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The key to football is for a team to dominate space.

It’s not hard to imagine Liverpool having a mild advantage over Manchester City in the danger zone eating away at Guardiola just a little though.



Make the pitch as big as you can when you have possession of the ball, and as small as possible when you do not.



The Reds certainly have room for improvement in terms of zone control though, and new signing Darwin Núñez can help.



The attacking zones in which Manchester City hold a visible advantage over the Reds are the half spaces directly in front of the box and to a lesser extent the area to the left of the opposing penalty area.

The former Liverpool and Everton manager once explained that a football team was a bit like a blanket on a bed, in that it couldn’t possibly cover the whole pitch.

Liverpool may have scored fewer goals than City this season, but they did net more times from within the penalty box and these findings help to explain why.
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