But you responded to my post
Slot of last season would have acknowledged we defended poorly on their two goals, conceded that against premier league players you expect that to be punished, and meaning that we needed to score 2 just to scrape a point.
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We only had 1.35 XG, so not that many good chances
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Liverpool may be getting a couple of âbig moments,â but the data says the process isnât actually producing sustained attacking threat. In the last two matches, a 0-0 draw with Leeds, followed by a 2-2 draw at Fulham where Liverpool had only 2 shots on target and around 3 big chances despite dominating possession, and similarly muted outputs before that. Liverpoolâs control hasnât translated into consistent danger in the final third. They arenât overwhelming opponents with pressure that builds and compounds; theyâre scraping isolated moments and relying on luck to stay unbeatenâŚ
And while youâre at it, please explain to me what exactly is the process?
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Technically, Reed should have passed to the open man in the box but he;s taken a lash and got lucky. Still think we should have got out to challenge him though. Itâs no accident that we keep conceding from set pieces and second phases. Thereâs something wrongh with our defensive set ups.
Which is the point that weâre not creating enough.
Which is also different from saying that weâre not creating anythingâŚ
Youâre a dead ender. Youâre not wired to see it.
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Honestly I donât think thatâs what Iâm doing. Is there more focus on this instance because of the goal, yes sure, but the issue isnât that he scored itâs a recurring problem all season of poor defensive organization and lack of players being willing to do the dirty work.
Every game I see players getting visibly angry at each other, looking around in confusion, waving arms at each other because no one seems to understand where they are supposed to be.
In this instance Reed could shoot, sure its low % but you can reduce that % ten fold by just having someone a little bit closer. You donât need three lads who play midfield scratching their arse in the penalty area. But if Reed doesnât shoot he also has a simple pass down the left channel where a player is inexibicably unmarked. A clip to the backpost where we are 1v1 too.
Itâs just poor all around and if it was a one off Iâd obviously accept it and move on but itâs a repeat problem. Players need to be doing far better and so does coaching.
I havenât even started on how bad the first goal was yet 
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good talk @sgs
Except weâve the third highest average xG in the league across the season at 1.69, the same as Man City pretty much.
So yeah, thatâs below our average for the season but not particularly low for an individual game.
Even big chances weâre only significantly behind City and Arsenal.
Weâre clearly not playing well but if you want to look at stats like xG then it doesnât really tell you the story you think it might.
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Were not even meaningfully underperforming that in actual goals (30 vs 32 before today)
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Stats can cloud things. We are slow, no real identity, repeated errors and lack of energy.
Dress it up how you like but we are underperforming. As we do after winning the title.
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We had an xg last season of 85, so after 20 games we are well down compared to last season, 10+ down
Is that down to teams being defensive or our lack of chance creation?
XGA against not much difference, slightly better last season.
Evidently we are dropping points due to issues in defense.
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I kinda disagree with this on a roundabout kind of way. The PL isnt great but at the same time its a pig to win it. Yeah freak results galore, but the quality is poo.
We are in a serious fight for a CL place.
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Well
Nothing has changed over the last few weeks.
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Across the board weâre nowhere near our level. But this goal hereâs not an appropriate example of our poor defensive performance.
True but they can also tell you things that results might not.
Iâm not saying weâre good. Iâm not saying weâre close to what we should be and the football definitely isnât exciting. But we do know the analytics bods will be looking at the data to determine whether it points to a terminal issue for Slot or whether they think weâre not getting our share of fine margins. Thatâs what the big wigs will be concerned by but itâll be determined by more than just xG.
One thing the 2hf showed me is that the oft repeated issue of our slow possession game is really not the main problem.
The problem is the rotation around the ball and the speed of such rotation.
And especially finding the right moments to up the tempo without leftovers, which then leads to counterattacks.
Weâre not very good at it but you can see its getting better albeit too slowly..
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