EPL Matchweek 36 09 May 2026
LIV vs CHE
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Headlines

The main stories — what everyone should cover, but with your unique angle.

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Some coverage Act now Rising Emerging

Xabi Alonso to Liverpool — Is This Already Happening?

Liverpool Already Took His Best Players. Now They Want the Manager?The Alonso Transfer That Could Change EverythingWhy Xabi Alonso Is the Only Name Liverpool Fans Will Accept
Your Unique Angle
Here is the angle nobody is pulling: Liverpool already signed Wirtz and others from Leverkusen's title-winning squad. The fanbase is noting this themselves — that Liverpool effectively cannibalised the project Alonso built. Is that a deliberate long-term plan, or a staggering coincidence? Frame this as a transfer conspiracy theory with genuine legs.
With 196 posts and the managerial future narrative exploding at 494x growth peaking at 658 posts per ten minutes, the Alonso conversation is not idle speculation — it is the dominant emotional outlet for a fanbase in crisis.
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I'm not sure what's stopping us from actually wanting Alonso, I mean surely he's a good fit we literally took his best players from Leverkusen
Enrique is going nowhere. Any team not named city or psg would take Xabi right now we are idiots if we don't do it.
Won't he likely stay and end up at City when Pep leaves?
Audience
Liverpool fans desperate for optimism, Alonso admirers, football management gossip consumers
Some coverage Today Rising

Cole Palmer Is Getting Away With Murder and Referees Are Letting Him

The Palmer Problem: Genius, Diver, or Both?Why Every Ref Seems to Fall for Cole PalmerPawson Dating Palmer? The Referee Bias Debate Nobody Wants
Your Unique Angle
Do not make this a simple "is he a diver" video. Frame it as a referee literacy problem. The question is not whether Palmer goes down easily — it is whether match officials have been conditioned to reward him because of his talent level. Use this match as the case study.
At 257 posts and the second most negative per-narrative sentiment in the match at -0.38, the Palmer diving narrative is emotionally charged — and the emerging trend shows it growing at 54x with a peak of 72 posts per minute.
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Pawson dating Palmer by any chance?
Palmer the wanker.
hes useless too too. he threw it straight to a chelsea player and ended up tackling palmer because his touch with his 'left' foot was so bad. No idea why we bought him to play build up football.
Audience
Liverpool fans, neutral football fans frustrated by inconsistent officiating, Chelsea fans wanting to push back
Everyone Act now Rising

Arne Slot Is Finished at Liverpool — And He Knows It

Why FSG Have to Sack Slot This SummerThe Tactical Collapse Nobody Wants to AdmitSlot Out: The Numbers That End the Debate
Your Unique Angle
Do not make this another "Slot good or bad" video. Instead, build the case from the manager's own words — Slot said on camera "I'd like to sign off with three wins but that won't silence the criticism." That is a man delivering his own resignation speech. Use that quote as the spine of the entire piece.
With 1,886 posts turning on Slot after a single draw, sentiment is sitting at a deeply negative -0.50 — and the anger is not impulsive. Fans are referencing a collapse stretching back to March of last year.
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Idk how FSG can look at our performances since March of last year and think 'yup we should give this guy more time!' I refuse to believe he will be our manager next season. Has to be the org backing
Arne Slot: 'I'd like to sign off with three wins but that won't silence the criticism.' Good one.
I'm so fucking annoyed with myself. I could've cleaned the house but chose to watch the game. Now I'm pissed because of the match and I have a filthy house. Anyway, hopefully owners realise Slot is
Audience
Liverpool fans in crisis mode, neutrals who sensed this coming, football management analysts
Some coverage Today Volatile

Gakpo's 41 Minutes Without a Touch Is the Most Damning Stat of Liverpool's Season

