haaland kit Liverpool’s 0-0 draw with Man Utd on Sunday was the perfect example of all these variables playing out. The first 30 minutes was teeming with potential as both clubs came very close to creating one-on-one opportunities.
For the next 30 minutes the game slowed down as the players began to tire, and then for the final 30 minutes both managers shut up shop and settled for a point.
Finally, there is the simple fact that the Premier League’s ‘Big Six’ happens to have quite a few counterattacking managers at the moment.
Mourinho is famous for his conservative approach against the elite teams, while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Frank Lampard have both shown an inclination to sit deep in the big games and counterattack.
In both cases, this happened as a reaction to being overwhelmed early on in their respective tenures at Man Utd and Chelsea. Neither manager is particularly adept at building intricate attacking or defensive structures, jude bellingham full kit and consequently both have been forced to use an increasingly cautious approach to prevent porousness between the lines.