- May 17, 2005
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Interesting article by Jonathon Wilson on the tactical frameworks that hecreckons led to Liverpool's title and the outlook for next season's rivalry at the top.
In The Guardian
We don't feature, other than probably fitting a category that might be summed up as:
"Even by 2010, it had become apparent there were two ways to take on Barça. Opponents either sat deep, went into the bunker and tried to restrict the number and quality of chances Barça had (as Internazionale and Chelsea did in the 2010 and 2012 Champions League semi-finals); or they pressed high and tried to disrupt Barça’s possession at source.
It is a high-risk approach but it is also the one Klopp saw as being at least to an extent controllable. As he has said, sitting deep against a Guardiola side is essentially hoping to win a lottery in that it accepts them having a (significantly) greater number of chances and relies on them failing to take advantage"
Leicester's title was that lottery win. I don't see a low block/bus parking approach getting anyone to the top table.
In The Guardian
We don't feature, other than probably fitting a category that might be summed up as:
"Even by 2010, it had become apparent there were two ways to take on Barça. Opponents either sat deep, went into the bunker and tried to restrict the number and quality of chances Barça had (as Internazionale and Chelsea did in the 2010 and 2012 Champions League semi-finals); or they pressed high and tried to disrupt Barça’s possession at source.
It is a high-risk approach but it is also the one Klopp saw as being at least to an extent controllable. As he has said, sitting deep against a Guardiola side is essentially hoping to win a lottery in that it accepts them having a (significantly) greater number of chances and relies on them failing to take advantage"
Leicester's title was that lottery win. I don't see a low block/bus parking approach getting anyone to the top table.