The Player Earning 250k a Week Who Touched the Ball Once in 41 MinutesGakpo, Frimpong, Isak: Liverpool's Summer of Expensive FailureWho Signed These Players and Why Are They Still Here?
Your Unique Angle
Every creator will dunk on Gakpo individually. Your angle is the contract extension — who signed off on 250k per week, and who also authorised Frimpong, Isak, and a failure to reinforce the left wing? This is not a player problem. This is a recruitment accountability video. Name names.
Gakpo is the top villain at Liverpool this fixture with 639 posts and a sentiment of -0.45. The 41-minute stat is not an anecdote — it is a structural indictment of the entire attacking system.
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It took Gakpo 41 minutes... I repeat, 41 MINUTES! for his first touch of the ball today. That has nothing to do with Slot and everything to do with Gakpo being shit. At any level of football if you go
who's responsible for the transfer and contract extention? Only Hughes? or Edward and Slot too. Gakpo with 250k/week, signing Frimpong, signing Isak and Ekitike and no reinforcement on LW and MF is cr
I actually hate watching Gakpo. Looking at how static he is while we attack and while we defend is infuriating. If you just focus on him for a couple minutes, the lack of effort is appalling
Audience
Liverpool fans furious at the board and recruitment team, general Premier League audience who enjoy forensic squad analysis
Some coverage This week Rising

Liverpool's Tactical System Is Broken and the Data Proves It

Why Liverpool Cannot Build Through the Middle Under SlotThe Same Problem, Two Seasons Running: Slot's One Fatal FlawFewest Tackles, Lowest Distance Run — This Is Not Bad Luck
Your Unique Angle
The brilliant buried fan post frames it perfectly — Slot cannot build through the centre of the pitch, and last season the elite wingers papered over the crack. Now those wingers are gone, the crack is a canyon. Build this video around that thesis: Liverpool were not as good as their title as suggested, and 2025/26 is just the proof.
At 1,106 posts and a negative -0.44 sentiment, the tactical critique narrative is the second biggest story of the match — and crucially, fans are not blaming injuries or bad luck. They are pointing to repeating structural patterns.
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No matter who is there we cannot build up play through the centre of the pitch under Slot, it was the same last year just our wingers had a great season. It's a very clear and obvious tactical issue a
Without those miraculous first 5 games of the season... We would be bottom half. How is this being allowed to continue going into next season
I agree with you. It's one thing to not have the right players, but they're not doing the basics correct as you said. Some horrendous stats like fewest tackles, lowest distance ran - it doesnt take sk
Audience
Tactical football analysts, Liverpool supporters willing to have hard conversations, Premier League fans interested in coaching methodology
Some coverage This week Volatile

Frimpong Is the Worst Signing Liverpool Have Made in Years — Here Is Why

Was Frimpong Really One of Leverkusen's Best Players? The Bundesliga QuestionLiverpool Paid What for This? The Frimpong VerdictFrimpong vs Morrison: Who Should Actually Be Playing?
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The genuinely fascinating buried question in the data is whether Frimpong's Leverkusen numbers were a product of Alonso's system rather than individual quality — and if so, what does that say about Liverpool's entire summer recruitment philosophy? This video writes itself as a forensic scouting failure piece.
The Frimpong narrative sits at 354 posts with a devastatingly negative -0.50 sentiment, making him joint-worst rated player on the pitch. Fans are now questioning the standard of the Bundesliga itself as context for the signing.
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Genuine question - was Frimpong really one of his best players? That would really make me question the caliber of the Bundesliga if so, and I'm really not one for condescending other leagues as 'farme'
If Salah isn't fit for Villa we need to give a Morison a chance because frimpong might actually be the worst player in the League
Club needs to be ruthless. Stop giving minutes to raffle winners like Frimpong and Chiesa and get actual quality.
Audience
Liverpool fans, transfer market analysts, Bundesliga watchers
Nobody yet This week Rising

Levi Colwill Is the Best Centre-Back in England Right Now and We Have Barely Noticed

