breakout67
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It's a bit of both.Question for this thread. Why do we constantly look like throwing games away from strong positions?
We were 4-1 up today and City weren’t really threatening, then with a few minutes left we were at 4-3 and looking like we were going to bottle it. We were 3-0 up against Seville and threw that away, and went from 2-0 up to 3-2 down within minutes against Arsenal (we’d looked in complete control up to the point where we went 2-0 up). I he Europa League final was a game we were comfortable in at HT then we fell apart. We were 4-1 up at Arsenal last season and almost threw that away, and went from 3-1 up to 4-3 down at Bournemouth in about 15 minutes.
Is this Klopp’s style of play, or the lack of quality at CB/in goal, tiredness or a combination of factors that causes this?
It just seems like we switch off sometimes.
Klopp does not utilize a specialist DM. This is because of the player profile he looks for in his midfielder. They must be agile, fleet footed, and very energetic. DMs are generally antithetical to the ideal Klopp midfielder; they are quick in the mind rather than with feet and physically imposing. This then puts stress on defenders to be sublime 1v1 defenders, because there is no specialist DM covering them. In the modern game, 1v1 defending is extremely difficult and favours the attacker. All of this means that Klopp teams are glass cannon teams; they can completely annihilate you with their energy, pressing, quick passing.; they can completely capitulate because their defenders become exposed.
You will notice; even when Liverpool sit back in numbers they are still prone to conceding. This is because they do not have a player or two that sniffs out danger. There are not enough people in that team thinking about how to stop attacking players; all the midfielders natural game is to go forward.
However, Liverpool also have two shocking goal keepers, which are often the first step in a capitulation. The defence does not have confidence in the keeper and so put pressure on themselves which leads to mistakes. I think a commanding goalkeeper is a must for Liverpool.