It seems like there is a mole at Anfield. Over the past few weeks the Liverpool centric Twitter account Anfield Express has correctly predicted Liverpool's line-up in three Premier League games. The account has been regularly tweeting out Liverpool's team sheet up to a day before the Reds are set to kick off.
The account has posted accurate team line-ups for the Merseyside club's matches against Everton, Bournemouth & West Brom:
Karius, Gomez, Van Dijk, Klavan, Moreno, Henderson, Milner, Wijnaldum, Salah, Mane, Ings.
— Anfield Express (@AnfieldExpress) April 20, 2018
Karius; Trent, Lovren, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Wijnaldum, Chamberlain; Salah, Firmino, Mané.
— Anfield Express (@AnfieldExpress) April 14, 2018
Karius, Clyne, Van Dijk, Lovren, Klavan, Milner, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Mané, Ings, Solanke.
— Anfield Express (@AnfieldExpress) April 6, 2018
The response to the account divulging the Reds line up has been twofold. On the one hand you have Liverpool fans chastising the account for giving their opponents a tactical advantage:
Well done mate, you've given our opponents an advantage but hey at least you got a few more twitter followers
— Matt Davenport (@mattdav101) April 6, 2018
You should stop sharing the line ups btw. I get it, you get retweets and all, but it can undo a lot of hard work by the managers and the players
— Amey (@Tequila_Tears) April 14, 2018
— harrykim (@harrykim0812) April 14, 2018
On the other Fantasy Premier League users have been thanking Anfield Express for giving them ample time to switch around their teams:
Thanks for this mate. Really useful.
— Tom Campbell (@UtterlyTC) April 7, 2018
That was some call ... #FPL Gold ?
— ForReasonsUnknown (@MagpiePaul37) April 7, 2018
Thank you!!
— FPL Keeno (@fplkeeno) April 21, 2018
Though some might argue that a line-up is not going to decide whether a team wins or loses a game it is odd to see an account that purports to support Liverpool football club giving an advantage, however small, to their rival teams.
The account did confirm yesterday however, that it will not leak Liverpool's line-up for their crucial Champions League tie tomorrow:
No team leak from us on Tuesday.
Enjoy the Champions League semi-final. Allez les rouges?
— Anfield Express (@AnfieldExpress) April 22, 2018
When asked if the leaks were going to stop for good Anfield Express remained ambivalent:
I'll let you know mate.
— Anfield Express (@AnfieldExpress) April 22, 2018
