UEFA’s newly-published technical report is full of interesting insights into last season’s Champions League, but there is one statistic that stands out particularly strongly.
According to its findings, more than half of the goals scored in the competition – 185 out of 366, to be exact – came from possession regained in the opposition’s final third.It is an eye-catching detail which reflects the growing prevalence of pressing at the highest level of the game. The report specifically highlights the “extraordinary intensity” of Liverpool’s press in their semi-final second-leg win over Barcelona. But Jurgen Klopp’s men were not the only ones to profit from forcing mistakes high up the pitch
