Suarez bite 'saves' forgettable game
It would be easy to focus on Luis Suarez. It would be a simple task to roll eyes, shake heads and wag fingers with a fearsome thrust. There is no exc…
The Benitez shadow that follows Rodgers
He walks through the city centre of Liverpool like any Liverpool manager should. On his way to a meeting in the city's Georgian Quarter, in the shado…
Getting better only viable 'Plan B' for Liverpool
It is a discussion you could set your watch to -- literally. As the electronic scoreboard at Anfield flashes ever-nearer to 90 minutes with no change …
Reds lack ruthlessness
Some things in football simply can't be taught. No matter how many days are spent on the training pitch, irrespective of the time spent watching prese…
The league table lies, but Liverpool must keep calm
There is a regular falsehood in football: the league table never lies. On the surface it is an undisputable claim, for every side must play the same 3…
Summer plans are needed for the recovering Lucas
Football is a sport forever searching for perfection. But this is a beautiful game that is flawed, ugly and, above all, imperfect. There can never be…
Familiar feeling from years past for Liverpool
The collective resigned sigh from Anfield upon full time was a recognisable one, the latest effort on a soundtrack eons old. This might have been just…
Player of the Year: Bale, Suarez or van Persie?
With the PFA Players' Player of the Year award due to be handed out this month, ESPN FC run the rule over each of the three main contenders -- Tottenh…
Dilemma for Rodgers as he looks to the final seven games
In football, perception and reality are two different beasts. Though the club and all its employees will say differently in public, Liverpool have alr…
Liverpool's comeback win brings new whiff of hope
At some point on Easter Sunday evening, Liverpool fans will file out of Lime Street station and be met by buildings so familiar; buildings old, new, w…