Tag: Liverpool

Jamie Carragher said what Liverpool fans have to admit about Ryan Gravenberch
12Oct By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Jamie Carragher said what Liverpool fans have to admit about Ryan Gravenberch

Liverpool got hosed by the refs after Ryan Gravenberch got booked a second time and sent, and the Reds were blown out 3-0 by Manchester City at Anfield from there on out. Gravenberch could do nothing about the blatantly terrible call from another horrendous Premier League referee, but, in truth, he hasn't been at his best level since the 2024/25 season when he was a Premier League Player of the Season candidate and Liverpool won the league. Still, Jamie Carragher, a Liverpool legend, knows just how important Gravenberch is, and he told the cold, hard truth about the Dutch international: Liverpool can't win without him. Carragher said after the game,"Ryan Gravenberch has to play in the Liverpool team. He has to. Now, he hasn't started the season really well with the new manager and...
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Liverpool fans will be pleased with Lewis Koumas’s approach to getting minutes
12Oct By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Liverpool fans will be pleased with Lewis Koumas’s approach to getting minutes

Liverpool were forced to start young prospect Lewis Koumas, and while he could not decide the game in Alexander Isak's stead as the Reds were badly beaten 3-0 by Manchester City, he impressed with his work rate and running. Koumas told reporters that he intends on making the most of his opportunities, “I think any time you're on the pitch for Liverpool, you can't take it for granted because with the quality around you, you don't know whether it's going to be your last. So, to leave everything out there every game and try to affect it as much as I can is the plan. My hunger comes from representing Liverpool Football Club, wanting to give everything for the best club in the world. A lot of it is about what I do off the ball. The gaffer has shown trust to me that I can carry out his plans ...
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Bradley Barcola quietly showed an important positive for Liverpool vs. Man City
11Oct By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Bradley Barcola quietly showed an important positive for Liverpool vs. Man City

New Liverpool attacking signing Bradley Barcola didn't affect the game much offensively and has been pretty quiet since his 120+ million pound move to Anfield this summer, but he did defend at a high level against Manchester City. The former PSG star won five duels in the first half alone at Anfield and three tackles to lead all players in the opening 45 minutes, and while he didn't have any more tackles in the second half, that is still an impressive defensive output. Barcola works hard for his teams, and that's why he is a back to back Champions League winner with PSG. Liverpool will care more about what he does offensively and will want to see that, but in his system, Andoni Iraola will be very pleased at Barcola's defensive work rate. Because if you are not scoring, assisting,...
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Jamie Carragher used Victor Munoz and Lewis Koumas to tear Florian Wirtz up again
11Oct By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Jamie Carragher used Victor Munoz and Lewis Koumas to tear Florian Wirtz up again

Jamie Carragher already struck the first blow on Florian Wirtz early in the season, stating that this might just be the Liverpool attacking midfielder's true level. And after a disaster class in a 3-0 loss to Manchester City, the former Reds center back tore up the German international again. Speaking on Sky Sports, the iconic pundit said of Wirtz and Bradley Barcola, "Koumas and Munoz were better than the two 100 million pound players!" Barcola is at least new here and still adjusting, but Wirtz cost Liverpool 100 million pounds last year and has been around. And he is still a huge liability for the Reds, creating very little and almost never scoring or assisting. Meanwhile, Munoz and Koumas made fewer negative plays, lost the ball less, and didn't slow down attacks. Wirtz is des...
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Florian Wirtz is still hurting Liverpool with the same fatal flaw
11Oct By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Florian Wirtz is still hurting Liverpool with the same fatal flaw

Liverpool's 100 million pound attacking midfield signing Florian Wirtz has drawn the ire of fans around the league, including pundit Jamie Carragher, for his continued struggles, and he has been one of the worst players in the Premier League at maintaining possession. Well, Wirtz had another rough outing for the Reds this weekend in a 3-0 blowout loss to former title rivals Manchester City at Anfield, and, as WhoScored points out, he was the least secure player on the pitch with 16 possessions lost in the first half - double anyone else in the game. Wirtz only created two chances and won three fouls, winning zero dribbles and failing to do anything decisive as Liverpool were shut out in yet another important game. While losing the ball isn't the worst thing in the world for a play...
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Liverpool fans will love what Andoni Iraola said about Lewis Koumas
11Oct By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Liverpool fans will love what Andoni Iraola said about Lewis Koumas

