Pep probably has the best record in “big games” out of all the managers currently employed,
I feel sometimes on here posters just seem to feel we should win every game and not give any credit to the opposition. As that tactical video posted above highlights klopp surprised pep with his tactics and they have the quality of players to punish. No one shit the bed or over thought tactics etc. Liverpool just where better on the day. It happens they are also a very very good side especially at home.
Did pep get his tactics wrong first half? Yes he assumed Liveepool would play 4 2 4.
Did pep make the adjustment at halftime to rectify his error?
yes, he changed to our usual 4 2 3 1 shape
on another day that goal foden scores counts and everyone on here is saying what a genius pep is etc. Cancelo mistake probably cost us a point and the manager can’t be held accountable for a mistake made by a player.
or that Pep only ever seems to 'overthink' games when we loseThe final score dictates all analysis or discussion of Pep's tactics. If we lose the tactics were wrong regardless of what happened in the game.
Case in point is the Lyon game people still bang on about 3 years later. If Sterling and Laporte don't make huge errors we cruise through but someone this is Pep's fault.
It's no coincidence this thread only ever gets bumped after a loss.
You are a parody poster. Aren't you?Tbf we’re 4 points off the top already.
With Spurs & Chelsea breathing down our neck.
Pep’s fucked up a few times this season but yesterday was bordering on negligence. It was laughably bad from Pep.
We should be concerned, because if Haaland gets injured we’ll be in deep shit.
‘WE PLAYED WITH COURAGE’ SAYS GUARDIOLA
O yes Pep. We did. With 3 central defenders. Foden as wing back. KDB and Gundo behind Haaland. We did.
Interesting breakdown of peps tactics the other day.
The whole problem was balance. We had no one play wide right. Even if that would have been mahrez (god forbid this season) it would have been better. We play the same way for 10 games and then this change, its going to be difficult. In this respect it was similar to the UCL final. When we fuck with formation we tend to get fucked, just like any team.Watching that you can't help but feel Grealish needed to come in for Gundogan or De Bruyne as the game went on. Grealish getting the ball in areas Gundogan was operating would have seen a much more direct approach which would have suckered the opposition in and allowed space for others - particularly De Bruyne.
I think on reflection, Pep tried negate the tactics klopp had deployed previous. Peps idea of numerical advantages in the midfield was probably right, and had Liverpool adopted the formation they had used in their previous league games who knows? It could of been a different result. However, By pure chance or coincidence, klopp and his team had decided to change the way they set up from their previous games, as it wasn’t working for them up to this point and it so happened to counter peps thinking. Coupled with the fact that some of our players didn’t take the initiative, ie foden getting at Milner or de bruyne going out wide to cancelo to provide width, we just couldn’t put our usual stamp on the game. The free kicks (one leading to the goal) and corners we had we wasted and we created little clear cut chances. Very Unusual for us. All in all a learning curve and I suppose in the grand scheme of things not a very significant loss.The whole problem was balance. We had no one play wide right. Even if that would have been mahrez (god forbid this season) it would have been better. We play the same way for 10 games and then this change, its going to be difficult. In this respect it was similar to the UCL final. When we fuck with formation we tend to get fucked, just like any team.