Author: Liam Togher
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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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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Where Are They Now?: Mark Gonzalez
In the week that Alexis Sanchez sealed his move to Manchester United, this column features one of his former international team-mates who had a brief spell at Liverpool. If the ex-Arsenal playmaker’s January transfer seemed drawn-out, it was nothing compared to the patience that Mark Gonzalez had to show in waiting to make his debut […]
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FA Cup round 4 preview: Will Saturday night be all right for Liverpool?
7:45pm on a Saturday night is not a conventional kick-off time in British football, but that is when Liverpool and West Brom will commence battle in round four of the FA Cup this weekend. The Reds have home advantage for this one, just as they did against Everton three weeks ago on the night that […]
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Premier League week 24 round-up: City back to winning ways after Anfield humbling
With Liverpool not in action until Monday night, how did the rest of the Premier League fare out over the weekend? Having seen their unbeaten record ended by the Reds last week, Manchester City bounced back with a 3-1 victory at home to Newcastle. Sergio Aguero famously scored five in this fixture two seasons ago […]
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Where Are They Now?: Christian Ziege
Middlesbrough might not seem like the most attractive destination in the world for high-profile footballers to have lined out for some of the biggest clubs and nations on the planet, but the Teessiders have had an uncanny knack of luring Hollywood names to the Riverside Stadium. It all started in the mid-1990s with the Brazilian […]
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Premier League week 24 preview: Leaders conquered – now can Liverpool beat basement boys?
Liverpool’s performance in ending Manchester City’s marathon unbeaten streak last Sunday drew plenty of acclaim, despite the late concession of two goals to prompt a needlessly uncomfortable finish to proceedings at Anfield. Having conquered the Premier League’s runaway leaders, can the Reds pick up the same result against its basement club Swansea on Monday night? […]
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Premier League week 23 round-up: Reds hold on to win game for the ages
Some heavyweight Premier League matches are hyped up to the last by Sky Sports, only to be anti-climactic damp squibs. Liverpool and Manchester City on Sunday did not fall into that category. It was scintillating, unpredictable, agonising and at times unwatchable. It was Liverpool at their coruscating best and self-destructive worst. The Reds were the […]
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Where Are They Now?: Sander Westerveld
Some players can be lucky or unlucky with the timing of a transfer to a particular club. Zlatan Ibrahimovic left both Inter Milan and Barcelona the season before those teams went on to win the Champions League, while Lucas Leiva spent a decade at Liverpool and has just a solitary League Cup medal to show […]
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Premier League week 23 preview: Can Reds topple Man City without Coutinho?
Life after Philippe Coutinho begins in earnest for Liverpool on Sunday evening and the task could hardly be tougher, with the Reds welcoming league leaders Manchester City to Anfield. Jurgen Klopp’s men have a formidable record in this fixture, with City beaten on their last four visits to L4 and without a victory in this […]
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