Liverpool’s Anfield woes
Up until recently, Anfield had of course proven a real fortress for Liverpool.
The Reds had rattled off a 68-game unbeaten run at the ground, a key factor in their first Premier League title last year.
However, since losing that record to, of all sides, Burnley back in January, Jurgen Klopp and co. have been simply woeful at home.
Defeat at the hands of Burnley was followed by further losses to all of Brighton, Manchester City, Everton and, most recently, Chelsea.
The most recent of these means that Liverpool have now lost five games in a row at Anfield for the first time in their storied history.
The Merseysiders have also scored just one home Premier League goal since the turn of the year:
Liverpool at home in the Premier League in 2021:
◎ 85 shots
◎ 1 goalAnd that only goal was from the spot. 😳 pic.twitter.com/ZlEOEMa6WK
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) March 4, 2021
How Liverpool can improve at home
Now, though, amid the club’s woes at Anfield, a Liverpool fan has provided his take on a rather bizarre effort his side could make to improve their form.
Speaking to talkSPORT recently, one member of the Reds fanbase voiced his opinion that the empty seats/backdrop at Anfield being the same colour as the players’ home kit is causing issues:
“My belief is it’s not just at Anfield, it’s all clubs that play in red like Liverpool, Man United and Arsenal.
“We have red backdrops and we play in red kits.
“I believe it is the colour clash when clubs are passing the ball, it takes them longer to visualise their players.”
A solution to this, according to the supporter, would be to ‘change their backdrop’ to match the club’s away kit:
“If you’re making a painting and you put a red colour on top of a red, it actually looks worse than blue on blue.
“I can guarantee if Liverpool changed their backdrop to their away kit, they would perform a lot better.
“Even if it only made a 10 per cent difference, in the scheme of things 10 per cent is a lot.”
Quotes via the Daily Mail.
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Premier League table
# | Team | MP | D | P |
1 | Manchester City FC | 27 | 39 | 65 |
2 | Manchester United FC | 27 | 21 | 51 |
3 | Leicester City FC | 27 | 15 | 50 |
4 | Chelsea FC | 27 | 17 | 47 |
5 | Everton FC | 26 | 6 | 46 |
6 | West Ham United FC | 26 | 9 | 45 |
7 | Liverpool FC | 27 | 12 | 43 |
8 | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 26 | 15 | 42 |
9 | Aston Villa FC | 25 | 11 | 39 |
10 | Arsenal FC | 27 | 7 | 38 |
11 | Leeds United | 26 | -1 | 35 |
12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 27 | -9 | 34 |
13 | Crystal Palace FC | 27 | -14 | 34 |
14 | Southampton FC | 26 | -13 | 30 |
15 | Burnley FC | 28 | -16 | 30 |
16 | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 26 | -7 | 26 |
17 | Newcastle United FC | 26 | -17 | 26 |
18 | Fulham FC | 27 | -12 | 23 |
19 | West Bromwich Albion | 27 | -36 | 17 |
20 | Sheffield United FC | 27 | -27 | 14 |
Player | Team | Goals |
---|---|---|
Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 17 |
Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 15 |
Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 14 |
Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 13 |
Bamford, Patrick | Leeds United | 13 |
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic | Everton FC | 13 |
Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City FC | 12 |
Gundogan, Ilkay | Manchester City FC | 11 |
Wilson, Callum | Newcastle United FC | 10 |
Watkins, Ollie | Aston Villa FC | 10 |
Rashford, Marcus | Manchester United FC | 9 |
Sterling, Raheem | Manchester City FC | 9 |
Barnes, Harvey | Leicester City FC | 9 |
Zaha, Wilfried | Crystal Palace FC | 9 |
Lacazette, Alexandre | Arsenal FC | 9 |
Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick | Arsenal FC | 9 |
Maddison, James | Leicester City FC | 8 |
Ings, Danny | Southampton FC | 8 |
Soucek, Tomas | West Ham United FC | 8 |
Mahrez, Riyad | Manchester City FC | 7 |
Player | Team | Red Cards | Yellow Cards |
---|---|---|---|
Gallagher, Conor | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | 8 |
Bellerin, Hector | Arsenal FC | 0 | 8 |
Milivojevic, Luka | Crystal Palace FC | 1 | 7 |
Hayden, Isaac | Newcastle United FC | 0 | 8 |
Maguire, Harry | Manchester United FC | 0 | 7 |
Lundstram, John | Sheffield United FC | 1 | 6 |
Evans, Jonny | Leicester City FC | 0 | 7 |
Egan, John | Sheffield United FC | 1 | 6 |
Bissouma, Yves | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 1 | 6 |
Grealish, Jack | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 6 |
Tielemans, Youri | Leicester City FC | 0 | 6 |
Klich, Mateusz | Leeds United | 0 | 6 |
Doucoure, Abdoulaye | Everton FC | 0 | 6 |
Hojbjerg, Pierre | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 0 | 6 |
Xhaka, Granit | Arsenal FC | 1 | 5 |
Romeu, Oriol | Southampton FC | 0 | 6 |
Kante, N`Golo | Chelsea FC | 0 | 6 |
Luiz, Douglas | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 5 |
Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 0 | 5 |
Ward-Prowse, James | Southampton FC | 0 | 5 |
Player | Team | Assists |
---|---|---|
Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 11 |
Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 10 |
Grealish, Jack | Aston Villa FC | 10 |
De Bruyne, Kevin | Manchester City FC | 10 |
Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 8 |
Rashford, Marcus | Manchester United FC | 6 |
Cresswell, Aaron | West Ham United FC | 6 |
Digne, Lucas | Everton FC | 6 |
Sterling, Raheem | Manchester City FC | 5 |
Maddison, James | Leicester City FC | 5 |
Firmino, Roberto | Liverpool FC | 5 |
Ward-Prowse, James | Southampton FC | 5 |
Werner, Timo | Chelsea FC | 5 |
Raphinha | Leeds United | 5 |
Neto, Pedro | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 5 |
Robertson, Andrew | Liverpool FC | 5 |
Willian | Arsenal FC | 5 |
Shaw, Luke | Manchester United FC | 5 |
Bamford, Patrick | Leeds United | 4 |
Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City FC | 4 |
Source: 101greatgoals.com