I suspect their simplistic tactic will get figured out and Klopp will struggle to reform them into a football team.
Edited to replace tactics with tactic
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Edited to replace tactics with tactic
SylDave
Jason Dozzell
I think their tactics were figured out a long time ago on paper at least, the problem is 3 off their back 4, and all 4 if Gomez gets back to his form from the beginning of last season and Alisson are quality so are their front three, but regardless of their defence if Salah and Mane are out for any period at the same time they are absolutely fudged as their whole game plan goes to brick without that sheer pace.
StephenH
David Ginola
Liverpool are an utter shambles! They call themselves Champion League holders. They only beat us by a piffling 26 points last season and we soon reduce the current 7 points deficit after 5 games this season!
I ask you, I don't understand what all the hyperbole is about? And dont get me started on those lightweights Emirates Marketing Project!
We will show them!
I ask you, I don't understand what all the hyperbole is about? And dont get me started on those lightweights Emirates Marketing Project!
We will show them!
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
But as is aid earlier... had VAR been implemented they would have lost 18 of those points IIRC
What a pointless stat, how would anyone know what VAR would have done for every incident?They are as inconsistent as the refereeing decisions before it was around....
I think that's just counting the dives where there was clear daylight between the victim and the defender. Plenty more could have gone against them too, these are just the really obvious ones.
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
It was based on clear decisions that were wrong and mainly penalties
City would have dropped points too
Jurgen the German
Erik Thorstvedt
I don’t agree with that at all. They averaged more possession per game than us IIRC. Yes they get plenty of crosses into the box but when you have Robertson and Alexander-Arnold then why wouldn’t you? The Trippier who was good at crossing used to do that for us with great effect.
His Dortmund side certainly weren’t a long ball side either, they were anything but.
Jurgen the German
Erik Thorstvedt
Is that stat honestly true or is it because people don’t like Liverpool? Even if it was true, teams at the top have always got the rub of the green with decisions. We’ve no doubt won numerous penalties as a result of a dive.
City will get their act together and win the league IMO but I wouldn’t be shocked if Liverpool nick it by 1-2 points if City really prioritise the CL as they’re desperate to win it. If we get within 10 points of either side then I think we will have done well as both teams will get 90+ points again.
fernadez
Dean Austin
Been proven time and again that to be successful domestically it's not possession that is important, but moving the ball forwards quickly.
City's style is more sustainable because they are in the unique situation where they can buy players technically good enough to offensively control games.
We don't have that calibre of player, so trying to play a similar style of play manifiests itself in the performances we've seen for the last 18 months. It's no coincidence that that first 45 mins against Palace at the weekend was a most Liverpool like performance, before we started 'conserving ourselves for Wednesday' in the 2nd half.
City's style is more sustainable because they are in the unique situation where they can buy players technically good enough to offensively control games.
We don't have that calibre of player, so trying to play a similar style of play manifiests itself in the performances we've seen for the last 18 months. It's no coincidence that that first 45 mins against Palace at the weekend was a most Liverpool like performance, before we started 'conserving ourselves for Wednesday' in the 2nd half.
Legohamster
Ian Walker
Mopo says the players are not listening to the game plan
So why is this?
Not good enough or not interested?
So why is this?
Not good enough or not interested?
So apparently Liverpool hoof and charge, yet last season they averaged 606 passes per match compared to our 560 and their pass completion was marginally better than ours even then. The myths that some posters I. this board wants to create because it’s Liverpool and the refusal to accept they are quite simply better than us is quite frankly ridiculous....
fernadez
Dean Austin
Does playing it forward quickly not count as a pass then? Why can't they play more pass then us and also play more direct passes at the same time?
So they hoof it up to the front three who miraculously win all these balls in the air, then just keep possession between the three of them as apparently Liverpool don’t have a midfield
Sorry, but from what I’ve seen they are better than us at keeping the ball, we play it long a hell of a lot and these days and quite frankly I struggle to see any area we are better than them in...
fernadez
Dean Austin
So they hoof it up to the front three who miraculously win all these balls in the air, then just keep possession between the three of them as apparently Liverpool don’t have a midfield
Who said anything about hoof balls in the air? You can't make up an argument to then dispel it.
fernadez
Dean Austin
Apparently we were only ahead for less than 200 minutes throughout last year's Champions League campaign in over 19 hours of football. If they are not listening to his game plan then it's been going on a lot longer than last night.
Gazza Dazzla
Chris Perry
Are you new here?
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
As even with VaR a lot of decisions are down to perception the answer is “maybe”!!!
I’ll try to find the article that hasn’t been written by a Liverpool fan saying they have won the league
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
That’s a scewed number
You would need to compare that with how long we we were behind too
It doesn’t factor in when neither side was ahead
fernadez
Dean Austin
Haven't had my coffee yet.