Liverpool overcame the away sickness which had undermined their season so far, and they did that in a stylish fashion at Elland Road. In their best match this season, Liverpool showed no mercy, as they dismantled the ailing hosts ruthlessly by a five-goal margin. This match saw Liverpool benefit from a truly impressive structure in […]
Arsenal’s composed play in possession and high pressing dominated Liverpool in the first half as Jürgen Klopp’s experiment with a new possession structure faced difficulties. The second half saw momentum swing Liverpool’s way against a more passive Arsenal side though, and Liverpool were able to claw back the two goal deficit of the first half […]
Chelsea and Liverpool battled hard for ninety minutes but the result seemed inevitable. Chelsea, with the return of N’Golo Kanté, dominated the middle of the park but failed to capitalize on Liverpool’s mishaps. Liverpool, on the other hand, struggled to get going and eventually looked content with a stalemate. Tactical analysis and match report by Rahul […]
Mohamed Salah’s curled effort tried to change the narrative, but Liverpool had no solution to stop Kevin de Bruyne from being engaged. He and İlkay Gündoğan stretched their double pivot, built the pathways to the wingers and arrived in the box as Manchester City cruised to victory. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel […]
Liverpool would need a perfect performance to perform the improbable. Their display would not go down in the archives, failing to roll back the years and test their European kryptonite. Tactical analysis and match report by Emmanuel Adeyemi-Abere. Real Madrid have stayed true to their two distinct faces between competitions. Two stalemates and a defeat […]
Come at the king, you best not miss. Hoping to end the recent Anfield drubbings, Manchester United entered Sunday’s premier fixture in high spirits. But a cautious approach and problems down the channels failed to throw down the gauntlet for Liverpool to punish their opponents. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. We decided […]
Liverpool’s last three Champions League ventures have all ended at the hands of a team from the Spanish capital. That fate seems to have caught them out once more at the hands of the reigning champions. But never before has their downfall been so dramatic or damning. Tactical analysis and match report by Emmanuel Adeyemi-Abere. […]
Two goals and a red card for the opponents, inside twenty-two minutes, would appear to have put this game to bed for Liverpool. However, Eddie Howe’s switch to the 4-3-2 formation and pushing Allan Saint-Maximin into the center kept the game even for much longer than anticipated. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. […]
Everton had problems against Liverpool’s high tempo play in this match, as well as being forced back by the home side’s counterpressing. The match winning goals for Liverpool arrived either side of half time via counterattacks which were finished off by Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo, giving Liverpool a fairly comfortable win in the end […]
Much of this game was a battle between Liverpool’s compact 4-5-1 pressing shape and Roberto De Zerbi’s possession set up. Brighton advanced well over the wings at times but overall there was something of a stalemate after both sides had scored in the first half. It seemed that 1-1 would be the final scoreline until […]