Author: Liam Togher
Premier League week 18 round-up: Cherries picked off by clinical Liverpool
Four at West Ham, three at Stoke, five at Brighton and now four at Bournemouth. Liverpool might have been left lamenting their inability to score just once in their previous two home matches but they certainly don’t suffer from travel sickness. At the ground where they blew a 3-1 lead just over a year ago, […]
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Where Are They Now?: Alberto Aquilani
It’s not an easy task to be a replacement for a personality befitting of the term ‘club legend’. David Moyes found that out to great cost when he succeeded Alex Ferguson as Manchester United manager in 2013, with neither the current West Ham boss nor the Old Trafford club able to repair their respective reputations […]
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Premier League week 18 preview: Liverpool in need of Vitality Stadium victory
After hitting 12 goals in their first two matches in December, Liverpool only managed one in their next two, both of which ended in damaging draws at Anfield. This Sunday the Reds are on the road to Bournemouth, where they fell to a disastrous 4-3 defeat just over a year ago despite twice leading by […]
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Premier League Week 17 Round-up: Liverpool Held at Home Yet Again
Where are the excuses now? Jurgen Klopp certainly can’t be blamed for his team selection against West Brom, with each of the ‘Fab Four’ in the starting line-up, but a Baggies side that has not won since August came to Anfield to do a job and they did it. Liverpool had their fair share of […]
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Premier League Week 17 Preview: Can Liverpool bounce back against the Baggies?
Liverpool supporters must still be scratching their heads over how they didn’t emerge with three points from the Merseyside derby, but attention quickly turns to the visit of West Brom on Wednesday night for what seems an ideal fixture to get back to winning ways. Jurgen Klopp has come in for plenty of stick for […]
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Key Talking Points From Liverpool’s 1-1 Draw With Everton
Like most games Liverpool have drawn this season, Sunday’s 1-1 stalemate with Everton had the feel of a defeat, that perception of two points dropped rather than one gained. This result was especially galling for the Reds, not just because of the opposition but because they had been so dominant throughout the 90 minutes but […]
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Premier League week 16 round-up: Klopp’s selection errors + Everton’s anti-football = frustration for Liverpool
Jurgen Klopp has been largely lauded by Liverpool supporters since arriving at Anfield two years ago, but on Sunday afternoon he copped a lot of flak for his very questionable team selection and substitutions during the 1-1 draw against Everton. The German boldly left Roberto Firmino and Philippe Coutinho on the bench and, even with […]
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Where Are They Now?: Patrik Berger
Liverpool were infamously dubbed ‘The Spice Boys’ in the mid-1990s, with some of their high-profile players lambasted for making the most of their celebrity lifestyle at a time when the club was coming to terms with being nothing more than contenders in English football after decades of routinely being champions. Therefore, when a winger from […]
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Premier League week 16 preview: Derby day awaits on the double
It’s been eight months since the last instalment of the Merseyside derby, but we’re set to have at least two (potentially three) in the next five and a half weeks. Sunday 10 December has been circled on many a Liverpudlian’s calendar for quite a while and how ironic it is that, six days prior to […]
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Champions League matchday 6 round-up: Rampant Reds go through as group winners
The squandering of a 3-0 lead against Sevilla a fortnight ago was met with anguish and disgust by Liverpool fans, but we need not have worried as a night that could have gone horribly wrong against Spartak Moscow ended up being as placid and comfortable as a pre-season friendly. For the second time this season, […]
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