// THE MATCH REVIEW
Neil Atkinson’s post-match thoughts which reflect the emotions of following Liverpool Football Club…
Liverpool 2 Atletico Madrid 3: The Match Review
THERE is something horrendous about going out like that. Stilettos and broken bottles all over the shop. Let's get it out of the way: The goalkeeper's error is dreadful, it changes the game and costs Liverpool the tie. He's not a bad person, is a good second-choice...
Liverpool 2 Bournemouth 1: The Match Review
THERE is something in James Milner's roar on the whistle. It'll be the last thing I picture before I go to sleep tonight. The first thing I think of in the morning. Three more. The word procession has been bandied about. This isn't what a procession should feel like....
Chelsea 2 Liverpool 0: The Match Review
GETTING beat. That's no longer novel. This season of 30-year wonder suddenly finds itself on the brink. How spoiled, how stupid, how strange. It shouldn't be that way. In the cold light of day it won't. The moment the league title is confirmed will be the moment of...
Norwich City 0 Liverpool 1: The Match Review
THE European Champions. The Champions Of The World. The team who are 25 points clear. One of the problems (if there really could be said to be any, because in reality, there are none) with Liverpool being so good, is that opponents tend to up their game. This...
Liverpool 1 Shrewsbury Town 0: The Match Review
THERE is a variant of this piece which is just 1,000 words on everything Pedro Chirivella did after the final whistle. A thousand words on his every move, his every word. Who he hugged, when, what he was thinking and feeling. I was in the Upper Kemlyn. The final...
// THE MATCH REVIEW
Neil Atkinson’s post-match thoughts which reflect the emotions of following Liverpool Football Club…
Liverpool 2 Atletico Madrid 3: The Match Review
THERE is something horrendous about going out like that. Stilettos and broken bottles all over the shop. Let's get it out of the way: The goalkeeper's error is dreadful, it changes the game and costs Liverpool the tie. He's not a bad person, is a good second-choice...
Liverpool 2 Bournemouth 1: The Match Review
THERE is something in James Milner's roar on the whistle. It'll be the last thing I picture before I go to sleep tonight. The first thing I think of in the morning. Three more. The word procession has been bandied about. This isn't what a procession should feel like....
Chelsea 2 Liverpool 0: The Match Review
GETTING beat. That's no longer novel. This season of 30-year wonder suddenly finds itself on the brink. How spoiled, how stupid, how strange. It shouldn't be that way. In the cold light of day it won't. The moment the league title is confirmed will be the moment of...
Norwich City 0 Liverpool 1: The Match Review
THE European Champions. The Champions Of The World. The team who are 25 points clear. One of the problems (if there really could be said to be any, because in reality, there are none) with Liverpool being so good, is that opponents tend to up their game. This...
Liverpool 1 Shrewsbury Town 0: The Match Review
THERE is a variant of this piece which is just 1,000 words on everything Pedro Chirivella did after the final whistle. A thousand words on his every move, his every word. Who he hugged, when, what he was thinking and feeling. I was in the Upper Kemlyn. The final...