Gags Tandon welcomes back the A-Team as Simon Brundish, Dan Kennett and Daniel Rhodes to statistically preview Liverpool's biggest game in their recent history as they face Real Madrid in the Champions League Final.
They discuss:
- Liverpool's off-ball stats in the Champions League compared to the Premier League
- Real Madrid's style of play and how that compares to the teams that have beaten Liverpool FC this season
- A comparison of Liverpool's distance run compared to Real Madrid's, their averages and highest totals
- Liverpool's record in the Champions League against Real Madrid, Klopp vs Madrid and Liverpool in Kiev
- There are some choice words for some of the reporting in Spain about Liverpool too!
All this and more on the AI Under Pressure Podcast!
Trev Downey and Jan Molby bring you a belting final show of the season ahead of the biggest game in club football. With Jan having had a special audience with the gaffer, and Trev not even vaguely jealous, there are some opening thoughts on the club’s preparation for the final and the mood around the camp before the chat turns to Kiev and the strengths of the opposition, the areas The Reds might be able to exploit and the importance of the power of what Sadio Mané calls the “power” of the “collective.”
In this episode of Money Talks, host Mo Chatra is joined by FC Business Magazine's Alex Miller to discuss the key ingredients needed (such as Champions League football, top 4 league finishes, brand of football, emergence of Mo Salah) that can help Liverpool secure attractive new deals for key sponsorships that are ending next season.
Mo and Alex also discuss:
- The Anfield Road End redevelopment
- Naming rights deals
- What factors appeal to current and potential sponsors
- Club's financial ability to compete with rivals given Liverpool is on course to generate £450m revenues this season.
All that and more is discussed in another insightful pod exploring all matters financial for Liverpool Football Club.
This week on Tactics Weekly, Paul Dalglish gives the manager’s perspective before the final. What a manager might go through. How much planning is involved? How does he deal with the human element? Expected line-ups and potential formation.
Daniel Rhodes also asks how the training camp in Marbella would have gone? Planning behind it etc. What sorts of sessions? Many videos? Special Madrid focused sessions?
Will Klopp know his tactical set-up, in terms of specifically for Madrid, in fine detail already?
Scenarios? Go a goal down in the first 15 mins: playing well, was out of the blue; or, we are under the cosh. Go a goal up in the first 15 mins. Reacting in game.
Predictions.
On A-Eye Scouted this week Dave is joined by Hamzah Khalique-Loonat, AnfieldIndex's tactical writer, for a slightly different type of scouting. In this episode, they take a look at how Liverpool beat their Champions League Final opponents Real Madrid. Hamzah outlines, and discusses in-depth, the three ways in which the Reds could do this: pressing the six, fullbacks & counter-attacks.
All this and more on A-Eye Scouted.
On this episode of Old Skool, Gags Tandon & Dave Hendrick are reunited with Marco Lopes! The AI Podcast original gives his view on the old days of the Anfield Index Podcast and the boys then cover the many rumoured players that have come up this week. Last week the boys covered off Nabil Fekir so they don't spend too much time on him but they do discuss whether Dembele, Butland, Tarkowski, Lascelles and Cabellos would fit into this Liverpool FC squad.
All this and more as AI Pro goes Old Skool!
On A-Eye Scouted this week Dave is joined by Karl Matchett for a slightly different type of scouting, opposition scouting. In this episode, they take a look at the strengths and weaknesses of the Reds Champions League Final opponents Real Madrid. They discuss Real Madrid's squad in-depth and highlight it's stars, as well as discussing their tactical preferences.
Euro incision is back with a preview of the Champions League Final between Real Madrid and Jürgen Klopp's Redmen. Nina is joined by Pete Jenson, the Daily Mail's La Liga correspondent, as the pair discuss Madrid's squad, league form, champions league form, as well as the tactical battles between the midfield and Liverpool's attack v Madrid's defence. They also discuss the impact that both Zidane and Klopp have had over their respective clubs.
All this and more on Euro Incision.
On A-Eye Scouted this week, Dave is joined by Simon Edwards to take a look at potential Liverpool targets from Colombia. They focussed mainly on the recently linked Yerry Mina and a few other names you may not have heard of! All this and more on A-Eye Scouted!
Gags Tandon welcomes back the A-Team as Simon Brundish, Dan Kennett and Daniel Rhodes to discuss Liverpool's dominating win over Brighton as the Reds qualified for the Champions League and ended the Premier League season on a high at Anfield.
They discuss:
- The on-ball highlights from the game
- Liverpool's formation and the inclusion of Solanke
- Discuss the big chances and Mane's choices in that opening period
- Discuss Dominic Solanke's performance
- Off-ball and pressing analysis
- Discuss the penalty decisions in the game
