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The Tactical Times | Football analysis, tactics and statistics
Joined November 2018
Wataru Endo vs. Man City. 96% Pass accuracy.1 Chance created.6/7 Duels won.4/4 Tackles won.2 Interceptions.6 Recoveries. The best 6 in the world might have played at Anfield today but he wasn't the best 6 on the pitch. Another sensational Endo performance.
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Thierry Henry is a genuinely excellent pundit.
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Your daily dose of satisfaction from Milan Škriniar.
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How to beat the press. Your dose of football satisfaction.
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If you ever saw an u10 football match you will know how crazy this video is.
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Fans of Beşiktaş and Antalyaspor shower the pitch with toys to donate to young survivors of the earthquakes in Turkey. I love this game.
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Jurgen Klopp has now led his team to as many Champions League finals as Alex Ferguson. Not bad.
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There isn't another manager in world football who makes those subs in a cup final. Pep would ask for 120 minutes from his starters.
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Virgil van Dijk vs. Chelsea. 91% Pass accuracy.3/8 Accurate long passes.2 Chances created.1/1 Shot on target.1 Goal.3/3 Tackles won.3/3 Ground duels won.4/7 Aerial duels won.2 Interceptions.7 Clearances. Still the best in the business. Irreplaceable.
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After 21 games Ralf Rangnick is statistically Man United's worst manager since 1981.
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Because Liverpool won the league that night.
“No one would watch a Chelsea vs City UCL final” . “A Man United vs Arsenal final would be bigger” . Then why was this comfortably the most watched game in the PL last year?
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Liverpool are missing 8 players who would make the first team. There is no logical reason for them to get anywhere near Man City, let alone look a lot better than them. The Klopp era is marked by unreal determination.
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"Liverpool v Aston Villa will not be shown to UK audiences". UK audiences:
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The fallout from the Liverpool - Newcastle game is ridiculous. I've never seen a team be so outplayed and so well beaten while somehow believing they were treated unfairly and deserve more. The fans should feel lucky they didn't see their team lose by eight.
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No one wants Liverpool to play in the Champions League next season more than Mohamed Salah does.
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Firmino puts defenders on the turf one last time for Liverpool.
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Liverpool took 62 shots and faced 9 in the two games at Anfield against Newcastle and Chelsea and both teams' supporters blame their defeats on the referee. A funny old game.
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Arteta has turned Arsenal into what everyone thought Mourinho would make Spurs.
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The forward steps across the defender and falls over. The referee deserves credit for not falling for these games.
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14' | Totti pings a lovely ball over to Crespo, Bugzy Malone doesn't manage to clear but James makes the save. @UNICEF_uk 💙.
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Do you know how iconic you need to be for your teammates, other professional players, to line up and wait to take a picture with you next to the cup like they're fans on a stadium tour.
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Woke up expecting a £45.1m bid for Lavia but saw £110m for Caicedo
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Can you imagine conceding this in the 99th minute.
THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE WINDY CITY. Stoppage-time scenes in Chicago! 🤯
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Alexis Mac Allister vs. Chelsea. 91% Pass accuracy.2/2 Accurate long passes.1 Chance created.1/1 Dribble completed.11/18 Duels won.8/10 Tackles won.4 Recoveries. It has been a while since anyone complained about Mac Allister's ability to play the 6. Another superb performance.
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10 cup finals in 9 years for Liverpool under Klopp.
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Salah's last 10 Premier League games:. GAAGGGAGGAGGGAGGGAG.
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Not even close to being true. He won 5 of 9 tackles, 56%. Just over half.
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Liverpool under Arne Slot:. WWWLWWWWWWWWDWWWWWWWDWDWWW.
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Salah will control the ball like Maradona, nutmeg two defenders to assist a goal and they will call it a lucky bounce. Some things never change.
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Dominik Szoboszlai vs Bournemouth. 93% Pass accuracy.4/5 Accurate long passes.1 Chance created.1/3 Shots on target.1 Penalty won.5/8 Duels won.1/1 Tackle won.5 Recoveries. His dynamism, athleticism, technique and attitude are everything LFC have missed in the midfield. Superb.
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Peter Drury on Alexander-Arnold: . "there's no route past 66".
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3 years ago, Ismaïla Sarr was in Dakar at the Géneration Foot academy. Now 21, he's in London. He doesn't speak the language. The support of Sadio Mané, among others, is vital. We sometimes forget footballers are often far from home, often young, humans.
