'It's a masterpiece': ESPN pundit wowed after noticing what Slot has told his Liverpool players to do
Frank Leboeuf has been left impressed by the anti-Jurgen Klopp tweak that Arne Slot has made to Liverpool's tactics.
Liverpool fans may have been worried about the prospect of replacing Jurgen Klopp after he announced his departure, but things couldn’t have gone better.
Jurgen Klopp will go down as one of the greatest managers to have ever managed Liverpool Football Club.
He took charge of 491 games for the Reds, of which they scored 1,035 times. Liverpool took fewer games than under any other manager to reach 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 and 1,000 goals in all competitions.
At 62.57 per cent, Klopp finished with the highest percentage win ratio in league games of any Liverpool manager who has been in charge for more than 30 matches.
The German won One Premier League title, one Champions League crown, an FA Cup, two EFL Cups, the Community Shield, a UEFA Super Cup and a Fifa Club World Cup.
However, Arne Slot‘s the new man in town and he has his own way of running things…
The Arne Slot tweak at Liverpool that has left Frank Leboeuf very impressed
Of course, Klopp’s legacy will live on at Liverpool but Slot already appears to be building one of his own, despite him just being three games into his tenure.
Interestingly, the Liverpool squad have described Slot’s meetings as ‘like going back to school’, though whatever he’s saying is clearly working as they’re yet to concede in the Premier League.
Frank Leboeuf has been left impressed by one change in particular that Arne Slot has made, as he spoke on ESPN’s YouTube channel.
“The comparison is there (between Klopp and Slot). They’re more secure defensively, they want to make sure that if they lose the ball they don’t have only the two centre-backs you know defending.
“And you win the battle, you win games in the middle of the park and when you see Mac Allister, Gravenberch and Szoboszlai, they work that they do and how they combine together offensively and defensively, it’s a masterpiece for me”.
Does Slot’s new system suit Liverpool more?
Well, the numbers so far this season certainly seem to suggest that Slot’s new system suits the players he has at his disposal.
Trent Alexander-Arnold has been slammed for his defensive positioning in the past but that seems to be a concern of the past, as the Liverpool full-backs now take a more defensive approach.
Jurgen Klopp was quite the opposite, allowing his full-backs to almost play as wing-backs at times which often proved to be the downfall defensively, though it did allow Andy Robertson and Trent to pile on the assists.
The real test will be when a Manchester City or an Arsenal come to town and how Slot adapts his system to that, as those are the games that can truly decide a season.
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