Crystal Palace, Palhinha, and Europa Preview: Insights from Anfield Index
Unraveling Crystal Palace's Strategy and Performance
Dave Hendrick and Karl Matchett from Anfield Index provide a deep dive into Crystal Palace's approach and performance. They critically analyse the team's tactics, particularly focusing on a match where Palace initially led but eventually lost. The discussion underlines the...
Liverpool's Thrilling Victory: A Close Analysis
Unfair Goal Attribution and Goalkeeping Woes
Dave Hendrick begins by expressing dissatisfaction with the way goals are credited, particularly in the case of a Trent Alexander-Arnold free-kick. "I hate goals like that being credited as an own goal... it's robbing Trent of a great goal and it's unfair on Leno,"...
Liverpool 4 - 0 LASK - The Postmortem
This was a perfect bounce back victory, after the disastrous 2-3 loss away to Toulouse in the previous Group E round of games. A strong and vital performance (drawing away to Manchester City) was undertaken after the most recent international break, therefore, the strong line up for...
Liverpool's seven-goal clinic in finishing against Crystal Palace was a display not of Liverpool playing at their best, but rather the Reds taking their chances. Against newly appointed West Bromwich Albion manager Sam Allardyce's team, it was clear Liverpool would need to do the same.
As expected, Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3. Salah, Mané...
After a horrible performance against Red Star Belgrade, Liverpool fans needed some catharsis. With Fulham on a five-match losing streak and due to play at Anfield, a win was the expectation. To deliver the win though, Klopp set Liverpool up with the 4-2-3-1 system, with Salah as the striker, Firmino at 10, and Shaqiri out...
