A disclaimer before I begin: I’m a Michael Owen fan.Â
I’m of an age that means that I was just starting to be aware of football, and starting to play football when Owen was at his peak. The first football match I can ever remember seeing on TV? Germany vs England, in Munich. He was...
The A-Team is back on the Under Pressure Podcast with Gags Tandon, Dan Kennett, Simon Brundish and Dan Rhodes back together for the first time this season. They look at the numbers from Liverpool's tight 1-0 win against Brighton at Anfield. The main discussion points on the show are as follows:
- xG analysis
- Looking at Brighton's set up and the way they contained Liverpool
- Analysis of Liverpool's goal, good pressing or all about the finish?
- Off-ball analysis, who pressed the most? Who was most efficient? Who was the top presser of the game? Who did we target?
- Some analysis on tactical fouls from Simon.
All this and more on the AI Under Pressure Podcast.
Liverpool's 2-0 victory at Selhurst Park was a perfect result. The performance itself though was a great deal detached from perfect. LFC's attacking brilliance is regularly lauded and rightfully praised, however, the response to the victory against Palace does not accurately reflect the performance itself, nor the underwhelming work of the forwards and midfield...
Statistics and analysis can bring up several trends to correlate data with footballing success, but it remains that the sport is inherently volatile. Any team can beat another on their day and this is reflected in the £286 per year betting loss that the average UK adult makes, year on year - an all-time high. As...
Gags Tandon is back hosting the show with Simon Brundish and the gruesome twosome analyse Liverpool's second match of the season at Crystal Palace. The main discussion points on the show are as follows:
- xG analysis and a look through Opta's defined big chances, where they really big chances?
- New Pressing leads to counter-attack metric introduced
- Off-ball analysis, who pressed the most? Who was most efficient? Who was the top presser of the game?Â
- Who was Under Pressure the most from Palace? Who lost possession most for them, who avoided the press from their side? Which players were most targeted and by which Liverpool players?
ALL THIS and more on the AI Under Pressure Podcast.
After the perfect start to the Premier League season the Reds now head to London for an appointment at the Palace. Eddie Gibbs and Gags Tandon are on-hand to dissect Klopp's press conference at Melwood today.
- Ragnar Klavan Exit?
- Injury Update + Team & Score Predictions
- Joe Gomez, Centre Back?
- The emergence of Youth - Philips, Camacho, Jones
- Roy Hodgson & Crystal Palace Analysis
- AI:PRO Highlights
Get all of this and more on the latest Pro + Preview podcast.
Gags Tandon is back hosting the show with Simon Brundish and Dan Rhodes as guests. The first match of the season has arrived as Liverpool spanked the Hammers at Anfield with a superb display. The lads go through the following on this first podcast of 2018/19:
- On-ball analysis, including xG
- Analysis of all four goals
- Off-ball analysis, who pressed the most? Who was most efficient? Who was the top presser of the game?
- First time ever - analysis of who Liverpool pressed. Yes, we've collected which players were pressurised by Liverpool FC. Who was targeted on West Ham's team? How many passes did they make per press? How intense was the press on them? Which Liverpool players pressed which West Ham players...Â
All this and more on the AI Under Pressure Podcast.
Liverpool picking up where they left off at the end of the 2017/18 season would have been the perfect way to kick start a league season, and Liverpool did just that. There were 92 days between Liverpool's last home league game against Brighton and the opening fixture against West Ham, but the results were...
How do Liverpool play? It's a simple question, but with the arrival of both Naby Keïta, Fabinho and Alisson, as well as the progression of Liverpool's tactics under Jürgen Klopp since he joined in 2016, the answer requires a more detailed response than the question initially indicates.
There are three main tactical phases in football:...
Joe Gomez signed for Liverpool as an exciting young centre-back who at 17 years old had broken into Charlton's first team. In 18 first team starts he'd played both centre-back and right-back, showing his pace, power and surprising physicality given his age.
Due to a spate of injuries in the squad, Gomez started his Liverpool...
