Analysing Liverpool's Defensive Struggles This Season
An Unsteady Foundation
Well when you can’t hit a cow's arse with a banjo at one end, you could do with it working at the other. In the fabric of football, a common thread is woven with unwavering belief: a solid defence is the cornerstone of a title-winning team. This...
When Andy Robertson was signed from newly relegated Hull City, there was a collective air of uncertainty. The left back spot had become (like so many other positions when Klopp arrived) a problem one. With Albert Moreno being swapped in and out with James Milner prior to Robbo’s signing, it was certainly an area...
In years and decades to come, Liverpool supporters will look back at this phenomenal team and pick out the poster boys from it, lavishing them with love and praise.
Whereas some great teams only have two or three iconic figures to bore future generations to death about, there are endless contenders in this Liverpool side.
Virgil...
Something changed the night Liverpool lost to Real Madrid in the 2018 Champions League final.
At that point, the Reds were still seen as plucky underdogs - a team who played fantastic football and were as entertaining as anyone, both for good and bad.
Unless you were a rival supporter, they were easy to like, and...
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Andy Robertson – so good that even Manchester United managers can’t stop themselves from enthusing about him.
Here, we’ll compare his underlying numbers from last season and the present campaign, and we’ll see that while many of Robertson’s top-line stats have remained much the same, there’s one pivotal area of the Scotland captain’s game that’s...
Liverpool have had their fair share of dross players over the years: Antonio Nunez, Christian Poulsen and Milan Jovanovic roll straight off the tongue, for example. Indeed, the last few years have produced some teams with a dearth of star quality, culminating in frustrating league finishes and forgettable campaigns.
The left-back role arguably provides the...
