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There seems little point in doing a usual chalkboard review. I’d end up focusing on Lucas Leiva’s marvelous performance, and you can just as easily head to the Guardian or Stats Zone app and see them for yourself. Each is a beautiful, unique snowflake …
Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City
Goals:Kompany 31′Lescott (og) 33′I guess a second consecutive late winner against more-fancied opposition is asking too much. Still, if not for Joe Hart, we’d be reveling in one.Today’s match was far more in line with what I expected last week against …
Liverpool v Manchester City 11.27.11
11am ET, live in the US on FSCLast four head-to-head:3-0 Liverpool (h) 04.11.110-3 City (a) 08.23.100-0 (a) 02.21.102-2 (h) 11.21.09Last three matches:Liverpool: 2-1 Chelsea (a); 0-0 Swansea (h); 2-0 West Brom (a)City: 1-2 Napoli (a); 3-1 Newcastle (h)…
Chelsea Chalkboards – Half by Half
You don’t need chalkboards to tell you that Liverpool changed tact in the second half against Chelsea, unable or unwilling to keep pressing in the same furious manner as the first. This isn’t revelatory information, and I tried to explain why in the ma…
Goal Breakdown: Suicidal Defending and Taking Advantage
Both of Liverpool’s goals against Chelsea were fantastic, strikes which have an excellent chance of showing up on various best-of-season lists. The first showed the benefits of pressing from the front and quick pass and move football, the second direct…
Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea
Goals:Maxi 33′Sturridge 55′Johnson 87′Another big game, another tactical master-class from Dalglish.Instead of reacting to Chelsea, keeping it tight in the hopes of breaking through on the break, just like last year’s trip to the Bridge, we saw a compl…
Liverpool at Chelsea 11.20.11
11am ET, live in the US on FSCLast four head-to-head:1-0 Liverpool (a) 02.06.112-0 Liverpool (h) 11.07.100-2 Chelsea (h) 05.02.100-2 Chelsea (a) 10.04.09Last three matches:Liverpool: 0-0 Swansea (h); 2-0 West Brom (a); 2-1 Stoke (a)Chelsea: 1-0 Blackbu…
Good Against Good, Bad Against Bad
With Liverpool facing Chelsea in a week’s time, I thought it interesting to look at the club’s recent record against the best and worst of the Premier League. Long story short, Liverpool have a habit of playing up or down to the opposition’s level unde…
Charlie Adam Creates Chances
One of the summer’s main talking points was “chances created,” a fairly new statistic meant to replace assists. Assists take two to tango, reliant on the goal scorer actually scoring the goal. LiverpoolFC.tv clarifies the stat by renaming it “shot assi…
Speed Kills
Against Swansea, Liverpool started on top, couldn’t take advantage of the early dominance, and finished with a draw. Against Norwich, Liverpool started on top, couldn’t take advantage of the early dominance, and finished with a draw. Against Stoke, Liv…
Liverpool 0-0 Swansea
Remember how multiple home draws against inferior opposition ruined the ’08-09 title chase? That was fun. Let’s do that again.Out of all four of Liverpool’s disappointing home draws – and I include United in that – Swansea are most deserving of the…
Liverpool v Swansea 11.05.11
11am ET, not live in the US. Delayed on Fox Soccer Plus at 3pm ET. It’s FoxSoccer.tv or streams.Last four head-to-head:8-0 Liverpool (h; FA Cup) 01.09.900-0 (a; FA Cup) 01.06.903-0 Liverpool (h) 04.09.833-0 Liverpool (a) 09.18.82Last three matches:Live…
Trying to Find a Balance
“Balance” has been a word tossed around frequently as Liverpool tries to fine-tune its recently-acquired shape. Balance between attack and defense, balance between controlling the game and pushing the tempo, balance between direct football and pass and…
Liverpool 2-0 West Brom
Goals:Adam 9′ (pen)Carroll 45+1′A thorough, comfortable win, never in doubt after notching a second on the stroke of halftime, a clean sheet easily kept away from Anfield.Had Liverpool scored so early in their last league match, converting just one of …
Liverpool at West Brom 10.29.11
12:30pm ET, live in the US on FSCLast four head-to-head:1-2 West Brom (a) 04.02.111-0 Liverpool (h) 08.29.102-0 Liverpool (a) 05.17.093-0 Liverpool (h) 11.08.08Last three matches:Liverpool: 2-1 Stoke (a); 1-1 Norwich (h); 1-1 United (h)West Brom: 2-1 V…
Goal Breakdown: Suarez 1-1 Stoke
Nothing, absolutely nothing, can take away from the sheer, singular brilliance of Suarez’s swirling strike, but I wanted to highlight the contributions of those involved in the build-up, specifically three off-the-ball runs and two cross-field passes. …
Liverpool 2-1 Stoke
Goals:Jones 43′Suarez 54′ 85′For 53 minutes, it was last month at Stoke and last weekend at Norwich all over again. The same overriding, unavoidable, all-consuming narrative: Liverpool couldn’t take their chances while the opposition managed to tally f…
Liverpool at Stoke 10.26.11
2:45pm ET, live in the US on FoxSoccer.tv. Most of us will have to make do with streams. There is a delayed showing on Fox Soccer Plus at 5:00pm ET.Last four head-to-head:0-1 Stoke (a) 09.10.112-0 Liverpool (h) 02.02.110-2 Stoke (a) 11.13.101-1 (a) 01….
Image of the Day
Nine games. 39 shots: 17 on target, 16 off target, six blocked. Four goals. That’s an awful lot of shots without much return. Which seems to be the story of Liverpool’s season so far.This isn’t to criticize Suarez. More often than not, especially again…
Liverpool 1-1 Norwich
Goals:Bellamy 45+1′Holt 60′Like watching a replay of the season opener against Sunderland.At Anfield? Check. Failure to convert multiple first half chances? Check. First-half goal? Check. Early second-half equalizer? Check. Increasingly frustrated and …
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