Liverpool 0-1 Real Madrid: Champions League Final Tactical Analysis

[@TheAthleticFC]

Thanks for the reminders everyone. Unfortunately I Kanoute change the spelling mistake for Konate's name in the edit. We'll be more careful in the future 🙏

[@marconastevski9898]

no worries 😉 pun made up for it

[@chrisryan3172]

I like how they mixed Konate and Kounde together

[@randyng8409]

I think i heard jj said kanoute as well

[@louislaw85]

Frédéric Kanoute West ham legend

[@tonytynebridge510]

Liverpool should go back to playing a creator in the 9 rather than having a front 3 all attacking the same space, thoughts?

[@StriderDSC]

Carvajal stepping up and playing like his old self prior to all the injuries was a great sight. He absolutely nullified any advantage Liverpool might've thought they had. He kept Diaz quiet, which forced TAA to join the attack more and more, and they had to keep force feeding Salah who was off form for most of the match. Once Carvajal showed he was up to task, Valverde started getting more and more involved and that was that. Great stuff from both teams!

[@yungg1799]

As a Madrid fan who regularly watch them play, even I was surprised by Carvajal performance in this match. I guess Liv didn't expect Real to play more on the right side. But that's just my armchair analysis lol. And real win most of aerial battle on their side when defending. As for Cortouis, no word that I can describe that man. Won the match for Real tbh.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

The contrast between Carvajal - effective in both halves of the field - and Alexander-Arnold (abysmal in both halves) was harsh for the latter.

[@kingmonde]

@@SJ.Analysis are you talking about Trent or Roberson? Trent does get up.

[@navis462]

@@SJ.Analysis I do feel for Trent, very good at attacking but gets found against too wingers you’re right.

[@Luismayer77]

@@navis462 They should move him to the half, like Juventus did with Dani Alves. If Trent doesn't need to go back all times he can be a generational player

[@Boomtowndogs]

how the hell did you put this out so fast. you're a weapon JJ

[@KLHK1981]

So can attract more viewers as every football fans also excited with madrid win

[@jamesbuchanan8633]

A very tired weapon!

[@hankjones7054]

Filmed it days before obviously, along with another 100 that covered every possible tactical pattern that could occur.

[@Rhapsolin]

because its a boring and low level tactical analysis

[@danpreston564]

He wrote it during the live stream, that’s why he wasn’t very engaged in that stream.

[@shahriartanvir977]

Carvajal's "secret winger" overlapping run was cruicial for the goal which made Van Dijk defend using the arse-air technic

[@SpongeBob38]

The issue is when Robertson was pulled out of position. Not much Van Dijk could do after that.

[@james59044]

😂😂vvd passive defending

[@julien_lemur2302]

@@james59044 vvd yes-look defending or just vvd defending by just looking

[@buckethead133]

@@SpongeBob38 overrated

[@super_organist]

@@buckethead133 I think Virgil should have gotten tighter.That ball across goal to vinicius should never have been allowed.But they were more interested in folding their arms so as not to concede q handball penalty

[@saspa2366]

JJ better analysis than most TV pundits For real, Micheal Owen talking about tactics is like talking to a toaster

[@nephartuzim8879]

TV pundits are not supposed to make "deep" analysis. They're supposed to regurgitate popular talking points for common people to stay engaged and not change channels.

[@lordhiguain7800]

Those ex players pundits are biased. So far only Lineker is good.

[@cedarstuff]

Sky and BT pay billions for TV rights, yet 99% of their analysis is ex-pros with banal observations.

[@davidlean1060]

Was Owen on a football pitch long enough to understand tactis?!? HOw does he absorb tactical instructions while lying on the physio's bench?! ')

[@LestAnyManBoast]

If Liverpool played Real Madrid tomorrow they will probably win, but only because it would be a friendly match & not the Champions League, KO stage match! Real Madrid have eliminated Liverpool the past 2 years from the CL & in those 3 matches (270 minutes), Liverpool have scored just a single goal (by Mane). Real Madrid never trailed in those contests & Vini Jr. has scored 3 of Real's goals against Liverpool

[@davethemagicweasel1]

I think we were all surprised by Klopps decision to bring Freddy Kanoute out of retirement and convert him into a CB, but fair play, he's had a great season.

[@AatVandelay]

Great analysis of the play but I think it forgot 1 important detail. The whole move was triggered by Modric running deep into Carvajal's zone while aware that the guy pressing him chased off from Valverde. So Modric targeted the reverse throughball after creating enough separation, Valverde passed to Carva, and the rest is history.

