Dominik Szoboszlai

Liverpool’s 2025/2026 season has begun in stark contrast to pre-season expectations. Rather than establishing early control and consistency under Arne Slot, performances have been inconsistent, with rhythm, attacking cohesion and efficiency fluctuating throughout the opening fixtures. This instability has extended beyond the team structure; even Mohamed Salah, long Liverpool’s most...

Liverpool hosted PSV Eindhoven in the fifth fixture of the UEFA Champions League at Anfield, and the match ended with a 1-4 loss for the Reds. The painful loss comes to aggravate Liverpool’s already existing issues as they have been suffering locally and on a European level this season. It...

Liverpool vs Real Madrid has become something of a modern UEFA Champions League rivalry to look forward to. Real Madrid have always seemed to have Liverpool’s number, inflicting some famous and painful losses. The animosity stems from the infamous 2018 Champions League Final, in which Mohamed Salah was injured by Sergio...

Arne Slot inherited Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool and despite a quiet first transfer window, Slot immediately focused on fitness, control, and structure. Last season’s move from relentless gegenpressing towards a 4-2-4 pressing shape brought stability and helped the Reds reclaim the Premier League title on Slot's first try. However this season,...

Galatasaray won their second match of the UEFA Champions League’s league phase after playing a historic match against Liverpool and beating them 1-0, a huge result for the Turkish side. Galatasaray failed to win their first UEFA Champions League game, losing 1-5 to Eintracht Frankfurt. Making up for that in the...

Last Friday, Liverpool broke the British record transfer fee by signing one of the most exciting players of this generation, the German attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, for £100m with potential add-ons totalling £16m, which would bring the total to £116m. The current Premier League champions have been making...

In the modern era of football, the term 'overload' is typically applied to pressing or attacking actions. The term is essentially used to describe when a team creates an advantage, such as a numerical advantage, over the opposition in certain situations to achieve their goal. The objective may be different. In the context of...

Very few people can question Liverpool Manager Arne Slot's tactics or personnel choices this season. The Dutchman arrived last summer and won the Premier League against Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta on his first attempt. Despite this, young Englishman Harvey Elliott is one player some Liverpool fans feel has been underutilised. Elliott, a...

Listen to this article free on the TFA Podcast! Subscribe for free on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or via RSS. The Premier League has one unique advantage over the other top-five leagues in Europe: The language. English has essentially become the global language; therefore, most of the younger generation is learning...

Liverpool are nearly the best in everything in the Premier League. They are in first place in the table with 53 points, six above Arsenal, who have 47 points, knowing that the Reds played one less game. In the UEFA Champions League, the situation is nearly the same, holding the...

The Liverpool and Manchester City rivalry has been one of the most intense and entertaining in recent Premier League history and in world football in general. Over the past few seasons, everyone has been excited when Liverpool and Manchester City face off, and there is almost never a clear favourite...

 Welcome to part four of Total Football Analysis's throw-in series. At this point, we can say that we are ready to get into tactical details and diagrams. In the previous three parts, we have shown all the variables needed to understand the unique nature of throw-ins and what affects the throw-in strategies...

Arne Slot Coaching Philosophy As Liverpool FC embarks on a new chapter under Arne Slot, the club’s tactical setup has become a focal point for fans and analysts alike. This tactical analysis report examines the distinct phases of play that define Slot’s strategic blueprint at Liverpool thus far, providing insights...

Whilst Spain and the Netherlands have been instrumental in shaping European football tactically into what it is today, others have a rich history in the game and a heritage that should be respected. One of those is Hungary, which was one of the most dominant sides of the 20th century...

Dominik Szoboszlai is currently the most valuable player in the Austrian Bundesliga with a market value of £13.5million at the age of 19. The Hungarian was one of the great stars of the 2018/19 season, but he has not played that often this season under the new coach, Jesse Marsch. In...

There has been a lot of talk around Liverpool's midfield rebuild for some time now as they look to climb back to the top of the Premier League, and they have been linked with an abundance of names in recent weeks. From the entire Moisés Caicedo & Roméo Lavia saga...

Erling Braut Haaland, Guido Burgstaller, Sadio Mané, Philipp Zulechner, Naby Keita and Julian Baumgartlinger are just a few of many players who played during the early stages of their careers in the Austrian Bundesliga to then join clubs in the bigger European leagues (mostly in the Bundesliga). Also, RB Salzburg...