Roundup

This category rounds up all the games from the competitions that Liverpool compete in

Champions League Review Liverpool

Champions League matchday 3 round-up: Seven up for rampant Reds

Goalscoring has been a major issue of late for Liverpool, but on Tuesday night in Slovenia they finally enjoyed a game where the number of goals they notched was ideally proportionate to the chances that they created. The dam well and truly burst on a Maribor side who absolutely did not help themselves, with the […]

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Premier League Review Liverpool

Premier League week 8 round-up: Liverpool foiled by Operation Park The Bus

Almost a year to the day that Jose Mourinho sent his Manchester United team to Anfield to obtain a goalless draw, the trick was repeated in L4 on Saturday as Liverpool were thwarted by their fierce rivals once again. Just as in last season’s fixture, David de Gea produced a world-class save, with Mohamed Salah’s […]

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Liverpool Crest

World Cup Qualifying: Salah stars but Henderson flops

It has been a very satisfying few days for several Liverpool players who are celebrating their nations’ passage to the 2018 World Cup. Germany and England were among those to clinch their places in next summer’s tournament in Russia, but the likes of Netherlands and Wales are forced to watch from the sofa as they […]

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Premier League Review Liverpool

Premier League week 7 roundup: Luck deserts Liverpool in latest disappointing draw

If goals were weighted according to their aesthetic beauty and pure quality, Liverpool would have comfortably beaten Newcastle on Sunday. Alas, it’s only the quantity of goals that truly matters, so the Reds were left once again reflecting on a 1-1 draw that, in the greater scheme of things, feels more like a defeat. Liverpool […]

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Champions League Review Liverpool

Champions League matchday 2 round-up: Liverpool fail to punish negative Spartak

A draw in away Champions League games is regularly perceived as a good result, but for Liverpool the sense was definitely two points dropped as they had to settle for a 1-1 stalemate against a depressingly negative Spartak Moscow side. From the moment the Russians lined out with five defenders, the die was cast and […]

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Premier League Review Liverpool

Premier League week 6 round-up: Reds take roundabout route to overdue victory

It was suitably chaotic but, in the end, Liverpool got the job done. A month which began with such optimism had turned sour and many fans understandably feared a fourth consecutive defeat at the King Power Stadium on Saturday evening, but Leicester’s attack-minded setup played into Liverpool’s hands. Mohamed Salah missed an early sitter but […]

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Premier League Review Liverpool

Premier League week 5 roundup: Liverpool draw little home comforts

Any hopes of a title charge for Liverpool last season perished on substandard results against the supposed ‘weaker’ teams in the Premier League, not least at Anfield. It’s an itch that Jurgen Klopp’s team have struggled to scratch in his time on Merseyside and there was a sense of Groundhog Day about Saturday’s 1-1 draw […]

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Champions League Review Liverpool

Champions League matchday one roundup: Reds pay for profligacy on group stage return

If ever there was such a thing as a 2-2 defeat, that is what happened to Liverpool on a thoroughly frustrating night at Anfield as they tossed away two valuable points upon their Champions League return against Sevilla. The visitors took an early lead when Dejan Lovren’s pathetic attempt at a clearance left Wissam Ben […]

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Premier League Review Liverpool

Premier League week 4 round-up: Misery in Manchester as Mane sees red

Many predictions made for the Manchester City v Liverpool fixture on Saturday hinted that there would be goals aplenty and, with the scoreboard was bothered on five occasions, so it proved. What very few expected that was all five of goals would arrive for the home side as Liverpool slumped to their joint heaviest defeat […]

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Premier League Rundown

Premier League week 3 round-up: Lethal Liverpool up to second

Two weeks ago, Liverpool were counting the cost of dropping two points at Watford in stoppage time, anxiously preparing for a crucial Champions League play-off against Hoffenheim and fearing the consequences of the likely sale of Philippe Coutinho. On Sunday, after a scintillating performance in a 4-0 romp over Arsenal, the Reds are up to […]

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