The Liverpool Reaction: an American LFC Podcast Salim Sacre

Liverpool win in Bergamo, Italy but lose the over the two legs 3-1 to Atalanta. On Sunday the Reds take all 3 points in a 3-1 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage. Incredible free kick from Trent Alexander-Arnold, another very good goal from Ryan Gravenberch, and a clinical finish from Diogo Jota sealed the victory. Salim and Coach Ralph also preview the Everton match at Goodison Park. 

Coach Ralph and Salim talk about Liverpool susataining back to back losses at Anfield.  In the Europa League tie, Atalanta came to Liverpool and got a gritty 3-0 win. Can Liverpool make another legendary comeback against an Italian team or should they now just prioritize the Premier league? Crystal Palace got the only goal of the game and beat Liverpool 1-0 dropping the Reds to 3rd and 2 points behind Manchester City for 1st place.  Although many chances were created, the team just couldn't stick it in the back of the net. What will the season look like with the next 4 matches being away from home? 

Liverpool beat Sheffield United in a game that was very competitive. It took a rocket to the top corner from Alexis Mac Allister and a 90th minute header to finish Sheffield off. The game vs Manchester United was an odd game. Liverpool dominated but 2 excellent goals from United gave them the lead deep in to the 2nd half. Liverpool tied the game up on a PK from Mo Salah and the game ended 2-2.  Although the team didn't lose a game this week, the tie vs. Manchester United felt like a loss as we are no longer top of the league and with 7 games left it's going to take some luck to win the Premier League. 

Liverpool won a scrappy game with Brighton, 2-1.  Goals from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah completed the comeback after Danny Welbeck scored in the 2nd minute to put Brighton ahead. With the Arsenal and Manchester City match ending in a tie, 0-0, Liverpool are at the top of the table with a 2 point lead on Arsenal and a 3 point lead on City. Coach Ralph and Salim marvel about the genius of Alexis Mac Allister and his vision and passing ability. We discuss the phantom yellow cards given to Mac Allister and Van Dijk and how fouls inside the box differ from fouls outside the box (they shouldn't).  5 wins and 1 loss in the month of March was good, Liverpool have 8 matches in April including the Europa league quarter final tie vs Atalanta. 

Liverpool is a club with a great history and today we talk about Coach Ralph's experiences in the 60's with the club.  Coach Ralph is from Great Crosby, England a little bit North of Liverpool.  He recounts his experiences going to Anfield with his father to watch Liverpool play in the 60's. We talk about Gerry and the pacemakers song "You'll never walk alone" which was somehow adopted by LFC as an anthem. We discuss how Bill Shankly brought Liverpool back to the 1st division and instilled a winning DNA in the club and some of Coach's favorite players from that era like Ian St. John and Roger Hunt. 

Liverpool beat Sparta Prague 6-1 in the second leg and 11-2 in aggregate to reach the quarterfinals of the Europa league.  In a very competitive match vs Manchester United, Liverpool bowed out of the FA cup with a 4-3 defeat to the evil empire.