Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete

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Anthony Gordon needs be in the next England squad. Playing out of his skin since u21 euros :whew:
 

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He offered no real threat and looked out of ideas. But the whole team was bad tho.

They looked beyond washed

Put Mbappe in front a well marshalled mid to low block cutting his spaces and he becomes limited. Its why Mbappe looks fantastic vs the bigger teams because the games are much more open and gives him the space to do Mbappe things.

This is where missing Neymar comes into play. The driving with ball the 1-2's the drawing out the defenders along with weight of pass. Neymar will drive shimmy past 4-5 defenders in small spaces.
Mbappe has these things in his locker just not to the level of Neymar did. Dembele has the ability to replicate what Neymar did bring but isn't consistent in his play or fitness. Also Dembele is a pure winger whilst Neymar is a creative inside forward/second striker #10.

Also doesn't help that PSG have no real creator in midfield.
 

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Put Mbappe in front a well marshalled mid to low block cutting his spaces and he becomes limited. Its why Mbappe looks fantastic vs the bigger teams because the games are much more open and gives him the space to do Mbappe things.

This is where missing Neymar comes into play. The driving with ball the 1-2's the drawing out the defenders along with weight of pass. Neymar will drive shimmy past 4-5 defenders in small spaces.
Mbappe has these things in his locker just not to the level of Neymar did. Dembele has the ability to replicate what Neymar did bring but isn't consistent in his play or fitness. Also Dembele is a pure winger whilst Neymar is a creative inside forward/second striker #10.

Also doesn't help that PSG have no real creator in midfield.

Yep, I was thinking that as much criticism as Neymar got for his lack of tracking back and unavailability, he was always an alternative threat
 
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