The Anatomy of Liverpool

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A definitive history of Liverpool FC told through the 10 key football matches that have shaped the club

Jonathan Wilson has crafted a compellingly forensic analysis of Liverpool's history through the ten key matches that have shaped the club's fortunes - from the long-lost triumphs of manager Tom Watson and the 1977 European Cup triumph over Borussia Monchengladbach, to the astonishing Champions League Final comeback against AC Milan, 'The Miracle of Istanbul', in 2005. Legendary players and managers such as Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley and Kenny Dalglish populate these pages, which highlight both their the genius and their flaws.

THE ANATOMY OF LIVERPOOL tells the story of a great club through a detailed examination of ten key matches looking, as a football history must, first and foremost at the football.

“This insightful, highly readable book attempts to map the evolution of the club through ten specific matches... Above all, The Anatomy of Liverpool is an engrossing account of a sporting institution forging its identity through the post-war years. Some of the detail is priceless too... Highly recommended.”

-- Rob Hughes WHEN SATURDAY COMES

Jonathan Wilson is the author of a critically acclaimed biography of Brian Clough; a book on Eastern European football; The Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches, Inverting the Pyramid, Sunderland: A Club Transformed, and The Outsider: A History of the Goalkeeper. He writes for the Guardian, Sports Illustrated and World Soccer, and he is the editor of The Blizzard. Inverting the Pyramid won football book of the year awards in the UK and Italy and was shortlisted for the WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR. Follow him on Twitter @jonawils

Scott Murray is a journalist and author. He is a regular contributor to the Guardian. He has also written for The Blizzard, FOURFOURTWO, GQ, Esquire and Men's Health. He is the co-author of Phantom of the Open, the hilarious story of Maurice Flitcroft, who made his name on Merseyside after shooting the worst-ever score in golf's greatest championship.

Jonathan Wilson and Scott Murray provide a forensic analysis of ten key Liverpool games that have shaped the club's fortunes over the last century: from the long-lost triumphs of Tom Watson (a 19th-century Bill Shankly) to 1970s European triumphs over the likes of Borussia Monchengladbach and the mind-blowing 2005 comeback against AC Milan.Aston Villa v. LiverpoolApril 1899Wolves v. LiverpoolMay 1947Liverpool v. LeedsFA Cup final, May 1965Liverpool v. Crvena ZvezdaNovember 1973Liverpool v. Borussia MonchengladbachEuropean Cup final, May 1977Liverpool v. RomaEuropean Cup final, May 1984Liverpool v. Nottingham ForestApril 1988Everton v. LiverpoolFebruary 1991Roma v. LiverpoolFebruary 2001AC Milan v. LiverpoolChampions League final, May 2005

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