December 6th, 23rd game of the season And Hugo Ekitike is the first Liverpool player to score more than once in a game in all competitions this season. #LFC

Champion of Champions IV arrives on Monday 22nd December on Channel 4 and YouTube. AND a double New Year Treat will air back-to-back on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd January, featuring Big Zuu, Jill Scott, Sam Ryder, Susie Dent and Rose Ayling-Ellis, all vying for new year glory.

5 chances created from Florian Wirtz tonight - more than any player in the match. 16 chances created in his first 4 Champions League games for Liverpool - the most any #LFC player has created over a run of 4 Champions League apps on Opta's records.

I don't think a lucky win would've done anything for Liverpool tonight, they desperately needed to put on an improved performance as well. And Arne Slot got that as his team ended up fully deserved winners thanks to the sort of controlled 2-0 win we saw so often last season.

Aston Villa are the 10th club Mo Salah has scored 10+ goals against for #LFC (also Arsenal, Bournemouth, Brighton, Man City, Man Utd, Newcastle, Southampton, Spurs, West Ham). He's just the 2nd Liverpool player to score 10+ goals against 10+ sides, after Ian Rush (11).

Liverpool have lost 6 of their last 7 games in all competitions. It's only the second time in the last 70 years that they've lost 6 times in any run of 7 games within a single season, after September-October 2009 under Rafa Benítez.

Shohei Ohtani is the first player to reach base eight times in a game (regular season or postseason) since Melky Cabrera did so on August 10, 2014.

Liverpool have conceded in the opening 15 minutes of 4 consecutive Premier League games for the first time since January 1996.

Alexander Isak forced off with a groin issue, Arne Slot reveals.

4 - Liverpool have lost four consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since November 2014 under Brendan Rodgers. Sobering.

Liverpool had the chances to win today but, if they had, it would have papered over the cracks. They don't look like champions because the summer ensured this isn't the same team that won it, and any defence of their title will be over by the time they work out all these issues.

Since the start of last season, Liverpool have conceded 2+ goals in 16 matches away from Anfield - no current Premier League side has done so more times outside their home ground in this time. I look at the numbers in my round-up of the Chelsea loss. #LFC mreidstats.substack.com/p/chelsea-a-...

3 - Martin Ødegaard is the first player in Premier League history to be substituted before half time in three consecutive Premier League starts. Prone.

David Moyes has still never won at Anfield in 23 attempts (D7 L16). It's the joint-longest ever winless run by a visiting manager at Anfield v Liverpool, along with Bobby Robson from 1968 to 2004 and Brian Clough from 1971 to 1993.

Mo Salah is the first Liverpool player to both score and assist a goal in the opening 6 minutes of any match since Steve McManaman v Aston Villa in March 1996. #LFC

Aged 17 years and 19 days, Rio Ngumoha is the youngest player ever to play in European competition for Liverpool, taking Trey Nyoni's record (17y 213d) set v PSV last season. #LFC

#lfc missed six big chances. Atleti created none. On another day it's a battering.

4 - Liverpool are the first side in Premier League history to win four consecutive games thanks to winning goals scored in the final 10 minutes or later. Spirit.

6 - Six of Liverpool's last nine 90th-minute winning goals in the Premier League have been scored (1) or assisted (5) by Mo Salah - although today was the first time he scored a 90th-minute winner himself in the competition. Occasion.

Liverpool's final, confirmed Premier League squad situation for 2025-26. #LFC

Liverpool couldn't have had any complaints with a goalless draw given they'd managed three shots on target before Mohamed Salah's penalty, but their knack for winning games no matter what is truly ridiculous. Harsh on Burnley, but the champions go three clear at the top.

1997 - Noni Madueke is the first player with all five vowels of the English language in his name to score for England since Paul Gascoigne against Moldova in September 1997. Scrabble.

Federico Chiesa has been omitted from Liverpool’s squad for the Champions League this season. Squad: Alisson, Mamardashvili, Woodman, Gomez, Endo, VVD, Konate, Kerkez, Bradley, Leoni, Robertson, Frimpong, Wirtz, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Jones, Gravenberch, Isak, Salah, Gakpo, Ekitike, Ngumoha.

