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This Is Anfield  •  Articles by: Steven Scragg

AvatarSteven Scragg

Red All Over The Land contributor, season ticket holder and Istanbul veteran. Proud dad and the winner of the '1995 Tango Excellence Award' - for excellent performance within the field of Tango excellence. Schoolboy enthusiasm for all things LFC, infused with essence of grumpy old man.
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Tuesday, February 4, 2020: Liverpool's Sadio Mané celebrates after scoring the third goal during the FA Cup 4th Round Replay match between Liverpool FC and Shrewsbury Town at Anfield. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Liverpool’s muted night comes alive at Thiago’s touch – but more strange times on horizon

Jan 9, 2021
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - Monday, January 4, 2021: Liverpool's Georginio Wijnaldum looks dejected during the FA Premier League match between Southampton FC and Liverpool FC at St Mary's Stadium. Southampton won 1-0. (Pic by Propaganda)

Liverpool must snap out of ice shackles as title sends level playing field warning

Jan 5, 2021
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Sunday, November 22, 2020: Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino (L) celebrates with team-mate Sadio Mané after scoring the third goal during the FA Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Leicester City FC at Anfield. The game was played behind closed doors due to the UK government’s social distancing laws during the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic. Liverpool won 3-0. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Liverpool FC in 2020: An unforgettable year, and now to do it again

Dec 31, 2020
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Sunday, December 27, 2020: West Bromwich Albion's Semi Ajayi celebrates after scoring the first equalising goal during the FA Premier League match between Liverpool FC and West Bromwich Albion FC at Anfield. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Foreign Anfield carelessness halts momentum as pragmatism strikes back

Dec 28, 2020
LONDON, ENGLAND - Saturday, December 19, 2020: Liverpool's Takumi Minamino celebrates after scoring the first goal during the FA Premier League match between Crystal Palace FC and Liverpool FC at Selhurst Park. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Takumi Minamino shows value of patience as Liverpool deliver perfect Christmas present

Dec 20, 2020
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Wednesday, December 16, 2020: Liverpool's manager Jürgen Klopp celebrates at the final whistle during the FA Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC at Anfield. Liverpool won 2-1. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Attack-minded, table-topping Reds avert the threat of pragmatism for now

Dec 17, 2020
Robbie Fowler und Trainer Gerard Houllier beide Liverpool mit der Troph‰e.

We called him Ged – How Houllier and Liverpool formed an unconditional bond

Dec 15, 2020
LONDON, ENGLAND - Sunday, December 13, 2020: Liverpool's Curtis Jones looks dejected after the FA Premier League match between Fulham FC and Liverpool FC at Craven Cottage. The game ended in a 1-1 draw. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Expansive football meets pragmatism as Liverpool aim for table-topping response

Dec 14, 2020
HERNING, DENMARK - Wednesday, December 9, 2020: Referee Franc?ois Letexier checks a VAR review before awarding FC Midtjylland a penalty during the UEFA Champions League Group D match between FC Midtjylland and Liverpool FC at the Herning Arena. (Pic by Lars Møller/Propaganda)

Running low on plates to spin & a breaking point for Klopp and VAR

Dec 10, 2020
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Sunday, December 6, 2020: Liverpool's Joel Matip (R) celebrates after scoring the third goal during the FA Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers FC at Anfield. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Liverpool take body blows with authority in title statement at living, breathing Anfield

Dec 7, 2020
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Tuesday, December 1, 2020: Liverpool's Curtis Jones celebrates after scoring the first goal during the UEFA Champions League Group D match between Liverpool FC and AFC Ajax at Anfield. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Curtis Jones emerges at just the right time as Liverpool face a big midfield decision

Dec 2, 2020Dec 2, 2020
BRIGHTON & HOVE, ENGLAND - Saturday, November 28, 2020: Liverpool's goalkeeper Alisson Becker speaks with referee Stuart Atwell after the FA Premier League match between Brighton & Hove Albion FC and Liverpool FC at the AMEX Stadium. The game was played behind closed doors due to the UK government’s social distancing laws during the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic. (Pic by Propaganda)

Liverpool head into make-or-break run as VAR shows clear-and-obvious lack of common sense

Dec 1, 2020Nov 29, 2020
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Wednesday, November 25, 2020: Liverpool's manager Jürgen Klopp fist bumps Andy Robertson as he prepares to make four substitutes during the UEFA Champions League Group D match between Liverpool FC and Atalanta BC at Anfield. Atalanta won 2-0. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Jurgen Klopp’s gamble, and the lessons to be learned for a high-stakes month

Nov 26, 2020Nov 26, 2020
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Sunday, November 22, 2020: Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino (L) celebrates with team-mate Sadio Mané after scoring the third goal during the FA Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Leicester City FC at Anfield. The game was played behind closed doors due to the UK government’s social distancing laws during the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic. Liverpool won 3-0. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Liverpool FC: Inspirational, relentless and with no limits

Nov 25, 2020Nov 23, 2020
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - Sunday, November 8, 2020: Liverpool's Georginio Wijnaldum (L) challenges Manchester City's Raheem Sterling during the FA Premier League match between Manchester City FC and Liverpool FC at the City of Manchester Stadium. The game was played behind closed doors due to the UK government’s social distancing laws during the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic. The game ended in a 1-1 draw. (Pic by Propaganda)

