#defensive-statistics

#defensive-statistics

His belief is tremendous, said the manager. I can tell him to go and run to the first post, and he does it with conviction, energy and attitude. The team's belief in those moments is really high, and Gabriel is at the heart of that. He gives everything for the team and that sets the tone for everyone else.

We all know things are going pretty badly for Liverpool this season, but if anything, it might actually be even worse than a lot of us thought. Remarkably, new stats have emerged showing that Arne Slot's side actually have the second worst defensive record of any team in Europe's big five leagues since May. Liverpool's awful defensive record under Arne Slot Just to reiterate, as the table below shows, only relegation strugglers Wolves have conceded more goals than Liverpool in all competitions for the last six months, showing that the Reds' problems didn't just start in the early stages of this season

It is interesting because there are some misconceptions we have and that is true with Arsenal. People call them set-piece FC and all that, But they are up there with teams with the most shots in the Premier League and had the fewest goals conceded, conceded the fewest chances and the fewest shots. They are brilliant. They sit top of the league and they deserve to be there.