At the End of the Storm
Stories from Liverpool's Historic Title Win
Published on 15. October 2020
416 pages
978-1-913538-28-6 (ISBN)
Description
By James Pearce, Oliver Kay, Simon Hughes and Other Award-Winning Writers of The Athletic
As Liverpool ended their 30-year wait to be crowned champions of England, they were followed by their equivalent from the world of sports writing: a team of elite talents, assembled to leave all competition trailing in their wake. This is the story of Liverpool's title win in the longest season, as told by the writers of The Athletic, with their blend of inside access and expert analysis; great ideas and beautiful writing.
Articles include profiles of each of Liverpool's title winners by their former youth team coaches; Oliver Kay watches Sadio Mane score against Manchester City in the company of the striker's family, in his hometown in Senegal; James Pearce spends 90 minutes analysing Virgil van Dijk; plus there are exclusive interviews with Jurgen Klopp, and the club's US owners.
Read the stories behind a unique and historical season from a team of writers every bit as good as the footballers they were following.
As Liverpool ended their 30-year wait to be crowned champions of England, they were followed by their equivalent from the world of sports writing: a team of elite talents, assembled to leave all competition trailing in their wake. This is the story of Liverpool's title win in the longest season, as told by the writers of The Athletic, with their blend of inside access and expert analysis; great ideas and beautiful writing.
Articles include profiles of each of Liverpool's title winners by their former youth team coaches; Oliver Kay watches Sadio Mane score against Manchester City in the company of the striker's family, in his hometown in Senegal; James Pearce spends 90 minutes analysing Virgil van Dijk; plus there are exclusive interviews with Jurgen Klopp, and the club's US owners.
Read the stories behind a unique and historical season from a team of writers every bit as good as the footballers they were following.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Illustrations
16 Plates, color
File size
8,91 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-913538-28-6 (9781913538286)
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James Pearce | Oliver Kay | Simon Hughes
At the End of the Storm
Stories from Liverpool's Historic Title Win
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10/2020
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Persons
When they set out to revolutionise sports writing around the Premier League in the summer of 2019, The Athletic assembled the best team in UK journalism. They include James Pearce, the superbly-connected beat reporter recruited from the Liverpool Echo to cover LFC week-to-week; Oliver Kay, the award-winning feature writer and author signed from The Times; Simon Hughes, author of seven books about Liverpool; Daniel Taylor, the four-time winner of the Football Writer of the Year award; and Raphael Honigstein, the celebrated German football expert who provides in-depth reporting on Jurgen Klopp's rise to the top of English football.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- August
- Liverpool chairman Tom Werner on glory in Madrid and Klopp's future
- No big signings but electric Liverpool should continue to flourish under Klopp
- How videos, NASA technology and 'carb power' helped Liverpool avoid "the biggest banana skin in history"
- Fabinho's display against Arsenal shows how far Liverpool's 'lighthouse' has come
- September
- Salah and Mane have already made up. There's friendly rivalry and occasional selfishness but a feud? No way
- Tennis, teeth-whitening and making Liverpool tick - why Klopp and the Kop love eccentric Firmino
- 'Time wasting', nutrition and a pro surfer are giving Liverpool the edge in early days of the title race
- Lederhosen, losing fat and beating Bayern - how Salzburg made Sadio Mane
- October
- Despite the grumbles Salah is not struggling, he has simply evolved - the stats and his position prove it
- November
- How Man City and Liverpool compete for everything: from titles and £75m centre-backs to physios and youth stars
- This was the day the shackles came off. To a man, Liverpool stepped up, puffed out their chests and delivered
- The pride of Bambali. Watching Sadio score against City with the Mane family
- 'It's a penalty. That. is. a. penalty! How can you not give that?' Watching Liverpool v Man City with Kevin Keegan
- Jurgen Klopp exclusive: When we start a team meeting the only thing I really know I am going to say is the first sentence
- Virgil van Dijk: The man who transformed himself and his teams
- December
- "It's all about surprising the opposition" - second string's win over Everton stems from Melwood atmosphere
- "All you need is. Alisson Becker" - the video analysis behind save that proved Liverpool's keeper is back to his best
- "Partying? No, I think a recovery rub will be my celebration." Relentless Liverpool are champions of the world
- Alexander-Arnold doesn't need midfield role to be centre of attention - he's the best right-back on the planet
- January
- January has been Liverpool's nemesis before. Surely not this time?
- "Jurgen surprises me every day. His brain works differently to other people" - Exclusive interview with Klopp's No 2 Pep Lijnders
- Ninety minutes watching Virgil van Dijk, the world's best defender
- Liverpool also top the set-piece table - and it's all down to the unseen work of the 'team behind the team'
- The players' meeting that helped turn "lonely" Anfield into a genuine fortress
- February
- The secrets of Fortress Anfield and "a pitch as finely tuned as the athletes who play on it"
- March
- How Liverpool react to defeat at Watford will define their season
- How Liverpool are helping their players and the community during pandemic
- April
- Inside Liverpool's U-turn: a "leak", a toxic backlash and real money worries
- Liverpool's Player of the Year: Mane, Salah, Henderson, Trent, Van Dijk.?
- June
- Controlled aggression, collective defence: Liverpool are league's cleanest team
- Resistance, pride and relief: What Liverpool's title will mean to a city
- This was a performance of champions
- Jurgen Klopp - the fist-pumping genius who turned dreams into reality
- Michael Edwards - the visionary behind Liverpool's remarkable rise
- Understanding Jurgen Klopp - "It's never about him"
- July
- Liverpool have doubled their income in six years. Now they're chasing Man Utd
- Powering the champions: Apple juice laced with caffeine, sea salt and cherries
- Liverpool's title winners - by the coaches who discovered them
- Liverpool's season: Klopp's Friends quote, weight lifted, who's coming through?
- Illustrations
