08 May 2024 18:44:39
Looking at Slot’s results against Ajax this season might suggest a ruthlessness when playing a rival which is appears to be out of sorts and fragile. Last few years it has appeared to been an issue for us overcoming these games . ie Man united.
08 May 2024 20:06:31
Last few years we've beaten United 7-0, 0-5 and 4-0.
09 May 2024 02:19:16
? Facts don’t enter into it @Rigsby ?.
09 May 2024 08:40:36
How I dream of having "issues" like beating United 7-0 and 0-5 in their own backyard.
09 May 2024 09:05:22
Our problem hasn't been with United specifically. As Rigsby said, we've hammered United a few times. Obviously they'll both get the odd result against us. We won 4-1 at OT the in 2009 when they were the best club in Europe with Balon D'or winners in their team. Upsets happen and that will never change.
I would say we've had 2 issues under Klopp, without looking at stats, and just oging on a gut feeling from what i remember of the last 5 or 6 years.
1) beating lesser sides that park the bus. Luton, Everton, Palace, Chelsea and Man Utd all took points off us this season by just sitting back and inviting us on to them.
2) to a lesser extent, beating our title rivals. In many years where we lost the league by a point, we've not taken enough points off Man City, and this year you can include Arsenal in that as we've not beaten either of them across 4 games.
Overall Klopp's still done a great job but if I were to hope anything improves under Slot it would be our ability to dismantle a low block and our ruthlessness in the biggest games of the season against our title rivals. United might have done us this season, but generally speaking Klopp's had them on toast a fair few times. Even the derbies we've generally got the better of Everton throughout Klopp's tenure so I'm not sure you can say we've have an issue specifically with beating our rivals; it's more about how they've set up against us at times, rather than a mentality thing as your post kind of implies.
09 May 2024 11:00:50
If we can stop conceding first, things will get better.
Don't underestimate how much starting every game slowly contributes to everything else such as game management, finishing etc.