Tactical Analysis

Brendan Rodgers is judged unfairly in English football. After bringing Swansea City to the Premier League and leading them to survival, he brought Liverpool on the brink of their first Premier League title before leading a stylistic revolution at Celtic that saw them dominate Scottish football with an attractive, progressive …

David Silva is one of those unique personas in football who is universally respected, even by rival fans. It’s a testament not merely to his genius on the pitch, but the manner in which he expressed it. The talisman of the “noisy neighbours” has quietly spent a decade cultivating an …

Liverpool’s midfield is peculiar. Great teams are often defined by a stellar midfield. Roy Keane and Paul Scholes. Casemiro, Toni Kroos, and Luka Modric. Most infamously, Busquets, Xavi, and Iniesta. Jurgen Klopp, however, has built his side on the dynamism of his front three and fullbacks, while his midfield is …

With the transfer market continuing on a seemingly endless trajectory of inflation, more and more clubs are devoting more resources towards purchasing and developing young players. Rather than shelling out tens or even hundreds of millions to acquire established world-class players, teams are now trying to produce their own. Most …