Author: Liam Togher
Champions League Matchday 5 Preview: Can the Reds take a massive step towards the last 16?
Following two wins over Maribor in which they scored 10 goals without reply, Liverpool’s Champions League fate is very much in their own hands as they travel to face Sevilla for what is likely to be the crunch fixture of Group E. The teams drew 2-2 at Anfield back in September when the Reds’ defence […]
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Premier League week 12 round-up: Heaven-sent Salah crucifies Saints
In four matches against Southampton last season, Liverpool did not find the net once. Inside 90 minutes of Saturday’s encounter against the Saints, Jurgen Klopp’s side scored three without reply, a crucial victory on a weekend when almost all their main top four rivals won. It was a fifth clean sheet out of six at […]
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Where Are They Now?: Josemi
Ask a Liverpool fan to name the first signing that Rafael Benitez made for the club when he took over as manager in 2004 and there’s a good chance that they’d guess Xabi Alonso or Luis Garcia. They’re on the right track as regards naming Spaniards, but the correct answer is a right-back called Josemi. […]
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Premier League week 12 preview: Potential return against former club for Liverpool’s ex-Saints
Liverpool might not have had a match this week due to the international break, but there was still plenty going on at the club with manager Jurgen Klopp briefly hospitalised, Sadio Mane returning from international duty with a recurrence of a hamstring problem that thankfully seems to have abated and Adam Lallana potentially returning to […]
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International round-up: Week to remember for Gomez, Solanke, Mane and Lovren
The final international break of 2017 ends with two more Liverpool players heading to Russia next June for the World Cup and two more making their international debuts. Here’s the full round-up of how the Reds fared on the international scene in recent days. England debuts for Gomez and Solanke Last Friday’s goalless draw between […]
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Where Are They Now?: Titi Camara
Over the years, Liverpool have had mixed fortunes with signing players from Africa. Their current two natives of the continent, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah, are among the most successful members of that category, despite them only playing at Anfield for a combined 18 months (that can be shortened when you factor in injuries and […]
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International preview: Gomez in line for senior debut as Lovren and Mane face crunch qualifiers
The last batch of international fixtures for 2017 sees numerous Liverpool players again jetting off to represent their countries. Unlike in recent international breaks, though, most of the Red men just have friendly action over the coming days, although two are involved in crunch World Cup qualifiers with their countries’ participation in the balance, while […]
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Behind The Badge: Liam Togher
Name: Liam Togher Supported club: Liverpool How long: Since 1995 What began the support: A lad in a pub told me about their esteemed history. That, and not wanting to conform to everyone else my age supporting Man U! Why have you stuck with them: The belief that, one day, we will win the Premier […]
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Premier League week 11 round-up: Clinical Liverpool make hay on weekend of opportunity
Another trip to London and another 4-1 result, but unlike at Wembley two weeks ago, this time Liverpool were on the right side of it. While such a comprehensive away victory is always pleasurable, it was one that owed less to the Merseysiders’ considerable attacking talents than to West Ham’s utter fragility. The struggling Hammers […]
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Where Are They Now?: Paul Konchesky
If Liverpool fans were given an option to erase six months of their recent history, it would probably be the latter half of 2010 when Roy Hodgson was in the dugout. The current Crystal Palace manager pitched up at Anfield that summer after a hugely successful stint at Fulham, whom he led to a highest-ever […]
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