Everton's players might not quite know what's hit them following Sean Dyche's appointment as manager.
Pictures from Finch Farm have shown the Blues' players almost relentlessly spending their time in training running. Much has been made about Dyche's style on the pitch, but it's his methods on the training ground that could make his arrival at Everton a "match made in heaven".
It was of course the former Burnley manager who ended Liverpool's 68-league game unbeaten run at Anfield with a 1-0 win for his Burnley side in 2021, and he'll be aiming to taste victory once again when he gets his first taste of the Merseyside derby on Monday.
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Burnley had 19% possession in that game, the lowest ever by a winning Premier League side since records began.
Former long-time Burnley Express Sport writer, Chris Boden said: "I have seen his teams take on Liverpool in different ways, including pressing and being able to take the game to Liverpool.
"In that win at Anfield, Burnley sucked Liverpool into positions they didn't want to be in, by pressing and winning the ball high up the pitch.
"His teams were unlucky in tight games against Liverpool on many occasions. He will have a plan, it's just whether the players are able to carry it out."
Dyche's tactics and fitness regimes implemented in Burnley training include the Cooper Test which was invented for the US military and involves running as far as possible in 12 minutes.
Boden said: "From the images of Everton players we have has seen in his training sessions so far, it's clear they're running hard.
"His Burnley teams were physically fitter and stronger than the opposition, but towards the back-end of his time at Burnley, the elite clubs would match you in terms of physicality and it became harder to win.
"Steven Defour was one of the best players in a Burnley shirt I have seen in my lifetime. At first he wasn't fit enough for the Premier League, but he got his fitness up and his quality just shone through. I think he could do something similar with Onana at Everton."
On Dyche's tactics he said: "One of the European teams he studied were Valencia. When these ideas are done in a fashionable European place, it's cutting-edge and advanced. When a British manager does it, people say he is old-school.
"I think it is a match made in heaven (with Everton). He will get them organised and hard to beat like they were on Saturday.
"I think there's a lot of snobbery around the idea of him being a long-ball manager. Everyone talks now about pressing like it's a brand-new thing in football, but he was preaching that more than ten years ago. He used to say that pressing is the new passing, he knew turnovers of possession were going to be huge in football."
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