Throughout Liverpool’s 2-2 draw towards West Ham, Liverpool’s left aspect had considerably extra affect than the appropriate. We checked out why.
One other sport, one other aim conceded first, extra probabilities missed. That’s now 23 occasions Liverpool have conceded first out of 55 video games this season.
In entrance of aim, FotMob inform us Liverpool had 28 photographs, created 1.75 anticipated targets missed each of their massive probabilities created.
All people is aware of it is a drawback, although. On this piece, we’ll have a look at one other side of Liverpool’s sport that’s turning into extra evident because the weeks go by.
Salah impacts the form
As promising a younger participant as Harvey Elliott is, he’s not a pure winger. Whereas each are left footed, having Mo Salah on the pitch offers Liverpool everlasting width on the appropriate and opens up areas within the center.
In the beginning of the season, one in all Dominik Szoboszlai‘s largest strengths was his skill to run past Salah into the area between full-back and centre-back.
With Salah now out of shape and dropped towards West Ham, Liverpool’s presence in very superior broad proper positions was just about non-existent at occasions.
Having Trent Alexander-Arnold drift into midfield additionally contributes to the shortage of menace on the appropriate.
You possibly can see utilizing WhoScored‘s warmth maps how a lot affect Andy Robertson had compared to Alexander-Arnold, on their respective flanks.
The gamers’ type
Whereas Liverpool’s No. 66 was on the lookout for the killer cross – he made extra passes (13) into the ultimate third than anybody else on Saturday – he hasn’t been at his finest since getting back from a prolonged damage lay-off.
As an alternative, the mantle has fallen on Robertson to supply impetus within the Reds’ latest fixtures and, together with Luis Diaz, has carried Liverpool of late.
Towards West Ham, Liverpool’s left-sided trio of Diaz (8.6 out of 10), Robertson (8.3) and Ryan Gravenberch (7.8) had been the Reds’ highest-rated gamers on FotMob.
Individually, they may all really feel that they had respectable video games with out excelling.
Gravenberch accomplished seven of his eight dribbles towards West Ham, greater than anybody else on the pitch, and in addition created two probabilities together with making 4 passes into the ultimate third.
In the meantime, Robertson made 12 passes into the ultimate third and created 5 probabilities, bettered solely by Diaz who created seven alternatives.
The distinction is stark when evaluating these stats to the right-sided gamers, Alexis Mac Allister, Elliott and Alexander-Arnold. These three created seven probabilities (none from Elliott), whereas the left made 14.
One in every of Arne Slot‘s largest challenges will likely be correcting the stability to the workforce, deciding how and when to make use of Alexander-Arnold in midfield or at full-back.
In fact, there’s then the query of Salah’s future too.
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