Liverpool FC Opinion
Nat Phillips was picked as the man of the match award in Liverpool’s 2-1 victory over West Ham on Saturday last. The performance — and individual plaudits — represents somewhat of a redemption for the 23-year old centre-half. With 12 Championship clubs chasing the Bolton natives’ signature in the summer, Phillips — who had been […]
With minimal rest between games and an extremely unfortunate recent injury record, Liverpool are battling, hard, each week. Late on Saturday evening, West Ham United went to Anfield without their in-form striker Michail Antonio, but still with a clear, disruptive game plan in mind. David Moyes’ West Ham were structured in a 5-4-1 system, with […]
Sheffield United caused Liverpool a lot of problems on Saturday night. As revealed on the Anfield Index Under Pressure podcast, Chris Wilder’s men had 29 touches in the penalty area, the fourth most by any team against the Reds since the start of the 2016/17 campaign. The visitors also managed 13 shots, just four fewer […]
Despite remaining undefeated, with a record of three wins and a draw — the tie coming courtesy of some of the worst officiating you will ever see, even with the leg up of video evidence — October feels like a cursed month for Liverpool. The defensive compartment of Jurgen Klopp’s team, in particular, were flooded […]
For so long, Liverpool have been crying out for top class quality behind Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino. The Reds’ front-three have been the best attacking unit in world football over the past three years, but if one of them is missing, their absence is felt hugely. Taking out one of the trio […]
Time is precious, especially time on the training pitches. Since the start of the season, Jürgen Klopp has found very little time between games to work tactically with his team, with match preparation, recovery and rest requirements taking up the majority of time between fixtures. The fixture schedule is so intense that rotation across the […]
At least once every season, usually around this time of the year, Jurgen Klopp switches it up and has his Liverpool side play a variation of a 4-2-3-1. In the past, it’s been a way to help bed in new players. Other times, the maverick German has used it to keep things fresh. During 2017/18, […]
Liverpool sent a raft of players out on loan to lower league opposition on the final day of recently closed the transfer window. Harry Wilson, Herbie Kane, Ben Woodburn, and Harvey Elliott all temporarily departed to pastures new and Elliott — with all due respect to the trio of academy graduates — who joined Blackburn […]
With Manchester City dropping points in the early kick-off, and Liverpool denied a late winner in last week’s Merseyside Derby at the behest of David Coote, the pressure was on for the champions to regain some momentum after the hammer blows of injuries and disappointing results. Jürgen Klopp made a surprising tactical change, playing four […]
There were quite rightly a few eyebrows raised during Liverpool’s recent Champions League victory over Ajax when Klopp decided to rotate his entire front three. Mané, Salah and Firmino were replaced by Minamino, Jota and the lesser spotted Xherdan Shaqiri in the vital 1-0 win. Both Jota and Minamino turned in bright displays, with the […]
