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Blackburn 2 Liverpool 3: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / April 8, 2012 / 18 comments
Starting XIs and Overall Shapes As expected, Blackburn kept the 4-4-1-1 from their previous game against West Bromwich Albion. There…
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Newcastle 2 Liverpool 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / April 1, 2012 / 34 comments
Some pre-match stats Liverpool have drawn 99 Premier League games away from home and scored 498 goals on the road.…
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Liverpool 1 Wigan 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / March 25, 2012 / 37 comments
Pre match stats Liverpool have won none of the last four league meetings with Wigan, with the last three in…
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QPR 3 Liverpool 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / March 23, 2012 / 22 comments
Pre match stats Liverpool have drawn 99 games away from home in the Premier League era. The Reds have netted…
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Liverpool 2 Stoke 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / March 20, 2012 / 38 comments
Starting XIs and Overall Shapes Stoke didn’t spring any surprises. Their starting line up was arguably their best eleven, and…
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Liverpool 3 Everton 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / March 15, 2012 / 38 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. “This left an interesting tactical battle as both sides were playing with pretty much the same shape.…
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Sunderland 1 Liverpool 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / March 12, 2012 / 78 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. Dalglish chose to start with largely the same side that lost to Arsenal, but he made two…
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Liverpool 1 Arsenal 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / March 6, 2012 / 24 comments
Pre-match statistical facts Six of the last nine Premier League games between Liverpool and Arsenal have ended as draws. There…
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Cardiff 2 Liverpool 2 P: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / February 28, 2012 / 55 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. Pre-match statistical facts The last meeting between these sides was in the Carling Cup fourth round in…
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Gerrard On The Right – A Short Term Fix?
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Player In Focus, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / February 23, 2012 / 45 comments
Our tactical expert Mihail takes an in-depth look at our options on the right flank – and comes up with…
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Man United 2 Liverpool 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / February 14, 2012 / 81 comments
Starting Selections With Nani missing, Giggs started on the left and Valencia on the right for Manchester United in the…
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Liverpool 0 Tottenham 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / February 8, 2012 / 27 comments
Harry Redknapp may have won six of his eight games against Liverpool as the Tottenham Hotspur manager, but he was…
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Wolves 0 Liverpool 3: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / February 2, 2012 / 32 comments
Starting XIs Wolves formation and personnel were as expected. With O’Hara injured and Henry suspended, Edwards was partnered by Frimpong…
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Liverpool in the Cups: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / January 30, 2012 / 59 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. Liverpool 2 Man City 2: Heading to Wembley Starting XIs Liverpool went with the same formation they…
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Bolton 3 Liverpool 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / January 23, 2012 / 56 comments
Liverpool had a very good record against Bolton Wanderers, winning their previous ten meetings in the league. However, the Trotters…
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Liverpool 0 Stoke 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / January 17, 2012 / 67 comments
Before this match there had been just 11 goals scored in seven Premier League matches between Liverpool and Stoke. Added…
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Man City 0 Liverpool 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / January 13, 2012 / 32 comments
The opening As they had done in their previous meeting, both sides continued with similar tactics to the match they…
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Man City 3 Liverpool 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / January 4, 2012 / 21 comments
Manchester City had only won one of their last 13 league games against Liverpool, and Andy Carroll had scored four…
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Liverpool 3 Newcastle 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / January 2, 2012 / 15 comments
The omens were good. Newcastle had failed to score in their last five league games at Anfield, and Gerrard (although…
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Liverpool 1 Blackburn Rovers 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / December 28, 2011 / 43 comments
Blackburn’s recent record had been abysmal. They had won just one of their last 17 away league games, and had…
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Wigan 0 Liverpool 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / December 22, 2011 / 31 comments
Some stats before the match: Wigan have won just one of the 14 games in all competitions against Liverpool (W1…
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Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / December 20, 2011 / 18 comments
Last time these two teams met in the league at Villa Park, Stewart Downing scored the winning goal. This season…
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Downing – Tactically Indispensable?
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Player In Focus, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / December 15, 2011 / 53 comments
Natural width, in a reliable form, has eluded Liverpool for a long time. This summer, Dalglish signed Downing and, in theory,…
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Liverpool 1 QPR 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / December 12, 2011 / 37 comments
Queens Park Rangers had won just one of their previous 20 league games at Anfiled, and have won only one…
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Fulham 1 Liverpool 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / December 7, 2011 / 71 comments
Fulham had failed to score in six in their last eight Premier League games against Liverpool, and the visitors have…
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