“They can have more enjoyable moments in a week of football than we’ve had in 30 years. Everton are the most miserable club to support in this country. A combination of us being unable to have any high whatsoever compounded by them getting football miracles on a weekly basis season after season.” – Anonymous Evertonian This outstanding insight from a …
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 …
“What do we say to the God of Death? … Not today.” Last week, Manchester City pushed Liverpool to the brink of [highly-probable] elimination in the Premier League. The Reds pushed back. They then followed that up with a highly-imperfect, yet highly-entertaining cavort at Anfield in a true elimination bout — a second-leg Champions League quarterfinal. Our Reds are still …
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 …
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 …
The biggest news around the club involves personnel, and it’s all good: Harvey Elliott is BACK. Klopp has all but indicated that Harvey will start this match. Thiago is BACK from his hip injury, although he did have a chest infection and missed at least one day of training this week. I doubt that he will start Sunday, but it wouldn’t …