“I’m sorry, I’m the wrong person for that. I don’t like this kind of football.” Jurgen Klopp was pretty clear after dropping two points at home to Tottenham Hotspur when Charlie Eccleshare asked him if he was impressed with the way Spurs defended. Klopp’s preference for another way of defending…

As Eduardo Camavinga’s inch perfect pass was played into Karim Benzema, the chaos started. In a rollercoaster of a tie between Manchester City and Real Madrid, the ending — as crazy as it was — felt in order with Real Madrid’s recent triumphs. Another comeback was added to the list…

Being inside a washing machine is probably the closest experience to facing Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool. As the washing machine rotates clockwise and anti-clock wise, Liverpool press your build up then attack you quickly when they win the ball back, and in case they lose it, they counter-press you to win…

Prior to kick off, Manchester City versus Real Madrid was portrayed as the collective versus the individuals. A comparison that was cemented after the final whistle. In a thrilling 4–3 encounter, the individual brilliance of Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior kept Real Madrid in the tie after Manchester City’s pressing…

“Yeah the first goal he (Sadio Mane) scored……I…I…I…love it!” Jurgen Klopp was lost for words after the game when talking about Mane’s first goal and Liverpool’s second against Manchester City in the semi-final of the FA Cup. It wasn’t the most beautiful goal, but it completed the set. The three…

In most TV series there’s that common narrative where the main character has a handicap at the beginning of the episode, after losing an initial encounter. The episode then runs normally, as the main character tries to find solutions to overcome the handicap and come out triumphant at the end. …

A simple scroll through football Twitter after any match nowadays, always has one constant. xG shot maps. “Winning on xG” is a common term for the team that lost despite creating the better chances. But what were these chances? What’s the context of these chances inside the game? …

Topping both the goalscoring and the assist charts in the same season used to be the preserve of Lionel Messi, the false nine who scored enough to be considered a proper nine. Last season, though, Harry Kane did the same — becoming only the second player in Premier League history…

Ralf Rangnick labeled Atletico Madrid “The champions in that style of football” after his Manchester United side suffered a knockout exit in the Champions League against Diego Simeone’s side. “It’s not so easy, you have to break through that wall somehow.” For a while, Atletico Madrid’s defensive wall had seemed…