[@nathanielrhasheed7432]

Thissssss....From the moment I saw Modric make that play instead of a back pass I could sense the danger

[@PastaParcel313]

What a comeback from Freddy Kanoute. Was a decent striker in the 00’s and reinvents himself as a champions league final centre back in 2022

[@LaughterCigar]

lmao

[@ayanlehfarah8035]

this not kanoute it is konaté a different player , he has never been a triker.

[@PastaParcel313]

@@ayanlehfarah8035 No, that’s impossible. It said Kanoute. Think you might be getting him mixed up with Kante who plays for Chelsea

[@ayanlehfarah8035]

@@PastaParcel313 i am talking about konaté who plays in liverpool a a center back.

[@PastaParcel313]

@@ayanlehfarah8035 Are you sure you don’t mean Kante? Or maybe Conte who manages Tottenham? I think you’re getting mixed up here

[@drnaldo07]

😂💀 winning any trophy 5 times in 8 years is insane, let alone the biggest trophy in club football

[@victorvelasquez1482]

I'm not gonna lie, that RM win after weeks of TIFO and TheAthletic coverage saying it was Liverpool's cup to lose and so on makes it soooooo sweeeeeet

[@T.bassett]

I mean, it was.

[@Ethan-ix7jh]

I mean I don’t know how it makes It more sweet dawg. It literally just made TIFO right. Liverpool had 24 shots to Real Madrids 4 shots. It was in fact liverpools game to lose.

[@arkayv]

@@Ethan-ix7jh Shots don't really tell the whole story though, 24 shots but only 2.09xG? Whereas RM had only 4 shots but 0.92xG. Real Madrid did have less chances, but all of their chances were of much higher quality than Liverpool - looking at the shot map also bolsters this point, they had so many of those shots outside of the box, on the contrary RM had 3 of their 4 shots well within the box. Besides, Real Madrid's game plan going into this was to be highly-defensive + counter-attack since they realised Liverpool will play and press high up the pitch, so counter attacking was going to be their best chance of winning, therefore if the tactical philosophy of both of the teams were literally opposites, the stats (other than the actual goal, of course) are going to be insignificant.

[@gabioye]

@@arkayv Exactly people are saying Liverpool played well but the average quality of each shot they had was poor, Madrid were able to fashion opportunities far better with their limited time in Liverpool's half. Let's not forget Liverpool got lucky with the offside decision too, Madrid came in with a game plan to nullify Liverpool's attack and they did so.

[@AndyTomlins]

@@gabioye Courtois was MOM, Liverpool had far better chances and how were they lucky with an offside? Its either on or off and he was off. TIFO said it was Liverpool's to lose and that's how it played out.

[@ama6487]

Mane seemed to give up on Diaz after a few missed passes and runs between them, so he ignored the left side and played only with Salah instead. Whenever Diaz had the ball he was been isolated badly and disposed of easily. Maybe Klopp should have brought in Jota earlier (maybe during halftime) but maybe he wanna give Diaz chance I guess. Most people will say that Liverpool controlled the match, but Real Madrid controlled the tempo of the match so I feel it was Real Madrid who controlled the match.

[@jayvee8914]

My comment is the same in many fb pages, many were so blinded by the stats, but I think Liverpool played in real Madrid's tempo, The 1st minutes were for Liverpool, but in the end the end, when real Madrid adjusted, it's in real madrid's pace they are playing,

[@sfheffernan]

@@jayvee8914 I agree that Real did a great job of forcing Liverpool to play to a slower tempo, but even at that tempo, Liverpool created enough chances to win the game. They didn't convert though, so Real are deserved winner. Nothing wrong with saying one team largely dominated the play but the other deserved the win.

[@RyanPasta]

Arguing Madrid controlled the match is odd, sure they won it but it was on the back of one of the greatest goalkeeping performances of all time. Liverpool could've had 2 or 3 goals but Courtois was the difference. They controlled the tempo of the match sure, but Liverpool were the better side by miles. Being better doesn't always mean you win though.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

You don't understand tempo and rhythm and its importance in a game, there's little one can do for you then. Even more when you believe that taking more inaccurate and harmless shots than your opponent equates to being "the better side by miles".

