🚨Florian Wirtz played his first game for Liverpool in a behind closed door victory over Stoke City. Here are few things we learnt from the superstar debut

A short thread 🧵 Don’t fix what is not broken so they say as it seems Arne Slot is going to play Wirtz in his favorite position of a roaming 10 who receives mostly in the left half space just like he did in his Leverkusen days. He’s so quick in turning and losing his marker in the left half space

With Ruben Amorim rumoured to have agreed personal terms in principle with Liverpool there are possibilities that he might be Jurgen Klopp succesor. So lets take a look at how he will setup at Liverpool and the players that will mostly benefit from his system.

A Thread🧵 Goalkeeper: Amorim loves to use a ball playing goalie and make sure they are active in build-up, when using a low build up he wants his goalie to join the CBs and transform into a back 4 which makes them beat press in a 4-2-5 shape. Alisson is good at this as well

Newcastle's failure to sign a proper number 6 will cost them a lot this season especially when they come up against teams that are good at exploiting gaps in between the lines just like Brighton

A tactical thread A lot of things happened during the build up to the Brighton first goal.

The first thing is the way Brighton broke each of Newcastles line of press, the Magpies shaped in a compact 4-5-1 formation to limit Brighton from progressing the ball in the central areas

Liverpool vs Bournemouth tactical review

• Liverpool 3-1-6 on ball structure
• How liverpool countered Bournemouth midfield overload
• A wake up call for Trent
• Constant rotation in the Liverpool team

A thread 🧵 Liverpool began the game in their usual 4-3-3 shape, just like we saw in the first game against Chelsea

Man utd struggled vs Wolves. There are many reasons for that, let's discuss

• Man Utd 4-1-3-2 defensive shape created problems for casemiro and mount
• United right hand overload bypassed by wolves
• Man utd 3-1-6 on ball structure
• Wolves attacking the middle

Thread 🔴🟠 Defending in a 4-1-3-2 shape gave casemiro problems everytime wolves had the ball they tried to overload the midfield which I will explain later in this thread. In this phase of play cunha was on the blind side of casemiro he was free in between the line and no one to defend him

I just rewatched the Arsenal vs City community shield game and here are some interesting things I spotted

> Declan Rice leadership and football intelligence will be crucial for Arsenal this season

>How Mancity bypassed Arsenal press in the build to cole Palmer's goal

Thread The first thing I spotted was Declan Rice exhibiting the leadership quality I expected of him. The clip shows how he anticipated that Kovacic pass was going to Alvarez and he instructed Saliba to cover the space and arsenal were able to defend the pass. Bravo !!! https://t.co/wBu5VGZVM8twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Why Moses Caicedo is a better option for Liverpool compared to Romeo Lavia.

•Ability to play as a number 8 (in-possession and out of possession attributes)

•Ability to play as a number 6 and be the anchor of the team (in-possession and out of possession attributes)

[Thread] Moses Caicedo has showcasd distinct qualities when playing in the roles of both a number 8 and a number 6. As a number 8, Caicedo exhibits remarkable on-ball abilities that greatly influence his team's gameplay.

Gonçalo Inácio will fit in perfectly at Liverpool. Let's take a look at his

•Positional versatility and data profile
•Defensive qualities OOP
•Attacking prowess in possession
•Possible weaknesses

[Mega Thread ]👇👇 The young 21 years old center back is a total package of a defender and Starting with Inácio’s data profile, we see a player with tremendous quality in possession. He’s a player who enjoys having the ball at his feet and can comfortably play out of the back.

Things I noticed during the game between Liverpool vs Darmstadt

A Thread

1. The reason why klopp wants one of his number 8s to drop during build-up is to provide more options while playing out from the back, in the image below VVD has the chance to pass to Alison and if the attacker decides to press Ali, VVD can then go to szoboszlai who has dropped to help team get out of the first phase of build up.