New Liverpool attacking signing Bradley Barcola didn’t affect the game much offensively and has been pretty quiet since his 120+ million pound move to Anfield this summer, but he did defend at a high level against Manchester City.
The former PSG star won five duels in the first half alone at Anfield and three tackles to lead all players in the opening 45 minutes, and while he didn’t have any more tackles in the second half, that is still an impressive defensive output.
Barcola works hard for his teams, and that’s why he is a back to back Champions League winner with PSG. Liverpool will care more about what he does offensively and will want to see that, but in his system, Andoni Iraola will be very pleased at Barcola’s defensive work rate.
Because if you are not scoring, assisting, or dominating games as an attacker, you have to least defend hard and play for the team. At least Barcola can say he is doing that, and that’s why he is not as big of a bust as Florian Wirtz right now.
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