The matchup between Liverpool and West Ham United isn’t quite a tale as old as time, but the two sides have been going up against one another on and off since the turn of the 20th century. The first three encounters were all in the FA Cup, with Liverpool winning the first one and the … Read more
Following the departure of Jürgen Klopp, many Liverpool fans were perhaps not expecting too much from his season. Klopp’s replacement, Arne Slot, arrived at Anfield as something of an unknown and this was coupled with the club making just one addition to the squad in the transfer window – Federico Chiesa. Despite this, the new … Read more
When it comes to clubs that have some form of rivalry, there has never really been one between Liverpool and Leicester City. Sure, supporters of the East Midlands club have turned up at Anfield in the modern era and sung extremely distasteful songs about poverty and victim blaming, but they aren’t the only ones that … Read more
Unfortunately for Southampton supporters, the club has simply not been successful enough to mean that they have enjoyed all that many important games against a side like Liverpool. Southampton have never won the top-flight league, for example, whilst the Reds won it 18 times before the Premier League was even invented. That being said, the … Read more
As of the second week of December, with 14 matches played, Liverpool sat at the top of the table with 35 points. With a game in hand, they’re still 4 points ahead of Chelsea and 6 points ahead of Arsenal, with the teams in 2nd and 3rd place respectively. It has been a season characterised … Read more
It would be untrue to suggest that there is any real rivalry of any sort between Liverpool and Fulham, largely because the two sides haven’t always been in the same division as one another. In fact, they didn’t play a league game against each other until 1949, with Liverpool winning the First Division encounter 1-0. … Read more
When Arne Slot was appointed boss of Liverpool, replacing Jürgen Klopp, few could have anticipated what a flying start the Dutchman would have to his Anfield career. Many felt that a slump, or transitional period, was likely, given what an impact Klopp had had at Anfield. The thinking was that when a manager is such … Read more
Liverpool and Newcastle are not huge rivals historically speaking, and the fans and cities have much in common. They are also linked by some true icons of both clubs, with Kevin Keegan revered by fans of both, Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness and Rafa Benitez having managed both clubs, and several other players having played for … Read more
There is an ancient proverb that states “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”, and on that basis, Liverpool and Manchester City should be friends, rather than rivals. Whilst their mutual dislike of Manchester United certainly unifies them to a degree, in recent years at least, they have become bona fide adversaries. Battles between … Read more
When Arne Slot replaced Jürgen Klopp as manager of Liverpool, there was a general sense of optimism that things would go okay. But fans – and the Liverpool board – could not have dreamed that Slot would start life in the Anfield dugout quite so positively. In this article, we’ll take a look at the … Read more