Jesse Marsch • Premier League Tactics, Liverpool 1 Leeds United 2 • Masterclass
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00:24 - Game context and line-up
01:46 - Pressing lines
02:54 - Out of possession: invite the ball to Gomez
05:01 - Rodrigo, 1-0
07:15 - Attacking transition: using the wide players
09:24 - Out of possession: defending deep
11:15 - In possession: target the red zone
15:36 - The importance of rest defence
18:23 - Summerville, 2-1
After an encouraging start to the 2022/23 Premier League season, Leeds United travelled to Anfield in late October on the back of four consecutive defeats. With manager Jesse Marsch under increasing pressure, a game against Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool in their own back yard represented a daunting prospect. The visitors took a shock early lead through Rodrigo, but when Mo Salah equalised soon after it looked like a tough afternoon for Leeds was only going to get tougher. Marsch’s team stayed in the game, however, and a late strike from Crysencio Summerville secured a hugely important three points.
In this exclusive Masterclass on the Coaches’ Voice tactics board, Marsch discusses the approach behind the crucial victory. Out of possession, he reveals the Liverpool player he wanted his team to target, and how they looked to minimise the impact of dangermen Trent Alexander-Arnold and Salah. In transition, he explains the importance of wide attackers Summerville and Jack Harrison - and why they swapped sides for this particular game. In possession, finally, he describes how he planned to get into the ‘red zone’ between the Liverpool midfield and defensive lines.
It’s a fascinating insight into the task faced by an under-pressure coach leading his team into one of the most difficult stadiums to play football. We hope you enjoy it!
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Still the last time Liverpool lost at Anfield. Marsch should do more of these Interviews where he explains his knowledge and less Interviews of him talking
This channel continues to be a gem.
The only manager to win an away league game in front of a full house at Anfield since April 2017.
In premier league
It is actually fascinating to see how managers put so much thought and effort into their tactics. This Channel is a wonderful channel! Keep on the great work!
Please interview Marcelo Bielsa and De Zerbi
Bro, it'll be a 5hr documentary. I'd still watch it tho(:
For tactical things this is the best channel..
His RedBull footballing influence is so evident.
Videos like this totally change watching games, because now one better understands what patterns can exist in a game plan to look for. Interesting as well to think of pressing as equally valuable off a weak-link passer. Don’t press the passer, press their pass. Brilliant!
as a leeds fan, this wasn't an outlier, we was always good against the top sides under marsch as we had a good press and they tried to play out, no surprise we got a win
mate.. we were good against teams who didnt realise they could just put a long ball over our terrible defence That Liverpool game was looking like a lucky 1 all draw until summerville bagged a late winner that kept jesse in a job
@@grandmastercultistofben tbf liverpool were trying to get in behind us all game, sure we rode our luck at times (so does everyone that beats a much more talented opponent, remember beating man city with 10 men?), for the most part we didnt give them any time on the ball to play those kinds of long diagonal passes. the win was deserved IMO
Meslier got man of the match say no more
And ?.
Absolutely. Marsch should’ve insisted they went through the Chelsea 3-0 game from August 2022. That was literally the only time his tactics worked properly (albeit against a pretty poor incarnation of Chelsea).
@@samluckett8734 we played arsenal off the park too, even though we lost. i would have liked to hear more from marsch about the tactics in that performance
I get it. His idea makes sense when you think about it on paper. Only press in areas where the opposition are vulnerable to conceding a goal. Allow the CB with the least amount of composure and an ability to pick out a pass when in trouble to have the ball and close him down quickly. When you win the ball back, don't look to just gain back possession and pass backwards or sideways... go direct and keep narrow. Attack the goal immediately. I get it. The problem is, Premier League footballers are far more technically gifted than what he was used to when he was at RB. I remember when we first got promoted at Leeds and I watched Man City pass out from the box around our players with zero panic. Literally zero panic, it looked like men against boys. You could see the gulf in class. It's far more evident when you're right next to the pitch than it is on the TV. His ideas just don't translate against players who will easily bypass that press with composure and an ability to find passes. I think he would do well at Rangers or Celtic. A league with a lot lower standard of players and teams, get himself a few easy trophies, and get his name back in the mix.
Leeds pretty much played their best against the best prem squads. It was the bottom table teams that gave them problems. Which was more because the bottom teams were more hoofball which exposed Leeds weakness, their CBs and bypassed their press. Man City was the best team in the world, they slapped around most teams.
Amazing one. Thanks CV!
As a Leeds United fan, this man would have kept us up. I would run through a brick wall for this man. Hope he coaches the USA in 2026.
We want him in Fulham FC,I misjudged him when he was in Leeds.
@@oxfamrookie160 Jesse gets a lot of hate because he's an American. I understand some of it, but this man flat out knows his tactics and has a clear idea/way to play.
Same thing I’ve said. We played such good football under Marsch. He got an awful lot of hate because he wasn’t Argentinian or English, but he was a “yank”. I loved every bit of him, we we’re just unlucky with our chances and our fans turning on him didn’t do him any favors
So much goes into the tactical gameplan that you don't think about while watching game. This channel highlights those to perfection. Great video!
Thanks for your ppt. We are waiting for you. From Korea
I'd love to hear a candid response to what really went wrong at Leeds. I want to know what lessons he learned from the downfall.
very good at explaining jesse
Marsch was very good against better teams where they attacked us, see the games against Chelsea, Arsenal and this one vs Liverpool. Unfortunately our big downfall was we had no idea what to do on the ball if the game wasnt transitional. We won 1 game where we had over 40% posession under him last season, a huge issue especially against the teams around us lower down the table who just played over our press and let us have the ball
You guys needed better CBs...man the CBs you had were dire. Cooper was average, but was injured so much and you guys were playing Llorente who was probably the worst CB in the prem. That CB you got from Austria Wober was pretty good. Once Adams went down though, that was pretty much the end of any protection they had because Roca as good of a passer as he was, he was the slowest 6 I've ever seen lol. Then you had a CB playing left back most of the year(Struik), it was just hard for Jesse to get much production out of your backline. I thought Leeds panicked getting rid of Jesse though, but the fans had completely turned against him and the players. So the ownership had no choice.
