2010 – Hodgson Reign & Financial Turmoil
This decade began off the back of some of the worst news any Liverpool fan will dare to remember, and that is that Roy Hodgson had been hired as the manager of Liverpool Football Club off the back of club legend, Rafa Benitez’s sacking by Hicks and Gillet. The first season of the decade started out as what could have potentially been the last, as Liverpool were being threatened with financial liquidation due to the mismanagement by their American owners at the time. Luckily, they were saved from the clutches of death by Fenway Sports Group, who remain our owners to this very day.
Hodgson’s era was summed up in two games in 2010, those being Liverpool losing at home to newly-promoted Blackpool 1-2, as well as losing infamously against League Two side, Northampton Town, who went on to finish a lowly 16th in the 4th tier that season, a result that haunts Liverpool fans to this very day. This was also the time in which Roy Hodgson’s famous quote of Liverpool being “Not too big to go down” was spoke into existence, which best sums up the situation that Liverpool began the decade in.
2011 – Fernando Torres, Luis Suarez and Jordan Henderson
2011 had not gone much better for the club, as it began with Liverpool’s star player, Fernando Torres being sold to hated rivals, Chelsea for a then-record £50million. Despite Torres being blatantly on the decline at Anfield, it still is a departure that draws trauma from Liverpool fans to this very day knowing what El Nino and the club had done. However, this was followed up with the signing of Luis Suarez, who joined in the same month, as he was signed by new manager Kenny Dalglish, Luis would go on to embody what Torres once brought to us as fans, despite him going on to cause us a lot of turmoil himself later down the line. Jordan Henderson also joined in 2011, and at the time, this was not something to have butterflies about, but looking back on it now, it is definitely one of the major signings by the club this decade as he has gone on to lift the Champions League, Super Cup and Club World Club in 2019, with a potential first Premier League title around the corner in 2020. Liverpool finished the 10-11 season in 6th place despite the disgraceful beginning, however that position does flatter them when you consider how far they were behind Arsenal in 4th. 
Further on in 2011, Liverpool had one of its more shameful and regrettable points with the club backing the controversial Luis Suarez wearing shirts against Wigan in December of 2011 after the forward was fined and banned for eight games for racially abusing Patrice Evra on the pitch two months prior.
2012 – Cardiff 2012
Liverpool had made it to the League Cup final in 2012 and won their first piece of silverware in seven years at the time, and despite it being ‘only the League Cup’, it felt amazing, as Liverpool ensured themselves as the club with the most amount of League Cup wins in this decade on that night against Cardiff City. An FA Cup final was unfortunately lost not long after in that season, prior to an 8th placed finish in the league, with Kenny Dalglish being sacked as manager as Everton finished above Liverpool for the first time in a blue moon. Soon after, Brendan Rodgers was brought in as manager to replace Kenny Dalglish.
2013 – Coutinho and the Beginning of Suarez’s Problems
Coutinho makes it into this as he shaped the future of this club in more ways than one(more on that later), but he embodied what Rodgers wanted at the time, a creative Messi-esque player to control the creativity of his midfield, and this showed as Liverpool’s second-half of 12-13 was much better than their first-half despite a 7th place finish. Lastly for 2013, Suarez makes the headlines again as he bites Branislav Ivanovic before receiving another hefty ban that followed into the coming season, this was followed up by Suarez requesting to leave the club to join Arsenal prior to the infamous £40mil + £1 bid. 
2014 – Title Charge, Iconic Wins and Bottomless Lows
Under FSG and Rodgers, Liverpool had managed to make it big in 2014, ahead of schedule, as they mounted the club’s first title charge in five years. Convincing Suarez to stay whilst having one of the most talented attacking teams in the league led to iconic wins against Arsenal in February 2014, with a 5-1 win at Anfield, that would be used as a BT Sport advert not long after, and of course, one of the most emotional wins of the decade, with that heart racing 3-2 win against title rivals Manchester City in April 2014.
Of course, the moment that seemed destined to shape Liverpool’s decade was *that* slip and Crystanbul, these two moments that have hindered Gerrard’s Liverpool legacy somewhat from an outside perspective as Liverpool’s two decade wait for a first Premier League title dragged on. Despite this, 2014 was the year in which the club had qualified for the Champions League for the first time in five years with a comprehensive 2nd place finish in the league, which was huge for a club that had won the competition five times. However, more Suarez controversy followed as he had bitten for the second time, this time chowing down on Cheillini in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. This led to an 8-month ban from the sport for Suarez, which was the straw that broke the camel’s back for Liverpool, as he finally got his expected move, six months after signing a long-term deal at Liverpool, Suarez joined Barcelona for £65million, which left the club in a sense of limbo quality wise. 