How Colwill Quietly Became the Defensive Anchor Chelsea Desperately NeededThe Colwill Return: Chelsea's Season in Two GamesWhy England's Best Defender Plays for a Ninth-Place Club
Your Unique Angle
The compelling angle here is contrast — Colwill is playing Premier League football at a level that puts him ahead of almost every centre-back in the country, yet Chelsea sit ninth. What does it say about a squad when the best player on the pitch cannot drag the team into the top half? Build this as a "what went wrong at Chelsea" piece anchored by Colwill as the tragic hero.
Colwill is the match hero for Chelsea with 175 mentions and a positive sentiment of 0.2 — in a game where positive sentiment was genuinely scarce. Even Liverpool fans were noting him marauding into their half unchallenged.
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colwill turns into prime maldini vs us WOOWWWW
Levi Colwill being able to maraud deep into our half and end up in the left wing position with zero pressure on the ball just sums us up.
We're actually not that bad, it's just that they scored early. But boy do I wish we had good wingers. Colwill is really stable out there
Audience
Chelsea fans, England national team followers, centre-back tactical enthusiasts

Hidden Gold

Stories others will miss. Under-reported, contrarian, or just emerging.

Emerging Nobody yet Act now Rising

Liverpool's Managerial Meltdown Is Growing Faster Than Any Story This Season — And the Internet Is About to Explode

494x Growth in Ten Minutes: The Liverpool Manager Story Nobody Can StopThe Crisis Point: When Did Liverpool Fans Give Up on Slot?FSG's Impossible Summer Decision
Your Unique Angle
Nobody is covering the velocity of this story — they are covering the content of it. Your video is specifically about the moment the mood shifted. When did Liverpool fans stop hoping Slot could fix it and start assuming he was gone? Use the timeline of posts from this match thread as forensic evidence. This is a documentary pitch, not a hot take.
This narrative grew at 494 times its baseline rate and peaked at 658 posts per ten minutes — that is not organic fan discussion, that is a fanbase experiencing a collective breaking point in real time.
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Idk how FSG can look at our performances since March of last year and think 'yup we should give this guy more time!' I refuse to believe he will be our manager next season. Has to be the org backing
If PSG win the CL hes staying there. Probably staying anyway
Won't he likely stay and end up at City when Pep leaves?
Audience
Liverpool fans processing a slow-motion catastrophe, football culture observers, media analysts
Buried Gem Nobody yet Today Volatile

Nobody Is Playing Their Position at Liverpool and the Confusion Map Is Spectacular

Frimpong Wants RB, Jones Is Playing RB, and Nobody Knows Who Is Pressing: The Liverpool Identity CrisisSix Players, Six Different Roles, Zero Clarity: Slot's Selection ProblemLiverpool's Positional Chaos Is Not Bad Luck — It Is Policy
Your Unique Angle
Take that single fan post and use it as a visual storyboard. Build a tactical breakdown around each of the five players named — Frimpong, Jones, Mac Allister, Gravenberch, and Rio — showing exactly where they were supposed to be versus where they actually were. This is content that works as a video essay with graphics and also as a standalone thread.
One of the highest-quality posts in the entire dataset — scored 9.3 — maps out the positional confusion of five Liverpool players simultaneously in a single satirical post. It has enormous broadcast potential and tells the tactical story more vividly than any data table.
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Frimpong wondering why he's not playing RB. Jones wondering why he's playing RB. Macca and Grav wondering who's playing the 6. Gakpo wondering who's supposed to trigger the press (it's him). Rio wondering where his teammates are
Being played completely out of position with little to no support as well though. Makes no sense to play him at RW when Jones is inverting into the midfield from RB. He had no support when he functioned
Jones was truly terrible in the first half. Cucurella got in behind him so many times.
Audience
Tactical football fans, Liverpool supporters, coaching analysis community
Buried Gem Nobody yet This week Volatile

The Rio Hype Machine: Is TNT Sports Gaslighting Liverpool Fans?

