Just as you’re digesting the lunacy of someone packing their car and home keys in their luggage the greatest thing that’s ever happened on TV comes roaring around the corner.
Liverpool lost 7-2 to Aston Villa, who lost 3-0 to Leeds, who lost 1-0 to Wolves, who lost 4-0 to West Ham, who lost 2-0 to Newcastle, who lost 3-0 to Brighton, who lost 3-1 to Chelsea, who lost 2-0 to Liverpool.
Maybe it really is the league in which anyone can beat anyone.
Villarreal fans exceptional tonight - great colour, great noise, and were able to watch a game at Anfield without mocking poverty or the death of 97 people. A lesson to many, many others. 🟡🔴
Every time Man Utd fans chant "You Scouse bastard!" at Steven Gerrard, I think about the fact their all-time top goalscorer is from Croxteth and it makes me smile a little bit.
Fully supportive of any bloke who tweets the impending birth of his first child in the style of a Fabrizio Romano transfer tweet.
"Emma's contractions have started, bag packed, taxi booked, off to the hospital. Baby girl expected to be born overnight. Here-we-go!"
I've waited 30 years to watch a Liverpool team drunk on ale having spent a week celebrating the title and, I have to say, it's totally living up to expectations.
I know another England footballer who is married to his childhood sweetheart and this country can be proud of. Sadly he DOES have a tattoo. Oh, and he’s black.
29 December 2010 - Liverpool lose 1-0 to Wolves at Anfield & find themselves 12th, 3pts away from the relegation zone.
29 December 2019 - Liverpool beat Wolves 1-0 at Anfield & find themselves top, 13pts clear of second place.
Fair to say it’s been some decade for the Reds.
Phil Coutinho and Sadio Mane will rightly get a lot of praise, but once again Roberto Firmino was wonderful. He’s the cool indie band of European football - a small group of us are totally into him and we’re waiting for the rest of you to ‘get it’ as well.
Even if you hate Liverpool - and I’m aware a lot of people do - there’s simply no getting away from the fact this fella is one of the most incredible people English football has ever seen.
Merry Christmas. Whoever you support.
The quicker Portugal go out of this tournament the quicker Diogo Jota can get back to Liverpool and pick up a completely random muscle injury in pre-season training.
Leaving Anfield. Whatever happens in Kiev it’s been a joy following Liverpool this season - a hard-working, relentless and utterly thrilling bunch of lads. Loads of goals, loads of memories, a European odyssey and a brand new, belting song. Oh and Andy Robertson. Loved it. 👍🔴
Teams that Man City have been drawn to face in the domestic cups since 2018 (so excluding finals): Oxford, Fulham, Leicester, Burton, Rotherham, Burnley, Newport, Swansea, Brighton, Preston, Southampton, Oxford and Port Vale.
Absolutely astonishing.
Still can't see Sunday turning out in Liverpool's favour but fair fucks to them for pushing Man City all the way having also reached every cup final. A monumental effort from a team full of resilience as well as talent. What will be will be at the weekend.
Kabak out because he’s a Liverpool centre back, Milner out because he’s 104, Keita out because, well, he’s Keita, Davies out with concussion following three months of banging his head against a brick wall.
I was in the Kop when Luis Garcia scored against Chelsea in 05 & when Torres scored against Real Madrid & Ngog scored against Man Utd in 09 but not sure those moments match Van Dijk scoring against Everton tonight. Bedlam. Beer & bodies flying everywhere. Football, I love you.
Her şey normale döndükten sonra ilk toplandığımız maçta Tetris Theme açıp, Kalinka Dance ile bu muhteşem besteyi söyleyeceğiz. Şahane gerçekten. 😍
@ozankabak4
I was at Molineux last night and ended up writing about Jordan Henderson because he is really good at football and possibly Liverpool’s most important player right now *ducks for cover*
I'm not from Liverpool but supported the club for 30 years, spent time in the city & know people from there & I'm sick of the 'poor' 'jobless' shit that is constantly thrown at them. It's lazy, boring & reveals a level of snobbry on the part of the perpetrators that shames them
Fell asleep on the sofa after Colombia v Japan finished and woke up just as the national anthems started in Poland v Senegal.
I have achieved perfect World Cup body clock
Little thing on Jurgen Klopp/Liverpool’s struggles to finish in the top four - I listened in on the manager’s briefing with daily journalists yesterday (was there for the Sundays) and he said something that’s stuck with me, and I’m not sure how widely it’s been reported today ...
Fifa announce the Africa Cup of Nations has been moved back 12 months, to January 2022. Good news for people who support a club with really good African players who may or may not be defending the Premier League title next season. 👀
The man who made it his mission to knock Liverpool off their fucking perch praising Jürgen Klopp for putting them back on it. Surreal. But also gracious.
Young Watford fan sat in front of the press box literally jumped out of his seat and punched the air when it was announced Dejan Lovren is starting for Liverpool today.
Leaving Anfield where Liverpool were brilliant but, also, a big thank you to Mikel Arteta for turning a rather sedate game into something wild, which is just how Liverpool like it at home. Players went up a gear after the touchline ruck and so did the crowd. Superb atmosphere.
Jamie is friends with David Reuben’s son, also called Jamie. David Reuben is one of the Reuben bothers, who are part of the Newcastle takeover. Just in case you’re wondering how he can gloss over human rights atrocities with such casual ease.
🗣 "I'm not sure the majority of football fans really care who owns their club. If you were going to go in to the business dealings of a lot of the owners we might not have a league."
Jamie Redknapp on the new
#NUFC
owners and the backlash the takeover has received
At Stamford Bridge where Chelsea have made the curious decision to make their programme look like the type of thing you’d find on your seat at a remembrance service for Ross Barkley
This is possibly the best podcast episode I’ve ever listened to. Enthralling, revealing, no holds barred ...
@Carra23
on fire, especially in the section about Owen joining Newcastle & Man Utd. And the bit about injuries, & the bit about the FA Cup final. Oh my god, it’s amazing.
If the worst does happen today, or indeed tomorrow, then I think it's only right that as a mark of national respect, the football season is cancelled and restarted next month. Keep the Community Shield result as it is, though.
Liverpool have a defined way of playing, it’s brought them success and is brilliant to watch, but I do wish they’d sometimes sit back and manage a game for a bit, like for instance when they’re ahead away from home against a top team who are easily exploiting their high line.
Off to watch Liverpool play in a European Cup semi-final for a fourth time in 13 years. Not bad going for a club that stopped being relevant in the 1980s.
Can’t speak for Italians but know that for a very specific generation of UK football fans, who fell in love with the sport in a very specific summer, Toto Schillaci is an absolute icon. My word, the memories the man with the Sicilian eyes conjures. RIP 🇮🇹
My long read on Gérard Houllier for
@thesefootytimes
is now available at
@guardian_sport
. A tribute to the man who nearly died making Liverpool great again:
Non-Liverpool fans in April/May: “Look at those idiots getting overly excited about their team doing unexpectedly well in a major tournament. Calm down FFS!”
Non-Liverpool fans in June/July: “Oh my God, it’s coming home! It’s actually coming home!”
Funny old game, indeed.
Divock Origi off and that could be his last appearance for Liverpool. Some way to say goodbye for one of the strangest figures in the club's history - not very good but the scorer of some unbelievably iconic and important goals.
There’s a Liverpool fan moaning on 606. He’s fuming they didn’t win by more. Absolutely raging, in fact.
It’s official - people who call football phone-ins are morons
Iranians lying on the floor, Portguese players stomping around in fury, Mark Lawrenson losing his shit over VAR, nobody quite sure what’s going on ... best game of the tournament