Keeping the ball is different to playing possession football, we are still playing the ball around the back too much, we need to finish games off, this will come back to bite us big time.
@@unruly7516 possession football is different to dominating. I said we dominated not that we played possession football. We had double the big chances, more shots, more touches inside the opposing 3rd more touches inside the opposing box, more big chances and more goals. Leipzig got way less than 1.0xg, I mean come on that's absolutely domination. 2 big chances they had that amounted to about .5xg. Our first big opportunity measured .9xg. We absolutely dominated them
@@shekel2356 I watched that game, they looked way more threatening going forward than we did, watch the match, stats can be inflated, a lot of there shots did not go on target because of quality, they scored 2 offside goals, or was it three, either way, they could have scored a few times and they look threatening we did not, it reminds me of when we didn’t play that well but we was the more threatening team under klopp, evertime we use to att k we looked dangerous, they had that effect yesterday, we kept the ball, at the bag and played a lot of long balls, I feel like dominated is the wrong word, we kept the ball, city dominates, the old Barcelona dominates, the old Bayern dominates, the old aresenal dominates, I’ve never supported and lfc team that dominates games. This is keeping the ball at the back.
United were Arne’s first big challenge, after that, when we wiped our asses with them, ppl started to point towards the Chelsea game as a real test of who we are… Now it’s Arsenal. I guess, after the weekend we will need to wait for another „big game” for our coach to finally „prove himself” and give us a taste of who liverpool really are… Ridiculous man
Tbf it makes sense Man Utd were the first big domestic game we had but they also are doing really poorly Chelsea are a step up from that as they are challenging for UCL spots this season Arsenal are a step up from that as they are a league title challenger If it is mentioned against it’ll be Man City as they are effectively the final boss fight in English football atm
As a Liverpool fan for over 19 years, i don't care how we win all that count is the 3pts. One ting i notice about Slot is that he set up the team differently in every game to get the 3pts. So for now that's ok
I don’t understand the portion of the fan base that incessantly rag on Dom. You’re right, the kid is 23 and is a creative force. Before Liverpool it was all he did, take the creative and risky chances and now his game is adapting to be different profile of player. Coaching things out of players takes time let alone reshaping their play style. I quite frankly enjoy when he’s on the ball and the risks he takes, it’s fresh and that’s not to mention his amazing off the ball work rate. Take home message is give him and the rest of this team TIME.
It may be people are confused (as am I) because: 1) Slot changes the way we play from game to game opponent dependent, and almost from one half to the next sometimes. He only makes suble tweaks, but sufficient enough for it not to be absolutely clear how we play. Excellent 2) I think Slot measures dominance differently than many, perhaps measuring it based on the quality of scoring opportunities created, and given away, as opposed based on possession or passes etc. Gotta say I love Slot so far. Everyone wants him to be the next great Liverpool manager, time will tell if he is or not.
True. He always says “the most important game is the next one.” I’m optimistic about the boys going to Arsenal this weekend. I feel like Slot can afford to take attacking risks.
The game under Slot for now definitely looks less energetic than recent Klopp seasons. But the funny reality is that under Klopp they were most successful in the league when they also had a pretty cautious approach. Most games in the League winning season were not pretty to watch, and similarly in i think at least one of the seasons where they finished one point behind City. On the other hand, I think Liverpool under Slot will be more energetic eventually, he is just getting started building a base. Games with Feyenoord and AZ were usually entertaining both in the league and in Europe.
we did dominate the game, we had more xG, more big chances, more possession, Leipzig had moments but the only time they really threatened was when they scored offside goals...
What is most exciting I think is that this team already looks THIS good while it's THIS early on in the Slot era. Slot is very up front with his descriptions of how we play and it's going to be a long time until he feels like we're actually executing his style/system to the fullest, and that's why he's still very critical of the team even when we're seeing them succeed thus far. With more time and more specific players tailored to the system (meaning another midfielder, a hybrid LB/CB, a potential replacement for Nunez, etc.) I think there's another level for this side, which also depends on keeping hold of our top performers. Right now it's just a joy to watch and I'm 100% fine with not going all out heavy metal for 90 minutes each game. It's much easier on my heart lol
@@paulinebarbara5665 you don’t even have any reasons do you, you just have an opinion and you want to call people confused, without showing that you even know yourself what you are talking about. Yh you are confused, it’s not because of Lawrence, it’s because you don’t know football.
