Craig Burley has named two Liverpool gamers who he believes lack the consistency to begin for both Arsenal or Manchester Metropolis.
The previous Scotland worldwide was talking on the ESPN FC podcast when he addressed Anfield defensive duo Ibrahima Konate and Joel Matip, who he stated have had their moments in purple however wouldn’t get in different Premier League challengers’ line-ups.
The 52-year-old stated: “Konate and Matip, at instances – notably Matip, who has been there longer – have had some actually good spells however I feel they’re now each inconsistent of their selections.
“When you have a look at [Virgil] Van Dijk’s companion and also you have a look at the opposite large challengers, I don’t assume Konate or Matip get into any of these different groups at centre-back.
“Perhaps you’ll be able to take Tottenham out of the event with [Micky] Van de Ven and [Cristian] Romero. However when you have a look at Arsenal, you aren’t altering Matip and Konate for Gabriel or [William] Saliba. You’re not altering at Man Metropolis.”
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We don’t doubt for a minute that each Arsenal (Gabriel and Saliba) and Man Metropolis (Ruben Dias and Manuel Akanji) can boast glorious centre-back partnerships, however we’d enterprise to recommend that each golf equipment would fortunately take Konate and Matip of their respective squads.
Of these six defenders, Liverpool’s Cameroonian centre-half has received essentially the most aerial duels (16) and has the very best success charge (72.7%) for that exact metric, and has additionally made extra clearances (30) than the opposite two membership’s defensive partnerships mixed, as per FBref.
In the meantime, Konate hasn’t performed as typically as the opposite 5 defenders however continues to be very composed in taking part in out from the again, with a passing accuracy of 90.2% for the season, which is superior to the Gunners’ Brazilian ace.
You’ll be able to make sure that Jurgen Klopp may be very glad to have each of them in his squad at Liverpool, and the 24-year-old Frenchman has arguably but to hit his peak.
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