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- Thiago Alcantara's performances have been under scrutiny lately, with some pundits even worried that he might've become a scapegoat for all the team's problems.
- Naturally, there's a lot of data analysing his performances for Liverpool - and while the sample size is limited, there are a couple of trends already.
- Starting from the positive, Thiago stands to the reputation of one of the best passers in Europe.
- From the chart below, we can see that Thiago plays a lot of penetrative passes under pressure and largely succeeds to complete those passes:
- The problems start when Liverpool don't have the ball, and Thiago's limited defensive qualities are exposed.
- Here we see that Thiago is not the most successful or cleanest tackler - in fact, he's projected to be the worst Premier League player when it comes to the timing of his tackles:
- By the way, you can find Fabinho on the opposite end of the spectre - the Reds have clearly been missing his presence in midfield, and Thiago could certainly have done with him as a partner.
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