You can’t replicate what happens in a live game on the training field. You see it with dead ball situations all the time. The mentality of a player accounts for about 90% of how they’ll play. Everyone has talent at this level but it’s whether they can translate that onto the pitch that makes the difference.

Emery didn’t arrive with a reputation of having a shit defence, so it’s not coincidence that since he’s come to a club with a 15 year record of terrible defending that it’s taking him a while to sort it out. Remember, Liverpool’s defence was just as shit for the first 3 years under Klopp. It took £150 million plus to sort that out.