[@samuelpraneeth5796]

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia Well the data disagrees with you. There were 3 high xG shots that Courtois saved and before you say they were "harmless" or "easy saves", all of these things are taken into account for xG. Real didn't "slow" the game down because that's not something one team can do voluntarily if the other team just refuses to stop pressing, which Liverpool weren't able to since they were on their 63rd game of the season. A well-rested Liverpool would be able to keep the tempo up the whole game and there'd have been nothing Real could have done about it. That's how they beat low block teams in the Prem despite Klopp never having had a Plan B for such teams. Real had a great defensive game and the counter-attacks they managed to execute were very good and they deserved the win, but Liverpool definitely had the better offensive game.

[@sundae-bb]

Good analysis. Always look forward to these after the match. Actually got inspired by yourself (and a bit too much FM) to start pursuing coaching badges with the SFA. Just finished my first introductory course, so thanks JJ!

[@Aditya_Raj123]

Good Luck bro !!

[@brothatisfunny]

Goodluck man

[@thereaIest.]

good luck m8

[@aryanshah5859]

I am sundae bb

[@LestAnyManBoast]

If Liverpool played Real Madrid tomorrow they will probably win, but only because it would be a friendly match & not the Champions League match! Real Madrid have eliminated Liverpool the past 2 years from the CL & in those 3 matches (270 minutes), Liverpool have scored just a single goal (by Mane). Real Madrid never trailed in any of those contests & Vini Jr. has scored 3 of Real Madrid's 4 goals against Liverpool

[@darthmaul408]

Carvajal was immense in this game.

[@chris1560]

Carvajal pocketed Diaz.

[@hiddentreasure2161]

@@chris1560 Carvajal headlocked* Diaz.

[@Astraben]

Carvajal has had an absolutely spectacular end of the season.

[@SocioPath47]

Also casemiro and mendy both were amazing attack and defend just mad at casemiro not taking the shot 1v1 with goalie and passing it 🥲🥲.

[@tdotrtz2107]

That man is so underrated man. He's a soldier for Real Madrid.

[@Supernormalbob]

It felt like a bit of a “well come on then” from Madrid. It’s almost like they play knowing of their inevitability. I do think some of the media coverage of Madrid has been really lazy. Yes this isn’t the peak Madrid that won 3 in a row but these are world class players with a world class manager. Writing them off like the way Michael Owen did (moron) was silly.

[@myhatmygandhi6217]

And Jamie Carragher.

[@kaizakikenta2669]

Who cares about those so called pundits. And Jamie Carragher is an insult to football pundits.

[@rayedaslam]

Even during their 3 peat, in all the matches Madrid were expected to lose. They were always considered to be the underdogs.

[@nephartuzim8879]

To be fair, had Courtois not had his stellar performance, Liverpool would have won something like 5-1. In terms of outfield players, Real Madrid was outclassed, but the goalkeeper made the difference here.

[@nifemi_o]

​@@rayedaslam way to rewrite history there mate, underdogs? other than this season, that's total bull

[@elnuffio]

Carvajal creates this goal with his driven infield pass to break the Liverpool press, then his overlapping run to draw VVD out just a little. Like you said, both teams had sort of vacated the middle, so that ball from Carva causes (I think Henderson) to have to pull across to the left. Now there's the threat of an unmarked Toni Kroos arriving at the edge of the box in addition to Benzema, which I think is part of what keeps Trent from doing anything at the far post.

[@mehdiahsan4042]

Short Answer: Thibaut Courtois

[@antoniobrandao7139]

+ Trent Alexander Arnold.

[@burgersaurus4573]

Long Answer: THIBAAAAUUUUTTYTT COURTOOOIISSSSSSSS

[@danm2756]

Stupid answer: Thibaut courtois Correct answer: vini, Valverde, carvajal, casemiro, courtois, ancelotti, and the rest of the team holding their positions.

[@mehdiahsan4042]

​@@danm2756 Despite all that, the expected goals for Liverpool was still like 2.5 to Madrid's 0.9. Courtois really dug them out this game, a cut above the already exceptional performances by the players you just mentioned. "Correction correction it was actually the whole team playing good because its a team game !!" 🤓 💀

[@edo2804]

He is not so short tbh

[@vVanderlej]

Real played the 90 minutes looking for an error. They did it. They were also efficienty and Liverpool needed a bit more of creativity. You watch Real and you know where they are gonna pass, you are just anxious to see if the defender is gonna fail to intercept.

