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Tag: Jurgen Klopp
Liverpool Are Fun Again
The Champions League is the pinnacle of club football, but the Europa League is not…
Can We Give Virgil Van Dijk A Cape, Please?
Football has seen multiple rule changes. Ever since Scotland kicked a ball in anger vs…
The Time I saw Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Unfold at Anfield
On a Sunday afternoon, God was playing shadow puppet with the sun. Spring, monsoon, autumn…
Mohamed Salah and The Pleasure of Discovery
Is Mo’ Salah’s improbable brilliance a rupture in the European-elite-club-football-spacetime-continuum? Across sports, genres and eras,…
A decade of Thomas Müller: Modern football’s greatest antithesis
What makes a good footballer? Is it his ability to dribble, ruthlessness in front of…
Talking to Ralph Hasenhuettl: RB Leipzig’s very own superhero from the Alps
We talk to Ralph Hasenhuettl, the man from Austria who coached RB Leipzig to a…
Witnessing Liverpool’s Reclamation of Shankly’s Vision – A front-row view
“For Liverpool it’s been the season of Peter Gabriel, Beautiful South and James; Channel 4…
The partnership with Benitez that could shape Steven Gerrard as a manager
In their time together, Steven Gerrard and Rafa Benitez shaped Liverpool’s best years in the…
Love Me Do: A recap of Liverpool’s 2017-18 season through Beatles music
Liverpool, a wonderful city replete with beauty and history, is known most to the outside…
The Magical Mystery Tour – Liverpool’s Road to Roma
The doors are locked, the belts buckled as Liverpool FC head for the Magical Mystery…
Liverpool fans, You Are Allowed to Enjoy This – An Alternative Match Report
Read this carefully Liverpool fans, as not one match report will tell you this: Good things…
Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool FC’s New Orator – An Alternative Match Report
In 1974, at least 100,000 Liverpool supporters stood in sincere silence as Bill Shankly spoke…
A Cultured Left Foot – An Anachronism called Andrew Robertson
Born in Giffnock, Scotland with a cultured left foot and never-say-die attitude, Andrew Robertson is channelling…
The Gospel of Jurgen – ‘Klopp: Bring The Noise’ Book Review – Part 2
We all know what the Cathedral der Klopp looks like today, but what went into…
The Gospel of Jurgen – ‘Klopp: Bring The Noise’ Book Review – Part 1
We all know what the Cathedral der Klopp looks like today, but what went into…
Jordan Henderson Against the World – The Fallacy of Fan Opinions
Can a club hold the highest ambitions while being content with Jordan Henderson as captain?…
Enter The Dragão – Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool Are Their Own Worst Enemy
Liverpool have been for long giants slouched under a glass ceiling. The 0-5 win vs…
The Unlikely Italian Education of Jurgen Klopp: An Alternative Match Report
While incompetent refereeing ruined Liverpool v Tottenham, it has revealed the lessons Jurgen Klopp learned from Arrigo…
How Phil Coutinho Paid and Played His Way To Barcelona – An Earnest Investigation
Testes shouldn’t really tie in with the Old Testament and Phil Coutinho’s protracted move to…