A Premier League championship cannot hold the throne if they are just standing still, and Liverpool is showing how serious they are in defending the title next season.
The Reds has been active in the transfer market, adding striker Hugo Ekitike, along with rookie Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez and Florian Wirtz.
Coach Arne Slot is building many tactical plans to maximize the new squad, and if the deal recruiting Alexander Isak from Newcastle successfully, he will have an additional “destructive weapon” in attack.
However, not all Slot's tactical ideas are related to the squad diagram, or how to take advantage of Wirtz to release the left corridor for Kerkez as high as when he was wearing a Bournemouth.
Liverpool is currently training in Tokyo to prepare for the new season at the training center of the Japanese Football Federation (JFA), and will play friendly with the representative of J.League, Yokohama F. Marinos at 17:30 on July 30.
This match also meant to return to his homeland with Wataru Endo, the midfielder in the western area of Yokohama. Endo has been seen practicing a new attack can maximize the body's body advantage.
The reporter of Merseyside, Lewis Steele is currently present in Japan with Liverpool, recorded Endo scene of long borderless throws like “rocket” into the penalty area at JFA's YuMe training ground.
This image reminds many experts like Dave Challinor, Andy Legg or Rory Delap, and may be a sign that Slot coach is looking to take full advantage of fixed situations – which are increasingly playing an important role in modern football.
Arsenal last season took advantage of the corner situations thanks to the detailed plan, and Liverpool did not hesitate to invest in small tactical details.
In 2020, former coach Jurgen Klopp appointed Thomas Gronnemark to be a coach for the team's ball throw situations.
Under Slot, Endo has many dangerous goals to look forward to in the penalty area: Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate are all “air -to -fight monsters”, Ekitike has impressive height, not to mention Cody Gakpo or Darwin Nunez. And if there are more Isak, they will own the most scary “header”.
Last season, Liverpool only ranked average in the list of teams scoring from a fixed situation. Increasing goals from throwing, corners and free kicks will be an important key to help them protect the Premier League throne.
