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Something’s Gotta Give: Salah, Slot, and a Struggling Liverpool
Liverpool’s match on Saturday featured moments of promise, things to be hopeful about, and a healthy dose of things plaguing the Reds for the past two months. Yes, they looked better going forward with finishing off moves with both terrific final balls and incisive finishing something for fans to be hopeful about. The improved play […]
Digging Deeper Into Liverpool’s 3-3 Frustrating Draw with Leeds
Liverpool leave Elland Road with 1 single point after a frustrating, if rather entertaining, match against Leeds United. Liverpool managed to jump ahead on the strength of two quick Hugo Ekitike strikes, only to fritter away the lead twice. Optimism says it’s better than a loss and it certainly looked – at least in the […]
Breaking: Mohamed Salah Claims Next Week’s Match May Be His Last With Liverpool
Anyone looking for more pain and misery after Saturday’s clown show against Leeds United where the Reds once again threw away a 2-0 lead late in the game to drop two points and limp to another draw? Well, you’re in luck, because after the game, Mohamed Salah made the bombshell claim that next week’s match […]
Leeds United 3, Liverpool 3- Match Review: Another Game, More Points Lost
LEEDS UNITED 3 VS. LIVERPOOL 3 Leeds United – Calvert-Lewin (pen) 73’, 75’, Tanaka 90+1’Liverpool – Ekitike 48’, 50’, Szoboszlai 80’ Pre-Match Mohamed Salah starts from the bench. A…pretty concerning development, but we’ll see how it goes. The rain is pouring in Leeds. It’s a cloudy, gloomy, and wet, perfectly English day for a football […]
Leeds United vs. Liverpool: Premier League 2025-26 Live Coverage & How to Watch
LEEDS UNITED VS. LIVERPOOL | Saturday, December 6th |Premier League | Elland Road5:30PM BST/12:30PM EST Please don’t hurt me again, Liverpool. PREVIEW & HOW TO WATCH Full Match Preview: Leeds United vs. Liverpool Television & Streaming: Sky Sports Main Event (UK); NBC (USA); Stan Sport (Australia); DAZN (Canada); Star Sports Select 1 (India); Astro Premier League […]
Beata Olsson: “We Are Building Something Now”
Liverpool Women return from international break this weekend by facing Arsenal Women at Emirates, hoping to capitalize on the good momentum they were building before the break, jump-starting a busy December period before the WSL holiday break. Beata Olsson, who was named the November Player of the Month for her scoring streak, is confident that […]
Slot Talk: Wirtz’s Confidence and Including Isak More
Speaking to the press ahead of Saturday’s trip to Leeds United, Liverpool head coach Arne Slot challenged the idea that Florian Wirtz’s goal against Sunderland will pump up his confidence: “If you can only have confidence if you score goals, that would be the wrong thing. I think you can see where his confidence is […]
Leeds vs. Liverpool: Premier League 2025-26 Preview & Team News
LEEDS UNITED VS. LIVERPOOL | Saturday, December 6th |Premier League | Elland Road5:30PM BST/12:30PM EST Leeds come into this one without Daniel James and Sean Longstaff, and two of their forwards, Lukas Nmecha and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, are doubts and will face late fitness tests. Should Calvert-Lewin be fit, he will seek to score in three consecutive games for the […]
Arne Slot Insists Cody Gakpo Has Competition for Starting Position
Following the departure of Luis Diaz over the summer, Cody Gakpo has become a firm lock to start games on the left for the Reds this season, and he is one of the few Liverpool players to appear in every league and European game so far this season for manager Arne Slot. Some would argue […]
Rumour Mongering: Saudi Speculation Heightens Amid Salah Benching
After being left on the bench for the last two games, speculation has naturally sprung about Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool future. Mike McGrather of The Telegraph is reporting that the Saudi Pro League are in a position to fund a move for the Egyptian and Liverpool legend should he look for a move abroad. Of course, […]
Wirtz Says Liverpool Squad Has “Unbelievable Quality” Despite Struggles
On paper, Liverpool have one of the best squads in Europe, but if you didn’t know it and tuned in to Wednesday’s first half against Sunderland, you wouldn’t have known it. In fact, if you turned in to any random Liverpool game in 2025, there’s a decent chance you’d think these Reds were a mid-table […]
Sturridge on Liverpool Struggles: “The Manager Doesn’t Know His Best Eleven”
Liverpool manager Arne Slot made a massive call against Sunderland, starting Mohamed Salah on the bench for the second game in a row and utilizing a 4231 with Florian Wirtz playing in the ten just off Alexander Isak as the key central attacker and the wingers pulled back. Not to put too fine a point […]
Slot Talk: “It was Hard for Him”
Liverpool FC head coach Arne Slot explained his decision to substitute Cody Gakpo at half-time against Sunderland. Gakpo was taken off for Mohamed Salah, as Liverpool struggled to break down Sunderland’s low block. This is what the head coach had to say at the post-match press conference: “In my opinion, Cody struggled to dominate the […]
Digging Deeper Into Liverpool’s 1-1 Mixed Bag Draw with Sunderland
It was the proverbial game of two halves, with Sunderland looking much the better side in the first half as manager Arne Slot’s attempt to make some kind of statement with his team selection backfired and the Black Cats could count themselves unlucky not to be up a goal. Then, in the second, Slot corrected […]
Liverpool 1, Sunderland 1 – Match Recap: At Least It’s Not A Loss?