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Lautaro Martinez saw Virgil van Dijk and forgot which way the goal is.
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Liverpool dispatch the most expensive midtable team ever assembled like it wasn't there.
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With a simple and effective burst of athleticism and composure, Ryan Gravenberch gives Liverpool exactly what they've lacked in midfield for quite a long time.
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Liverpool could lose every game from now until the end of the season, finish a point above relegation and Jurgen Klopp would still be the best thing to happen to the club in the last 35 years. Some perspective please.
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This is the defender version of scoring a volley from 30 yards.
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Liverpool definitely have more reason to complain about refereeing decisions than any other team this season.
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Premier League appearances:. Rooney 491.Shearer 441.Henry 258.Salah 252.
30 - Mohamed Salah has now both scored and assisted in 30 different Premier League games, only Wayne Rooney (36), Thierry Henry (32) and Alan Shearer (31) have done so more times in the competition's history. Icon.
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Liverpool will play in their eighth cup final in 6 years under Jurgen Klopp. These are the days you remember.
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Slot reacted to the red card by sticking with a 3-3-3 and that really takes guts in the Premier League. They didn't concede big chances in the game, which considering the amount of space, especially in wide offensive areas for Fulham, is remarkable. He's a very good manager.
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There's an innocent fearlessness in Diaz. He has a first touch gifted by the gods, and that's always helpful, but it's his intention after that which really sets him off. It is going to be difficult for Klopp to not play this guy every week.
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Liverpool in the Premier League since the beginning of 2018/19 season:. WWWWWWDDWWDWWWWWWWWWLWWDDWDWDWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWDWWWW. 134 points won from a maximum of 153.
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Liverpool will have essentially replaced Wijnaldum, Lovren, Lallana and Shaqiri with Thiago, Konaté, Jota and Diaz. It's solid work.
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Something noticeable about Arsenal this season is the increase in petulance, play-acting, and complaining. Talent and potential is exciting but there are also negatives in having a young team.
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The football gods have a plan for Joe Gomez.
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Of course it means a lot. His club signed 12 players on 9 year contracts in his position.
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People really are pretending Mohamed Salah scoring or assisting every 94 minutes across five seasons at Liverpool is normal behaviour.
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Liverpool FC asking for real accountability and ultimately improvement from the officials in charge of Premier League matches is objectively better for everyone. Fans, writers and pundits trying to criticise LFC for that is self-harming and generally idiotic.
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In 2004/05 José Mourinho's Chelsea team achieved 34 clean sheets. It was widely regarded as one of the best defensive units ever. Liverpool this season with their attacking full backs, dodgy high line and "something's not quite right" have 31 clean sheets.
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Let's be clear. This has nothing to do with Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal or any other club. This is the world of billionaires and their investment portfolios.
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Stunning. It's about trusting what you've got, asking for maximum effort, galvanzing your players and believing in their ability to deliver. Pure Klopp, pure Liverpool. Another trophy for the collection.
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With the new midfield, the injuries they've had, the decisions that have gone against them and their run of fixtures, for Liverpool to be 2 clear at the top at the halfway point is quite stunning.
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Udogie was on a yellow card when he gestured to the referee to give Diogo Jota a yellow card.
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Gibraltar has a population of 0.05% the size of France. No one gets anything out of this. Bad sportsmanship, bad management.
Didier Deschamps at half-time vs Gibraltar yesterday: "The record victory is 10-0, you could smash it." . He was absolutely correct. It finished 14-0 to France. ✅🇫🇷
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How have Liverpool gone from five red cards in six years to four red cards in seven games.
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Virgil van Dijk has now finished a season for Liverpool without being dribbled past. 52/52 Tackles won.
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Dominik Szoboszlai vs. Aston Villa. 92% Pass accuracy.3/4 Crosses completed.2 Chances created.1/2 Shots on target.1 Goal.1/2 Dribbles completed.3/8 Duels won.6 Recoveries. You cannot put a price on the difference a player like this makes to the team. So far, outstanding.
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If this isn't spoken about it's because it's not a valid comparison. 30% of United's goals came in the League Cup (11%), FA Cup (3%) and Europa League (16%). 15% were penalties. 94% of Liverpool's 51 were scored in Premier League and Champions League games. 6% were penalties.
U24 front 3 having more goals than a CL and PL winning front 3 at their prime isn't talked about enough.
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An unbelievable piece of playmaking from Thiago Alcantara. He controls a bad pass and immediately plays the right ball, straight into his movement to get it back, picks the right second pass and plays it so well Mané is invited to shoot. What a player.
