// THE MATCH REVIEW
Neil Atkinson’s post-match thoughts which reflect the emotions of following Liverpool Football Club…
Liverpool 0 West Bromwich Albion 0: Match Review
LIVERPOOL were fucking crap tonight. Immediately after typing that the realisation hits that this is exactly the sort of writing which means that yours truly isn't about to be offered Barney Ronay's column at The Guardian. We could find a wry way around the whole...
Liverpool 1 Everton 1: Match Review
A WIN always helps. And Liverpool didn't get one. A win always helps because it helps you shrug off what doesn't go well; what you disagree with, who didn't have their best game, what wasn't right. It's another edgy team selection from the manager for a big televised...
Liverpool 7 Spartak Moscow 0: Match Review
LIVERPOOL were downright irresistible. I'm not interested in messing about; I'm interested in the facts. The facts are that there is a gulf between these two sides. I was in The Kop for the second. Shall we have a chat about it? It looked, from where I was, like every...
Brighton 1 Liverpool 5: Match Review
WHAT a win that is under the circumstances. It's a manager backing himself, his staff and his team, and them standing up for themselves and for him. They had to be switched on, aggressive and good. They nailed all the above. Imagine getting the teamsheet in the...
Stoke City 0 Liverpool 3: Match Review
THEY flit. Sadio Mane comes across and Mo Salah sees him. Goes the other side and fills the space. No one sees this because right in front of all of us, the Stoke players, the Liverpool end, everyone is fixated on Mane. How can you not be? The pace and the power of...
// THE MATCH REVIEW
Neil Atkinson’s post-match thoughts which reflect the emotions of following Liverpool Football Club…
Liverpool 0 West Bromwich Albion 0: Match Review
LIVERPOOL were fucking crap tonight. Immediately after typing that the realisation hits that this is exactly the sort of writing which means that yours truly isn't about to be offered Barney Ronay's column at The Guardian. We could find a wry way around the whole...
Liverpool 1 Everton 1: Match Review
A WIN always helps. And Liverpool didn't get one. A win always helps because it helps you shrug off what doesn't go well; what you disagree with, who didn't have their best game, what wasn't right. It's another edgy team selection from the manager for a big televised...
Liverpool 7 Spartak Moscow 0: Match Review
LIVERPOOL were downright irresistible. I'm not interested in messing about; I'm interested in the facts. The facts are that there is a gulf between these two sides. I was in The Kop for the second. Shall we have a chat about it? It looked, from where I was, like every...
Brighton 1 Liverpool 5: Match Review
WHAT a win that is under the circumstances. It's a manager backing himself, his staff and his team, and them standing up for themselves and for him. They had to be switched on, aggressive and good. They nailed all the above. Imagine getting the teamsheet in the...
Stoke City 0 Liverpool 3: Match Review
THEY flit. Sadio Mane comes across and Mo Salah sees him. Goes the other side and fills the space. No one sees this because right in front of all of us, the Stoke players, the Liverpool end, everyone is fixated on Mane. How can you not be? The pace and the power of...