2015 – Gerrard’s departure, Rodgers’ Sacking & Klopp
Liverpool had followed up a 2nd place finish, with a Summer of unconvincing signings, disastrous results in the following months, which compiled into a disappointing 5th place finish in the league. This was the time in which Liverpool also got absolutely thrashed by Stoke City 6-1 in Steven Gerrard’s final game for the club.
Ah yes, this was also the year the greatest player to ever play for the club bowed out as Gerrard had his farewell game at Anfield in the backend of the 14-15 season, an emotional time for many, me included.
Later in 2015, after another Summer of investment which had not paid off, FSG had sacked Brendan Rodgers, leaving the club in a temporary state of turmoil and confusion once again. However, during this time, the club brought in renowned manager Jurgen Klopp, which for me, was the defining moment of this decade as the German stated ‘We must change, from doubters to believers, now’. Months of inconsistency followed as it became clear this was not a Jurgen Klopp side, despite this, a memorable win that showed what was to come in the years following came with a 1-4 win at the Etihad against Manchester City in the final month of 2015.
2016 – League Cup & Europa League Final
2016 showed potential for success, but also heartbreak as two finals for Jurgen Klopp in half a season in charge, which were unfortunately lost, showed some hope. One of the greatest Anfield nights, where Liverpool did the unthinkable in a tear gushing comeback against Klopp’s old club Dortmund in the Europa League Quarter Finals, a penalties defeat to Manchester City in the League Cup final, followed by a lowly 8th placed finish, which was overshadowed by a collapse in the Europa League final against Sevilla. Despite the pain, it was clear that more big days like this were to come under Jurgen.
2017 – Back in the Big Time
In Klopp’s first full season at Liverpool, he brought the club back where it belonged, the Champions League as the club finished 4th with a memorable 3-0 win against Middlesborough on the final day of the season sealing the club’s qualification to the competition with an iconic strike by then, new signing Wijnaldum and a brilliant free-kick from Coutinho.
In the following season, things were iffy, as Coutinho faked an injury and submitted a transfer request in an attempt to join Barcelona, however, he remained at the club and the fact that Liverpool got absolutely destroyed by Spurs as Dejan Lovren was axed off the pitch in the first-half. This 4-1 thrashing awoke a sleeping giant, as Liverpool would go almost three months unbeaten following it.
2018 – Coutinho, Virgil and Kyiv
2018 started off with the inevitable as Coutinho left to join Barcelona for £140million, however, those pains were soon soothed as Liverpool flexed their financial muscle for the first time truly in the decade, with a world-record fee for a defender in the signing of Virgil van Dijk from Southampton for £75million. Liverpool went on to produce an incredible performance in both legs in the Champions League Quarter Finals against Manchester City, with Chamberlain’s Gerrard-esque strike at Anfield. However, this was followed by an unbearable low, as Karius’ blunders undid all of his progress as Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 in the Champions League final in Ukraine.
This pain was soon forgotten as players that were not consistent enough such as Karius, who had been mentally damaged from his mistakes in the final, and Emre Can, who was refusing to sign a new contract both left the club for Fabinho, and a then, world-record fee for a goalkeeper signing of Alisson Becker, who was known as one of the best goalkeepers on the planet. The funds of Coutinho had funded Liverpool’s rise to becoming one of the best teams on the planet. Liverpool ended the year in contention with Manchester City, miles ahead of the rest of the pack, a far cry from the Liverpool who began the decade.
2019 – Champions of the World
2019 finished with a record 97 points finish in the league, losing one league game in the process. However, despite this, Liverpool finished second due to Manchester City again. This disappointment did not last long however, as the club completed the greatest comeback at Anfield ever, as they overturned a 3-0 deficit against Barcelona to show Coutinho and Suarez what they were missing, which would go on to conclude to the club winning their 6th Champions League trophy and became European Champions for the first time in 14 years, as Jurgen Klopp got to show his achievements with Liverpool to the world’s eye as he and his side beat Spurs 0-2 in Madrid. 19-20 Began, with Liverpool reigning in more trophies, winning the Super Cup against Chelsea and the Club World Cup against Flamengo, as Liverpool’s redemption ark of the decade had been completed, with the next decade certain to begin better than the last did.
Nathan Brennan 