@@paulinebarbara5665 I’ve noticed most football fans have a very basic understanding of football, I’ve met one person who didn’t play football themselves that understood it, I didn’t make it pro out of hunger, but you never know, probs wouldn’t have made it anyways. Anyways I say that to say my understanding of football is very different to the typical football fan who have no clue.
@unruly7516 Get a grip, there are coaches that have never played the game and understand it perfectly, yes I have an opinion and if you don't agree well that's your problem, seems like you're a bit of a waffler with a penchant for essay writing - football is a simple game defend, control and score and Liverpool are doing that but there's always room for improvement
Spot on with your analysis about when Nunez went off.....we lost our intensity and let them come on to us even more. Nunez and Jota are both absolute menaces to the opposition defence & midfield, they are crucial to the way we are playing right now under Slot. I'll still take the win and it also looked to me like the players were playing within themselves what with Arsenal on the horizon.
If you watch Slot's Feyenoord you'd say this Liverpool is very far from that, who knows if Slot Wants Liverpool to play anything like that or if he'll settle with "controlling" the games winning by 1 goal margin 🤔
Our best chances came from balls in to the box from Gakpo and Tsimikas’ corner kicks plus Salah’s shot (vultured by Nunez) and that long ball from Macca that hit the bar. RB looked great for the first 20 minutes and then their chances got few and far between. Kelleher is great at defending and our lads did more than enough to get the clean sheet. I agree that the match didn’t look like we dominated but we did more than enough to take the game from Leipzig.
I agree with this video But onto Sunday I really think if we score first we win. Arsenal will try to make it a GRITTY box to box game to suit their strengths on the transitions. We can’t afford to concede first.
I think we played within ourselves in the second half, and looked like we could have got a 2nd if we had picked it up a bit. We still had the better chances in the 2nd half. They had two goals disallowed, but that is down to our defense working together and catching RBS offside
It doesn't feel like history in the making because we've not played any opposition with historic significance *at this moment in time*. Yes, United, Chelsea are "historic" clubs, but their current team is not at the level that could challenge Klopp's squad meaningfully. Slot has had an excellent start, yet my feeling is that the most notable aspect of it is that he has lost 1. Not trying to throw shade on Forest because they have the second best defensive record in the division, but losing to them at Anfield seems to suggest there are more shocks in store for us. Several other teams have cut us open repeatedly and sometimes seemingly at will and that trend does not seem to be regressing; that's a warning that the side who are better equipped to finish those moves off could end up punishing us. It doesn't feel like history in the making because we're still waiting for the other boot to hit the floor, and I for one am a bit concerned about what happens when it does.
Think we kept Chelsea at arms length. Hard to say about last night - they were offside so much, it is hard to know what quality of attacks they would have had, if their players had started from onside positions. Less than 1 xg against again though
Slot's record is a great achievement because he improved ryan gravenberch , luis díaz , trent , Konate also team's defensive improvement is also done by him .FSG did not back a new manager in summer. From the prospect of FSG Lfc is in big trouble salah trent and VVD"s contracts are expiring this summer also Alison contract will expire in 2026 I think. If all of those contract expiring players leave then LFC need to sign RW, ST, CDM, LB,RB,CB,CAM total 7 players.
Leipzig we're at home there are times when they are gonna dominate they are top of the bundsaliga. Yeah they had the first 15 mins and the last 15 mins but in the middle we were in complete control. Slot has said himself he doesn't expect to see the best of us until the end of November because the players are still learning. We are in a great place yeah we ain't playing brilliantly and blowing teams away but we are winning that's all that matters
We wait for things to happen. We dont make them happen. We keep the ball moving very slowly. Which is very low risk. And so the players dont move much from their set positions. And low risk is our game. Klopp was going this way in latter years. And slot is a continuation of that trend. Its more noticeable because slot is new. And it would have worked much better for klopp last season if we did not concede so many early goals last season which put is in a more attacking mode out of necessity.
"We wait for things to happen" please elaborate, sounds like waffle attempting to sound intelligent to me. We control the game, increase intensity when we choose to, create chances and reduce the opponents to very few. Klopp's style was very frenetic hence we continually conceded those early goals. We didn't concede so many early goals due to bad luck
If you don’t have the feeling we controlled the Leipzig game then there is something wrong with you. Totally dominant. And ofcourse if it stays 1-0 there will always be some pressure.
Sobo and Trent were both horribly wasteful with the ball last night, and not for the first time this season. They lost possession 30 times between them in the Leipzig game, that's really not good and as many times as the rest of the defence and midfield combined.,
I think its too early to judge, last season pe started very good but crumble at the finish. This can be the case this season if we dont improve our squad depth.
