Ham to further strengthen the Reds lead at the top of the league table.
Neil Atkinson hosts Mo Stewart, Mike Kearney and Josh Williams.