Ahead of Spartak Moscow’s visit to Anfield tonight, let’s look at the last time Liverpool faced the Russian outfit at home. That game was back in the 2002/03 Champions League season, and the Reds won 5-0 thanks to a brace from Emile Heskey, who scored the first and last goals of the game.
The other scorers that evening were Bruno Cheyrou, Sami Hyypia and Salif Diago
40,812 were in attendance that evening (October 2, 2002) to watch Liverpool demolish Spartak Continue reading
Liverpool will be taking on Burnley this weekend, a little over six months after Jurgen Klopp’s men hosted the Clarets in the 16/17 season. On that occasion, the Reds put in a dire first performance but emerged 2-1 winners thanks to second half goals from Can and Wijnaldum. It wasn’t pretty, but they got the job done.
Going into this weekend, both teams have 7 points, but Burnley are ahead of Liverpool in the league table on goal difference. LFC, of course, will be looking to recover from their poor results against Man City and Sevilla. Continue reading
It was Liverpool’s first Champions League game since 2014, and defensive frailties again came to haunt the Reds as Spanish side Sevilla, on paper their only real opponents for top spot in what otherwise seems to be an easy group, came away with a draw from Anfield.
Roberto Firmino also missed a penalty as Liverpool spurned a host of chances in the two sides’ first competitive meeting since the 2016 Europa League final, which Sevilla won 3-1 in Basel.
Sevilla could’ve even come away with all three points had Luis Muriel not fluffed his lines in stoppage time Continue reading