THE away end going bananas. Away ends are good at doing that, and it was the third time this particular away end had done so on Saturday afternoon. While Roberto Firmino was confirming with the assistant referee that he was allowed to celebrate a legitimate goal, and...
TWO-three or not two-three? That is the question to ask about Liverpool’s new 4-2-3-1 formation, or at least it is when you’re struggling to come up with a wittier opening. It is, though, a question Jürgen Klopp has been asking himself lately, albeit probably in...
DURING the Leicester game, a stat popped up on Sky Sports which surprised me more than it should have done. Roberto Firmino has scored more goals than any other player since Jürgen Klopp became manager, netting 51 times. What’s more, he’s contributed to 60 Premier...
The signing of Alisson Becker from AS Roma took Liverpool’s total of Brazilians to three, with the earlier signing of Fabinho and the increasingly popular Roberto Firmino — with all expected to play a crucial part in a solid-looking spine for The Reds this...
LIVERPOOL have reached their eighth European Cup final, and with all the stories we’ve been told for years about the club’s illustrious history in the competition, the younger generation now have their own to tell. The chance to experience the delirious highs of...
“LIVERPOOL need a 20-goal a season striker.” That has been a dominant narrative perpetuated throughout the post-Luis Suarez era, with any hopes of Daniel Sturridge taking up that mantle scuppered by persistent knocks and strains, curtailing the his ability to fulfil...
Sat in the office yesterday chatting the worst Friday wham you can imagine when my colleague Gareth Roberts piped up about the Watford game at the start of the season feeling like ages ago and he had a point, but maybe not in the way he might have meant. Is 217 days...
THERE are occasionally times in the turbulent and relentless eye of a football season storm when the opportunity for rumination unexpectedly offers itself. Last weekend’s empty slot in the Liverpool FC calendar, due to their previous FA Cup exit at the hands of lowly...
ON the The Anfield Wrap’s “Review” show after the Southampton game, host Neil Atkinson said a few things that chimed with me. Developments in recent weeks had gotten me thinking, and Neil’s words on that show offered some corroboration. In amongst the...
SADIO Mane is crap. That was it. That was the conclusion. We’d been drinking together on a stag do in Hamburg for three days and were now sitting in the darkest pub in the middle of the city, half watching Liverpool beat Southampton. We’d spent about 10 minutes...
