I am afraid Slot strategy has overridden Klopps. He made the right changes last year, where he moved Robbo to a back 3 in attack, which Pep did a few years ago to prevent the fast counter attack. He then made Grav CDM and played a false 9 which suits Salah.
However now, where Klopps strategy was...
Players always miss chances, even Utd and previous opposition teams missed chances, Alison used to save us.
The team has no strategy, unconscious and terrible passing and rely on individuals which Diaz and Salah did last season.
Slot has the strategy that whenever the team loses the ball, they...
We don’t know how to be top, 2 very poor games in a row, both 2nd half.
That midfield was poor again, can’t control the game, though Endo made the difference.
I also feel poor captaincy.
We need better ball players, we missed TAA range of passing. Bradley defended ok but he should not be inverting.
Robbo has become a major liability, he is getting cooked almost every game.
Yeah but that’s always the case. Most injuries are muscle related due to intensity, we miss a lot again because of intensity or tiredness. Arsenal and City also had bad VAR calls when it really mattered. Happens every year
Will say it again, Klopps teams lose energy every season towards the end. Probably why he says he is exhausted.
You can’t blame Nunez or Salah when all the players are poor.
We need midfielders who can control the game and not headless chickens who just run.
It’s ok, it probably is a good representation of Klopps era, while he is the best manager most fans can remember in the last 30 years, he was a not at the same level as Fergie or Pep. Too many finals and title races he has lost. We can now start preparing for next season with UCL basically secured.
I think this is good. We were overachieving this season as we just rebuilt our midfield. It would created a false sense of security for the new manager which would have resulted in us changing managers frequently.