Szoboszlai praises Slot’s defensive ‘five-second rule’ for transforming Liverpool’s structure
Liverpool’s growing stability under Arne Slot is becoming increasingly evident — and few embody that evolution more clearly than Dominik Szoboszlai. Following a narrow but impressive 1–0 win over Real Madrid, the Hungarian midfielder revealed how a single tactical instruction from the new head coach...
Former Liverpool Defender Takes Aim at Two New Signings
Liverpool’s Premier League title defence under has flattered to deceive so far. After a summer that saw a number of changes, all eyes have been on the new recruits after a record-breaking window.
Perhaps most notably, there was big change in Liverpool's full-back department. Trent Alexander-Arnold completed...
Former Liverpool Defender Takes Aim at Two New Signings
Liverpool’s Premier League title defence under has flattered to deceive so far. After a summer that saw a number of changes, all eyes have been on the new recruits after a record-breaking window.
Perhaps most notably, there was big change in Liverpool's full-back department. Trent Alexander-Arnold completed...
Slot focused on tightening Liverpool’s defending ahead of United clash
Arne Slot has built a reputation for detail, organisation and intensity. Yet even for a coach with such precision in his approach, Liverpool’s recent defensive form has been an unwelcome distraction from an otherwise promising start to the season.
Speaking ahead of the Premier League meeting...
Like it or not, perception is often more important than reality, at least in the world of football. For example, scoring a goal can see a player’s match rating jump from a 6/10 to an 8/10 and a misplaced pass that results in a big chance basically undoes all the prior good work. Liverpool...
Liverpool’s lead at the top is now just two points after another frustrating draw against West Ham.
GOALKEEPER:
Alisson 6
Carried no fault from the goal and did well dealing with everything else thrown at him.
DEFENCE:
James Milner 6
Struggles against Anderson as many expected him to do, lacking the pace of Trent Alexander Arnold but he did get...
Since Virgil van Dijk joined the club in January, there's no doubting that our defence has drastically improved. Whether this is totally down to the towering Dutchman or a combination of factors including the re-introduction of Loris Karius in goal and the ever improving performances of Andy Robertson at left-back is up for debate....
Ask any Liverpool fan, or any football fan for that matter, about where they want their team to be challenging and they’ll give you the same answer. Naturally, they want to be vying for the title, mounting an assault on the domestic cup and pushing for that all-important Champions League trophy.
In order to do...
Introduction:
From a recruitment point-of-view, a sporting director must always have a deeply scouted list of alternative transfer targets, to not only maintain the club’s footballing philosophy, but to ensure that high quality talent is secured at an excellent value for whatever roles and weaknesses the coaching staff want to improve. With the controversy over...
Jurgen Klopp was right when he said Liverpool don't have a defensive issue. In the 12 months he's been with the club he's worked on making Liverpool, as a unit, much more resilient. For starters there are less holes centrally, you rarely see the backline exposed like you did under Brendan Rodgers. The team...
