Not so long ago, Dejan Lovren was viewed as something of a figure of fun at Liverpool. Along with Loris Karius and Simon Mignolet, depending on who was in favour at the time, the Croatian was deemed to be the embodiment of the Reds’ weakness as a team. They had quality in attack, but at the back Lovren was considered to be a problem. How times change. Lovren picked up his form in dramatic fashion...

Another Premier League raid might be on the cards for Liverpool this summer. In the past year the Reds have spent in the region of £120million on players plying their trade in the top flight of English football and that figure is set to swell as soon as the Champions League final has been played, if recent reports are to be believed. Miguel Delaney of the Independent revealed Jürgen Klopp had iden...

Another stunning European night at Anfield saw Liverpool beat Roma 5-2 in their UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg. Two goals apiece from Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah, plus one for Sadio Mané, gave the Reds a huge lead, but it was never going to be that simple for the Merseyside club. In the last round Barcelona would have left the Camp Nou after their first leg 4-1 win over Roma thin...

In the battle behind Manchester City, it was Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United who came out on top at Old Trafford. Beating Liverpool 2-1 on Saturday afternoon to go five points clear of Jürgen Klopp’s men in the race for second place. Marcus Rashford was handed his first start of 2018, the 20-year-old hadn’t been named in the starting line-up since Boxing Day, but it proved to be a masterstroke f...

Sometimes a player can arrive at a club for a sizeable fee and it’s obvious the price tag is weighing them down. That can’t be said of Virgil van Dijk. The Dutchman joined finally Liverpool in January in a deal worth £75million, making him the most expensive defender ever. Many had reservations and felt the Reds had paid over the odds for the Southampton defender. We may only be in Mar...

When Liverpool parted with a world record fee to bring Virgil van Dijk to Anfield, many expected an immediate improvement. The £75million signing was touted as the man to solve the defensive problems that had plagued the Reds for a number of seasons. In many ways he got off to the perfect start. His debut for Liverpool was the stuff dreams are made of. Attacking the Kop end, he rose highest to hea...

Gone are the days a centre-back is judged primarily on what they do defensively. Instead, the modern defender is expected to influence the way a team puts together an attack. They have to be confident on the ball, composed under pressure and, perhaps most importantly, have the mental strength to play risky passes. This has been of increasing importance and Pep Guardiola has continued to change the...

Jürgen Klopp‘s team selection for Liverpool‘s trip to take on Brighton & Hove Albion at the Amex on Saturday afternoon raised plenty of eyebrows. The Reds have faced criticism for their defensive capabilities this term, so seeing that the German tactician had elected to send his side out with a back three comprised of two midfield players – Emre Can and Georginio Wijnaldum – either...

“The whole game and the whole result was pretty much all of our fault. Tottenham were good but we made it too easy for them. We came here for a result and didn’t get a chance to get one with the way we defended in these four situations – that’s just not good enough. All the situations are easy to defend.” If Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp sounded exasperated after watching his side lose...

Liverpool return to the capital this weekend just two weeks after the 4-1 defeat at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur. Jürgen Klopp will be hoping this visit to London is a more positive one with Slaven Bilić’s West Ham United side playing host to a resurgent Reds. Since the defeat to Spurs, Liverpool have won two from two scoring six goals in the process and keeping clean sheets in both matche...

Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp will be looking to get one over best man David Wagner who brings his Huddersfield Town side to Anfield on Saturday. Wagner, who won promotion to the Premier League with the Terriers against all expectations last season, played with club at Mainz and was his best man when the former Borussia Dortmund coach tied the knot. After suffering a humbling 4-1 defeat at the hands...

The general consensus after Liverpool’s calamitous loss to Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley was that numerous changes needed to be made in order to turn things around. The mistakes which had been evident in the side’s play for a number of years all came together during this catalogue of errors at Tottenham’s temporary home, and one player in particular was made an example of. Dejan Lovren hasn’t had t...

There was absolutely nowhere for Dejan Lovren to hide. Liverpool were 2-0 down inside 12 minutes against Tottenham at Wembley and the big Croatian was at fault for both of them. The visiting manager Jurgen Klopp knew it was time to be ruthless and he hooked Lovren after just 31 minutes, replacing him with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and switching to a 3-5-2 formation which appeared to shore up the vis...

They can’t say it hadn’t been coming. Liverpool fans have witnessed scenes from their side’s comedy of errors routine before, but against Tottenham Hotspur all the parts came together to produce one feature length disaster movie. The usual suspects starred, but among the notable individual roles in their demise was a defensive unit which looked beyond saving in its current guise. And b...

Liverpool dropped two points from a winning position as they were held to a frustrating 1-1 draw against Newcastle United at St James’ Park. Philippe Coutinho fired the Reds into the lead in spectacular style with a stupendous long-range effort before Joselu equalised in hugely fortunate circumstances, his goal coming after Joël Matip played the ball off the Newcastle striker. Liverpool domi...

To say Dejan Lovren divides opinion would be an understatement. He’s a player of extremes and can go from looking like a reasonably solid centre-back to looking like a Sunday League player inside of 45 minutes. He returned to the starting XI last weekend against Leicester City and left fans feeling remarkably uneasy after just five minutes due to wayward passes, shanked clearances and mistim...

Liverpool are in crisis. Jürgen Klopp is without three of his first-choice back four going into Saturday’s match against Leicester City. Joël Matip has joined Dejan Lovren and Nathaniel Clyne on the injury list with both centre-backs unlikely to start at the King Power Stadium. Emre Can is carrying a knock and may sit the Premier League fixture out in order to be fit the Champions League tie...