Player Positional Tracker: Tottenham v Liverpool (31/08/14)

Tottenham 0 vs 3 Liverpool

Mario Baoltelli made his Liverpool debut as his side ran out very comfortable winners away to Tottenham today.

1st Half

• Balotelli and Sturridge rotated the centre forward position.  The debutant had that position early on, but as the first half wore on the Italian dropped deeper with Sturridge replacing him

• Liverpool favoured their left wing when attacking, with Allen, Sterling and Moreno more advanced than Henderson and Manquillo on the other side

• For Tottenham, Eriksen was involved in whatever attacks the home team could mount

2nd Half

• With them having to chase the game in the second half, Tottenham played with four very attacking players, Chadli, Adebayor, Lamela and Eriksen (who was replaced by Townsend)

• In the first 15 minutes of the second half, Liverpool had very little attacking possession

Article by Colin Trainor