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Has Kenny got the attack wrong? | Liverpool FC Opta Stats

Liverpool Creativity Comparison

Liverpool FC Creativity Comparison | EPL Opta StatsLiverpool’s crosses per game are up by almost 8 crosses however the cross accuracy has  only increased by 2%. You’d expect it to be higher when the number of crosses per game has gone up by almost 37%. So that’s one poor aspect, we’re just not finding our players. This can also be because of our squads inability to telegraph the pass into the box. Far too many times this season we’ve seen strikers left flat-footed or standing behind a defender when a cross is sent in. It’s not been good enough from the strikers or midfielders either really.

Liverpool are depending too much on strikers to score. They need their midfielders to score too and at the moment the grand total from midfield is: 7. That’s pretty poor so forwards Bellamy, Kuyt, Suarez and Carroll have 16 between them.

Another interesting stat is that Maxi Rodriguez is one of the three players to have a chance conversion % in their 20’s. The other two players being Gerrard and Bellamy and their participation is not regular however, as far as we know, Maxi can play every game and maybe he’s the missing link this season?

He certainly was on fire towards the end of last season. Scoring two hat tricks and his cohesiveness with Suarez and Kuyt was key for us. It looks like Kenny is adamant on playing Henderson, Downing and Adam although he may be best served to play Maxi on the right instead of Henderson. Henderson really should be playing in central midfield. The fact that Henderson has one goal all season and Maxi has two (despite playing drastically less) tells you everything.

More on following page: Kenny Vs Hodson 2010/11

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