Under Pressure: Fabiago, Perfect Pressing & Aggressive Defensive Lines
After a busy week where the Reds faced Rodgers' Leicester City side at Anfield, and travelled to Burnley to face the team propping up the Premier League, it meant a double header Under Pressure podcast. Gags returned to host and was joined by Dan Kennett, Dan Rhodes and Phil Barter. In a bumper edition there was plenty of detailed statistical analysis including the performance when Thiago and Fabinho start, the brilliant pressing versus the Foxes and the number of offsides …
Mo Salah - One Season Wonder?
On this week's episode of AI Under Pressure on Anfield Index Pro, Simon Brundish, Gags Tandon, Dan Kennett and Dan Rhodes discussed how Mo Salah has broken the record for the fastest player to score 30 goals in all competitions for a Premier League club.
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As you can see, Salah tops the list of players to score 30 goals for the same Premier League club in the shortest number of …
Illustrating Liverpool's Pressing Vs Man City & Crystal Palace
We've been collecting Pressing Stats since 2013 on Anfield Index and after watching Manchester City get demolished last Wednesday at Anfield I expected a torrid time when manually collecting these pressing stats. My hunch was pretty much spot on against Manchester City, Liverpool's pressing effort was one of the highest of all time as they pressed the ball every 1.95 times Manchester City attempted a pass. Against Aston Villa Liverpool pressed the ball every 1.94 times the Villains passed the ball, so a very similar amount …