Paul Dalglish, Gavin Jones and Daniel Rhodes look back at the vital three points against Brighton on Saturday, topics include:
Set up and team selections for Liverpool and Brighton
Sterile possession - how did the Seagulls limit us?Â
Why couldn’t we get Salah and Shaqiri on the ball more?Â
The Reds’ big chancesÂ
Barely conceding anything: good defending or a lack of ambition from the opposition
Is it 4231 or 2431 in possession?Â
Henderson and Wijnaldum in the double pivot
Paul’s pre-season - and in-depth look at the try-out process in US soccer, and the importance of recruitment
Dan Kennett steps into host this week as Gags Tandon is away, he is joined by Dan Rhodes to analyse the pretty uneventful victory over Brighton. Who were the best pressers? How did Fabinho do out of position? Cutting edge vs a low block?
CB Passing Problem?
On-ball highlights
Exclusive Pressing Stats
All this and more on the AI Under Pressure Podcast.
Liverpool with perhaps an underated victory, clocking up the 18th win of the league season, underpinned by their 13th clean sheet. The defense gives Kay, Tom and Adam the biggest talking points:
- Fabs does good
- best def in Europe?
- Incredible Mo
All this and more on Rate Don't Hate!
On the latest episode of RAW, Trev Downey, Dave Hendrick and Hari Sethi reflect on The Reds’ win away at Brighton in The Premier League. The one goal margin of victory did not tell the full tale of the match which saw Liverpool dominate possession and create several chances. Stand-in centre-half, Fabinho, comes in for some praise, as does his partner, Virgil Van Dijk and Gini Wijnaldum’s performance is also lauded but it was star man Mo Salah with the showing of the day - his dribbling, passing and link-up play was tremendous and, having created a penalty for himself, the Egyptian King stepped up to blast The Reds a further three points clear at the top of the table. There’s also some discussion about the Brighton fans damaged psyches and shocking haircuts. Lovely.
With Gags Tandon on a well earned break, 'the man of a thousand podcasts', Guy Drinkel; steps in to help Eddie Gibbs, dissect Jurgen Klopp's press conference ahead of the Reds trip to Brighton.
The duo discuss a selection of sound bits from Melwood, including:
- Injuries: Lovren, Henderson, Matip, Gomez etc.
- Bouncing Back & Competition Prioriries
- Brighton & Chris Hughton
- Expected Lineup
- Stats & Predictions
All this and more on the AI Pro + Preview Show.
A big favourite on AnfieldIndex Pro is back with the Pro + Podcast! Gags Tandon invites Dave Hendrick, Dan Rhodes and Mo Chatra to re-create a transfer committee and try to plan Liverpool FC's January transfer window with the best players possible within a budget. The following roles were set for the podcast:
- Gags Tandon - The Manager
- Dan Rhodes - Lead Data Analyst
- Dave Hendrick - Head Scout
- Mo Chatra - Financial Director
Gags set out the requirements for the squad and where they are short this season. Dave comes up with lists of players whilst Dan Rhodes provides some statistical analysis of the players mentioned as well as any he has found by using the data. Mo Chatra discusses the valuations of the players and the types of deals they may need to be completed as which would have an effect on the budget. Mo Chatra also sets the budget at the start with some assumptions.
They look at two positions in this podcast - central defenders and attacking midfielders!
All this and more on the Anfield Index Pro + Podcast.
On this episode of A-Eye Scouted, Dave is joined by usual guest Karl Matchett as they look ahead to Liverpool's next fixture as the Reds travel down to Brighton. They discuss the game in great depth as Brighton are seen as decent outfit with a sprinkling of quality throughout, the pair also give solutions to Liverpool's centre back conundrum. All this and more on A-Eye Scouted!
Paul Dalglish, Gav Jones, and Hamzah Khalique-Loonat are hosted by Daniel Rhodes to look back at the two defeats to Man City and Wolves, with more focus on the league match, topics included:
Klopp’s decision to go with 4-3-3
The midfield of Henderson, Milner and Wijnaldum
Did we restrict Man City’s attack?
How effective was the pressing - and how impressive were Man City in getting around it?
The brilliance of Alexander-Arnold in the Reds’ goal
Who was to blame (if anyone) for the City goals?
The importance of Fernandinho and Bernardo Silva
Did anyone on the podcast watch the whole match against Wolves?
Does it matter?
Did anyone impress?
Hamzah’s 3-0 prediction!
On the latest Molby On The Spot, Trev Downey and Reds legend, Jan Molby, discuss the defeat to Manchester City and the exit from the FA Cup at the hands of Wolves but the mood of the show is far from funereal, with Jan putting some perspective on the loss to our title rivals and reassuring Trev that Klopp’s squad, even with the defensive injuries, has a run of 5 fixtures ahead which can see them consolidate and perhaps even extend their lead at the top of the Premier League. The first of those, away to Brighton is, as always, analysed in some detail.
On the latest episode of RAW, Trev Downey, Karl Matchett and Dave Hendrick pick the bones out of the FA Cup defeat to Wolves and it is a lot less dispiriting than you might imagine, with a heavy focus on the positives, like the performance of 16 year old Ki-Jana Hoever, the acclimatisation of Fabinho to what may be his new centre-back role and…well, they were pretty much the positives. Some of the senior players come in for some justifiable criticism as the lads expressed frustration with the likes of Naby Keita, Daniel Sturridge and Xherdan Shaqiri but James Milner’s misfortune provides some light relief.Â