Birmingham City, Arsenal, Alaves, AC Milan and West Ham United. Now you can add the name of Cardiff City to that list. Liverpool have a habit of being involved in some of the most dramatic cup finals football has ever seen, and at Wembley, this year’s Carling Cup final was no different. Ninety-minutes and extra-time [...]
Liverpool booked a sixth round home clash with Stoke City as they ran riot against Championship side Brighton. But the Reds were given more than a helping hand with the visitors scoring a hat-trick of own goals, two of which came from midfielder Liam Bridcutt. After the controversy which surrounded last week’s non-handshake at Old [...]
On a normal day, the sight of Wayne Rooney scoring twice against Liverpool to send Manchester United to the Premier League summit would make all the headlines. But, this was no normal meeting between English football’s two most successful clubs. Instead, all the headlines were made before the game. In October, United captain Patrice Evra [...]
Luis Suarez finally returned to action but was unable to inspire Liverpool to victory as they played out a dull 0-0 draw with Tottenham Hotspur. After missing the last nine games, eight for racially abusing Patrice Evra and one for a hand gesture to Fulham fans, substitute Suarez entered proceedings on 65 minutes. But, in [...]
After a difficult first year at Anfield, Andy Carroll got his second off to the best possible start as he scored to help Liverpool to a comfortable 3-0 win at Molineux. Exactly twelve months ago, Carroll was putting pen to paper in a £35m deal, but, with only six goals scored since, question marks have [...]
Dirk Kuyt pounced two minutes from time to give Liverpool a narrow victory over fierce rivals Manchester United. With the scores level and an Old Trafford replay on the cards, Kuyt latched on to an Andy Carroll flick-on to fire past David De Gea and send the Reds into the fifth round of the FA [...]
Craig Bellamy produced a fantastic individual performance as Liverpool reached Wembley for the first time since 1996. The Welshman returned to Anfield in August after falling out of favour at Manchester City. and he came back to haunt his former club by netting a 74th minute equaliser to send Liverpool through on aggregate. With the [...]
A lacklustre Liverpool were blown away by Bolton Wanderers in blustery conditions at The Reebok Stadium. Owen Coyle’s struggling side more than deserved a welcome three points as they outplayed, outmanoeuvred and outfought a below-par Liverpool, who produced one of their worst displays since Kenny Dalglish returned to the club more than 12 months ago. [...]
Liverpool produced a disciplined performance at the Etihad Stadium to move a step closer to a first appearance at the New Wembley. Reds’ skipper Steven Gerrard converted an early penalty to give Kenny Dalglish’s men a 1-0 Carling Cup Semi-final first leg victory and set them up nicely for the return leg at Anfield in [...]
Liverpool recovered from an early scare to book their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup. But, two late goals made the score flattering for the Reds as League One side Oldham Athletic more than matched their more illustrious hosts in an exciting encounter. By the time Paul Dickov’s men took the lead [...]