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Joelinton won 3/10 duels against Liverpool.
Anyone else notice Joelinton torture Szoboszlai all game! . Joey literally won every battle between them.
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Pep Guardiola is on course to becoming the greatest ever Premier League manager. No doubt about that.
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Kevin De Bruyne going without a Champions League title would rival Steven Gerrard not winning the Premier League title in terms of tragedy.
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Patrick Bamford on why he couldn't get a game for Burnley. Jesus christ, Sean.
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When Trent said it means more, this is what he was talking about.
Jurgen’s last game:. 🔴#1 most engaged Premier League match day on social media this season 39m. 🔴#1 UK TV audience 1.2m. 🔴#1 most engaged club in Europe (+45% over #2). 🔴Remain #1 most engaged club in the Premier League for the 2023/24 season 1.4bn. *Blinkfire Analytics
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So to get things straight:. Liverpool, having been criticised for disrespecting the FA Cup by playing kids, win in the FA cup with kids in front of a sold out home stadium in a game that the FA decided to not televise but was watched by millions of people anyway. Right.
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try to watch this without shaking your head in disbelief.
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Conor Bradley vs. Chelsea. 81% Pass accuracy.3/5 Accurate long passes.4 Chances created.2 Assists.1/1 Shot on target.1 Goal.7/12 Duels won.3/3 Tackles won. Liverpool's newest rising star just gets better and better
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Community notes destroying football twitter from its root
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The co-commentator on BT more than once referenced Liverpool "being helped out" by the offside flag. A team being helped by the laws of the game they're playing is a hell of a take.
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It was among the most useless opposition midfield displays Anfield has seen in years.
It is amazing how Liverpool have convinced themselves they have a midfield on par with. — Caicedo’s ever present ground control. — Enzo’s dictating control of games. — Palmer’s inevitable absolute arrival. A glaring reminder is ahead tomorrow night for them with a display of
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Klopp leading a chant at Anfield with his name replaced by Arne Slot was a remarkable touch of class.
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The run, the finish, the celebration from Sadio Mané. There are worse ways to announce yourself.
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Ibrahima Konaté vs. Bournemouth. 85% Pass accuracy.5/12 Accurate long passes.1 Chance created.2/2 Dribbles completed.4/5 Ground duels won.8/10 Aerial duels won.1/2 Tackles won.5 Recoveries. Konaté has been one of Europe's best centre backs this season. Immovable again today.
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Another breathtaking league campaign for Jurgen Klopp. For what they're up against, for what the reality is at the top end of European football, for the fact they aren't in that group of state owned clubs, Liverpool have been sensational once again. Klopp is a giant among men.
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I can't explain why but Liverpool are better at Anfield when it's sunny.
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Virgil van Dijk as captain of Liverpool is back playing a lot closer to the level we know he's capable of. He's won 100% of his attempted tackles, he hasn't been dribbled past this season. He's winning 80% of his duels; 82% aerial duels. He has made zero errors leading directly.
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Jose Mourinho record against Jurgen Klopp away from home:. Dortmund 2 - 1 Real Madrid.Dortmund 4 - 1 Real Madrid.Liverpool 0 - 0 Man United.Liverpool 0 - 0 Man United.Liverpool 3 - 1 Man United.Liverpool 2 - 1 Tottenham
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Chelsea have won 41 points across the past 38 league games. West Ham were once relegated with 42.
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Virgil van Dijk vs. West Ham. 95% Pass accuracy.5/6 Accurate long passes.2 Big chances created.1 Assist.2/2 Ground duels won.11/13 Aerial duels won.5 Clearances.3 Recoveries.2 Interceptions. The captain is still unreal and usually immovable.
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Last week we were told Alexander-Arnold can't defend because he struggled against Vinicius. Last night he marked and defended Vinicius to ineffectiveness and still found the time to create a bunch of chances and dominate his wing. Do we only talk about Trent when he isn't great?.
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It wouldn't.
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Harvey Elliott showed why he became so important under Klopp. He has a kind of composure you need when unlocking the low block Klopp faced nearly every week. Elliott was integral in both goals today, and he will surely continue to be a key part of the team under Slot.
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Unfortunately, you're wrong. Alisson - 183 accurate long passes from 1072 total passes, 4.8 per game. Ederson - 125 accurate long passes from 920 total, 3.3 per game. In the Premier League last season:.64.2% of Alisson's passes were short.69.9% of Ederson's passes were short.
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