Liverpool vs Fulham: Iraola targets faster starts as consecutive wins raise expectations
Consecutive wins offer encouragement, but Andoni Iraola is looking beyond the results. Before Liverpool face Fulham, his attention is on how matches begin, how chances are used and how often his team leave themselves with work to recover.
His message is clear enough: scoring...
Andoni Iraola’s Pressing Style Set to Reshape Liverpool as Peter Crouch Delivers Clear Verdict
Liverpool are preparing for a major stylistic shift under Andoni Iraola, with pressing intensity and direct football expected to define the next phase at Anfield. After a disappointing 2025-26 campaign that ended with a fifth-placed Premier League finish, the club moved...
Iraola’s Backroom Team Could Define Liverpool’s Next Era
Familiar Faces Will Help Iraola Settle Quickly
With Andoni Iraola now looking increasingly likely to become Liverpool’s next head coach on a two-year deal, attention will naturally focus on transfers, tactics, and how he intends to reshape a squad that has endured a deeply disappointing campaign.
However, one of...
Liverpool Pressing Numbers: A Worrying Decline in Intensity
Liverpool’s identity has long been built on intensity, pressing, and relentless energy. Yet in the latest Anfield Index podcast, Michael Reid and Dave Davis highlight a clear and concerning drop in those very attributes.
Reid addresses the issue directly through the numbers, explaining, “pretty much all these numbers...
Arne Slot Tactic Debate, Data Questions Liverpool Pressing Approach
Stat Me Up discussion raises concerns over Arne Slot tactic
Liverpool’s tactical identity under Arne Slot has become a growing talking point among supporters and analysts. During a recent episode of the Stat Me Up podcast on Anfield Index, host Dave Davis spoke with analyst Phil Barter...
Wolves 1 – 2 Liverpool – Premier League Man of the Match
Dominik Szoboszlai
Steven Smith’s Pre-match Prediction:
Wolves 1 – 2 Liverpool
The result may not have gone the way Liverpool needed, but amid a night of repetition, frustration and blunt attacking patterns, one player again attempted to drag the contest into something more purposeful.
Dominik Szoboszlai was...
Liverpool grapples with life after Diaz as scrutiny grows around Slot
Liverpool’s uneasy 2025/26 campaign has become a story of questions rather than answers. A run of just three wins from 12 matches, their bleakest sequence since the 1953/54 relegation season, placed Arne Slot under an unforgiving spotlight. The mood around Anfield darkened quickly, with...
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...
Post-Match Raw: Slot Under Scrutiny After Disjointed Liverpool Fall To United
Liverpool’s 2–1 home defeat to Manchester United left the latest Post-Match Raw on Anfield Index sounding less furious than hollow. Anger has given way to a shrugging disbelief at how quickly cohesion has drained from Arne Slot’s side. The consensus from the panel —...
​Slot’s Liverpool Tactics Put Premier League Rivals on Notice
In a recent episode of the 'Big Decisions' podcast, host Trev Downey engaged in a compelling conversation with football analyst David Davis, delving into Liverpool's current Premier League campaign under the stewardship of Arne Slot. The dialogue provided profound insights into the team's performance, strategic adjustments,...
