montpelier
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Blimey, I thought they had a liking for it from time to time etc but that's bordering on extraordinary.https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/clubs/total_long_balls
Sitting pretty in the Champions League places in the Hoofball Stakes 2019/20. A mere eighty hoofs behind Wolves in third place, that gap could be easily traversed by the 25th minute in *’s next game against Arsenal.
Don’t rule out Klopp’s men finishing the season on a high... like 80% of their attempted passes.
Poetry in motion, la!
The thing is though.. if you look at the bottom 6 teams there, and slightly more arbitrarily assess vaguely comparable teams (for what we might say is their ability on paper) , it rather looks like trying to play football isn't really working.
The 6 are all 20+ pts behind LFC. And Sheff Utd are far better off than say Villa and Bournemouth.
Can't isolate to 1 factor, but does seem like a bit of a theme.