have misplaced the “good stability” that they’d final season, says their former goalkeeper Sander Westerveld, because the “story of the season” continued in Saturday’s draw in opposition to
Arne Slot’s aspect in opposition to the out-of-form Blues, however their “passive” strategy price them three factors as they failed to verify Champions League qualification.
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“It is the story of this season,” Westerveld advised BBC Radio Merseyside after the match.
“All of the accidents, not match gamers and enjoying right-back once more so it is by no means actually a match staff. They begin properly and rating an amazing objective however we won’t get it over the road. They cannot dominate the sport or ball possession and Chelsea performed very properly. They discovered area too simple and we gave them an excessive amount of area on the again.”
Westerveld added: “Final season, I feel what Slot did was get that 100% ahead play, that aggressive urgent from Jurgen [Klopp] – he modified it a little bit bit to dominate the ball and protecting the ball a little bit bit extra and the stability was good.
“However this season it appears the stability has gone the opposite manner; too passive, you play the ball across the again for too lengthy to one another, no one is transferring and on the finish, even the group begins booing.
“It is missing power and that is dangerous.”