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Liverpool opened up the new season with an impressive victory at the Emirates Stadium beating Arsenal 4-3. Liverpool went behind after half an hour but provided more evidence that Jurgen Klopp is turning around this Liverpool side as they fought back to lead 4-1. Arsenal mounted a mini-comeback but it wasn't to be as Liverpool recorded a rare win against Arsenal away from home. Here at the Anfield Index Channel we analyse each game with on-ball Opta stats, that available …

We've been collecting Pressing Stats since 2013 on Anfield Index and after watching Liverpool draw with Spurs at Anfield I expected a really rough time when manually collecting these pressing stats. I wasn't wrong as Liverpool pressed the Londoners 239 times which is the second highest ever collected on AnfieldIndex. Whilst Liverpool will always miss Roberto Firmino in terms of his goals and assists output he is also the best this season at pressing the ball. In his absence it was Adam …

We've been collecting Pressing Stats since 2013 on Anfield Index and after watching Southampton beat Liverpool at St Mary's I expected an easier time when manually collecting these pressing stats. It was a close run thing Liverpool pressed more than they did against Crystal Palace but Southampton had much more of the ball than Palace did and Liverpool pressed the ball every 2.84 passes that Southampton attempted - that's the worst it's been since the loss at Watford. Whilst Liverpool will always …

Many have stated that Liverpool victory over Leicester City was down to the Foxes having a bad day at the office. I happen to disagree, Liverpool's pressing on the day was very impressive and the illustrations below will help explaining exactly how Liverpool went about their stifling Leicester at Anfield on Boxing Day. The images below are supporting information to the podcast we have produced on the site. You can have a listen to the podcast via the embed option …

It's been a disappointing week in the Premier League for the supporters of Liverpool FC as the team lost back to back games to Aston Villa and West Ham United. What was even more frustrating was the manner of the defeats, devoid of the attacking verve shown against Tottenham and bereft of the pressing style of play we've grown accustomed to in 2014. In this article I’m going to briefly look at the pressing action numbers from the first five …

Episode 40 - It's All About Henderson Date: 19th August, 2014 This week on the Anfield Index Podcast we have Dave Hendrick as host with Gags, Gurminder Marwaha and Jay Patel on the show! The lads talk Southampton in-depth with the Lucas selection causing many a headache. The full backs are discussed as well as who the panel wish to sign up next - which striker or which midfielder? On top of all of this Gags has his pressing stats return …