2.8 million Euros. From the club’s perspective, that’s the carrot. That’s what clubs earn every time they win a group stage match this season in the Champions League. Win both of the remaining two group stage matches, and those two wins would pay nearly all of Sadio Mané’s wages for the season (or, take your pick from paying the wages …
I feel quite good about where LFC sit as a team overall. Through 10 Premier League matches, three CL matches, and two League Cup contests, the Reds remain undefeated. Although there have been a few too many draws in the league, overall both results and performances have been excellent. A review of the Reds’ performances generally passes both the eye …
The Atletico game was a fun watch, but it was probably our worst performance of the season. It was the only game in which the opposition clearly outgunned us on xG (I think City may have edged xG, but for all practical purposes that match was an xG draw). We even failed to control the game after Atletico went down …
Atletico are the bad boys of European football. If Al Davis had run a soccer team, one would expect it to play like Atletico. Their manager dresses exclusively in black, has a scruffy face with a scruffy beard, and encourages his players to cheat. Their current striker — Luis Suarez — is a perfect match made in hell for this club. …
Just a short preview. Biggest news is that Trent has not traveled, despite the fact that he trained with the team yesterday. No word on why. With Man City looming on Sunday, TAA’s absence is particularly troubling. He is currently both the least replaceable player in the team, and the player for whom our backup is weakest. Neco Williams is …
These two clubs have met only twice — both times in Champions League finals. In 2005 there was the Miracle in Istanbul, and Milan got its revenge two years later in Athens. That was an era when AC Milan spent several years at the top of world’s football food chain. AC Milan was managed by Carlo Ancelotti, and led by …
UEFA conducted the Champions League draw yesterday. Liverpool landed in Group B, which most have dubbed this year’s “Group of Death,” with Atletico Madrid, Porto, and AC Milan. I haven’t gone back and looked, but it feels like we’ve gotten an every-other-year Group of Death draw. For example, in the year we won the CL, our group was Napoli, PSG, …
LFC Season Preview – 2021-22This is a Golden Era in Liverpool FC’s glittering history. This spring, on a bitter fan forum populated by Evertonian Bitters, came a bitter but apt expression of our sweet golden experience as LFC fans: “They can have more enjoyable moments in a week of football than we’ve had in 30 years. Everton are the most …