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At The Match: Salah steps up as Reds march eight points clear with win over Saints

Walk On: The Athletic FC's Liverpool show

CHAPTER

Tactical Insights and Title Aspirations in Premier League Football

This chapter delves into the complexities of football management, emphasizing the impact of player styles on game strategies, especially under pressure. It also examines the balance between domestic league engagements and European competitions, with a nod to Liverpool's historical title challenges and their current league success.

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Speaker 3
What I do as a manager is I want to know their style of play and sometimes it makes a bit of a difference if a number nine is high and tall or fast or slow so it makes a bit of a difference, but I don't think they've changed their playing style. Not in the way they lined up, 5-4 and also not in the way they like to play, because the first goal we scored was from them trying to bring the ball out from the back, which didn't happen a lot for them today. And that did happen a lot in other games, because I showed the players yesterday how many times Southampton can play through a press. But today I think that part of our game was quite good, that we were really aggressive without the ball. Well
Speaker 1
next, Slott was asked just how challenging is it to try and combine a challenge for glory, both in Europe and domestically in the Premier League, when a side at the bottom such as Southampton can cause you such a scare like they did here today? Yeah,
Speaker 3
that is a difference. I agree with you that this league asks a lot from every player every weekend and if you then play in Europe, that's not always easy. Only a few teams in England have shown that they can do this and Liverpool have shown it in the past for many seasons. Last two years that has been more difficult. But that's also why teams in England have such a big squad. Because we, top clubs, have quite a lot of money. We can also make a bigger squad than maybe some other teams in other countries. And that's also what we need. You saw it today again, the three players that came in really had an impact on the game and that is also what we need in this league."
Speaker 1
Slott was then informed that only twice in Premier League history as a side won ten of their first 12 league matches and not gone on to win the title. And he was asked for his view on the title race now that Liverpool have an eight-point cushion at the top.

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