Author: Philip Shanko
Key Talking Points From Liverpool’s 1-1 Draw With Spartak Moscow
Otkrytiye Arena, Moscow – Oh the nature of football, there aren’t many other sports that show next-to-no regard for which team performs better. Liverpool were hit by that cruel fact yet again on Tuesday night in the second round of the Champions League group stage. It was a similar story in Europe yet again as […]
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Key Talking Points From Liverpool’s 3-2 Victory Over Leicester City
King Power Stadium, Leicester – Fresh off the back of a midweek exit from the League Cup, Liverpool had the perfect opportunity to exact revenge when faced with the same opposition just four days later. The second trip to the KP turned out to be very different from the first as Liverpool came away with […]
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Key Talking Points From Liverpool’s Carabao Cup Exit At The Hands Of Leicester
King Power Stadium, Leicester – Three days after the disappointing 1-1 draw at home to Burnley, Liverpool found itself with an almost immediate opportunity to try and right some wrongs. In what would be the club’s first of two trips to Leicester this week, Jurgen Klopp expectedly made a number of changes to the side. […]
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Key Talking Points From Liverpool’s 2-2 Draw With Sevilla
Anfield, Liverpool – European nights at Anfield are back. Wednesday night marked the end of The Red’s three-year absence from the Champions League. The day had finally come when Liverpool were ready to entertain the continent’s big boys again. First up for the five time European Champions was Sevilla, an outfit all too familiar for […]
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Liverpool’s Five Key Talking Points From the International Break
The dreaded international break, annoyance at the rhythmic interruptions in the club season begins long before the first ball of the campaign has been kicked. Teams are halted abruptly in the midst of their current situation. Regardless of whether the pause breaks momentum or gives respite. Fortunately, this was one of the breaks in which […]
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Key Talking Points From Liverpool’s Emphatic 4-0 Victory Over Arsenal
Only four days had passed since Liverpool clinically dispatched of Hoffenheim in their Champions League Playoff. Visiting Anfield on Sunday afternoon was Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal side. A team that always seems a victory away from a title challenge or a defeat away from an existential crisis. To the dismay of the visitors, however, this game […]
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Key Talking Points From Liverpool’s Emphatic Win Over Hoffenheim
Anfield, Liverpool – All of last season built up to this, Liverpool’s 4th place finish in the Premier League culminated in the 2nd leg of their Champions League Playoff versus Hoffenheim on Wednesday night. Jurgen Klopp’s men came into the encounter carrying a 2-1 lead from Germany and had the tie wrapped up within thirty […]
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Key Talking Points From Liverpool’s 1-0 Victory Over Crystal Palace
Anfield, Liverpool – Only four days after getting a crucial victory away at Hoffenheim in the Champions League playoffs, Liverpool played host to bogey side Crystal Palace. There were very few teams who could match the London side’s impressive record against the Merseysiders coming into this clash. In fact Palace had come away from their […]
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Key Talking Points From Liverpool’s 2-1 Victory Over Hoffenheim
Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim – Phase one in what many have named ‘the biggest week in Liverpool’s season’ ended in success. Liverpool travelled to Germany to play a Hoffenheim side who hadn’t been defeated in their home ground for fifteen months. It wasn’t the most complete performance but Jurgen Klopp’s men came away with a very […]
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Key Talking Points From Liverpool’s 3-3 Draw With Watford
Vicarage Road, Watford – And so it begins, Liverpool’s 2017/2018 Premier League season kicked off with on Saturday afternoon with a trip to Watford. Much of the positivity heading into the match was disrupted when it was confirmed that Philippe Coutinho handed in a transfer request just one day prior. With distractions abundant, Klopp’s men […]
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