Pressing Analysis
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 […]
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 […]
Bill Shankly famously said “A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.” Brendan Rodgers current side is weighted slightly differently, with his team packed full of musicians and often just Jordan Henderson lugging the heavy equipment around. Having first wanted to move Henderson on to […]
