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Match Date: Saturday October 25th 2025 (8pm) Brentford Scorers: Dango Ouattara – 5′ ...from a long throw Kevin Schade – 45′ Assist from Mikkel Damsgaard Igor Thiago – 60′ (Penalty) foul by Virgil van Dijk Liverpool Scorers: Milos Kerkez – 45′ +5 cross by Conor Bradley Mohamed Salah – 89′ Assist from Dominik Szoboszlai Lineups: Sky Sports Match Report: Ok - so I said in my previous game where Liverpool beat Frankfurt away 1-5 that it would mean little for the premier league clash against Brentford, mainly because Frankfurt are known to be a basketball team, and can win good and also lose badly.  Well sadly I was right in the most negative sense.  That game really did have NO bearing on the game that would follow for Liverpool.    Although Slot adjusted the lineup that kind of matched the same formation and lineup against Frankfurt - it was hard to tell if it was his plan from the start or he had to play that lineup due to injuries to Gravenberch, and Isak....

Match Date: 22nd October 2025 8pm (UK time) Eintracht Frankfurt Scorers: Rasmus Kristensen – 26th minute (assisted by Mario Götze) Liverpool FC Scorers: Hugo Ekitike – 35th minute (assisted by Andrew Robertson) Virgil van Dijk – 39th minute (header, assisted by Cody Gakpo) Ibrahima Konaté – 44th minute (header, assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai) Cody Gakpo – 66th minute (assisted by Florian Wirtz) Dominik Szoboszlai – 70th minute (assisted by Florian Wirtz) Lineups:  Teams Match Report: A win was a must for under fire coach Arne Slot and luckily for him he delivered.  After the complete meltdown against Manchester United, Slot finally made some long awaited changes to the starting lineup; Salah, Kerkez were benched along with Bradley, as Slot opted to start with Hugo Ekitike, Robertson and Frimpomg.  The fans favourite midfielder Alexis Mac Allister was not spared either as Slot opted to start with Curtis Jones in a double pivot with the ever present Szoboszlai and the other...

Match Day: Sunday 19th October 2025 (16:30) Liverpool Scorer's: Gakpo (78') Man Utd. Scorer's: Bryan Mbeumo (2') Maguire (84') Lineup:   Lineup Match Report: Well they did it again !!! - yes somehow after spending near enough 450M on new players they have lost 4 games in a row now.  We all hoped that after the international break, where many of the players scored for their respective national teams; many would come back refreshed and with their scoring boots on.  Oh how it all went wrong from the 2nd minute of this fixture and at fortress Anfield of all places. Unlike previous reports - I am not going to describe every detail of what happened in this game except highlight what I thought were key moments.  Giving away stupid goals has been a major feature of this team since the start of the season, call it miss-communication, bozo moments, or just laziness - it was all on display from minute two of this game.  We have our Captain Aura (Virgil) running back gentl...

Yes it really has been 15 years since they took charge of the club. It was dark times when they took over, we had accepted one American owner for another kind. Those days were the lowest Liverpool FC had experienced in terms of their existence. Players were just signed that no one really wanted when you compare them against our then rivals, and a manager in Roy Hodgeson who through no fault of his own was really not liked by the fanbase...he was just more England than ... Liverpool - if you understand what I mean. Throughout FSG's tenure - I have heard many a disgruntled Liverpool supporter dissatisfied at their ownership and running of the club - but it was mainly due to the lack of transfer activity. Howevever, a closer exmaination of the heart will suggest that actually they have been one of the best owners of a football club that any team could have. When they took over Liverpool, it was like a dying giant, but within 9 years they had made it into one of the strongest te...

It started so well didn't it ?, 6 games and 6 wins, we all knew there were .... teething issues, but we never thought they would lose 3 in a row. The fanbase is now in doubt if Slot is the right guy, from cries of 'he does not know what he is doing' to 'Slot Out'.  A bit extreme but football fans are not known for their patience, and in this case its a little too over the top even for the harshest Slot critic.  After all  Liverpool are just one point behind league leaders Arsenal and only seven premier league games into the season. My own perspective is that this new LFC team have first of all not connected properly, they are still having to look for the next pass to a team mate, and therefore the radar of the existing players need to be adjusted to find the new signings.  The old fight seems to be missing, Macca is out of form  and the new signings like Wirtz, and Isak do not bring the same level of intensity Liverpool had become accustomed to by th...

Well since Liverpool's latest defeat to Chelsea in the premier league, there have been some wild reactions from fans on the social media space which rivals are lapping up like the best food that money can buy.  Who could blame them ? - since the start of the 2025/26 season to late September the games involving Liverpool saw them get last minute winners despite bad performances that included the most hideous defensive displays you will see from a team, and now that the tables have been turned rivals feel that Liverpool are getting their just rewards.   Here are a couple of video's to amuse yourself if you have not watched any: Footy Judge Mo This is a beautiful break down from Judge Mo who references the reactions from the various watch along's during the game.   Some like Drifty from Kopish seem to have given up on Liverpool's title aspirations despite only seven games into the season and being one point behind the new league leaders Arsenal (can there be any ...

Match Day: Saturday 4th October 2025 (17:30) Chelsea Scorer's: Caicedo (14')   Estevao (90+5') Liverpool Scorer's: Gakpo (63') Lineup: click here Match Report: The idiom 'Lightning never strikes the same place twice' is usually stated in the context of a question, but surely in this case with Liverpool having lost their last 2 games, where the last Premier League loss against Crystal Palace came in the dying minutes of the game could not happen again against Chelsea could it ? Liverpool in their first 6 games spanning all competitions had been winning in the last minutes of games, but it seems that another common idiom can be associated with Liverpool - 'the tables have turned'. Chelsea came into this game with a number of injuries and suspensions having lost their last two premier league games.  So one would have assumed that their confidence would be at a low point having to now face the current champions.  However, the champions themselves come i...

Match Day: Tuesday 30th September 2025 (8pm) Galatasaray Scorers: Victor Osimhen (16' - Penalty) Lineups: Click Here Match Report: You would think that a Champions League game would get the Liverpool players to focus and back to winning ways after the recent disaster against Crystal Palace in their last Premier League fixture.  But no, this game away to the second loudest crowd in European football would prove too difficult a fixture for the reds.   Slot had finally opted to rest Salah on the bench and play Frimpong on the right wing position, with Szoboszlai playing at right back.  The midfield trio consisted of Curtiz Jones, Gravenberch, and Wirtz, with Cody Gakpo, at left wing and the striker position given to Ekitike. Galatasaray had not lost a game yet this season in their domestic or champions league fixture, and despite their team consisting of a mixture of players - many of them with experience having plied their trade at other big European hitters.  T...