timdunkandthefunk
Rusty Larue
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2011
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MO SALAH!
ok, lets score three more so i feel better.
ok, lets score three more so i feel better.
Alisson is worth ten times what we paid for him. Just outstanding
Matip, Trent A-A with injuries, hope not too bad, Milner with just cramp I think.
While Coutinho and Lallana were the chief playmakers in 2016/17, through transfer and injury, neither were mainstays in the side the following year. The aforementioned Salah took Coutinho’s place in the front three and interpreted the role very differently, while Lallana’s midfield role ended up largely being filled by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Oxlade-Chamberlain offered different qualities, with his strongest asset perhaps being his ability to drive the ball forward from deep, exploiting space in transition. The Englishman certainly became an important cog in the way Liverpool moved the ball forward, ranking third in terms of deep progressions per 90 and second in open play passes into the box. But this personnel shift enabled a much greater emphasis on transition football, looking to attack on quick turnovers rather than prolonged periods of possession. Liverpool ranked first in the league in terms of “high press shots”, defined as shots from possessions that were won within 5 seconds of a defensive action in the opposition’s half. After the detour of something slightly different based on the tools available to him, the archetypal “Klopp football” had arrived at Anfield.
Christ. And as timdunk said, the Matip hit looked kind of dirty, too. Koulibaly right at the end plows into Matip. Not sure many caught it at the time because it was right as the whistle went.
Matip out 6 weeks with broken collarbone. Adds to Gomez also out for 6ish weeks. Guess Nathaniel Phillips (21 year old reserve) might have to play a bit. Potentially Fabinho as well but he might have to play RB depending on TAA and whether Clyne can ever play another game for us.