[@rjd543]

Vinicius was not a secret although Trent (after looking directly at him) did not realise Vinicius was behind him for a whole 10-15 seconds. Ball comes in and Trent leaves it and it’s a goal for Real Madrid

[@hydrolifetech7911]

8:41 A little correction. It's 5 Champions League trophies in *8* years!

[@ajw9533]

Great analysis. For the last few weeks I think Liverpool have shown the weakness of inverted wingers. Just show Salah and Diaz inside and make sure they can't get a shot off on their strong foot; attacks peter out again and again. In the heydey of Salah, Mane, Firmino they used to swap positions during the game. That's missing now. I'm a Liverpool fan btw

[@dabisset7900]

Yeah our style just doesn’t work properly without firmino

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@dabisset7900 then why he didn't start

[@IncredibleMet]

@@lexkanyima2195 No idea. He isn’t an out and out striker. He was always there to help with the build up. I guess they have more goal threat with Diaz in then Firmino?

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@IncredibleMet no

[@LelouchLothric]

Liverpool not scoring in a final in 3 years needs to be talked about more. 0 goals in 4000 minutes of football in finals

[@frknwrld999]

Because salah and mane aren't big game players

[@nert-13]

??? 95 mins ucl 2022, 128 min FA cup 2022, 129 min League cup 2022, then 22 min Club world cup final 2019 (firmino scored in 99'). Less than 400 min, not 4,000 min

[@adhynugroho9424]

4000 minutes seems off. That's more than 40 games bruv. Lol.

[@DL-yr6ne]

Liverpool is not clinical enough. It is not only a Liverpool problem same goes with Chelsea and Man City. We have seen these 3 teams missing big chances too in the CL.

[@therickyzegeshow]

They don't write number of goals scored on the trophies do they

[@abir95571]

People are ranting at trent but no one's talking about virgil ... how he turned into prime maguire during that cross from Valverde. A decent defender should have blocked it and taken a corner happily

[@hellosaysme08]

JJ Bull putting in that overtime in Alex's absence

[@Astraben]

I loved both team's play this match, Liverpool is an amazing team and I'm just glad no State Teams had a shot at the title. That said, many in the "Madrid's lucky" wagon are forgetting the actual result is 2-0.

[@davidlean1060]

Dude, Real was, once upon a time, the ultimate State team. Let's not pretend Real winning is some sort of moral victory for football. They were once Franco's team. They wanted to join the Superleague. Only last year Benzema was on trial for blackmail.....they are far from an admirable team. That's not to diminish their winning credentials. No one is questioning those, but please, read some history.

[@BigMujK]

@@davidlean1060 they still are, they get Spanish tax payers money

[@davidlean1060]

@@BigMujK Is that a fact? How interesting. So a fan of Barcelona, or Bilbao is funding their teams rivals by obeying the law and paying their taxes?!

[@BigMujK]

@@davidlean1060 actually got it wrong, they have tax breaks which most other teams don’t have. 6 others have had this, but I have read that the institutes and governments are skewed towards Madrid due to the tourism they bring in

[@decode3667]

@@davidlean1060 You're delusional, Franco threatened to kill Bernabeau & his team if they competed in Europe, which they defied. Later on, Franco basically killed Real Madrid players & staff, remaining with only 5 1st team players. Go away with state team. Reality that most teams are connected or do deals with the state cause if it's profitable for the state, they'd do deals. Like English state are co-partners of UAE, Saudis & so on as they sell them weapons & they allow them to buy EPL clubs. All big clubs have "deals" with the state. Real Madrid is not owned by the state. Keep feeding delusions of envy fans. You need that myth to delude yourself cause your club is probably owned by some owner & not by the fans, there's no symbiotic relationship with the fans in England... you're cattle to be farmed by owners & some clubs are lucky like winning the lotto to have owners that want clubs to win or are interested in football.

[@saure22]

JJ doing the lord’s work for us night owls.

[@alibarznji2000]

VVD and Robertson: "the best defenders in the PL" got their asses handed to them. If you look at the match, Real mostly attacked on their side of the pitch with Valeverde, because they know they can be exposed. And that's what happened

[@monticarlo6307]

Trent has always been a clueless defender lol

[@georgiteodosiev9037]

Great analysis! I think you demonstrated really well how Real Madrid countered Liverpool's strong sides. From my point of view it really looked like Liverpool were in full control and definitely on some occasions Courtois saved his team big time. However, that video shows the plan that the opposition had all along, exploiting opened spaces from pressing and playing great counterattacking football. They just waited for the perfect moment and, as demonstrated, caught Liverpool off guard in the situation

[@channers625]

Great analysis. You have to wonder why the English still remain in their own bubble and are clueless at analysing games when they have these channels to watch. Madrid were fairly comfortable and played a game that we wanted.

