Biggest Match of the Year We’ve been in “every game is a cup final” mode for quite some time now. But this cup final is bigger than the others. I’m guessing there are few LFC fans who would be unwilling to trade this year’s League Cup win over Chelsea for a victory tomorrow. Some would probably also give up LFC’s …
This is the first half of an actual elimination scenario. Yet it feels to me, as a fan, as one of the LEAST intense matchups that we will see for the rest of this season. Benfica have made their way to the last eight of the Champions League, so they’re obviously good. Indeed, they were in the same group as …
And now comes the season-ending “run-in.” This one is special. This one is why we watch sports. We hope that some day, somehow, our team will have the opportunity to achieve greatness. Compete for the Big One. But, LFC’s current quest goes well beyond the “regular” dream of having your sports team win a title. This season, the Reds seek …
History. The last time these two clubs met in the FA Cup, the game was a semi-final, scheduled for April 15, 1989, at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. The most infamous date in English football history. Ninety-seven LFC fans lost their lives as a result of disastrously poor planning by police and stadium officials (94 that day, plus another three who …
Jürgen Klopp at today’s press conference: “It’s final, after final, after final.” This is a grind. Tomorrow is the next most important game of the season. After that, if Liverpool do as well as they hope to, Liverpool will again be forced to face their most important game of the season 17 more times over the next 75 days. We …
The next two are huge. And I am massively worried about them. The next two Premier League matches are tomorrow at Brighton and Wednesday at Arsenal. After that, next weekend is a quarterfinal FA Cup matchup against Championship side Nottingham Forest, followed by the last international break of the season. If the Reds get the full six points from these …
A European Night at Anfield. Another ACTUAL elimination game. The most important game of the season. The Reds walk into this one with an almost-safe 2-0 lead. This lead will create a few interesting dynamics for this game. For one, depending on which team scores first, the FEELING of the match will alter in far more dramatic fashion than it …
On April 6, 2021, Real Madrid defeated Liverpool 3-1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal in Madrid. This loss came as no surprise to LFC supporters. LFC played without any fit senior center backs, as they did throughout the second half of the 2020-21 season. The match, like almost all others that season, was behind closed doors. …
The Reds are on the march, but they could find this part of the march to be a bit of a slog. The win on Sunday was glorious, but it was also quite hard-fought. The high tempo and physical and emotional intensity of that match, along with the endorphin-rich high of the celebration, will naturally lead to a significant come …
You can’t win ‘em all unless you win the first one. Tomorrow promises to be a very good football match. It’s unfortunate that the football match may somewhat overshadowed by the political narrative that surrounds it. Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is a very close ally of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Abramovich was the first person to recommend to Boris Yeltsin …