Tactical Takeaways: Chelsea vs Liverpool
Chelsea’s defensive set up vs Liverpool. Chelsea’s plan to catch Liverpool on the counter. How Liverpool penetrated Chelsea’s low-block. Chelsea’s defensive set up vs Liverpool Sunday’s EFL final was a clash between Liverpool’s 4-3-3 and Chelsea’s 3-4-2-1. From the get-go, Chelsea matched Liverpool’s midfield 3v3, using a 3-5-2 as such (A). Here, Liverpool was lured […]
Newcastle Interested in Kepa
Newcastle are eyeing Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga. The Daily Star says Newcastle and a host of LaLiga clubs are eyeing Chelsea ace Kepa. The 27-year-old cost the Blues £72 million from Athletic Bilbao in 2018, and the fee remains the highest amount ever paid for a goalkeeper. However, his career has stalled badly and the Spain international is effectively an expensive understudy to Edouard […]
Tuchel insists ‘no worries and regrets’ over Liverpool loss and speaks on Abramovich
Thomas Tuchel says he has ‘no worries and no regrets’ after Chelsea’s loss to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final. The German made the decision to swap goalkeeper Edouard Mendy for Kepa Arrizabalaga as the game went to penalties. Kepa ended up missing a penalty as Liverpool took out the shootout 11-10. “Football can be a brilliant game and it was a brilliant […]