[@moreblack]

"Real Madrid won the Champions League again! Let's look at how they did it: They were Real Madrid! The end"

[@miistercrayon]

The game in play reminded me a lot of that Burnley game they lost in January last year. Liverpool do this ineffectual compress thing which reduces their threat dramatically about 15 seconds after they’ve got the ball. They don’t work the ball cleverly enough to reset the game imo. Not enough is made of the absolute eye of the needle in valverdes pass. On any other day that cross skims off one of the three heels there and Vinicius doesn’t get the ball.

[@super_organist]

What compress is that?

[@rufusstewart762]

He's admitted it was a shot after the game

[@barstar888]

In other words, Ancelotti outmanoeuvred Klopp. Well done Madrid

[@000msk000]

Great analysis. I think Carvajal's run deserves a mention as well when Valverde had the ball and drove forward before his assist. This run from Carvajal distracted Van Dijk for a second and instead of him pressing Valverde hard, he had to take into account the possibility of Valverde playing it to Carvajal and hence his "strange" body shape, as he was getting ready to press Carvajal and intercept his (potential) cross. The space left by Robertson is the number #1 reason in my opinion for the goal, TAA was unlucky to keep Vini Jr onside by inches. That's not to blame Robertson obviously but just my view on the goal, and the smart play to pull Robertson out-of-position and the clever moves from all Real Madrid players for the goal were brilliant.

[@train_xc]

Robertson is not to blame actually. It’s Klopps game plan. The fullbacks always presses. But this time he pressed Modric. That’s the game changer

[@chrisryan3172]

I like how they mixed Konate and Kounde together

[@kaustubhphansalkar7334]

lmao

[@mrruiz96]

such a simple yet perfect analysis

[@jppennypincher9051]

Couple of things to say despite this being fantastic analysis… chiefly about the goal: The cross may have been a shot… looking for a deflection or play. Madrid were definitely more than confident with their plan as underdogs. Remarkable the Henderson MO switch had zero effect really for Pool’s fortunes. The pass leading to the goal from Modric was lovely.. it wasn’t just to anyone, it was to Carvajal who you mention and single out. Furthermore his overlap after playing the ball to Casemiro who popped it up to Valverde was the main reason VVD was in no man’s land. Finally, if TAA saw Vin Jr, good lord why’d he switch off? That sure of offside without even having a second peak or confronting him? Better take there is TAA isn’t a defender. He’s great going forward not backwards; Klopp again got out thought by an Italian tactician.

[@danpreston564]

I think it came down to not being clinical. None of Liverpool’s chances were put where they should have been. If I remember rightly the two best chances were Mane's shot tipped onto the post and Salah's shot saved in the second half. Neither of them were close enough to the corner, especially Salah. He has a big area to put that ball into and put it in the only place where it's getting saved. If, like against City last October, he hits the side netting, Courtois is nowhere near it. After Madrid scored Liverpool hit the panic button. They lost shape and gave up space in the middle of the park that meant Madrid and Kroos were too often in a position to pick up the loose ball, play their way out of trouble and relieve the build up of pressure. At no point in the last 20 minutes did Liverpool exert real sustained pressure, penning Madrid back. It sure wasn’t pretty from Madrid, but once ahead they never really looked like giving it up.

[@jayvee8914]

Wow, I know events that leads to the goal was quick, never saw that way that real Madrid messed the Liverpool's formation Konate though has marked vinicius well in the first minutes of the game

[@siorisiregar327]

JJ wearing a t-shirt with an image of Alex wearing a tee is a perfect parting gift for Alex

[@elduderino619]

Why is he leaving?

[@eoinfitzsimons]

@@elduderino619 he wants to do something new after working here for many years

[@ripujitgindamnarasimha3476]

JJ and Tifo, Great analysis and I love the work you guys put out! France was awarded a goal in UEFA Nations League because the faintest touch from Garcia was a deliberate play. Using that incident as an analogy, can you please explain how Konate’s mis-clearance wasn’t a deliberate play?

