Terrace Talk: Money alone won’t change City’s luck at Anfield

No game for 14 days, then four games in 11 days. God, I love internationals… Liverpool’s record after these pestilent wastes of time is dire. Their results from early kick-offs are even worse.

The two combined would usually be enough to derail a perfect team, never mind this one. That they managed to somehow emerge with three points — dirty, Klopp called them — was put down to a newly-discovered resilience. It’s possibly the 43rd time Liverpool have learned how to “win ugly” this decade alone.

They make it harder for themselves. Palace aren’t all that, but were made to look like kings of Catennacio by our dithering lack of professionalism.