John Aldridge was left pissed off with Liverpool’s ‘extreme lack of high quality on the ball’ throughout their goalless draw at Chelsea tonight.
The Reds no less than picked up their first Premier League level in 30 days at Stamford Bridge, though they survived two (appropriately) disallowed targets simply to go away west London with that a lot.
Jurgen Klopp’s aspect stay eighth within the desk, however are seven factors behind fourth-placed Tottenham with just one sport in hand and had been leapfrogged by Aston Villa after their win at Leicester.
Taking to Twitter simply after the full-time whistle, Aldridge stated: “What a extreme lack of high quality on the ball. I can’t keep in mind the final time I seen a Liverpool staff go so many balls to the opposition.
“Thankfully we performed a staff with no perception even after spending an absolute fortune!! Spirited however not ok!! YNWA”.
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When trying again on the statistics from tonight’s match, it’s no surprise the 64-year-old was bemoaning Liverpool’s sloppiness in possession.
As per Sofascore, the Reds had barely extra possession and extra passes than Chelsea, though each groups ended the evening with an 84% passing success charge. The guests misplaced the ball 151 occasions in whole, 13 greater than their opponents.
Alarmingly, each participant to characteristic for Klopp’s staff in west London misplaced possession no less than 4 occasions (together with 79th-minute substitutes Cody Gakpo and James Milner), with six gamers giving the ball away 12 occasions or extra. Kostas Tsimikas was the largest offender with 17 losses of possession.
Fortunately for Liverpool, their opponents didn’t profit from the probabilities they created, having nearly twice as many photographs because the guests however getting fewer heading in the right direction.
Ball retention is undoubtedly one thing to work on in coaching for the Reds forward of Sunday’s conflict towards league leaders Arsenal, who’re unlikely to allow them to off the hook just like the Blues did tonight.
You possibly can see Aldridge’s tweet under, through @Realaldo474 on Twitter:
What a extreme lack of high quality on the ball,I can’t keep in mind the final time I seen a Liverpool staff go so many balls to the opposition,fortuitously we performed a staff with no perception even after spending an absolute fortune!!Spirited however not ok!!ynwa
— John Aldridge (@Realaldo474) April 4, 2023
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