The squad led by Jürgen Klopp finished the season in fifth place, a position that does not allow the team to qualify for the Champions League. In terms of the squad, Liverpool has a lot of players with top of the class performance in their positions despite the poor overall season. To understand the individual impact of this players to the team, we present the average ratings of the players in a Back 4. In addition, this players must meet the necessary minutes requirement to be considered (minimum 450 minutes played in the season in a type of predefined defense: Back 4 or Back 5).
Liverpool’s eleven with the most minutes played this season (Premier League).
Star Player:
- Trent Alexander-Arnold (FB) – 7.82
In this squad, Liverpool’s right side were the stars of the show. In this Back 4, Trent Alexander-Arnold was the player with the highest average rating obtained.
Other Key Players:
- M. Salah (W) – 7.72
- Alisson (GK) – 7.43
With a lot of players having good seasons, we need emphasise the average rating obtained by Alisson, the best performing Goalkeeper (GK) in the league (TOP PERFORMING GKs: PREMIER LEAGUE 22-23).
Additional information regarding the team (Premier League).
With more positive results at home than away (13 Home Wins & 6 Away Wins), it is possible to consider Man. City a much better team playing at home. Besides that, the good goal difference highlights the good offensive output (1,97 goal per game) with a not so good defensive setup (1,24 goals per game).
Champions League – Liverpool’s players in a Back 4 Defense (Minimum 250 minutes played in this competition).
In the 2022-2023 Season, Liverpool didn’t have an obvious distinction for best player. The player with the highest average rating obtained was Tsimikas, a player that didn’t get the minutes to be included is Liverpool’s eleven with the most minutes in the CL.
Position most in need of strengthening:
- M
Looking at Liverpool’s midfield, we can see that the players lack the average performances to be able to fight for the Premier League title. The defensive midfield position is the position most in need of strengthening.
Meaning of the used abbreviations:
- G – Games
- W – Wins
- D – Draws
- L – Loses
- P – Points
- GS – Goals Scored
- GA – Goals Against
- GD – Goal Diference
- HW – Home Wins
- AW – Away Wins
Data from FBref.