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There were two distinct sides to Liverpool last season. The Jekyll and Hyde comparisons were usually reserved for the difference between their attacking and defending, but those were typically two sides of the same coin: Liverpool conceded so many goals in part because they pushed so many men forward in attack. Rather, the key difference was between the start and end of the season. Early on, Liverpool didn’t look a cohesive team and were winning games*thanks to their superior quality in previous years they would have drawn or lost mainly, however their late winning streak coincided with a change to a high octane style both on and off the ball. Whether it was Brendan Rodgers attempting to keep a thin squad fit for the season’s climax with a game management strategy common under Rafa Benitez, coping with the losses of both Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge at certain points in the season or Rodgers realising that Liverpool were still in an unexpected title race and going all out, there was a clear divergence in the type of football Liverpool played that started with the 5-0 thrashing of Tottenham Hotspur in mid-December but didn’t resurface again until their 4-0 destruction of […]
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