Month: January 2018
Can’s the Man
Two weeks since the outstanding performance against Manchester City, and two games since a decent Liverpool performance, Jürgen Klopp’s reds finally got a win, a solid 3-0 victory over sinking Huddersfield Town. The star performer in this victory may not actually be a Liverpool player come next year. Emre Can’s contract will be up at […]
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Key Talking Points From Liverpool’s Comfortable 3-0 Victory Over Huddersfield
Kirklees Stadium, Huddersfield – How quickly moods can change in football. If you took a peak at the atmosphere surrounding Liverpool Football Club after back-to-back defeats against West Brom and Swansea, you would be forgiven for thinking it was a club in crisis. Patience with the owners, players, and even the manager had run out […]
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Player Analysis: Huddersfield Town 0–3 Liverpool
Huddersfield Town Jonas Lossl – 5 Made a few good stops but shouldn’t have been beaten at his near post for Firmino’s goal…………. Florent Hadergjonaj – 5 Performed fairly well defensively but did offer Huddersfield an attacking outlet on the left, even if it was minimal. Terence Kongolo – 5 Tackled and intercepted well but […]
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Reds tame Terriers
In the space of five days all the previous work of the past three months for Liverpool was undone. The impressive 4-3 win over Manchester City in our last league outing at home was followed by a disappointing 1-0 defeat in South Wales against Swansea and a sobering 3-2 defeat at the hands of West […]
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LFC Bounce Back, Outgoing Transfers, U23’s Still Top
Transfer News: Daniel Sturridge has completed a loan move to West Bromwich Albion. The Baggies will pay Liverpool a £2m loan fee as well as paying Sturridge’s wages. Newcastle tabled a late offer for the striker but he chose West Brom due to geographical reasons. Lazar Markovic is attracting interest from numerous clubs including Swansea […]
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Isolation For Our Wingers Could Unlock The Huddersfield Defense
Huddersfield should be an interesting opponent to say the least because David Wagner knows Klopp very well. They have been friends for a while (Wagner was Klopp’s best man at his wedding) and surely Wagner will have a decent idea as to how Klopp will set up. Regardless of Huddersfield’s form, they will be dangerous. […]
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Virtue sees red, and Sturridge finally has a temporary home
Daniel Sturridge – West Brom After much speculation for the majority of this transfer window, Daniel Sturridge’s future for the remainder of this season has finally been decided. He was linked with European clubs Sevilla and Inter Milan, as well as Newcastle United most recently, but Sturridge is on his way to West Brom for […]
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Premier League week 25 preview: Liverpool aiming to avoid Terriers terror
January has truly been a month of two halves for Liverpool. Late winners against Burnley and Everton in the opening week of 2018 preceded that epic victory over Manchester City, but the dismal defeats to Swansea and West Brom have undone the value of those previous wins. The Reds have a lot to prove, then, […]
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Liverpool v WBA Post Match Review by @cashboyle
Peter gets the views of Caislin Boyle on the WBA Cup Defeat Up The Trophy-less Reds I did two things on Saturday night. One, I watched comedy, intended to make me laugh. Two, I watched the Liverpool game, not intended to make me laugh. Yet here I am typing furiously, uttering a hollow laugh at […]
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FA Cup round 4 round-up: Lethargic Liverpool deservedly dumped out by Baggies
The VAR was called upon on several occasions at Anfield on Saturday night and the evidence was clear – Liverpool are a team bereft of leadership, guts and game management. Roberto Firmino’s sumptuous sixth-minute goal seemed to be the perfect riposte to the stinging criticism from last week’s defeat to Swansea, but instead it was […]
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