Poetry in Motion: Cutting Liverpool's front three some slack - and the surprising change in Jurgen Klopp's tactics

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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4.4 • 1000 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Neil Fitzmaurice is back with his Poetry in Motion podcast and, for this episode, he is joined by Kristian Walsh and Paul Wheelock, who are asked, just what went wrong in Naples last night?Kristian wonders whether we witnessed something Jurgen Klopp rarely does while Paul questions whether the Liverpool players had more than half an eye on Manchester City.Mohamed Salah’s struggles continued in the defeat to Napoli but the lads think the striker should be cut some slack – particularly when his loss in form could be a physical issue as much as anything else.With the front three truly yet to click, Kristian argues the spotlight should be focused further back the field – and he has an interesting statistic to back that up.Fitzy then asks whether Naby Keita has found his best position yet, and whether Trent Alexander-Arnold needs a break, before talk turns to the visit of City to Anfield on Sunday.Paul reckons it could be the first time in the Premier League this season that the Reds unleash the brand of Blitzkreig football that Klopp has made his hallmark.The fact that Liverpool have played with the handbrake on at times could be tactical ploy, argues Kristian, who also shares another thought-provoking stat (the Reds have allowed their opponents to complete more than 80% of their passes seven times last season; this season they’ve allowed that in five out of seven games), which underlines that belief.The trio also talk Chelsea and why, with Eden Hazard intent on ‘doing a Luis Suarez’, they must be considered the third team in the title race. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.
0:08.0	Okay, welcome to another episode of Poetry Emotion.
0:12.0	First of all, a big thank you to have one
0:13.6	who listens to the show wherever you may be all over the world we get them
0:17.3	everywhere listening to this and thank you very much for your listenership and
0:20.3	also as well on the other podcast as well, I'll
0:22.6	the Rouge and Blood Red and all then.
0:24.4	Thank you very much for being a part of this little family.
0:28.0	We shall now talk, well I'll bring in my guest first of all
0:31.0	because we got the heavy hitters in because last night's
0:34.0	performance I thought was weak and lackluster I thought we double up and make sure we're
0:37.6	very very strong in all aspects in all areas so on my right I have Christine Walsh
0:41.4	how are you pal I'm not too bad how are you I'm all right I'm a little bit inflated after last night I'm sure we all I will get cracking on the minute
0:47.0	All to my left is poor wheelock hello pal
0:49.2	I'm mitch okay. Yeah I'm good as I say last night. I'll kick it off really and then we'll get going on it really because I'd like your opinions on it obviously being the experts that you are in the field and outside the fields and entries as well
0:59.8	Apparently it was a lackluster slow what's the adjectives we can use for this what other words we can use
1:06.2	lackluster slow disjointed where do we start Christian kick it off for us me what
1:11.1	actually it's quicker to say what went wrong
1:13.7	than what went right or what went right than what went wrong sorry what
1:16.0	actually happened last night to Liverpool Football Club.
1:18.1	Absolutely no idea it's the worst club performance I think in the past 18 months so well let's let's be
1:24.2	fair the Tottenham results at Wembley last season it's definitely the worst one since
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