Liverpool 1 – 1 Sunderland Reds: (OG) 81’Sunderland: Talbi 67’ Pre-Match Salah riding the pine for a second consecutive match. Well, if it’s another win, we won’t complain (though he might). First Half Not much has happened in the first 20 minutes. Indeed, there have been a total of two shots, both from Liverpool, totally a […]
Liverpool vs. Sunderland: Premier League 2025-26 Live Coverage & How to Watch
LIVERPOOL VS. SUNDERLAND | Wednesday, December 3rd |Premier League | Anfield 8:15PM BST/3:15PM EST Liverpool get the L back at the end of their name after not getting yet another L on Sunday. But I have the right to remove it again if we get another shit performance from the lads in Red. Anyway, it’s […]
Van Dijk on Sunderland Challenge: “We Need to Show Some Consistency”
Liverpool managed to just maybe start to dig their way out of the hole inconsistency and poor results has put them in this season with Sunday’s 2-0 victory over a struggling West Ham, but captain Virgil van Dijk knows that won’t matter much in isolation. One good result doesn’t salvage a season that has seen […]
Arne Slot Says Reds Know “Performances Have Fallen Short of Our Standard”
The last time Liverpool’s form ticked up in the midst of their October and December struggles, with back to back wins over Real Madrid in Europe and Aston Villa in the Premier League, there was an immediate embrace of the feeling that the Reds had found their feet. That was the message promoted by the […]
Rumour Mongering: Spurs Join Semenyo Race
According to Sky Sports reporter Lyall Thomas, Tottenham Hotspur is joining the race for Bournemouth’s 25-year-old Antoine Semenyo. This comes after reporting over the past week that Liverpool FC had opened early talks with the player, and Manchester City is considering activating the rumoured £65 million release clause. Honestly, I’m not even sure why Tottenham […]
Liverpool vs. Sunderland: Premier League 2025-26 Preview & Team News
LIVERPOOL VS. SUNDERLAND | Wednesday, December 3rd |Premier League | Anfield8:15PM BST/3:15PM EST Sunderland come into this match in an extremely strong position, and, per manager Régis Le Bris’ press conference, will relish the opportunity to play at Anfield, as venues like Anfield are the “privilege” they earned through their long-fought push for promotion. Sunderland […]
Florian Wirtz “Happy I Could Make My Mark” In Liverpool Victory
While the goals and assists haven’t yet come as many would have hoped when Liverpool signed Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen in a blockbuster £100M+ deal over the summer, the 22-year-old German attacker has regularly stood out as a creative spark when given the chance. He’s especially stood out for the right reasons in the […]
Liverpool Confirm Salah Release After Brighton Match
Despite previous reports Egypt were pushing for and confident in getting Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah into the mix early for their pre-Africa Cup of Nations warm-up against Nigeria on December 14th, Liverpool manager Arne Slot today has confirmed he will not be released for national team duty until the following day. That will ensure Salah […]
Grace Fisk Fitness Update
The Liverpool captain has come home early from international duty with a calf injury, missing Tuesday’s friendly against Ghana. She was an unused substitute when the Lionesses dismantled China 8-0 on Saturday, though it is unclear whether an underlying injury limited her availability or was picked up subsequently in training. Though the England statement characterized […]
Women’s International Round-Up
Mia Enderby and Faye Kirby both featured for the England U23s in their hard-fought 4-2 loss to the United states, with Kirby playing the full match in the net. Enderby played 78 minutes in a match England could have won had the Young Lionesses been more clinical in front of goal. England had to come […]
Van Dijk on Liverpool’s Postion: “No Point for Us to Look at Any Table”
After three losses on the bounce, Liverpool finally got a mood boosting win on Sunday, dispatching struggling West Ham 2-0 on the road. After their struggles this season, though, nobody’s reading too much into it. A win is a win, and that’s a heck of a lot better than another defeat, but if it’s a […]
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