Jurgen Klopp's plan to help Liverpool score? Change the color of the goal nets
When Liverpool hosted their first home match of the Premier League season over the weekend, there was one subtle change that largely went unnoticed: their signature red nets in the goals were now white.
The change wasn't an aesthetic one. Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp ordered them be changed to white to help Liverpool players see the net more clearly and score goals.
The red nets, which have been in use at Anfield since 2012, were up as recently as Thursday when the team had a training session. But, according to Liverpool's website: "However, following the workout, Jurgen Klopp and his backroom team asked ground staff to change them from red to white in order to make them more visible in the players’ peripheral vision - hopefully leading to more goals being scored by the home side."
Since fans sitting behind the goals always wear red, Klopp's reasoning goes, the white nets would provide a better contrast to the red backdrop of the stands. Interestingly enough, Liverpool have done this once before in 1995, for a similar reason.
If Liverpool is having trouble scoring goals, it seems like there are probably better reasons for it than the color of the nets in goal, but every advantage counts, right? It certainly didn't hurt as Liverpool walloped Leicester City on Saturday at Anfield, 4-1.
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