Opinion
The Inverted Full-Back Has Quietly Conquered Football
From a Guardiola experiment to a league-wide default in a few short years. A look at how the full-back became a midfielder and what it solved.
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Tactics
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Tactics
Arne Slot’s Liverpool: Evolution, Not Revolution
Replacing Klopp was always going to be impossible. Slot's early Liverpool suggests a subtle shift rather than a teardown, and it might just work.
Tactics
Real Madrid Without a Striker: How Bellingham Changed the Shape
Carlo Ancelotti's Madrid spent the season without a recognised number nine and barely noticed, thanks to one Englishman arriving late in the box.
Tactics
Liverpool’s Front-Foot Press Is Carrying a Title Challenge
Klopp's side are top at the turn of the year on the back of the most aggressive pressing in the league. Here's how the structure works.