Liverpool They continued their endeavor Premier League Success in Arni openingHis first season, by defeating 4-1 over the Epsut Town at Anfield during the weekend.
Dominic Szoposzlai, Kodi Jacob and Mohamed Salah scored the 4-0 progress goal for Liverpool in the 65th minute, before Jacob Graves scored Epswich defender in the consolation goal in the 90th minute to make the score 4-1.
Liverpool is currently at the top of the standings by six points with one game postponed, and Liverpool occupies the leadership seat strongly before the second half of the season.
However, the first -degree January addition can increase their hopes for the title, and FSG (Fenway Sports Group) can provide Slot thus in the last week of the window.
Liverpool is looking for a contract with the midfield
according to Reports from CaughtoffsideLiverpool is one of the clubs that “made a step” for Bayern Munich midfielder, Joshua Kimish. The German has not yet agreed to a new deal with Bayern, which opens the door for other clubs that are interested in it.
Reports indicate that Liverpool, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Paris Saint -Germain are interested in the 29 -year -old. If it does not approve a new deal, the teams can move on a possible free transition or even consider paying fees for less for this month.
Kimish has Participate in 29 games with the German giant so far this seasonHe scored one goal and presented eight decisive passes.
How can Kimmich become Liverpool's response to Rodri
In the past few seasons, Liverpool has been looking for changes to the midfield, while leaving the likes of Fabinho, Jordan Henderson and Georginho Venaldum to the club.
In order to combat this, they made contracts such as Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch and Szoboszlai, as well as Curtis Jones from the academy.
However, while this midfield group has a variety of skills, defensive acumen, experience at the highest level and the ability to control the rhythm of the match from deeper areas may be missing sometimes. This has often been a major difference in recent years, as Manchester City Rodri, who does all these things with an exceptional level.
So, can Kimish be the right response to the great Spanish in Liverpool? Let's take a look.
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Comparison of Kimish (24/25) against Rodri (23/24). |
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Statistics (per 90 minutes) |
Kimish |
Rodri |
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Goals + decisive passes |
0.32 |
0.48 |
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Progressive |
1.92 |
2.88 |
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Progressive passes |
10.6 |
12.4 |
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The passes have been attempted |
113.0 |
114.7 |
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Complete success rate |
89.0% |
91.9% |
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It passes to the last third |
12.6 |
11.9 |
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Main passes |
2.42 |
1.63 |
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He treats |
1.62 |
2.10 |
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Objections |
0.67 |
0.73 |
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Retrieval |
6.27 |
7.17 |
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Statistics are taken from FBREF |
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When Kimmich and Rodri compared to the 2023/24 season when he was not injured, you can see how close the Germans arrange in many standards, and it is not easy given that this was in most of the season that Rodri won the Golden Ball award.
The ability to obtain a large number of passes in the match, complete them efficiently, progress in playing and even adding some threats through the main passes as well, all with the protection of defense and leadership in a central area of the stadium, making them invaluable for them. side.
Even Jose Mourinho praised Kimmich in the past, describing him as “”Very“The player, describing the German as”tasty“It shows his ability to play as a right back and a defensive midfielder. This diversity can also be useful, depending on the Trent Alexander Arnold position at the end of the season.
Kimmich will clearly bring that additional experience in the midfield, which helps the likes of granberch and Jones in particular, who can provide square legs to square in the middle, but they can also use the hand on their shoulder, to lead that midfield unit.