I need that Chelsea Leeds masterclass
Yep sounds good in theory.
Jesse is so passionate about football and obviously he has very deep knowledge of the game I loved his Leeds team and can't wait when he will come back to coaching. This is where he belongs
great episode... Ange Posta next?
De Zerbi, Sarri, Rydstrom, Luis Castro, Ten Hag, Xabi Alonso, Naglesmann next
Gomez at the time was so so poor Much improved at LB this season And Konate is a massive upgrade in terms of quality and physicality
if he didn't win this game, he would've been sacked on the spot. Lucky to last after this win but it was certainly the last great performance leeds had in the PL before getting relegated. hope Jesse gets a good job soon.
Man, Bamford cost Leeds so many points that season it was crazy. He was missing wide open nets.
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His tactics work well on paper, and if he's coaching the best side in a league, but failed miserably in application at Leeds. Honestly I think that this is the game that got us relegated. Its no secret that he was on his last leg going into the match and if we could've used our time during the World Cup to recruit a new manager we would've had a better chance at staying in the PL. That being said, relegation has been a blessing this year. We've been able to trim the fat from our squad and have an actual successor to Bielsa. I would put our current starting 11 against Marsch's squad eight days a week. All the best Jesse, I really think your tactics can perform well in the right league, but the PL certainly is it.
Great coach easy to agree with the comments saying leeds should have given him more time, he would have kept them up. Severely underrated. Butttttt he doesn't seem to know his players abilities too well. This strategy was a tall order for the awful back line they had. And he mentions using Harrison like ten times but in games the guy seemed like he was playing undercover for another team trying to sabotage them or something - dude wasn't doing 1/10th of any of that. It also showed when they played easy teams where they had control. Dude had no idea how to use the players strengths going forward with possession
he should manage USA team for 2026, why USA can't see this guy
I want him too. His tactical setup would fit the USA roster construction perfectly atm. They were dumb sticking with berhalter. US has a very young quick team and all of our strikers are pretty pacy too, which is great for geggen pressing. Our center backs are pretty fast as well, which is great for playing a high line.
Can you pls make Barcelona Frankfurt with Oliver Glasner?
It’s pretty crazy your videos are free
Still don't know how Liverpool lost that game
Pity couldn't do the same for the rest of the season!!...
They would have had a better chance of survival if they just stuck with Marsch and didn’t change him for Gracia at least there was some signs of potential progression under Marsch they weren’t continually getting spanked heavily when they lost
Hope he gets another job soon
Liverpool will get pumped now every game after other managers watch this 😂😂
Haha all that's needed is a couple of tap ins and don't let Salah have the ball. Jesse was the first to crack the code...
I think they already knew how klopp tactical works
Incredible how in the space of 90 minutes, how much genuine tactical thinking and strategic decisions make a different. Jesse Marsch is a solid manager. Very nice video.
Bring Mikel Arteta in this please
This Leeds team was so fun to watch. Pressing, hair on fire, hunting in packs.
Unluckiest manager
Shoutout my fellow Americans watching this
Jesse Marsch should've never taken that Leipzig job. That was his first mistake because they forced on him a fidelity to that highpressing Redbull style & limited his attraction to a different philosophy. Futhermore, that fidelity to the perpetual press only works with younger players, as were most of the Leeds team & in the prem, young players never work, especially on the defensive part of the game. Leeds also invested heavily in attackers & left Jesse with shit defenders. I watched almost of the games and those defenders had zero positional sense. Even Klopp had to buy Van Dijk, despite his pressing nous. Lastly, Jesse knows how to talk a good game in a technical sense and this has gotten him numerous opportunities but I am not sure he'll get another chance if he doesn't change his philosophy and be a master of all styles like a Thomas Frank or David Moyes. Sometimes you have to look like a football dinosaur to win prem games a la Sean Dyche. Jesse needs to wait for a job in Germany where his coaching sensibility and tactical inflexibility would work.
The funny part is that if Liverpool want to preserve the HEAVY METAL football identity Klopp gave them its this guy Jesse Marsch they should get.
That will never happen. Liverpool is going to get established proven manager. They need that to attract the kinds of talent they want to get. Marsch needs to improve his CV first. I'd like to see him at Celtic or Rangers. Those would fit him imho.
1000x better than klinsmann. Klinsmann wouldn't even understand what he's saying.
underrated manager
He's hated simply because he's American imo
Why do you think that? He just hasn't had a very good record anywhere - I don't mind at all where he's from.@@cosmotheumbreontrainer
One of the bests coaches in the World Football i believe , it reminds me Gattuso or Igor Tudor and also a little bit Antonio Conte for the mighty presentation
Based on what?
For me this is far too complicated. We (Leeds) also got really lucky in this game. Had Liverpool had their shooting boots on they’d have won this 9 times out of 10
Yeah I thought you deserved to beat Arsenal and didn't deserve to win this one. And usually it balances out but honestly Leeds had more bad luck than good last season imo
I dunno. pressing teams tend to create their own luck. That's why you see teams like RB Salzburg continually punching above their weight in the CL. They have no business beating most of the teams they do, but they create the chaos.
O captain my captain....Jesse would have kept Leeds up. No doubt in my mind
Harshly sacked by a panicking board. Wish he would have got to see the season out