Author: Oliver Miller
FoL's Matchday Correspondent @oliver_miller
West Ham United 1–4 Liverpool Player Ratings
West Ham Joe Hart – 4 Could have done better with Liverpool’s first but was left exposed throughout – following his difficult season in Turin, this one is turning out to be another one to forget for the England goalkeeper. Cheikhou Kouyate – 4 Was responsible for Liverpool’s third goal and didn’t look comfortable playing […]
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Player Ratings: Tottenham 4-1 Liverpool
Tottenham Hugo Lloris – 7 Not overly tested but produced a brilliant save to deny Coutinho in the second half and saved an attempt from Salah – when called upon, he delivered. Kieran Trippier – 7 Looked as if he relished this big occasion and even appeared an upgrade on Kyle Walker – solid defensively […]
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Player Analysis: NK Maribor 0–7 Liverpool
NK Maribor Jasmin Handanovic – 3 Made one or two decent saves but it’s never a good night when you concede seven goals. Martin Milec – 3 Was given the difficult task of trying to contain Coutinho whilst preventing Moreno on the overlap – didn’t have the best of nights. Aleksander Rajcevic – 3 Completely […]
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View from the Main Stand: Liverpool 0–0 Manchester United
Situated on the broadcasting gantry within Anfield’s main stand, Oliver Miller offers his view on Liverpool’s Premier League match against Manchester United Manchester United shut out Liverpool’s stuttering attack in another dismal performance at Anfield As the final whistle was blown, BBC 5live’s Mark Chapman turned to commentator John Murray – alongside him on the […]
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Player Ratings: Liverpool 0–0 Manchester United
Liverpool Simon Mignolet – 7 Produced an important save to deny fellow Belgian Lukaku towards the end of the first half but it was an afternoon where his concentration levels were tested just as much as his reflexes. Joe Gomez – 7 A vast improvement on recent performances and Klopp’s decision to start him ahead […]
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Player Analysis: International Duty
With the build-up to Saturday’s match against Manchester United now underway, here is how some of the Liverpool players fared during the international break. England/England U21 England confirmed their place in the 2018 World Cup with a 1–0 win against Slovenia at Wembley on Thursday evening. However their performance – along with the one against […]
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Player Ratings: Newcastle United 1–1 Liverpool
Newcastle United Robert Elliot – 7 Was quick off his line to deny a Sturridge chance and commanded his area well but was beaten by a brilliant shot from Coutinho DeAndre Yedlin – 7 Constantly exhibited his pace – being one of the only full-backs this season to show he can keep up with Liverpool’s […]
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Player Ratings: Spartak Moscow vs Liverpool
Spartak Moscow Artem Rebrov – 8 Spartak’s best player on the night was kept busy throughout – made some very important saves, especially in the early stages – but was forced off with an injury on the hour mark Andrei Eschenko – 6 Was tormented by the attacking talent of Coutinho and struggled to deal […]
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Player Ratings: Leicester City 2–3 Liverpool
Leicester City Kasper Schmeichel – 6 Arguably could have done more to stop Salah’s headed goal but was left helpless by Coutinho’s free-kick. Danny Simpson – 6 Struggled against Liverpool’s attack-heavy left-side but stuck to his task and even got forward himself at times to provide attacking assistance to Vardy. Wes Morgan – 6 Faced […]
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Player Ratings: Leicester City 2–0 Liverpool
Leicester City Ben Hamer – 6 Looked slightly nervy in the early stages but he and his defence gathered confidence as the match progressed Daniel Amartey – 6 Didn’t really convince at full-back and needed the help of Morgan to try and limit the threat of Robertson on the right side Wes Morgan – 7 […]
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