Last week, there were umpteen stories about how Allison Becker is the best GK in the world after he had 9 saves against PSG. Last night, he was 0 for 4 in the PK shootout.
By contrast, PSG’s GK, Donnarumma, saved 2 out of 3. He is so tall that if he guesses the right way and you shoot it low, he normally will save it. Nunez PK wasn’t bad; he was 12-12 before it. But, it was low and Donnarumma’s stretch basically takes away any low shot not hit with great velocity when he guesses right. Jones also shot low and it was a relatively easy save.
Obviously, the way to counter him it to (a) shoot high and (b) mix it up by shooting high down the middle. Slot said Liverpool practiced taking PKs but it looked apparent they didn’t practice taking the right PKs. There is tape available. Slot apparently didn’t spend much time analyzing it.
Liverpool looks set to suffer a dramatic slide after this season. Salah is halfway out the door and he is more than half their offense. Diaz, Jiota and Nunez each have one goal in 2025. Their midfield is McAllister and a bunch of average at best players. Alexander-Arnold is out of contract. They don’t appear to have any young emerging talents like Cole Palmer. Really, there isn’t a PL team that looks to me like it is an emerging giant.
PSG, Inter, Barcelona, Real and Atletico look set to dominate the Continent. Of course, Chelsea could buy another ten players in the transfer market to change that.
By contrast, PSG’s GK, Donnarumma, saved 2 out of 3. He is so tall that if he guesses the right way and you shoot it low, he normally will save it. Nunez PK wasn’t bad; he was 12-12 before it. But, it was low and Donnarumma’s stretch basically takes away any low shot not hit with great velocity when he guesses right. Jones also shot low and it was a relatively easy save.
Obviously, the way to counter him it to (a) shoot high and (b) mix it up by shooting high down the middle. Slot said Liverpool practiced taking PKs but it looked apparent they didn’t practice taking the right PKs. There is tape available. Slot apparently didn’t spend much time analyzing it.
Liverpool looks set to suffer a dramatic slide after this season. Salah is halfway out the door and he is more than half their offense. Diaz, Jiota and Nunez each have one goal in 2025. Their midfield is McAllister and a bunch of average at best players. Alexander-Arnold is out of contract. They don’t appear to have any young emerging talents like Cole Palmer. Really, there isn’t a PL team that looks to me like it is an emerging giant.
PSG, Inter, Barcelona, Real and Atletico look set to dominate the Continent. Of course, Chelsea could buy another ten players in the transfer market to change that.