Liverpool got it handed to them by Manchester City 3-0 at Anfield on Sunday, but they have to take any positives they can with them, and there are high hopes for young forward Lewis Koumas. While Koumas was a bit out of place in a game of this magnitude, Kopites are excited to see what he can do going forward, and Andoni Iraola spoke a bit about him after the tough loss. Iraola told reporters, "His performances, how he's training, how he's given everything for the team. I trust that he can give us a good threat for City. We have some injuries but I trust 100 per cent my team. I think he's very mobile forward. He's playing all the positions – he can play wide, attacking more the spaces. I think it's quite complete. Obviously he's still young but these games also will be very good for ...
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Bradley Barcola said exactly what Liverpool fans wanted to hear about his mentality
11Oct By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Bradley Barcola said exactly what Liverpool fans wanted to hear about his mentality

Liverpool forward Bradley Barcola has come with a 123 million pound price tag and massive expectations after winning two straight Champions Leagues with PSG, and while he hasn't scored or assisted yet, Kopites are high on his ability to be the true heir to Luis Diaz in the attack. Barcola has the right mentality, too, and he explained to Liverpool fans that he has told Andoni Iraola that his goal is to not only attack but also to help the team in defense. The Frenchman told Sky Sports in an interview, “When I spoke to him before signing, it was about playing out wide, doing what I do best and playing with lots of pace. That’s why he thought I was a good fit for this team. He knows I attack a lot but also defend a lot. He told me that’s exactly what he needed from me. I’m very happy a...
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Liverpool fans won’t like Andoni Iraola’s latest Dominik Szoboszlai injury news
11Oct By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Liverpool fans won’t like Andoni Iraola’s latest Dominik Szoboszlai injury news

Liverpool star center midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai missed Sunday's blowout 3-0 loss to rivals Manchester City at Anfield with a hamstring overload injury he suffered during the international break for Hungary. After the loss, Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola told reporters that Szobo has a tight hamstring and admitted that the club will have to wait in order to have the superstar midfielder back. Iraola said, "Another one coming from the international games. He came with an overload, he felt a tight hamstring. He's tried somehow, kind of pushing through training, but he was not feeling 100 per cent and we will have to wait for Dom, yes." Liverpool face LASK in the Champions League this Wednesday and Brentford in a huge top five stakes matchup in the Premier League this weekend. Th...
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Transfermarkt isn’t making life easier for Florian Wirtz
9Oct By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Transfermarkt isn’t making life easier for Florian Wirtz

Florian Wirtz is the latest young, stellar talent to suffer the wrath of a high price tag on the transfer market, as the Liverpool attacking midfielder is failing to help his team or show real end product since his 100 million pound signing from Bayer Leverkusen. A two time Bundesliga Player of the Season who went undefeated under Xabi Alonso, Wirtz's Liverpool was worse off last season and has not meaningfully recovered, with Wirtz failing to get enough goals or assists and barely creating more chances than an average No. 10 in English football. Transfermarkt recently updated their transfer valuations to start the 2026/27 season, and with Wirtz continuing to make little impact, he received the biggest dock of any player in the world in transfer value. Wirtz has lost 42 million po...
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Liverpool fans will cringe at the latest Virgil van Dijk transfer news
9Oct By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Liverpool fans will cringe at the latest Virgil van Dijk transfer news

At 35 years old, Virgil van Dijk and Liverpool are going to have to continue to contemplate the star center back's future, because he doesn't have a long term one at Anfield anymore, as sad as that is to say. But VVD is still going strong as one of the top center backs in the Premier League, forging a heck of a partnership with Jeremy Jacquet. And as a great leader and club legend, Kopites obviously don't want to see him gone if he is still playing at a high level. On an expiring contract, the big boys in Saudi Arabia and Turkey are vulturing for a potential transfer, and Fotomac in Turkey reports that the infamous Galatasaray are interested in bringing him over as a rival to Mohamed Salah on Trabzonspor. Per Fotomac, Van Dijk's old Manchester City rival Ilkay Gundogan is trying t...
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