
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 …

Illustrating Liverpool's Pressing Vs Sunderland
We've been collecting Pressing Stats since 2013 on Anfield Index and Liverpool's performance was a recording breaking one according to the numbers we collect! You can have a listen to the full analysis of the pressing stats on the podcast embedded below. There are also supporting heat map/pressing map combinations below so that you can understand what we are talking about in the podcast.
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With Hendo out, Who Carries the Piano? Liverpool Pressing Action Stats
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