Seventeen Years Old and Already Overhyped: The Rio Problem at LiverpoolStop Telling Me Rio Was Good — He Was NotThe Media Hype Trap and Liverpool's Dangerous New Habit
Your Unique Angle
The tension here is exquisite. Fans genuinely want Rio to be the answer. The talent is real and the potential is undeniable. But the commentariat is already writing hagiographies after ordinary performances. Your video is a defence of holding young players to honest standards — framed as protecting Rio from expectations that could break him rather than simply criticising him.
This is a buried gem with a quality score of 9.0 and near-zero engagement — the algorithm suppressed it, yet it articulates something many fans are clearly thinking about a player being propelled by commentary rather than performance.
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Rio touches the ball and TNT commentators act like he's just dribbled passed the team. V.overhyped, he did nothing this game, except for a normal pass which led to a wonder goal by Grav. Dont get me wrong, he's 16 and has huge potential but i just th
somehow it's a better look for him if it was gaslighting
Yeah I agree. Hardly electric like, but showed some promise as part of the team.
Audience
Liverpool fans, youth football analysts, football media critics
Algo vs Reality Nobody yet This week Steady

Liverpool Fans Are Enjoying Watching Manchester City More Than Their Own Team — And That Should Terrify FSG

The Most Depressing Stat in English Football Right NowWhen Your Own Fans Would Rather Watch City: A Liverpool Crisis StoryThe Cultural Death of Liverpool FC's Identity
Your Unique Angle
Every video about Liverpool's season uses tactics and league tables. This one uses a wife's offhand comment to her husband about Manchester City to tell the entire story of what Slot's Liverpool has done to the fanbase's soul. Start with that quote, build outward. The data and tactics are the supporting act. The emotion is the story.
This is an algo-amplified buried gem with an engagement score of 9 — a single post that cut through precisely because it articulated something fans were feeling but had not said aloud. It is the emotional core of the entire Liverpool crisis.
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Husband has just said 'it sums up this season when we're enjoying watching City more than we are us!' And tbh, hes not wrong and I dont like City!
I'm so fucking annoyed with myself. I could've cleaned the house but chose to watch the game. Now I'm pissed because of the match and I have a filthy house.
Best decision you made all weekend
Audience
Long-suffering Liverpool fans, neutral observers fascinated by identity collapse, football culture commentators
Fan Majority Nobody yet This week Falling

Mac Allister's Kamikaze Five Minutes Was the Most Honest Thing Liverpool Did All Season

When Desperation Becomes Leadership: The Mac Allister ParadoxHe Got the Crowd Going Because Nobody Else Could — That Is the ProblemMacca Going Full Berserker Mode Tells You Everything About Liverpool's Season
Your Unique Angle
Frame this entirely as a philosophical question about what leadership actually looks like in a team that has stopped believing in itself. Mac Allister's sprint into everything around the sixty-minute mark achieved nothing tactically and could have cost Liverpool a red card — yet it was the most emotionally resonant moment of the match. What does that tell you about the state of this squad?
With 177 posts and a -0.25 sentiment, the Mac Allister narrative is genuinely split — fans simultaneously criticised him for a poor season and gave him a standing ovation for five minutes of reckless passion. That contradiction is the story.
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Liverpool fans, football psychology enthusiasts

Personalities

Hero & Villain of the week — personality-driven content hooks.

Hero of the Week
Levi Colwill
Sentiment 0.2 · 175 mentions · CHE
Villain of the Week
Jamie Gittens
Sentiment -0.5 · 17 mentions · CHE

Quote Bank

All supporting quotes grouped by idea — ready for on-screen text or read-alouds.

Xabi Alonso to Liverpool — Is This Already Happening?

I'm not sure what's stopping us from actually wanting Alonso, I mean surely he's a good fit we literally took his best players from Leverkusen
Enrique is going nowhere. Any team not named city or psg would take Xabi right now we are idiots if we don't do it.
Won't he likely stay and end up at City when Pep leaves?

Cole Palmer Is Getting Away With Murder and Referees Are Letting Him

Pawson dating Palmer by any chance?
Palmer the wanker.
hes useless too too. he threw it straight to a chelsea player and ended up tackling palmer because his touch with his 'left' foot was so bad. No idea why we bought him to play build up football.

