Trevor Steven: Liverpool are defending too deep and it has cost them any title chance October 11, 2022 For so long a team who overwhelmed their opponents, Liverpool have become strangely hesitant and disconnected this season. Against Arsenal on Sunday Jurgen Klopp’s side had good spells of possession and carried a goal threat but always looked stretched. Their 3-2 defeat left them 10th in the Premier League, 14 points off the top of [...]
Former Liverpool FC CEO says live sports needs to up its game to keep Gen Z’s attention October 11, 2022 Peter Moore knows a thing or two about making sport work as a business. After all, his time as the boss at videogame developer EA Sports coincided with the boom in online sports competition that still continues today. And his time running Liverpool FC saw the club win the Champions League and the Premier League, [...]
Arsenal 3-2 Liverpool: Bukayo Saka double puts Gunners back on top of Premier League October 9, 2022 Arsenal beat Liverpool for the first time in nine attempts on Sunday to return to the top of the Premier League and leave the visitors’ hopes of a title challenge in tatters. Bukayo Saka scored twice, including a penalty winner, and Gabriel Martinelli struck the other goal as Arsenal went one point ahead of Manchester [...]
Manchester United slip out of Premier League rich list top two for first time September 4, 2022 Manchester United’s on-field decline has seen them fall out of the top two revenue-generating teams in the Premier League for the first time, according to a new report. United, who were named the world’s richest football club just five years ago, have now slipped behind their traditional rivals Liverpool as well as neighbours Manchester City, [...]
Trevor Steven: Manchester United must use transfer window to fix serious problems August 11, 2022 The Premier League season may have started but the transfer window remains open until the end of the month – and Manchester United have already shown that they have the greatest need of the top teams to make use of the market. Sunday’s home defeat to Brighton in their opening game served up the familiar [...]
Trevor Steven’s Premier League preview: Big seasons in store for Liverpool and Tottenham August 5, 2022 It pains me to write this as a former Evertonian, but I think it could be Liverpool’s year again in the Premier League – although they and Manchester City will find Tottenham Hotspur snapping at their heels. Most of the big clubs have been quick to strengthen ahead of the new season, making early signings [...]
Community Shield: Manchester City dominate Liverpool but fail to find finishing touch July 31, 2022 Manchester City’s new-look attack posed more threat than Liverpool’s but lacked its clinical touch in the Community Shield, writes Frank Dalleres. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is not a mantra by which either Pep Guardiola or Jurgen Klopp appear to abide. Not content with establishing a yawning gap to the rest of the [...]
Trevor Steven: Community Shield first look at revamped Manchester City and Liverpool attacks July 30, 2022 With an interval to accommodate a winter World Cup, the coming football season has a different flavour and the same is true of the Community Shield between Manchester City and Liverpool. Wembley usually hosts the curtain-raiser on the final Sunday before the new campaign but, owing to the Women’s Euro 2022 final, this year’s is [...]
Liverpool agree club record £85m transfer fee for Benfica striker Darwin Nunez June 13, 2022 Liverpool have agreed a £85m deal to make Benfica striker Darwin Nunez their record signing, the Portuguese club have confirmed. The Premier League team will pay a guaranteed £64m, plus additional performance-related fees up to a maximum of £21m. Uruguay international Nunez, who scored 34 goals in 41 games last season, is due to undergo [...]
Outrage growing over French police’s ‘disgusting’ and ‘brutal’ behaviour against Liverpool fans in Paris May 30, 2022 The behaviour of the French police, during the Champions League final in Paris last weekend, is increasingly criticised. The Mayor of Liverpool ,Joanne Anderson, who was at the Champions League final in Paris, has described the behaviour of French police against Liverpool fans as “absolutely disgusting”. Speaking on BBC Breakfast this morning, Anderson, who arrived [...]