A Lost Identity “Our identity is intensity.” From the moment Jürgen Klopp arrived at Anfield in 2015, he immediately began creating a new identity for the team and the club. After playing 81 minutes in his first match under Klopp, Adam Lallana comes off the pitch for a substitute. With a dazed expression, he moves to walk by the new …
It’s Gonna Be Close Liverpool and Chelsea. We’ve seen it all before, and we know one thing — it’s gonna be close. Three times already this season, these two heavyweights have faced up. Three times they have finished 90 minutes with the scoreline even. These two teams are two of the top five teams in the world (or at least …
This run-in is already intense. But from here on out, it could go up to 11. Tomorrow when we wake up, we will find out who we face in the Champions League quarter finals. This draw will also determine the bracket for the semis. In other words, this is the last draw. This draw is random — there is no …
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 …
For me, this game feels too important. Title hopes for both of these teams, which shone brightly only two weeks ago, now appear to be sputtering in a pool of their own hot wax. For both, failure to win tomorrow would extinguish all reasonable aspirations to win this season’s Premier League. Manchester City currently sit 12 points clear of Liverpool. …
A few words about Chelsea v. City. Pundits and fanbases are so fickle. What have you done for me lately is everything, and we all tend to overreact to what we have just seen. Recency bias is strong among football watchers. Thus, we should be unsurprised that Chelsea is currently the fashionable choice to win the Premier League. And, to be fair, …
The European Champs are comin’ to town. They come into Anfield having won their first two matches by scores of 3-0 and 2-0 (over Crystal Palace and Arsenal, respectively) — exactly the same as the Reds. Chelsea’s xG difference is better — they are at 3.88 xG differential; we’re currently sitting on a 2.41 xG differential. Currently, Chelsea is ranked …
I miss the excitement of the 2018-19 season, when, beginning with Game 1, and all the way through, every single match for both LFC and City seemed critical to the title race. I anticipate a similar race this season, although I do believe that both Chelsea and Man United are also likely to be in the title discussion for most …