John Aldridge bemoans Liverpool’s ‘severe lack of quality’ in possession

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John Aldridge was left annoyed with Liverpool’s ‘extreme lack of high quality on the ball’ throughout their goalless draw at Chelsea tonight.

The Reds a minimum of picked up their first Premier League level in 30 days at Stamford Bridge, though they survived two (appropriately) disallowed targets simply to depart west London with that a lot.

Jurgen Klopp’s aspect stay eighth within the desk, however are seven factors behind fourth-placed Tottenham with just one sport in hand and have been leapfrogged by Aston Villa after their win at Leicester.

Taking to Twitter simply after the full-time whistle, Aldridge mentioned: “What a extreme lack of high quality on the ball. I can’t keep in mind the final time I seen a Liverpool workforce go so many balls to the opposition.

“Thankfully we performed a workforce with no perception even after spending an absolute fortune!! Spirited however not adequate!! YNWA”.

When trying again on the statistics from tonight’s match, it’s no marvel the 64-year-old was bemoaning Liverpool’s sloppiness in possession.

As per Sofascore, the Reds had barely extra possession and extra passes than Chelsea, though each groups ended the night time with an 84% passing success fee. The guests misplaced the ball 151 instances in whole, 13 greater than their opponents.

Alarmingly, each participant to characteristic for Klopp’s workforce in west London misplaced possession a minimum of 4 instances (together with 79th-minute substitutes Cody Gakpo and James Milner), with six gamers giving the ball away 12 instances or extra. Kostas Tsimikas was the most important offender with 17 losses of possession.

Fortunately for Liverpool, their opponents didn’t profit from the possibilities they created, having nearly twice as many pictures because the guests however getting fewer on the right track.

Ball retention is undoubtedly one thing to work on in coaching for the Reds forward of Sunday’s conflict in opposition to league leaders Arsenal, who’re unlikely to allow them to off the hook just like the Blues did tonight.

You’ll be able to see Aldridge’s tweet under, through @Realaldo474 on Twitter:

What a extreme lack of high quality on the ball,I can’t keep in mind the final time I seen a Liverpool workforce go so many balls to the opposition,happily we performed a workforce with no perception even after spending an absolute fortune!!Spirited however not adequate!!ynwa

— John Aldridge (@Realaldo474) April 4, 2023

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