Arne Slot Is Finished at Liverpool — And He Knows It

Idk how FSG can look at our performances since March of last year and think 'yup we should give this guy more time!' I refuse to believe he will be our manager next season. Has to be the org backing
Arne Slot: 'I'd like to sign off with three wins but that won't silence the criticism.' Good one.
I'm so fucking annoyed with myself. I could've cleaned the house but chose to watch the game. Now I'm pissed because of the match and I have a filthy house. Anyway, hopefully owners realise Slot is

Gakpo's 41 Minutes Without a Touch Is the Most Damning Stat of Liverpool's Season

It took Gakpo 41 minutes... I repeat, 41 MINUTES! for his first touch of the ball today. That has nothing to do with Slot and everything to do with Gakpo being shit. At any level of football if you go
who's responsible for the transfer and contract extention? Only Hughes? or Edward and Slot too. Gakpo with 250k/week, signing Frimpong, signing Isak and Ekitike and no reinforcement on LW and MF is cr
I actually hate watching Gakpo. Looking at how static he is while we attack and while we defend is infuriating. If you just focus on him for a couple minutes, the lack of effort is appalling

Liverpool's Tactical System Is Broken and the Data Proves It

No matter who is there we cannot build up play through the centre of the pitch under Slot, it was the same last year just our wingers had a great season. It's a very clear and obvious tactical issue a
Without those miraculous first 5 games of the season... We would be bottom half. How is this being allowed to continue going into next season
I agree with you. It's one thing to not have the right players, but they're not doing the basics correct as you said. Some horrendous stats like fewest tackles, lowest distance ran - it doesnt take sk

Frimpong Is the Worst Signing Liverpool Have Made in Years — Here Is Why

Genuine question - was Frimpong really one of his best players? That would really make me question the caliber of the Bundesliga if so, and I'm really not one for condescending other leagues as 'farme'
If Salah isn't fit for Villa we need to give a Morison a chance because frimpong might actually be the worst player in the League
Club needs to be ruthless. Stop giving minutes to raffle winners like Frimpong and Chiesa and get actual quality.

Levi Colwill Is the Best Centre-Back in England Right Now and We Have Barely Noticed

colwill turns into prime maldini vs us WOOWWWW
Levi Colwill being able to maraud deep into our half and end up in the left wing position with zero pressure on the ball just sums us up.
We're actually not that bad, it's just that they scored early. But boy do I wish we had good wingers. Colwill is really stable out there

Liverpool's Managerial Meltdown Is Growing Faster Than Any Story This Season — And the Internet Is About to Explode

Idk how FSG can look at our performances since March of last year and think 'yup we should give this guy more time!' I refuse to believe he will be our manager next season. Has to be the org backing
If PSG win the CL hes staying there. Probably staying anyway
Won't he likely stay and end up at City when Pep leaves?

Nobody Is Playing Their Position at Liverpool and the Confusion Map Is Spectacular

Frimpong wondering why he's not playing RB. Jones wondering why he's playing RB. Macca and Grav wondering who's playing the 6. Gakpo wondering who's supposed to trigger the press (it's him). Rio wondering where his teammates are
Being played completely out of position with little to no support as well though. Makes no sense to play him at RW when Jones is inverting into the midfield from RB. He had no support when he functioned
Jones was truly terrible in the first half. Cucurella got in behind him so many times.

The Rio Hype Machine: Is TNT Sports Gaslighting Liverpool Fans?

Rio touches the ball and TNT commentators act like he's just dribbled passed the team. V.overhyped, he did nothing this game, except for a normal pass which led to a wonder goal by Grav. Dont get me wrong, he's 16 and has huge potential but i just th
somehow it's a better look for him if it was gaslighting
Yeah I agree. Hardly electric like, but showed some promise as part of the team.

Liverpool Fans Are Enjoying Watching Manchester City More Than Their Own Team — And That Should Terrify FSG

Husband has just said 'it sums up this season when we're enjoying watching City more than we are us!' And tbh, hes not wrong and I dont like City!
I'm so fucking annoyed with myself. I could've cleaned the house but chose to watch the game. Now I'm pissed because of the match and I have a filthy house.
Best decision you made all weekend