Good start
But disappointed with our pressing and counter pressing under Slot so far, we let teams counter on us too easy & too often & so far we’ve been quite lucky to get away with big chances we gave up as a result being missed
I expected he would play his passing & pressing game but his press would be much better than it has been it is improving though
I did think that having seen what these players can do in how Klopp operated he’d have used their ability in those things a bit more & integrated things a bit more
He’s doing brilliant & these things take time & as ever I’m being greedy
The variation of passing & incisive moves through lines of his Feyenoord team haven’t materialised quite yet either
We have 3 mids all very capable of playing quality switches that they could all still improve on & we don’t use the switches & their ability at them enough, as Slot conceded himself in todays post match
Virgil playing some great switches & medium to long balls, not seeing enough of Trent’s playmaking ability from deep at
RB
We have to do all these things better because we’ve been playing mostly the sides that ‘have a go’ & the couple who try & park the bus & counter we e struggled more with
Against those teams we have to use the switches, the playmaking from deep & mix it up more with a bit of back to front now & then too, more the diagonals looking to release players off the back off the CB
Just because those teams are very organised & good at keeping their shape & frustrating you & countering in you if you don’t do all those things to pull them about & out of shape
Winning second balls & not letting them get out & transition is also really important
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