Last season was on par with covid season for injuries. Besides we play less intense and back to back injury disaster seasons is unlikely especially as Slot rotates better. However yeah 1/2 players in Jan is needed
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This is LFC, not KFC. He's gone, stop all this comparisons with how we played under Klopp. Just analyse what you see, and stop comparing with the past. Some of the fanbase are so Klop obsessed. Go support Red bull.
I still think it's too early to judge us. We've been lucky so far, faced out of form teams, teams you'd expect us to beat, and teams with suspensions. Konate and Kelleher had to be at their best last night. I am really looking forward to the Real Madrid and MC games, even MC won't have Rodri, but if we win them that would be some statement.
Chelsea and Leipzig weren't out of form teams at all. Everyone has been singing Chelsea's praises in recent weeks. Beat them. Leipzig unbeaten in their league this season. Beat them too. Those are not out of form teams.
You sound like an opposition fan to me. "Kelleher and Konate had to be at their best" Liverpool were playing a good side away, who created a third of the xg Liverpool did. Won cup finals/several games without suspended/injured players, yet you feel the need to make excuses for other teams, like that isn't a part of football.
We had almost 60% of possession, 3x the Xg, 2x the amount of big chances. We dominated. Feeling like we didn't is just that, a feeling
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We dominated them! I agree 100% with your comment!
Keeping the ball is different to playing possession football, we are still playing the ball around the back too much, we need to finish games off, this will come back to bite us big time.
@@unruly7516 possession football is different to dominating. I said we dominated not that we played possession football. We had double the big chances, more shots, more touches inside the opposing 3rd more touches inside the opposing box, more big chances and more goals. Leipzig got way less than 1.0xg, I mean come on that's absolutely domination. 2 big chances they had that amounted to about .5xg. Our first big opportunity measured .9xg. We absolutely dominated them
@@shekel2356 I watched that game, they looked way more threatening going forward than we did, watch the match, stats can be inflated, a lot of there shots did not go on target because of quality, they scored 2 offside goals, or was it three, either way, they could have scored a few times and they look threatening we did not, it reminds me of when we didn’t play that well but we was the more threatening team under klopp, evertime we use to att k we looked dangerous, they had that effect yesterday, we kept the ball, at the bag and played a lot of long balls, I feel like dominated is the wrong word, we kept the ball, city dominates, the old Barcelona dominates, the old Bayern dominates, the old aresenal dominates, I’ve never supported and lfc team that dominates games. This is keeping the ball at the back.
United were Arne’s first big challenge, after that, when we wiped our asses with them, ppl started to point towards the Chelsea game as a real test of who we are… Now it’s Arsenal. I guess, after the weekend we will need to wait for another „big game” for our coach to finally „prove himself” and give us a taste of who liverpool really are… Ridiculous man
Exactly! After we win the title, they’ll say “well, can they repeat? Can they win the league and CL double?” We’ll just get on and win things
It’s going to be hilarious what the excuse will be if we get through this period with wins against Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, City, and Real Madrid
@@CMR324 next season after we win the league will be the real challenge!
Hey it will be "arsenal had injuries"
Tbf it makes sense
Man Utd were the first big domestic game we had but they also are doing really poorly
Chelsea are a step up from that as they are challenging for UCL spots this season
Arsenal are a step up from that as they are a league title challenger
If it is mentioned against it’ll be Man City as they are effectively the final boss fight in English football atm
It looks like we don't waste too much energy under Slot but teams who play against us they get exhausted...
Something I've noticed too... And it has reduced injuries ❤
As a Liverpool fan for over 19 years, i don't care how we win all that count is the 3pts. One ting i notice about Slot is that he set up the team differently in every game to get the 3pts. So for now that's ok
I don’t understand the portion of the fan base that incessantly rag on Dom. You’re right, the kid is 23 and is a creative force. Before Liverpool it was all he did, take the creative and risky chances and now his game is adapting to be different profile of player. Coaching things out of players takes time let alone reshaping their play style. I quite frankly enjoy when he’s on the ball and the risks he takes, it’s fresh and that’s not to mention his amazing off the ball work rate. Take home message is give him and the rest of this team TIME.
