771 Courage, Build Confidence
The Liverpool and Arsenal showed infinite passion and vitality at the beginning.
The fast-paced offense and defense of the two teams really made the audience dizzy, and even a pressure came to their faces!
In the 7th minute of the game, Sanchez advanced quickly from the left. When Kante assisted in the sideline, he quickly cooperated with Firmino who was actively running to meet him. Firmino's shot was really not dragged on at all.
However, when Sanchez continued to dribble and break into Liverpool's penalty area, Van Dijk and Azpilicueta were ready to attack him. It seemed that his success rate of breaking through and cutting into the penalty area was very slim.
But at the critical moment, Sanchez knocked the ball back diagonally.
Ramsey, who followed up, made a ball and then sent out the oblique plug. Ozil cut inward and ran to the right rib of the penalty area.
If you don’t make any adjustments, just raise your feet and shoot!
The ball flew straight to the far corner of the goal, surfacing a beautiful and graceful inner arc!
The angle is enough, but the ball speed is obviously slow. Ter Stegen moved quickly and saved directly and took off the ball with both hands.
“Arsenal’s style of play after the opening game is very oppressive!
The attack group in the frontcourt passes quickly, and after a quick pass, you will never hesitate to create a shooting opportunity. Klopp's Arsenal really makes us shine. At least we can show a strong offensive desire in front of Liverpool, which is valuable!"
Klopp kept applauding the players and boosting the morale of the team.
The Arsenal players still quickly entered and exited. At the moment the offense was over, the frontcourt players quickly retreated.
Situ Yunbing was not surprised that Dortmund had such a style in the past.
Even if Liverpool attacks away, they can successfully organize an offensive in the midfield and attack the offense to Arsenal's defensive dangerous area.
After all, Klopp was slightly dissatisfied with Arsenal's defense, but he couldn't express it because it took him a long time to transform Arsenal. Fans need to give him time, and he does need time!
When Liverpool's frontcourt offense quickly passed from the right to the left, Gareth Bale was about to rush past Bellerin in the forward insertion, but when Bellerin turned around, he knocked Gareth Bale out of the sideline first.
Gareth Bell rolled on the ground and bumped into the billboard.
The referee immediately blew his whistle to indicate that Bellerin had a foul, and at the same time walked over to show him a yellow card.
Arsenal fans applauded and applauded Bellerin in the stands!
The biggest change in Klopp's coaching Arsenal is that the Gunners' bloodiness has come back!
Maybe this kind of foul looks a bit rough, but after all, Arsenal cannot completely limit Liverpool's wingers!
Whether it is Gareth Bale or Mbappe, his advantage in speed is so outstanding!
Situ Yunbing took a breath and then exhaled heavily. Arsenal used the price of foul cards to curb Liverpool. I don't know how long this style of play could last.
But Liverpool can't wait for Arsenal players to take all their yellow cards before exercising their strength. That sounds like it's exhausting Arsenal until it's exhausted, but Liverpool will also bear a huge risk of player injury!
So Situ Yunbing made gestures on the sidelines, allowing the players to increase the speed and frequency of the transfer of the offense!
In the 16th minute of the game, Arsenal's right-back Bellerin assisted the frontcourt. After Ozil cut across the middle and restrained Liverpool's midfield defense, Milner and Bellerin's cooperation broke through Robertson's defense!
Situ Yunbing suddenly fell into deep thought on the sidelines. I have to say that Klopp's playing style is still very design-oriented. It can be said that Milner, Bellerin and Ozil formed a triangle coordination system!
Bellerin went down from the right and swept the ball across the middle in front of the goal. Firmino was blocked by Van Dijk when he followed up and surrounded the ball!
On the stage of top combat, Firmino still lacks some experience and needs more competitions to hone.
Ter Stegen easily confiscated the ball.
Arsenal fans instantly sighed loudly!
"Arsenal's offensive propulsion made a strong penetration, but Firmino's encirclement in front of the goal was blocked by Van Dijk. We cannot blame Firmino for wasting opportunities because he faced the world's strongest central defender Van Dijk!
Now Liverpool seizes the opportunity and starts the fast break!”
Klopp did not regret that he failed in the final attack, but he excitedly shouted to the players on the sidelines to strengthen the defense!
Even foul at all costs!
Mbappe responded from the wing back behind the center line and quickly pushed forward towards the forward dribble. When he reached the dangerous area of the frontcourt offense, Monreal was ready to make a foul. The Spanish full-back knew that he would definitely not be able to stop the impact from Mbappe!
At the same time, Wijnaldum also rushed over to prepare for a foul!
Double insurance!
But Mbappe knocked the ball back when the two were less than two meters away!
Following up and killing the center line, Azpilicueta directly teleported the ball to the left side!
The transfer speed is very fast!
Before Bellerin could return to defense, Gareth Bale had already rushed to the position, and Coscheerney had already rushed towards him and had made plans to make a foul!
