Big Midweek: Atletico v Chelsea, Man City, Suarez, Arteta

Game to watch – Atletico Madrid v Chelsea At least 27% of Chelsea’s sluggishness on Saturday can probably be attributed to this looming fixture and their journey to Romania (where else?) to play the La Liga leaders. The good news is that Atletico are missing Jose Gimenez, Yannick Carrasco and Sime Vrsaljko and they have […]

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Big Weekend: Liverpool v Everton, Lingard, Arteta, Saints, Milan derby

Game to watch – Liverpool v Everton Let’s see if Red Bull really does give you wings… Liverpool badly needed their victory over Leipzig in Budapest on Tuesday night, not only to further their Champions League prospects but also to alter the narrative around Jurgen Klopp’s ‘bad champions’. Their demise has been welcomed with great […]

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Big Midweek: Leipzig v Liverpool, Dortmund, Poch, Silva

Game to watch – RB Leipzig v Liverpool “They [Liverpool] are not in a mega-crisis and will certainly be stable against us,” Julian Nagelsmann said, but surely doesn’t believe to be true. “Stable” is not the word to describe Liverpool right now. Antonyms would come closer to the truth: mercurial; volatile; shaky; erratic. A team […]

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Liverpool gone from impregnable to incredibly pregnable

Liverpool will be looking to get their season back on track when they take on Leicester City this weekend. Mark Smith and Sarah Winterburn spoke at length about this upcoming fixture on the latest edition of the Big Weekend on YouTube. Mark began by asking Sarah about her thoughts on Roy Keane’s comments following Liverpool’s […]

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Big Weekend: Leicester v Liverpool, Man Utd’s keeper, Jose, Arsenal

Game to watch – Leicester v Liverpool Having lost their last three and drawn the previous two, Liverpool will just be glad to get away from home this weekend. But waiting for them in Leicester is Brendan Rodgers and he’s never looked so justifiably smug. Leicester host the Reds looking to put six points between […]

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Big Midweek: Everton v Spurs, Van de Beek, Chelsea

Game to watch – Everton v Tottenham Not since Leiria in 2001 has Jose Mourinho managed a team with less hope of winning a trophy. Carlo Ancelotti has never managed a team with less hope of winning a trophy. These are giants of European football, not slumming it per se, but attempting to prove they […]

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Big Weekend: Liverpool v Man City, Pogba, Mourinho, Saints

Paul Pogba and Jose Mourinho are both in Big Weekend like it’s 2017. But the headline game can only ever be Liverpool v Manchester City.   Game to watch – Liverpool v Manchester City When Manchester City hosted Liverpool in early January 2019, Pep Guardiola’s side was third and trailed the Premier League leaders and […]

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