[@NemDzA97]

Glad to see Kanoute revived his career

[@xDIABOx]

Liverpool's game is getting previsible to a point Don Carlo said it was easier to play against them than to play against Chelsea. That geggenpress style is cool and all but requires a constant mindset and physical fitness this Liverpool's squad didn't had. Luís Diaz has been the one and only fighter in that front. Mané looked like he was thinking on his next club/contract rather than wanting to play this game. Same for Salah, maybe was thinking in Barcelona... Also Firmino is lacking something... Liverpool played well defensively but offensively they were poor. Sure, they had the xG on their side but their effectiveness has shown, and not because Courtois was having a good day, it was because two of the Liverpool's key players wasn't in the game at all.

[@markant9534]

Liverpool nearly scored a few goals but the Real keeper was great and they only lost by one goal.

[@algfourty9185]

Very nice analysis, JJ. I know I'm being pedantic here, but it's actually 5 UCL wins in 9 seasons ;P

[@WaterCarrier07]

I mean if someone fouls Carvajal as he breaks the first line of the press or Trent goes man for man with Vini, they’d have prevented a goal

[@super_organist]

Sometimes the insistence on zonal marking as opposed to tackling is their downfall

[@TheTomAbz]

Cortois was MotM. his performance kept madrid on that game

[@Kroz867]

Was he not supposed to perform? Is a goal keeper not part of the team? Let's talk about the fact that Real Madrid was supposed to have won that match by 2-0 but VAR favoured LiVARpool.

[@Neopremium]

8 champions league since 98, 5 in 4 years and 3 in a row 🤩

[@BigMujK]

Using Henderson as a pressing forward isn’t new for Liverpool, they have done that against Man City in the etihad game and also a few others, feel like it is their default option actually

[@alifasaurus4521]

This match is the embodiment of "Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins"

[@martinhartecfc]

You come across as very chilled and easy-going, but I really admire how hard you work!

[@DadoDoda]

They say its luck that Madrid won the finals; but they forgot their coach is Ancelotti, guy has been in this game almost 40 years and won everything, legendary players - Kross, Modric, Benz, Carvajal, some of the best new talents Vinnie, Valverde, Rodrigo.... some of the still top players who won stuff Mendy WC, Alaba won everything with Bayern.... Curtoiuse is one of best in the game.... and then full team of specialist in the club.... eeeeh, where is the luck there???? They are prepared to win anything .... luck is when preparation meet opportunity. Liverpool, team of players who play top football, but won actually nothing major; 1 CL and one 1 PL...no offense ofcourse but it is facts. Madrid winning was not luck.

[@ycanionlyevafind1sok]

Could you do a video on correct body shapes for certain situations? It's massively important on a tactical level. Maybe an animated thing going through the basic concepts behind it. I think it'd be interesting

[@wugglebee9522]

I think TAA deserves far more blame for the goal. If you watch the footage, he checks over his shoulder once, like 30 yards from goal, to see if there's anyone there, but misses Vinicius so he just runs like there's no one behind him. That's a pure effort and practice thing that. You've got to be checking and rechecki g for threats, especially if it's at the back post and you're the last defender. Utterly unacceptable from TAA, a complete brain fart allowing the goal. He's a great player, but I think Klopp needs to accept that against really good teams, he needs more cover than 2 CBs can give him

[@lexkanyima2195]

It should have been offside

[@karmaascendant3936]

@@lexkanyima2195 delusional

[@super_organist]

I would evenly we need a new right back or try gomez.I mean Trent crosses well but that is it.klopp relies heavily on Trent and has given him a free role in the team.Klopp says Liverpool want to use Trents creative right foot to create chances.But of what use is that when he is always costing you goals and making you to lose big games?Even Trent did not deliver one good cross in that game and was defensively suspect throughout so of wat use is that??

[@theguardintemriel]

@@lexkanyima2195 what?

[@T.bassett]

In the seven finals this Liverpool team has been in they’ve only won once in 90 minutes, it needs talking about more, even as a Liverpool fan, we can speak about mentality monsters, but they become a shadow of themselves in finals.

[@Ethan-ix7jh]

Honestly dawg I’m a LP supporter too and I think if we just played how we always do, having Henderson cover for Trent instead of making him press high, then we just win. It was our game to lose and Real Madrid has lost their first game in 2 of the 3 knockout stage matches. I guess it just confuses me why we tried to complicate things. Liverpool is by far the better team but because they changed up strategies they played worse

[@pseudonym9215]

I have no doubt we will bounce back!! YNWA ❤️

[@RyanPasta]

Maybe their finishing needs improvement. Every final I feel like keepers stand on their heads against us it is crazy. xG over the three finals Liverpool played in this season was something in the region of 6-3 for Liverpool. So they should've scored at least two per match, winning two out of three trophies without scoring is both weird and impressive.

