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Kenneth Taylor said in an interview in the Algemeen Dagblad responded to the criticism that often comes his way. The Ajax midfielder is often the first target when things are not going well, although he says he now knows how to deal with that well.
Anyone who thought that Kenneth Taylor would end up on the bench at Ajax due to the arrival of Jordan Henderson was disappointed last weekend. The midfielder also gained confidence in the top match against PSV and completed the ninety minutes.
“So much has been said and written about me that I have now learned not to pay too much attention to the media and the public. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, of course, but I know my own form best,” says Taylor.
“I just feel like I'm getting better at it again,” Taylor continues. “That I play football more easily and contribute more defensively. During the period when things were going so badly, I did not look at what was going on around me and what I was missing. I mainly started looking at what I had to improve myself to improve myself and the to get the team running better again.”
Taylor has been working on his game without the ball recently. “I noticed during our bad period that I had to grow in this. For myself and for the club. I started working on it, with the help of the Science department and a former Ajax youth coach. It helps.”
The arrival of Henderson is also good for him. “He knows better than anyone when it is time to put pressure on, or when you need to drop back a little. What you also saw against PSV was that he just keeps going, both when in possession of the ball and defensively. This is also why the distances between us were immediately smaller.”
“During training, I noticed how he shields a ball. Then I started paying more attention to how he always keeps his body between the ball and the opponent. He has done that so often and in so many different situations in his career that it rarely goes wrong. You want to master that quickly.”
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