Liverpool Tactical Analysis

Slot, Alonso and Liverpool: Stability, Speculation and the Battle for Control Liverpool’s managerial situation has quietly become one of the defining narratives of the season. While Arne Slot remains in post, debate continues to swirl around his long-term future and the persistent shadow of Xabi Alonso. As explored on Anfield Index’s Transfer Show, the discussion is...

Liverpool, Transfers and Bastoni: Why the Summer Window May Define the Club’s Defensive Future Liverpool’s transfer strategy is once again under intense scrutiny, and few names provoke as much intrigue as Alessandro Bastoni. As discussed recently on Anfield Index’s Transfer Show, the Italian defender has emerged as a symbolic figure in the club’s wider recruitment...

Steven Gerrard, Liverpool and Marseille: Why This Night Mattered More Than a Scoreline Liverpool’s 3-0 victory over Marseille in the Champions League was not simply a corrective after recent domestic frustrations. It was, as Steven Gerrard suggested in comments reported by Rousing The Kop, a moment of reassurance. A reminder that this team, under Arne...

Liverpool progress, but questions linger around Cody Gakpo Liverpool’s 4-1 FA Cup win over Barnsley moved Arne Slot’s side into the fourth round, yet the scoreline masked a performance that prompted sharp analysis on the Daily Red Podcast. Speaking in his familiar lunchtime slot, Dave Hendrick delivered a typically forensic breakdown, reserving his strongest criticism...

Liverpool Forced Into January Action After Bradley Blow Liverpool’s January plans have been jolted into life by misfortune rather than ambition. Conor Bradley’s serious knee injury, sustained against Arsenal, has left Arne Slot confronting a problem that cannot be parked until the summer. As first reported by Sky Sports reporter Florian Plettenberg, Liverpool are now...

Liverpool 4 – 1 Barnsley – FA Cup Third Round Postmortem After a week defined by scrutiny, tension, and the lingering pressure that has followed Liverpool throughout this uneven campaign, Anfield welcomed a fixture that offered clarity rather than complication. The FA Cup may no longer sit at the peak of English football’s priorities, but...

Arsenal 0 – 0 Liverpool – Premier League Postmortem By Steven Smith After a week that saw two high-profile managers relieved of their Premier League duties, Arne Slot would have arrived at the Emirates with the sense that scrutiny is never far away. A visit to table-topping Arsenal is rarely forgiving, yet the context added extra...

Liverpool’s Interest in Jérémy Jacquet Reflects a Familiar Long-Term Logic Liverpool’s recruitment strategy has often been most revealing not in the players they sign, but in the profiles they pursue. Jérémy Jacquet may not yet be a household name, but the discussion around him offers a clear insight into how Liverpool continue to think about...

Liverpool’s Defensive Thinking Reveals a Market Played on Two Timelines Liverpool’s approach to recruitment has rarely been about immediacy alone. Even when the pressure of a transfer window intensifies, the club’s thinking tends to stretch beyond the next fixture list, shaped instead by longer arcs of squad planning and tactical evolution. That context matters when...

Fulham vs Liverpool – Premier League Preview Date: Sunday, 4 January 2026 Venue: Craven Cottage Kick-off: 15:00 BST Liverpool head into West London as a side still searching for coherence rather than momentum. The goalless draw with Leeds on New Year’s Day brought the brief feel-good factor of December crashing back to reality, exposing once again the creative...