[@masstwitter4748]

Appreciate the video and clarity of explanation. Didn’t spot the tactic during the game but immediately saw the danger when Modric evaded Robertson because of all the space left behind him. Wonder if he would have been better tactically fouling Modric there. Such fine margins though - the pass from Casemiro is so nearly cut out by two Liverpool players and I’m pretty sure Valverde is actually shooting rather than crossing for Vinicius (also the view of the commentators I was watching). Doesn’t matter - outcomes dictate narratives, so Real out-tacticed Liverpool with their one goal on target and are the victors 🏆

[@rolvonkarman3254]

that goal reminfs me of what Michael Cox wrote in his article "How to beat Liverpool" Sept 7, 2020. There are 5 interesting points where "Play passes in behind Andy Robertson" was one of it. Tifo IRL

[@Schmieds1]

Appreciate the quick turnaround on the video. But just mentioning that Konate’s name is misspelled on the tactics board and mispronounced by JJ. Assume it can’t be fixed at this point but just to note for the future.

[@majorgrub1730]

Now he's Canute

[@samuelschonenberger]

JJ honoring the fallen today Rest in piece Alex

[@AdidevGuru]

Fantastic stuff mate. Dunno how you turnaround content so quickly. Learning a lot with every video you make.

[@jerkov420]

You spelled N'Golo Konate's name wrong

[@kishalaysarkar3302]

The funny thing is that we never understood what kind of formation real madrid was using... Sometimes 433.. sometimes 4-3-1-2.. sometimes something else... 😂.. nobody could understand what they were doing

[@thalesguidote3728]

my favorite liverpool player kanoute

[@train_xc]

You’ve to give Real Madrid the credit here. It is a pure buildup goal.

[@ycanionlyevafind1sok]

Great vid! I hadn't noticed the wide numbers game by Real. Cheers, JJ! Now go and get some sleep

[@camlawlett4758]

Great Analysis always look for these after a match. Also just noticed and love the Alex tribute shirt!!

[@corpclarke]

Can we have a video on the new offside rule after VAR changed it in the middle of the game?

[@pozsoz]

JJ Bull, wearing an Alex Stewart T-Shirt, this is art.

[@abubababamazana4298]

jesus christ this is the best analisis ive seen in my life

[@RameshKumar-mw3dv]

Why real Madrid best psg, Chelsea, city and Liverpool was the ability of Madrid players to pass accurately against the press.

[@caflorero]

Real Madrid tactics all throughout the UCL: *FIGHT*

[@EBPNGAMING]

AND WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gopikrishnang4871]

Tatakae

[@binhiboy]

Kanoute😂😂

[@nguyenkhanhhung91]

People will not be happy with this result because they already have a favorite club, style of football they want to see. With that journey, it's harsh that people still say Real Madrid is lucky. Anyways, Liverpool won the championship of getting the most shots in the final. It's not easy tbh. Let's have more competitions so more club can achieve something. It'll make everyone happy 😁

[@Shmayd]

loving the alex wearing a bielsa shirt shirt

[@niirceollae2]

for a even more in depth analysis of the game i recommend a tactical breackdown video by marcos lopez.. some very interesting and eye opening stuff.

[@cedarstuff]

In short, Trent gets caught out like he always does. "Defending" the no-man's land position instead of marking one of the best wingers in europe.

[@DL-yr6ne]

This is exactly the same thing happened in 2018 when Bale made that bicycle kick. Liverpool cant handle 2 strikers in their own box.

[@lexkanyima2195]

Wrong, they let inches space in between

[@DL-yr6ne]

@@lexkanyima2195 I agree but look at the match in 2018 Benzema and Ronaldo were in the box and that cross from Marcelo. van Dijk, Matip and Robertson. All 3 of them tought it would go to one of them. But the ball came to Bale. This is almost exactly the same what happened against this RM. Benzema was in the box and Carvajal came from the leftside of Valverde so van Dijk tought maybe Valverde can give a pass to him but it did not. They really got confused there. Bodylanguage says it all.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@DL-yr6ne ok

[@super_organist]

So they have not learnt anything from playing all those finals .Not good. Liverpool should start using Tsmikas and Gomez the more now

[@DL-yr6ne]

@@super_organist Tsimikas has potential and Robertson is not good enough and we have seen it in the CL final when he faced Valverde and Modric. He couldnt handle them. I think Tsimikas has more speed and offensively smarter.

