Liverpool champions By Kevin Garside, chief sports correspondent Fooled by Liverpool’s conquest of the summer transfer window. The overhaul was too disruptive. Florian Wirtz struggled with the tempo of the Premier League, Alexander Isak never got going, Jeremie Frimpong was lost somewhere between right-back and wing and Milos Kerkez was not trusted by Arne Slot. Only Hugo Ekitike hit the mark. Add in the decline of Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk and Liverpool did well to avoid Chelsea’s dysfunctional fate. Sunderland to go down By Michael Hincks, sports writer Through the gap in my fingers I noted my August […]
There are no certainties in football but some of our pre-season predictions have aged like milk.
With the season drawing to a close, our writers look back at their most questionable calls.
I got everything wrong
By Daniel Storey, chief football writer
I picked all three promoted clubs to go, which was thick. I predicted Liverpool to win the league, which was thick. I predicted Maxim De Cuyper to be the signing of the season, because I tried to be a hipster and was thick.
The champions' wretched campaign has seen multiple figures blamed by fans and pundits. We assess those in the firing line
It was only the Community Shield, but issues from pre-season popped up again for Arne Slot in Liverpool’s loss on penalties to…
The Guardian’s fans’ network on 2025-26 at the halfway stage: best games, worst setbacks, and their January window wish lists
Virgil van Dijk must not be written off - but he looks a shadow of his usual imperious self, writes Phil McNulty.
Despite goals from two new signings, defeat in the Community Shield asks fresh questions of Arne Slot
Liverpool have gone from Premier League title winners to alarmingly average in the space of a year.
