Trevoh Chalobah impresses for Chelsea, Rafael Benítez’s warm reception and Mason Greenwood looks ready to step upWhen in the opening minutes it became clear that clear Manchester City’s gameplan was to overload the left flank – with Benjamin Mendy raid…
Mohamed Salah’s sublime strike seals Liverpool win over Norwich
Liverpool could bask in an evening of good news and, if they wanted, an agreeable omen from history. At the outset this had the hallmarks of a banana skin but they showed little sign of slipping up against foes clad in yellow. Instead they enjoyed as c…
Alli to Konaté: Premier League players with a point to prove
We select 10 players in England’s top flight facing key seasons, three of whom start at new clubsThere was a time when it seemed inconceivable that the gifted midfielder who so often joined the dots for Leicester could be excluded from Gareth Southgate…
Premier League 2021-22 preview No 11: Liverpool
Winning mentality was plain in late run and with defenders coming back the key may be how much Wijnaldum is missedGuardian writers’ predicted position: 4th (NB: this is not necessarily Andy Hunter’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)Last …
Injury blow for Liverpool as Andy Robertson limps out of Athletic friendly
‘We don’t know in the moment how serious it is,’ says KloppVirgil van Dijk plays 71 minutes of 1-1 draw with Athletic BilbaoLiverpool were dealt an injury blow less than a week before the start of the Premier League season after Andy Robertson hobbled …
‘Community, not profit’: the creative renaissance of Birkenhead
Across the Mersey from Liverpool, a group of grassroots promoters is trying to avoid that city’s redevelopment errors as they champion a vibrant cultural renewalEmblazoned above Christopher Torpey, co-founder of music venue Future Yard, are the words “…
Are northern English accents dying out? Are they eck as like | Stuart Maconie
Academics predict that northern dialects will soon fade away. That’s nobbut a load of soft southern bletherAh, the stalwarts of summer! Cowes, Goodwood, the Proms and, these days, gloomy academic prognostications about the future of northern accents. L…
Liverpool fan’s death ruled as 97th of Hillsborough disaster
Liverpool coroner’s court rules Andrew Devine, 55, unlawfully killed by effects of crush 32 years earlierA coroner has ruled that Andrew Devine, 55, who has died 32 years after suffering severe and irreversible brain damage at Hillsborough in 1989, was…