[@kylesmoran]

How many progressive carries did carvajal have? He broke the press

[@DeepakKumar-lv4te]

wtf is this? who's Kanoute? The goal description is totally wrong, did you not go back and watch it? It's unbelievably simple the goal and it's all about Robertson getting a rush of blood to the head and Valverde's brilliance. Pundits, jeez.

[@azs06]

Don Carlo is also a tactical genius, beaten Guardiola and Klopp in a single champions league season. It seemed like the whole Liverpool team weren't recovered from losing the league by one point, props to Real but nobody expected Liverpool to not score goals.

[@Emlington]

Thank you so much for the Radio Muller t shirt, guys! X

[@ohh2752]

TAA doesn't need to be in a different body shape, JJ, he just needs to turn and make the tackle because he knows Vini is there. He did not. Should be mentioned when talking about TAA as one of the best in the game. He's still young and has a lot to learn.

[@Xavyer13]

What a lovely t-shirt

[@SongofIceandTea]

one of the key factors was many of liverpool players has cold feet in the finals, Dias was very stiff he lost the ball a lot, Keita ... well if you watch the match you know what i mean, TAA has many bad decisions, he keeps passing and passing while he could've shoot the ball, Madrid put a lot of players in the box, the best way to score in this situation is to keep give them dangerous shoot from outside the box, a ricochet might just help them find a goal or at least make Madrid defender panicing and start to open up. And lastly, Kloop didn't use his ultimate weapon in when he needs a goal, a freakin Divock Origi !

[@jimbojimbo6873]

Ah more great analysis done by someone who isn’t Seb

[@michaelchandra9069]

Tifo, do you think Liverpool need new Midfielder? And who do you think they need to buy?

[@TheAthleticFC]

Ibrahim Sangare.

[@fmwilliam7248]

@@TheAthleticFC Sounds like a legend to me

[@andyhills9972]

It’ll be something AA looks at - his tackling is generally good, but he is obviously vulnerable to the run behind him. I remember Brentford exploiting that. It’s not new. Until he sorts his marking skills, I can’t see him being picked for England as a RB.

[@RyanPasta]

Henderson being that high up the pitch just can't happen anymore honestly. His complete lack of quality in the final third is clear to see but Klopp feels obligated to play him because he covers for Trent and is the captain of the club. Really think Naby Keita could've done some good in terms of unlocking that Madrid back line with either an accurate pass, a dribble or a late run into the box. I just expect Henderson to waste quality chances at this point, his play is pretty steadily declining IMO. Now with Mane leaving in the summer I think Liverpool should look to recruit a true striker, something they haven't really had under Klopp.

[@manjumanl5279]

Liverpool managers should hire you .

[@jackv4612]

i love these videos!

[@ayonjayed9950]

Klop assesed only Vini jr to be the main ball carrier in the attacking play. Thats why as soon as vini recieved ball 4 real madrid players tilted towards him leaving for valverde to exploit. He somehow didn’t count valverde in ball progression for Real

[@santiagoandresmartinez3093]

Así es . Una final de mucho talento . Liverpool , jugó hasta la extenuaccion . Pero , un portero descomunal , una defensa tenue y una delantera matadora .... Sí, qué él resultado legal , fue 2-0 para R. Madrid . Benzemá , recibió el balón de un defensa contrarío.... Gol legal. Fue mal anulado , el VAR erro está vez en beneficio del Liverpool. Además , sí cabe , el Real Madrid , terminó el partido , mucho más fresco , más entero que Liverpool Hala Madrid y nada más hala Madrid !!!

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

We might not like the style of football they play, but it's what works for them, because they lack the more traditional understanding of quality. So congratulations Burnley on winning your first ever Champions League

[@ramprasad_v]

JJ wearing Alex Stewart shirt to show his love for him. Alex will be missed on the show. Good luck Alex ❤️

[@user-sj6nk2cw5u]

Don Carlo!! ❤🖤

[@daividhventura6452]

The premier league pundits will refuse to acknowledge this 😂

[@6laly4ever]

Football greatness “Heritage” is the reason to me.

[@blazejgruchala4361]

Nice shirt JJ, where can I buy it?

[@benjoojammo7904]

Great video and what a shirt haha!

[@stukkend]

Please explain why the RM goal was called off-side...?

[@JayDubbya666]

R.I.P Alex Stewart

[@cthulhudreams1246]

Nice work