Both Liverpool and Arsenal will look to preserve their 100% league records when they clash at Anfield in Round 3. The referee for this game is Anthony Taylor- LFC lost 4-1 when he was last in charge of this fixture. Let’s take a look and check out pundit predictions for this LFC v Arsenal clash. Mark Lawrenson: The BBC’s Lawro has gone for a 2-1 win to Liverpool, saying that Arsenal “don’t have any leaders in the team” and struggle defensively. His celebrity opponent for round 3, rugby league star Stefan Ratchford, has predicted a 2-0 win for the Reds. Charlie Nicholas: Nicholas from Sky says ..read more

The referee for the Premier League’s blockbuster Match Week 3 Liverpool vs Arsenal clash has been announced, and it’s Anthony Taylor. Taylor last officiated this fixture back in 2015, which saw the Gunners emerge 4-1 winners over the Reds. Hector Bellerin, Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and Olivier Giroud scored for Arsenal that day, with Liverpool’s solitary goal coming from midfielder Jordan Henderson. The London outfit also have a good recent record under Taylor- they did not lose a single game in the 2018/19 season when he was in charge. Arsenal record in 2018/19 for games refereed by Anthony ..read more

Liverpool will be looking to make it two in a row in the Premier League when they travel to the South Coast to take on Ralph Hasenhuttl’s Southampton today afternoon. The fixtures comes barely three days after the Reds travelled to Istanbul for the UEFA Super Cup- a visit that proved fruitful thanks to Adrian’s heroics in the shootout. Liverpool beat Norwich 4-1 at Anfield to kick off their league engagements this season, while Saints were at the receiving end of a 3-0 scoreline against Burnley at Turf Moor. Here is a look at various pundit predictions for Saints v Liverpool. BBC pundit Mark L ..read more

Liverpool started off their campaign with a well-deserved 4-1 win over Norwich City at Anfield. The pre-game predictions didn’t centre or whether or not the Reds would win, but on the margin of their victory and whether Norwich would score on their return to the Premier League. The Reds wrapped up this game with four goals before half time. Norwich found the back of the net in the second half through Teemu Pukki- so impressive in the Championship last season, but the goal came against Liverpool reserve keeper Adrian, who played 50 odd minutes after Alisson walked off with an injury. Here are s ..read more

The Premier League resumes today and Liverpool have been given the honour of kicking off the new season against newly promoted Norwich City at Anfield. Ahead of the game, we take a look at what prominent media personalities have predicted for the game. Mark Lawrenson from the BBC has gone for a 2-0 win to Liverpool, saying that he expects “Norwich to have the toughest time among the three sides” promoted to the Premier League this season. England netball stars Helen Housby and Jo Harten, who are up against Lawro today, have gone for 2-0 and 3-0 wins respectively to the Reds. Charlie Nicholas f ..read more

Man City successfully defended their Community Shield title as they beat Liverpool 5-4 on penalties at Wembley. The Citizens, who had beaten Chelsea 2-0 last year, took the lead in the 12th minute through former Liverpool star Raheem Sterling. Liverpool equalised in the second half through substitute Joel Matip. In the penalty shoot out, Claudio Bravo saved Gini Wijnaldum’s effort. All five of City’s spot kicks were successful- although Allisson did manage to get a hand on Zinchenko’s penalty, he could not stop the ball from going in. Here are the player ratings for the game from three of Brit ..read more

After weeks of negotiations, Manchester United have taken a significant step towards signing Harry Maguire after officially agreeing a transfer fee with Leicester for the England defender. The Red Devils will stump up a whopping £85m for the 26-year old Maguire, which will make the Foxes star the world’s most expensive defender, eclipsing the £75m LFC paid for Virgil van Dijk last year. United fans were desperate for a world class defensive reinforcements after average performances from the likes of Chris Smalling and Phil Jones over the last few years. Solskjaer’s men signed Aaron-Wan Bissaka ..read more

UEFA have appointed a female referee for Liverpool’s upcoming Super Cup clash against Chelsea later this month. French official Stephanie Frappart has been officially announced as the woman with the whistle for this fixture, making her the first female referee for a major European soccer match. Swiss referee Nicole Petignat was in charge of some UEFA Cup qualifying games more than a decade ago, but no female referee has so far been given the reigns of such an important game and featuring two high profile teams at that. The game will take place in Istanbul, with local Turkish referee Cuneyt Ca ..read more

L’Equipe’s player ratings tend to be notoriously harsh, and they came down heavily on some of Barcelona’s players after the Catalan giants lost 4-0 to Liverpool at Anfield last night. The worst Barcelona players on the evening, according to L’Equipe were Luis Suarez (a former Liverpool player himself) and left back Jordi Alba, both of whom got a 2/10. A similar rating was given to Barca coach Ernesto Valverde, who was soundly criticised for his tactics after the game. Lionel Messi (6) and Arturo Vidal (5) were the only outfield players to emerge with any credit for the Blaugrana ..read more