Any less time on the pitch and a player can't get up to the pace of the game, not enough time. Gives a new winger or forward a chance of touches running just into double figures.
- Liverpool had gone 63 home cup matches without defeat. Their last defeat had been against Middlesbrough in the fourth round of the League Cup on 12 November 1974!
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Quiz question; When did Jimmy Case score his last goal at Anfield?
Jimmy Case is rated more highly in the Liverpool fans poll than Mark Lawrenson when the reverse is true at Brighton.
I'm glad Coutinho has gone and Lovren is injured, and Can has gone. Oxlade injured. Does seem so formidable opposition as all that. Don't know if Keita is any good or not? I hope Henderson starts as I would prefer to face him than Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford).
Good job Coutinho isn't there any more, he caused the damage at the Amex last season. We really need the Liverpool full backs to overextend and exploit the gaps. That's why we need Bruno back to deal with Robertson. PIty Izzy is not fit as a late substitute.
How to counter the high press
A host of clubs use a pressing style of football to win the ball back in the opposition's half - but what can you do to beat the high press?
Read more at https://www.fourfourtwo.com/performance/tactics/countering-team-press-high-pitch#i0sAl0wXjCjxWafJ.99...