@@itsduma but he's not a creative force , nor does he take risks lol
It may be people are confused (as am I) because:
1) Slot changes the way we play from game to game opponent dependent, and almost from one half to the next sometimes. He only makes suble tweaks, but sufficient enough for it not to be absolutely clear how we play. Excellent
2) I think Slot measures dominance differently than many, perhaps measuring it based on the quality of scoring opportunities created, and given away, as opposed based on possession or passes etc.
Gotta say I love Slot so far. Everyone wants him to be the next great Liverpool manager, time will tell if he is or not.
True. He always says “the most important game is the next one.”
I’m optimistic about the boys going to Arsenal this weekend. I feel like Slot can afford to take attacking risks.
The game under Slot for now definitely looks less energetic than recent Klopp seasons. But the funny reality is that under Klopp they were most successful in the league when they also had a pretty cautious approach. Most games in the League winning season were not pretty to watch, and similarly in i think at least one of the seasons where they finished one point behind City.
On the other hand, I think Liverpool under Slot will be more energetic eventually, he is just getting started building a base. Games with Feyenoord and AZ were usually entertaining both in the league and in Europe.
we did dominate the game, we had more xG, more big chances, more possession, Leipzig had moments but the only time they really threatened was when they scored offside goals...
What is most exciting I think is that this team already looks THIS good while it's THIS early on in the Slot era. Slot is very up front with his descriptions of how we play and it's going to be a long time until he feels like we're actually executing his style/system to the fullest, and that's why he's still very critical of the team even when we're seeing them succeed thus far.
With more time and more specific players tailored to the system (meaning another midfielder, a hybrid LB/CB, a potential replacement for Nunez, etc.) I think there's another level for this side, which also depends on keeping hold of our top performers.
Right now it's just a joy to watch and I'm 100% fine with not going all out heavy metal for 90 minutes each game. It's much easier on my heart lol
Think I'm a bit more confused with your take on the game Lawrence. 😅
What you confused about, is passing the ball around the back the same as position football to you.
Think you've caught Lawrence's level of confusion
@@paulinebarbara5665 you don’t even have any reasons do you, you just have an opinion and you want to call people confused, without showing that you even know yourself what you are talking about. Yh you are confused, it’s not because of Lawrence, it’s because you don’t know football.
@@paulinebarbara5665 I’ve noticed most football fans have a very basic understanding of football, I’ve met one person who didn’t play football themselves that understood it, I didn’t make it pro out of hunger, but you never know, probs wouldn’t have made it anyways. Anyways I say that to say my understanding of football is very different to the typical football fan who have no clue.
@unruly7516 Get a grip, there are coaches that have never played the game and understand it perfectly, yes I have an opinion and if you don't agree well that's your problem, seems like you're a bit of a waffler with a penchant for essay writing - football is a simple game defend, control and score and Liverpool are doing that but there's always room for improvement
Arne Slot’s tactical acumen let us me and you) look like a pre-schooler vs a PhD!
Energy is the keyword right now. Why does it always feel like there is some negative connotations coming out of this channel lately?
This is very high production value for some pretty Ball Street level numbers
Spot on with your analysis about when Nunez went off.....we lost our intensity and let them come on to us even more. Nunez and Jota are both absolute menaces to the opposition defence & midfield, they are crucial to the way we are playing right now under Slot. I'll still take the win and it also looked to me like the players were playing within themselves what with Arsenal on the horizon.
If you watch Slot's Feyenoord you'd say this Liverpool is very far from that, who knows if Slot Wants Liverpool to play anything like that or if he'll settle with "controlling" the games winning by 1 goal margin 🤔
Our best chances came from balls in to the box from Gakpo and Tsimikas’ corner kicks plus Salah’s shot (vultured by Nunez) and that long ball from Macca that hit the bar. RB looked great for the first 20 minutes and then their chances got few and far between. Kelleher is great at defending and our lads did more than enough to get the clean sheet. I agree that the match didn’t look like we dominated but we did more than enough to take the game from Leipzig.
I agree with this video
But onto Sunday I really think if we score first we win.
Arsenal will try to make it a GRITTY box to box game to suit their strengths on the transitions. We can’t afford to concede first.
I think we played within ourselves in the second half, and looked like we could have got a 2nd if we had picked it up a bit. We still had the better chances in the 2nd half. They had two goals disallowed, but that is down to our defense working together and catching RBS offside
It doesn't feel like history in the making because we've not played any opposition with historic significance *at this moment in time*. Yes, United, Chelsea are "historic" clubs, but their current team is not at the level that could challenge Klopp's squad meaningfully. Slot has had an excellent start, yet my feeling is that the most notable aspect of it is that he has lost 1. Not trying to throw shade on Forest because they have the second best defensive record in the division, but losing to them at Anfield seems to suggest there are more shocks in store for us. Several other teams have cut us open repeatedly and sometimes seemingly at will and that trend does not seem to be regressing; that's a warning that the side who are better equipped to finish those moves off could end up punishing us. It doesn't feel like history in the making because we're still waiting for the other boot to hit the floor, and I for one am a bit concerned about what happens when it does.
