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As the 15-goal Liverpool partnership is revealed, Jürgen Klopp will have an easy choice to make regarding Chelsea.
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Particularly this summer, two forwards created a dynamic partnership that contributed to 15 goals together, earning them a start against Chelsea.
As the saying goes, the preseason is meaningless. Liverpool will already be aware of this lesson. Iago Aspas scored goals left, right, and center before he vanished completely when the actual campaign started. He is just one of countless examples that show you shouldn’t draw too many conclusions from pre-season.
Fitness and improving one’s physical, tactical, and mental acuity for the upcoming season are the most crucial aspects of summertime preparations. In friendlies, the results of which can frequently be seen on the field, but for the time being, only Jürgen Klopp and his staff will be aware of their full extent.
Even so, the offensive signs are promising even if we take the preseason with a grain of salt.
Throughout the summer, Liverpool’s forward line as a whole has been producing and scoring goals. In five games, Darwin Néez has contributed to five goals, Luis Dáz has three goals, and Cody Gakpo has three goals.
However, it can be argued that Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota, who have both been on fire, have been the summer’s most impressive duo.
In just five games, the pair have collectively assisted on an astounding 15 goals. Given that no Liverpool player played the full 90 minutes in any of the five games, Salah’s tally of two goals and seven assists is quite impressive.
With a stellar performance of four goals and two assists, Jota is not far behind him.
Yes, it’s crucial to avoid interpreting the preseason too broadly. In fact, the latter half of last season as well as this summer have featured Jota and Salah’s form.
In his last nine Premier League games for Liverpool, Jota assisted on eight goals. During that time, Salah assisted with 11 goals.
Both players have been in excellent form ever since Liverpool’s comeback in the new Klopp system, and based on their performances throughout the summer and into the final weeks of last season, they should both be locked in as starters for the team when it takes on Chelsea on opening day.
Jota and Salah have just slightly outperformed Liverpool’s other attackers in terms of performances, and they also have experience on their side. This is not meant to diminish the form of Liverpool’s other attackers.
Jota is now Liverpool’s second most seasoned forward behind Salah after Roberto Firmino left the team.
Having experienced heads in the lineup will be crucial when facing a tough Chelsea team that is eager to make an impression under Mauricio Pochettino. Not only to maintain composure under pressure, but also to play the pressing football that has so frequently been the key to Klopp and his Liverpool team’s success.
Simply put, Jota and Salah are currently indispensable to the team, and Klopp shouldn’t have too many problems choosing them.
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As a solution to major Liverpool problem, Jürgen Klopp has already signed a player “quicker than Kylian Mbappé.”
Liverpool has already addressed a significant issue that was noted last season by opposing Premier League analysts as well as pundits like Jamie Carragher.
Darwin Nez, a striker for Liverpool, made a name for himself as one of the Premier League’s quickest players during his rookie season. There aren’t many players who can match or contain him when he’s at full force.
In fact, Nez’s top speed of 36.5 km/h in 2022–23 was the fifth-highest of any player in the top division, trailing only Kyle Walker of Manchester City (37.3 km/h), Brennan Johnson of Nottingham Forest (36.7 km/h), Mykhailo Mudryk of Chelsea (36.6 km/h), and Anthony Gordon of Newcastle (36.6 km/h).
The Uruguayan performed well in the Champions League as well, finishing in the top 20 overall and directing the Liverpool team at 35 point 4 kilometers per hour. Mohamed Salah referred to Alphonso Davies of Bayern Munich as “so fast” during that competition. Mudryk and Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembélé tied for second place at 36.66 km/h.
However, it appears that Nez may now face a fresh challenger for the title of Liverpool’s speed king. Dominik Szoboszlai, the biggest acquisition for the Reds this summer after joining from RB Leipzig for $77 million (£60 million/€70 million), finished 10th in Europe’s top club competition last season at 35 point 9 kilometers per hour. That placed him five places ahead of Kylian Mbappé of Paris-Saint-Germain (35.6 km/h) and one spot ahead of his former Red Bull Salzburg teammate Erling Haaland (35.8 km/h), who he will soon face at Manchester City.
Notably, this wasn’t a fluke either; Szoboszlai nearly cracked the top 10 in the 20/21 season when he clocked 33.3km/h, but he’s picked up some speed since then. He competed at the highest level in the Bundesliga last season, clocking 35 points per kilometers to finish in 31st place.
Top speed is a flawed metric, but it is abundantly clear at this point that Szoboszlai is quick once he gets moving. This may not have received enough attention in the weeks after his move in early July.
Liverpool had significant issues in the midfield the previous season. The Reds were frequently outpaced in the middle of the pitch in addition to being outlasted and outmuscled. One analyst at a competing Premier League team claimed that they had identified the players’ “inability to stand up physically” as a critical weakness and that the lack of speed among an aging group was a significant contributor to the issue (via The ‘i’).
Thankfully, Szoboszlai appears to be a near-perfect athlete. In addition to being extremely quick, he finished 52nd in his final Bundesliga season for distance traveled (293.6km), 28th for hard runs (2,069), and best of all, he ran the seventh-most sprints (863). It is clear why Jürgen Klopp found him to be so alluring.
Jamie Carragher, a Sky Sports pundit, claimed last year that Liverpool lacked “Klopp players” in the midfield area (via This is Anfield). However, the club has certainly responded to that claim this summer by spending a significant amount of money on a player who should be able to physically dominate many of his opponents.
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