{"id":658549,"date":"2025-12-27T22:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T22:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/658549\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T22:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T22:02:19","slug":"jeremie-frimpong-is-crucial-to-breaking-low-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/658549\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremie Frimpong is “Crucial” to Breaking Low Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arne Slot<\/a> reserved special praise for Jeremie Frimpong<\/a> after back-to-back assists on his return for Liverpool, with the right-back \u201ccrucial\u201d to beating low blocks.<\/b><\/p>\n

Frimpong came off the bench to set up Hugo Ekitike<\/a>\u2018s winner against Tottenham<\/a> before providing another assist on his first start in two months against Wolves<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

It came with a stunning burst of pace from the Dutch right-back, surging past challenges to the byline before cutting back for Ryan Gravenberch<\/a> to finish into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n

Arne Slot<\/a> on Jeremie Frimpong<\/a>: \u201cImportant and Crucial\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Back-to-back assists:<\/b> Jeremie Frimpong<\/a><\/b> followed his Spurs cameo with a vital assist on his first start in two months.<\/p>\n

Low-block solution:<\/b> Slot hailed Frimpong\u2019s \u201ccrucial\u201d pace as the primary tool needed to break down rigid, deep-lying defences<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Individual brilliance:<\/b> The opening goal was credited to Frimpong\u2019s \u201cpure individual ability\u201d and rapid cut-back for Ryan Gravenberch<\/a><\/b>.\n<\/p>\n

That was Liverpool\u2019s first shot on target as they found themselves frustrated by another low block \u2013 and in his post-match press conference, Slot hailed Frimpong\u2019s speed as \u201ccrucial\u201d to beating rigid defences.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he\u2019s fit, he can definitely helps us, because last week he had the assist against Tottenham<\/a> and today he had a great assist against Wolves<\/a>,\u201d the head coach explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cPace, that\u2019s what he has, and that\u2019s so important and crucial in modern football.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo create something against a low block, teams that defend with so many players, usually teams break this down with set-pieces \u2013 that\u2019s not our biggest strength.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo to have him available with his pace, because the first goal we scored was pure individual ability: quick, bam-bam, and the cutback cross.<\/p>\n

\u201cOK we were positioned in the right position, but that\u2019s the pace I always wanted to bring in in the summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what we did with Hugo, that\u2019s what we did with Jeremie and with Alex as well, but unfortunately not all of the money we spent we have used.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arne Slot: Why Liverpool spending has not paid off yet<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

Frimpong was the first signing of a busy summer for Liverpool which promised much but has so far struggled to deliver, with only Ekitike and more lately Florian Wirtz<\/a> hitting the heights many expected.<\/p>\n

But as Slot continued, he used Frimpong as a prime example of what has been missing due to the injuries suffered by those brought in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot has been said, by so many people and me included, about the amount of money we spent last summer,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one talks about what we recouped, because we sold so many.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut from the players we bought, we unfortunately couldn\u2019t see the best from Alex, Giovanni Leoni<\/a> has been injured after his first game and Jeremie Frimpong<\/a> has hardly been available as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were not always able to use the players we\u2019ve brought in. Jeremie is a great example.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arne Slot reserved special praise for Jeremie Frimpong after back-to-back assists on his return for Liverpool, with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,18519,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-658549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jeremie-frimpong","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115793792597661665","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}