Think we kept Chelsea at arms length. Hard to say about last night - they were offside so much, it is hard to know what quality of attacks they would have had, if their players had started from onside positions. Less than 1 xg against again though
Slot's record is a great achievement because he improved ryan gravenberch , luis díaz , trent , Konate also team's defensive improvement is also done by him .FSG did not back a new manager in summer. From the prospect of FSG Lfc is in big trouble salah trent and VVD"s contracts are expiring this summer also Alison contract will expire in 2026 I think. If all of those contract expiring players leave then LFC need to sign RW, ST, CDM, LB,RB,CB,CAM total 7 players.
Leipzig we're at home there are times when they are gonna dominate they are top of the bundsaliga. Yeah they had the first 15 mins and the last 15 mins but in the middle we were in complete control. Slot has said himself he doesn't expect to see the best of us until the end of November because the players are still learning. We are in a great place yeah we ain't playing brilliantly and blowing teams away but we are winning that's all that matters
Trust me Darwin's time will come and he will be a machine,I can feel it
We wait for things to happen. We dont make them happen. We keep the ball moving very slowly. Which is very low risk. And so the players dont move much from their set positions. And low risk is our game.
Klopp was going this way in latter years. And slot is a continuation of that trend. Its more noticeable because slot is new. And it would have worked much better for klopp last season if we did not concede so many early goals last season which put is in a more attacking mode out of necessity.
"We wait for things to happen" please elaborate, sounds like waffle attempting to sound intelligent to me. We control the game, increase intensity when we choose to, create chances and reduce the opponents to very few. Klopp's style was very frenetic hence we continually conceded those early goals. We didn't concede so many early goals due to bad luck
If you don’t have the feeling we controlled the Leipzig game then there is something wrong with you. Totally dominant. And ofcourse if it stays 1-0 there will always be some pressure.
Sobo and Trent were both horribly wasteful with the ball last night, and not for the first time this season. They lost possession 30 times between them in the Leipzig game, that's really not good and as many times as the rest of the defence and midfield combined.,
I think its too early to judge, last season pe started very good but crumble at the finish. This can be the case this season if we dont improve our squad depth.
Last season was on par with covid season for injuries. Besides we play less intense and back to back injury disaster seasons is unlikely especially as Slot rotates better. However yeah 1/2 players in Jan is needed
@@tesleemhussein5217 i dont think slot knows how to rotate, ryan didnt have a rest, same as virgil, konate.
Liverpool "proving themselves to a title" fc
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I feel like Liverpool didn’t win the game I I FEEL LIKE 😂😂😂
This is LFC, not KFC. He's gone, stop all this comparisons with how we played under Klopp. Just analyse what you see, and stop comparing with the past. Some of the fanbase are so Klop obsessed. Go support Red bull.
Face it, our fanbase os getting more and more like Uniteds and I hate it.
Yeah what are saying...your very confusing mate. Just spit it out!!!
Are you for or against
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really wondering where endo its for us, any thought?
Will gradually play more as fixture congestion increases
Pool fans arnt rushing into anything...again where are getting this from
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pessimistic
Let's goo
I still think it's too early to judge us. We've been lucky so far, faced out of form teams, teams you'd expect us to beat, and teams with suspensions. Konate and Kelleher had to be at their best last night. I am really looking forward to the Real Madrid and MC games, even MC won't have Rodri, but if we win them that would be some statement.
Chelsea and Leipzig weren't out of form teams at all. Everyone has been singing Chelsea's praises in recent weeks. Beat them. Leipzig unbeaten in their league this season. Beat them too. Those are not out of form teams.
Waffle
11 wins and 8 clean sheets in 12 games is not luck.
How is it too early to judge when we've won 11 out of 12 games and only conceded 3 goals in the prem while
You sound like an opposition fan to me. "Kelleher and Konate had to be at their best" Liverpool were playing a good side away, who created a third of the xg Liverpool did. Won cup finals/several games without suspended/injured players, yet you feel the need to make excuses for other teams, like that isn't a part of football.