Liverpool have included buy back and sell on clauses in Harvey Elliott’s £35 m move to Aston Villa. A lot of focus on money spent understandably but sales this summer :  £236m guaranteed • £262m with add-ons Total since last summer: £288.5m guaranteed • £324.5m with add ons

Liverpool and Aston Villa have now reached an agreement over Harvey Elliott. Initial loan deal with an obligation to buy worth £35m.

Dominik Szoboszlai is only the third Liverpool player to score a direct free-kick winner in a 1-0 Premier League win, after Danny Murphy v Man Utd in December 2000 and Xabi Alonso v Sunderland in August 2005. #LFC

Liverpool’s Champions League group-stage fixtures have been confirmed: 🇪🇸 Real Madrid (H) 🇮🇹 Inter (A) 🇪🇸 Atletico Madrid (H) 🇩🇪 Eintracht Frankfurt (A) 🇳🇱 PSV Eindhoven (H) 🇫🇷 Marseille (A) 🇦🇿 Qarabag (H) 🇹🇷 Galatasaray (A)

Available an hour later in YT!?! Wow! Love that! Can’t wait!!!!! 🥰

Klaxon! Taskmaster Season 20 is nearly here. A fresh batch of victims - Ania Magliano, Maisie Adam, Reece Shearsmith, Phil Ellis and Sanjeev Bhaskar - take on the Taskmaster from Thurs 11th Sep at 9pm BST on Channel 4 and an hour later on YouTube for viewers around the world.

Not sure my heart can take many more games like last night - but at least it threw up some good stats! Ekitike's start, late winners, Ngumoha's records, when did Liverpool last concede 2 despite being a player up? All in my stats round-up. mreidstats.substack.com/p/newcastle-...

Newcastle United have released a statement explaining that they do not see the conditions for the sale of Alexander Isak being met this summer. They also deny any agreement being reached with the player to allow him to leave.

On Friday v Bournemouth, Virgil van Dijk made 17 clearances and won 13 duels - the first player with numbers that high in both metrics in a single Premier League game for over 5 years. He also had a game-high 100 touches and made 17 line-breaking passes. Colossus.

𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝟒-𝟐 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 A dramatic first game of the 2025-26 season sees Liverpool win it late on thanks to goals from Federico Chiesa and Mohamed Salah. Salah's goal was his 10th on Matchday 1 of the Premier League, more than any other player. #LIVBOU

All-time most MD1 league goals for #LFC: Mo Salah - 10 Billy Liddell - 6 Ian Rush - 6 Tony Rowley - 5 Michael Owen - 5

In Hugo Ekitike and Jeremie Frimpong, this is the first time two players have scored on their #LFC debut in the same game since August 2006 - Craig Bellamy and Mark González v Maccabi Haifa.

The Chesham Utd season kicks off in 80 minutes. Here’s something special to get you excited about the greatest club: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv4z...

4 players are making their #LFC debut v Crystal Palace (Frimpong, Kerkez, Wirtz, Ekitike), Liverpool's most debutants in a single game since Feb 2020 v Shrewsbury (5), and most in the first game of a new season since 2015-16 v Stoke (5 - Clyne, Gomez, Milner, Benteke, Firmino).

3 - Since his Premier League debut in August 2022, Darwin Núñez scored more 90th-minute winning goals than any player in the competition (3). Indeed, only six players in Premier League history have ever scored more. Memories.

I will miss him.

📊 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha has impressed during Liverpool’s preseason campaign.

Not getting ahead of myself or anything, but Rio Ngumoha is the best player in the world. #lfc

28 July 2015 - Taskmaster S1E1 airs. Greg Davies makes some accomplished but needy comedians do stupid things for Him. Why? Because He can. He's a powerful man. Look at Him. Thank you. Happy 10 years to @taskmaster.tv 🎉🎂 Eternally grateful to everyone involved.

And 1 Taskmaster Assistant @alexhorne.bsky.social ❤️

10 years. 95 contestants. 1 Taskmaster. 🎂

The game finished in a 5-0 win for Liverpool with Federico Chiesa netting the other goal.

Liverpool are currently contesting a behind-closed-doors friendly with Stoke City at the AXA. They lead 4-0 at half-time thanks to a Darwin Nunez hat-trick and Rio Ngumoha goal. Florian Wirtz is taking part.

Liverpool FC have retired the number 20 jersey across all levels of the club in honour and memory of Diogo Jota. My reaction: mailchi.mp/theanfieldwr...

Wrote this about Diogo Jota and Andre Silva mailchi.mp/theanfieldwr...