Liverpool showed there are no sacred cows with system tailor-made for Naby Keita

Nov 9, 2020
BERGAMO, ITALY - Tuesday, November 3, 2020: Liverpool's manager Jürgen Klopp celebrates with Curtis Jones after the UEFA Champions League Group D match between Atalanta BC and Liverpool FC at the Stadio di Bergamo. Liverpool won 5-0. (Pic by Simone Arveda/Propaganda)

Liverpool harness power of the collective – and now to inflict further psychological blow

Nov 4, 2020Nov 4, 2020
Liverpool's Nathaniel Phillips (left) and Jordan Henderson before the Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool.

Liverpool unflappable in face of stubborn hurdle as Jota proves indispensable

Nov 2, 2020Nov 2, 2020
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Tuesday, October 27, 2020: Liverpool's Fabio Henrique Tavares 'Fabinho' walks off injured during the UEFA Champions League Group D match between Liverpool FC and FC Midtjylland at Anfield. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Liverpool suffer whack in the footballing funny bone as Midtjylland win throws up more questions

Oct 28, 2020
Sheffield United's Enda Stevens (left) and Liverpool's Mohamed Salah during the Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool. (Image: Michael Steele/PA Wire/PA Images)

Liverpool pass character test but focus must shift to controlling the controllables

Oct 25, 2020
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS - Wednesday, October 21, 2020: Liverpool's Joe Gomez (L) and Ajax's David Neres during the opening UEFA Champions League Group D match between AFC Ajax and Liverpool FC at the Johan Cruijff ArenA. (Pic by Gerrit van Keulen/Orange Pictures via Propaganda)

Liverpool have lost their superhero, but his replacements show it’s not the end of the world

Oct 22, 2020
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Saturday, October 17, 2020: Liverpool’s Georginio Wijnaldum walks back to the dressing room at full time after an injury time winning goal was disallowed following a VAR review during the FA Premier League match between Everton FC and Liverpool FC, the 237th Merseyside Derby, at Goodison Park. The game was played behind closed doors due to the UK government’s social distancing laws during the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic. The game ended in a 2-2 draw. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Liverpool should be angry – but they must turn Merseyside derby angst into a positive

Oct 18, 2020
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - Sunday, October 4, 2020: Liverpool’s goalkeeper Adrián San Miguel del Castillo looks dejected as his side lose 7-2 during the FA Premier League match between Aston Villa FC and Liverpool FC at Villa Park. The game was played behind closed doors due to the UK government’s social distancing laws during the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Jurgen Klopp has been here before – and now it is about how Liverpool respond

Oct 5, 2020
League Cup trophy . (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Positives for Liverpool even in defeat from a competition on borrowed time

Oct 2, 2020
Liverpool's Sadio Mane celebrates scoring his side's first goal of the game with Roberto Firmino (left) during the Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool. (Jason Cairnduff/PA Wire/PA Images)

Liverpool swat away would-be challengers with the psychology of champions

Sep 30, 2020Sep 29, 2020
LINCOLN, ENGLAND - Thursday, September 24, 2020: Liverpool's Xherdan Shaqiri (#23) celebrates scoring the first goal with team-mates during the Football League Cup 3rd Round match between Lincoln City FC and Liverpool FC at Sincil Bank. Liverpool won 7-2. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Liverpool show beauty and brutality on night that saw Jones & Taki ace audition

Sep 25, 2020

Fabinho emulating greats of the past as Reds portray art of footballing evolution

Sep 22, 2020Sep 21, 2020
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Saturday, September 12, 2020: Liverpool’s players in anthem jackets before the opening FA Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Leeds United FC at Anfield. The game was played behind closed doors due to the UK government’s social distancing laws during the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Liverpool stand up to first unique pressure test as Mo Salah sends out statement of intent

Sep 13, 2020
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Sunday, July 26, 2020: Liverpool’s Sadio Mané (L) celebrates with team-mate Virgil van Dijk after scoring the third goal during the final match of the FA Premier League season between Newcastle United FC and Liverpool FC at St. James' Park. The game was played behind closed doors due to the UK government’s social distancing laws during the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic. Liverpool won 3-1 and finished the season as Champions on 99 points. (Pic by Propaganda)

A summer of gentle evolution as Liverpool invite rivals to ‘catch us if you can’

Jul 27, 2020
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp celebrates with the Premier League trophy after the Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool. ( Laurence Griffiths/PA Wire/PA Images)

How Jurgen Klopp’s beautiful evolution led Liverpool back to the top – and led fans to believe again

Jul 23, 2020
LONDON, ENGLAND - Tuesday, July 14, 2020: Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk looks dejected as Arsenal score the second goal to make the score 2-1 during the FA Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Liverpool FC at the Emirates Stadium. The game was played behind closed doors due to the UK government’s social distancing laws during the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Liverpool forgivably forget the costume jewellery after safely securing the crown jewels

Jul 16, 2020Jul 16, 2020
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