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Did you notice how Arne Slot used a similar tactical approach to Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool dominated Man City in their 2-0 win?
Jon Mackenzie explains 🧠
#mancity #arneslot #soccer
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Bruv the video underneath this was exactly the same thing
Wore the same shirt when you did the tactical review for klopp. Good Easter egg😂
Liverpool ❤
People forget that Klopp's focus less on a press and more on a counter-press – so the transition phase – it's the counter-press that he said was better than any number 10
Something ETH couldn't figure out with the pressing
Yum yum tasty Doritos
Haaland: stay humble eh
Liverpool:
All good but by May we lift our 5th prem trophy back to back so enjoy this slump we have
Diego ❤
Liverpool has always been good against teams like City under Klopp, Arne Slot has brought more balance and tactical flexibility. He's basically kept all the good ideas and managed to fix their issues simultaneously
Bros Teeth is Throwing me off🤣😭
And somehow Jon will still say Liverpool is not an elite team cos obviously there's only one way to be elite
John must be gutted, he hates Liverpool
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You’re back!!!!. Joe did your podcast predictions for you
I think these young, shall we say 'project' managers at clubs with elite players, have totally solved the issue of teams playing out from the back, the science of pressing is finally in the ascendency and teams who insist on playing out from the back who don't have elite players, which is almost every team in the country, will have to develop a hybrid system where they go long at least half of the time cos it seems like 75% of goals from the champs league down to league 2 are now coming from terrible mistakes teams are making whilst playing out…something has to give here
Can you please please please do a video on the importance game state for Liverpool? they are so, so good when ahead because it baits teams forward and creates space among other things. when they inevitably lose a game, i'm sure it will be because they have trouble getting a lead and then don't necessarily have the Odegaard type of player to break down a team with a clever through ball
Anyone else notice (about 5 games this season) how Liverpool almost creates a mesh formation against tricky ball carriers? Doku and Rodrygo definitely do
Pressing City, especially their midfield, is the go-to way of getting a result vs them. I did worry before the game that Slot was going to use his usual style and allow them to have the ball in midfield, giving them too much respect. But in that first half, we battered them and gave that midfield as little time as they earned. Different story in the second but perfect game management from Slot.
Jon was deffo scratching his bald head like Pep watching this 😂😂😂
Love how Slot is able to incorporate his own ideas while still maintaining Klopp’s vision. Against teams that sit back they now build up more patiently and try to bait opponents, against top teams they will go more direct just like they did under Klopp
one thing I like from Slot is the improvement in simple passing dont lose the ball needlessly
Half of twenty isn’t 9 last time I checked
something along the lines of a famous Klopp quote, why play with a 10 when a good press can create those chances for you?