Gabriel and Milner, who returned to defense, attacked Lewandowski!
When Gareth Bell noticed that Koscheerney was rushing towards him, he changed his mind to stop the ball and then advance, but instead took the initiative to run to the middle and jumped and headed the ball!
The football was pushed to the middle by Gareth Bale, which was a bit far from Lewandowski!
But the ball was not passed to Lewandowski, but followed up with Coutinho who was inserted!
Coutinho inserted forward and stopped the ball with his chest and continued to dribble, breaking through Arsenal's defense after two steps!
Go to the meeting alone!
Milner immediately chased back diagonally, Coutinho dribbled into the penalty area and adjusted and shot!
A low shot hit the ball towards the far corner of the goal!
Cech saved to the extreme, but he was about 30 cm away from football!
Bang!
The football hit the inside of the far post and bounced into Arsenal's goal!
Liverpool wins the first goal at Emirates Stadium!
Coutinho turned around and rushed to the sidelines and jumped high and punched into the air!
"Coutinho scored a goal with a strong shot! Liverpool took the lead in breaking the deadlock and scoring!
Liverpool's counterattack was very exciting, and it quickly moved after advancing from the right. Gareth Bale's header completed the assist. Lewandowski restrained Arsenal's defense center of gravity. Coutinho made a killing attack in the chaos of the army and gave Arsenal a fatal blow!
We can clearly see that Arsenal is ready to foul Liverpool players at any time, but Liverpool has not given them such a chance!
We can see that Arsenal really hopes to suppress Liverpool on the scene, but the actual performance is somewhat difficult. The most important thing is that they need to complete some threatening shots in the penalty area, but today Van Dijk and Benatia have very good protection for the penalty area!
I don’t know if this goal conceding will have an impact on Arsenal, let’s take a look at their performance.”
Situ Yunbing clapped Coutinho's goal, and this goal gave Liverpool a great advantage both psychologically and in the scene!
Klopp is also encouraging the team's morale and not being affected by the goal loss.
In fact, Arsenal needs to build confidence, and the first thing is to have the courage to face a king like Liverpool!
As long as it is not a collapse-like failure, Arsenal will play his own style and threaten Liverpool and make Liverpool feel pressure, which will be very helpful to Arsenal's future.
After the game re-telection, Arsenal paid more attention to the control of the area.
In the 22nd minute of the game, Sanchez quickly followed up on the left to receive Ramsey's pass. He flexibly dribbled the ball across the ball, and after he arrived in the middle, he suddenly sent it out and passed it over the top.
Firmino inserted into Benatia behind him and jumped and shot!
As a result, the football flew out of the bottom line.
Although the effect is not good, the contact between the two still caught Liverpool off guard.
Three minutes later, Liverpool's fast attack in the frontcourt. When Mbappe quickly stepped forward and had already counterattacked offside, he successfully received Robertson's over-top pass. When he cut inside the ball and went to the penalty area, Gabriel returned to chase and directly made a tackle without touching the football, but he knocked Mbappe to the ground!
Mbappe thought this foul would have Gabriel sent off a red card, but the referee only showed a yellow card!
Situ Yunbing was also a little uneasy when he was on the sidelines. He took the initiative to go to the fourth official to protest!
Liverpool players repeatedly reminded the referee in anger that Gabriel's foul made Liverpool lose an excellent chance to score!
But the referee is stubborn!
"There was a controversial penalty on the court. Arsenal central defender Gabriel's foul against Mbappe will undoubtedly be awarded a red card!
Maybe his defensive action is not bad, but he is the last man in Arsenal's defense line. If Mbappe had been alone in the past, or he had already formed a one-on-one!
This penalty made Liverpool players very dissatisfied, and Situ Yunbing was also very unhappy. This will definitely become the focus of discussion after the game.
Arsenal was lucky enough to escape!”
Klopp had no intention of increasing right and wrong. He had a serious look and Liverpool's offensive firepower was too strong!
Why so many teams choose to be conservative when facing Liverpool is because if they don’t conservatively squeeze the space, Liverpool’s two wingers can’t control them at all!
Mbappe and Gareth Bale are so capable of exploding the opponent's defense only with their speed!
Not to mention that there are Sane and Vardy on the bench, they can also perform their abilities that make their opponents frightened in games with space!
When leading Dortmund to face Hamburg, Dortmund had to beware of fast horses like Griezmann, Reus, and Aubameyang. But looking at Liverpool today, the speed advantage is even greater!
But Arsenal did not have the top defense line like Dortmund at that time!
After all, Piszczek, Hummels, Subotic and Schmelzer were definitely the top defense lines in European football!
But Arsenal has at least two flaws now.
Gabriel and Monreal!
Klopp had a headache. Before the first half was finished, the two defenders received yellow cards. Maybe the third yellow card would appear on the defender before the end of the half!
Chapter completed!