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I think Chelsea, overall, offered more interesting elements in their play, but Liverpool were really good at protecting their penalty area. That’s a well-developed, temporary concept within Iraola’s approach, given the attacking quality at his disposal. I think Iraola is currently operating at maybe 50% of what he ultimately wants to achieve and will eventually turn this team into. The draw was a fair result
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Ryan Gravenberch is trusted at Liverpool despite a turbulent start to the season, Andoni Iraola has said.
Ahead of a Premier League clash against Arsenal, Iraola admitted that while it has not been an ideal campaign so far for the Netherlands international, he is in no doubt about the midfielder’s quality.
📝 @adjones_journo
nyti.ms/4BSEvaL
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Iraola: It's true we had a good result with Bournemouth (v Arsenal) but it doesn't mean a lot now. There are different players and we have to use different players and use players as we can and trust them. It's a matter of winning the duels, running more than them, winning the aerial duels, winning the set-play mini-games. Arsenal are in a good place
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James McConnel is a CM who is being asked to play as a 10. Hasn't had a proper run of games to form a relationship/chemistry with his team mates yet but here we are already seeing "fans" write off his career. Modern Football fans are idiots.
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Gakpo is extremely frustrating - should be less timid for a man of his size, and his end product is too unpredictable.
Should never start for a team with aspirations of being great, but in fairness, he is a good man to bring off the bench.
Has to be a squad player and no more.
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Well if we learned anything tonight it's that Nyoni is our most valuable CM alongside MacAllister. Wirtz to complete the trio and Dom back in at RB and we're in good shape.
Renew Virg, but the rest of the Dutch lads can go, they aren't bad players they're just not up to it.
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Watching the #Spurs game for the second time, and I’m doubling down on my take: Trey Nyoni is a £100m player, and I genuinely believe he could transform Liverpool’s season.
His performance from Tuesday will probably feature in the thread as well. What a player. Absolutely phenomenal talent, with an incredible understanding of the pivot role #Nyoni
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The games against Villarreal and Atlético de Madrid show that the only way to control the opposition with the ball is to defend man-to-man, forcing them into duels.
Against Brighton, top team, there was no last-call effect, so Liverpool opted to defend deeper in the second half.
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Iraola tiene en el Liverpool una papeleta importante. La presión no es su baza principal, de hecho es un punto débil. Solo yendo a pares y viéndose desesperado le ha sabido sacar beneficio.
Con el Bournemouth ya tuvo esta problemática según avanzaba el partido.
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Against Villarreal, I noticed some very concerning signs from Cody Gakpo out of possession, which resurfaced on Sunday against Brighton. While most of the team generally adapted to the opposition’s rotations and structural changes, Gakpo repeatedly failed to track his man in a man-oriented marking/pressing scheme.
A thread illustrating how poor execution of basic individual responsibilities can undermine the effectiveness of the entire team on the pitch. 🧵#LFC
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Deep runs. Brighton struggle to track late runners. I saw it against Arsenal, and on top of that, their organisation immediately after losing possession is poor. They rely on counter-pressing, but that’s exactly why we shouldn’t try to play through them with short passing combinations. Instead, we should look for long balls into space for the wingers. This is a game tailor-made for Barcola
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Macca has been an excellent signing overall for LFC. Very cheap in this day and age and has proved to be a valuable member of prem league winning squad. He was awful for one season where there was plenty of mitigation. But I struggle to see how ward and Co justify giving him a higher wage then he’s already on given his age and Milage in legs. I think we will sign a younger version in summer. I think Macca will see out his contract and we will be fine with it too. But then again I think a lot ..
#LFC
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[🚨] Breaking: Liverpool are preparing a formal offer to extend Alexis Mac Allister’s contract, despite reports suggesting they have no current plans to do so.
Andoni Iraola highly values the midfielder and considers him essential to his plans.
[@ismaeelmahmoudd] #LFC
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O Real Madrid utilizou algumas alternativas ofensivas interessantes para enfrentar a linha alta do Barcelona. A primeira alternativa aconteceu várias vezes, que foi o passe para o corredor lateral e movimentos de jogadores da linha média para a profundidade.
Esse movimento, para além de gerar vantagem visual para os jogadores que estão em amplitude, utiliza a trajetória da bola para fora, como maneira de atrair a atenção dos jogadores e abrir espaço na profundidade para quem infiltra.
Segue o fio 🧶
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Barcelona’s Poor High Press: Thread🧵
Barcelona find themselves in the exact same situation as City. This current City team has a lack of athleticism in the middle to jump vertically to go man-to-man, therefore they do it horizontally by jumping the winger onto a CB, and then City jump their FB to the oppositions FB.
Barcelona do the exact same thing. They play both Pedri + Rodri, who both can’t consistently jump vertically, especially in such a high intensity game. So they jump horizontally, but on such a big pitch, especially with the opposition wingers high and FBs low, the jump distance for Barcelona’s FB is too large. This allows Valverde more than enough time to take a touch and then make a decision which, in turn, undid the whole press.
Cont.
New Article out on Substack - Analysis of El Clasico
- Barcelona's High Press - Issues with it + Impacts of it
- Solutions to Improve their High Press
- Rodri's Struggles against Bellingham
- Rodri's Struggles to Cover the Half Spaces
- Similarities to 2011 Copa Del Rey Final - Both Defensively and Offensively
- Overall Thoughts
Link Below: 👇👇👇
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He stood in a mid block on the left and wasn't arsed to defend either on the front or the back end.
I was gonna do a thread on it, but it pissed me off so much when I watched the game again I couldn't.
It was horrendous.
Tomorrow, a thread will be posted about some concerning off-the-ball symptoms from Cody Gakpo. I noticed it against Villarreal and initially thought it was just a temporary issue, given that he had only just returned from injury and might need a game to get back up to speed. However, the same issue cropped up twice in quick succession early in Sunday’s match #LFC