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Liverpool Match Reports
Man City thumped 5 past 10-men Liverpool
Manchester City and Liverpool returned to the Premier League with a fascinating match after an international break at Etihad on Saturday. The match started well but turned sour for the Reds when their main threat Sadio Mane was shown a red card for a dangerous play in the 37th minute. Gabriel Jesus and Leroy Sane […]
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Match Report: Manchester City 5-0 Liverpool
Jurgen Klopp has carved a good reputation for himself against the top 6 sides in the Premier League. Going into this game he had 23 points from 11 meeting with Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. Compare this with the 35 Brendan Rodgers took in the 31 occasions he came up against […]
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Match Report: Liverpool 4-0 Arsenal
The definition of domination is the exertion of power or influence over someone or something. It is the complete control of the opponent you find yourself up against and being able to attack them at will. Teams will visit Anfield this season and be dominated in such a way that they will be sent packing […]
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Match Report: Liverpool 4-2 Hoffenheim
The game in Hoffenheim last week, the return fixture to this one, marked the return of Liverpool to Europe’s top table. At first it looked like we may stumble at the first hurdle, but Andrej Kramaric’s missed penalty made the hosts uneasy and Liverpool managed to capitalise on that to claim a deserved victory in […]
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Match Report: Liverpool 1-0 Crystal Palace
‘Grinding out results’ is an old saying used that is usually associated with teams that do well. Teams that win the league ‘grind out results’. Teams that finish high up the table ‘grind out results’. Teams that win trophies are lauded for ‘grinding out results’. Teams that do well usually lay to rest ghosts and […]
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Match Report: Hoffenheim 1-2 Liverpool
December 9th, 2014. It may seem a random date to most people but for Liverpool, it is a significant date. It is significant because it is the last time Liverpool played a Champions League game. That night, against F.C Basel of Switzerland, things didn’t go to plan. After conceding in the first half, Steven Gerrard […]
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Match Report: Watford 3-3 Liverpool
Turning up to Vicarage Road without your best player is bad enough. To turn up with your best player agitating for a move away being the reason for his absence (don’t believe everything you read about a fictional “injury”) is a nightmare. Jurgen Klopp will not have wanted to have his preparations for his teams’ […]
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Match Report: Liverpool 1-1 Atletico Madrid
Frequently last season Liverpool played sides whose sole aim was to frustrate them. So often we faced teams that would sit on the edge of their own 18 yard box and constrict the pitch, before trying to hit Liverpool on the break and scoring. It took us until March to figure out this problem and […]
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Match Report: Bayern Munich 0-3 Liverpool
Pre-season games should never be something to get excited about. Managers always try to keep hype to a minimum, always stressing that these are just ‘run outs’ to get players back into the swing of things ready for the new season. No matter how good or bad your team plays, the message is always the […]
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Match Report: Hertha Berlin 0-3 Liverpool
Germany football is not like English football in the way it is organised. It’s cup competitions usually start far earlier in the season and, in fact, its League Cup starts in July and finishes before the year is out. For that reason, German teams are usually much further ahead in the pre-season preparations by now. […]
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