Player Positional Tracker: West Ham v Liverpool

West Ham 3 vs 1 Liverpool

Visualisation that shows the smoothed positions of players around the time as indicated.  The locations are identified with reference to actions as seen through the eyes of Opta.

• It is noticeable that Downing played in a central attacking position; directly on top of Gerrard

• Liverpool joined the "3 at the Back" club as they attempted to get back into the game after conceding the couple of early goals

• As expected, the last half hour was almost total Liverpool possession; this can be seen through the very small size of the West Ham dots

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Article by Colin Trainor