The Liverpool Gazette
Player ratings20 Aug 2029
Cody Gakpo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Tempers go at Liverpool
Emile Smith Rowe was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match18 Aug 2029
Chelsea take the points off Liverpool
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market20 Aug 2029
Rotherham United join the queue for Giovanni Leoni
Add another name to the list: Rotherham United have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Giovanni Leoni. The answer from Liverpool has not changed — yet.
Player ratings20 Aug 2029
One of those days for Federico Chiesa
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.89, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings20 Aug 2029
Alexander Isak in the eights
A performance of 8.20 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Boardroom20 Aug 2029
Liverpool board go back on their word
Something was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.
Market20 Aug 2029
Liverpool buy the years ahead of Paul Martin
He is 17, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market20 Aug 2029
Liverpool sign Steven Robinson, one for the future
Steven Robinson is 17, and Liverpool have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Liverpool on Jason Murray
- Squad No hiding place for Giorgi Mamardashvili
- Squad Federico Chiesa finally opens his account