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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 1 Man Utd 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Given the injuries following the Notts County clash, Rodgers’ XI was precisely as expected – with one…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Villa 0 Liverpool 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
Written by Mihail Vladimirov. Neither manager sprung any major surprises in terms of selection or formations. With Baker injured and…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 1 Stoke 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Both managers started the game with a somewhat predictable line-up. Rodgers opted to hand competitive débuts to…
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Bob Pearce
Tactics for Beginners – No 11. Who Will Blink First?
By Bob Pearce and Mihail Vladimirov. In this issue Bob and Mihail examine the importance of half-time in the tactical…
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Bob Pearce
Tactics for Beginners – No 10
By Bob Pearce and Mihail Vladimirov. Let the shape do the work You’ve mentioned pressing several times so far. Could…
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Bob Pearce
Tactics for Beginners – No 9
By Bob Pearce and Mihail Vladimirov. The main conductor We talked last time about how the defence and midfield work…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 1 QPR 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Rodgers reverted back to the usual 4-2-3-1 formation, leading to few subsequent changes. Skrtel (fit again after…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Fulham 1 Liverpool 3: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. After last week’s debacle against Reading, Martin Jol refreshed the team with a couple of changes. Hughes…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 0 Everton 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Neither manager made big changes either in terms of formation or personnel, based on their previous games.…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Newcastle 0 Liverpool 6: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Pardew surprised with his selection of players and also their positioning. Tiote came back into the side…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 2 Chelsea 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Rodgers largely kept the XI that fared so well against Reading last week. But he did a…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Reading 0 Liverpool 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Neither manager opted for a surprising selection in terms of personnel, yet both managers surprised with their…
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Bob Pearce
Tactics for Beginners – No. 8
By Bob Pearce and Mihail Vladimirov. Through, over or around? The more we talk the more I have become interested…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 0 West Ham 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Rodgers continued with an unchanged side but tweaked his formation slightly. Last week against Aston Villa it…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Aston Villa 1 Liverpool 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. For the home team, Lambert had to make one change to the XI which won the last…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Southampton 3 Liverpool 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
Written by Mihail Vladimirov. Both teams lined-up largely as expected (with identical 4-2-3-1 formations), except a few niggles for Liverpool…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 3 Tottenham 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Rodgers made only one change from the last game against Wigan. Sturridge returned to fitness and replaced…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Wigan 0 Liverpool 4: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Unsurprisingly, Martinez opted for exactly the same XI and 3-4-3 formation as in the last game against Reading,…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 0 West Brom 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
Written by Mihail Vladimirov. Rodgers made the surprising decision to replace the injured Sturridge with Shelvey. This meant Suarez occupingy…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Man City 2 Liverpool 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Mancini continued to start with the 4-4-2 (with split forwards) formation. With the return of Nastasic to…
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Bob Pearce
Tactics for Beginners – No. 7
By Bob Pearce and Mihail Vladimirov. Executed by the feet. One of the few statistics TV commentators are comfortable quoting…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 5 Norwich 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Both managers made some surprising decisions. For Liverpool, Rodgers selected Henderson on the left flank, in a…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Man Utd 2 Liverpool 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Ferguson made some interesting pre-match decisions. Not only did he line-up with a 4-4-2ish formation, but some…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 3 Sunderland 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. For Liverpool there was only one change, with the injured Enrique replaced by Wisdom, so Johnson went…
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Mihail Vladimirov
QPR 0 Liverpool 3: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Harry Redknapp continued with the 4-4-1-1 formation, but made three changes. Because of Green’s own goal in…