This is Anfield — Liverpool FC vs Swansea City — 26 December 2017

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WE OWE SO

MUCH TO THE

TEAM BEHIND

THE TEAM AT

ANFIELD AND

MELWOOD

D

ue to printing deadlines

these notes are being

done before we play

Arsenal, therefore I can’t

reference anything that will

have happened of significance

during that game.

Christmas is an odd period for

a footballer – particularly one

playing in England – because at

a time of year when most people

start to scale-down and have

time off from work, our schedule

becomes the busiest it is at any

time of the season.

To be clear, I’m not looking

for any sympathy for anyone

fortunate enough to do what we

all do for a living: play football.

Not one of us would change

it for a minute, and I realise

that by no means are people

who work in football unique in

working at Christmas. There

are the emergency services,

hospital staff, care-workers,

military personnel and many,

many more I could mention,

who work regardless of the date

on a calendar to look after and

protect the rest of us.

But for those of us at Liverpool,

this time of year does make