803 Red Army-style shock!
Klopp has indeed strengthened Arsenal's midfield. This strengthening is not only an arrangement of personnel position, but also an adjustment and improvement in the tactical system.
This protects Arsenal's relatively flawed defense to a certain extent.
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand the phenomenon that Arsenal's performance has improved.
Liverpool tried to play a more delicate, smooth and fast offensive in the frontcourt.
Eriksen, Coutinho and Casemiro passed the ball in a row in a row, trying to find Arsenal's flaw in defensive adjustment, but the effect was very average.
It can be said that Klopp's main job in the past half of the season is to make a fuss in the midfield, which is Arsenal's current fortress!
Milner and Ramsey, who were desperately struggling to run, plus a tough guy Wijnaldum, did have strong strength in defensive hardness, coverage, and operating speed.
The flaw may be that the offense is relatively lack of creativity, but this is not what Klopp pursues. He hopes to create opportunities for Arsenal's forward with the tenacity of the overall rhythm.
At the same time, the counter-harassment work on the front line was also done well. The reason why Ozil was abandoned was that he could not play a role in defense.
Situ Yunbing thought about it and gestured to the team, asking the team to give up the idea of tearing the opponent's defense through exquisite cooperation, and instead adopt a simple and crude offensive method!
In the 15th minute of the game, Robertson assisted in the frontcourt and broke through Bellerin's defense after receiving a pass from Coutinho, and then made a cross from the bottom.
Although Mertesacker headed the ball to clear the ball, Arsenal's midfield over-protected the frontier zone so that the football flew out of the middle of the backcourt, Liverpool could take the lead and then control the ball.
While Kante was in possession of the ball, Klopp roared at Giroud and the other two strikers on the sidelines, and then pointed to the backcourt area and signaled that they would return to defense to a deeper level!
Arsenal plays as a general team, and the forward retracement does not need to be so large, but it must be done to play against Liverpool!
After Kant stopped the ball, he passed the ball diagonally to the right.
This time, Gareth Bale pulled the ball on the wing and turned around and quickly pushed forward with a forward dribbling. He went to the outside and forced his breakthrough to Monreal, which allowed all the Reds fans to see the crazy speed of Bale's sports car again.
The key is that Gareth Bale can still turn into the intangible line after breaking through!
This made Mertesacker very uncomfortable. When he retreated to block Gareth Bale, Wijnaldum returned to the defense area to fill his defensive position. Gareth Bale knocked the ball diagonally back. Erikson stepped forward and was chased by Ramsey. Erikson immediately swept the ball across the left rib of the penalty area.
Coutinho quickly cut inward and grabbed the ball before Milner intercepted!
The football flew straight to the near corner of the goal, and Cech, wearing a protective gear, jumped to the ball with one hand and blocked the ball out of the bottom line!
"Cech's brave save resolved the threatening shot from Coutinho!
Arsenal's defense today is a really refreshing appearance!
But can they still create a threat to Liverpool in the offense?”
Klopp looked at Arsenal's defense with a serious expression.
In the first half of this season, Liverpool crushed Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. In this round of confrontation, Arsenal showed the gap with Liverpool since the beginning. In fact, the Reds performed more calmly in the game and were able to switch their playing styles at will. This alone can tell how big the advantage Liverpool has!
However, Arsenal's weaknesses in several key positions also limit their strength to a certain extent.
For example, even though Mertesack is a good player in air defense, the disadvantages of dealing with speed players in a fast-paced game cannot be ignored. Compared with the two teams' forwards, the threat that Gareth Bale can bring on the wing is also envied by Klopp.
In the 19th minute of the game, Sanchez received a pass from Wijnaldum from the left in the frontcourt. He dunked over Azpilicueta in a forward breakthrough. Although the breakthrough was successful, he still went to the outside line. He didn't have many choices before and after he came to the bottom line. In the end, he could only pass the ball across the penalty area. Giroud took the initiative to receive the ball, but he was not trying to make some changes in the offensive.
He knocked the ball back outside the penalty area before Van Dijk cleared.
Firmino followed up. This time Arsenal's offense has shown Klopp's wisdom in building a front line. Sanchez came from the right to the left. Although he did not make full use of the field width, it was obviously more threatening to make the front line form an offensive triangle system in the full speed of the forward attack.
Firmino stopped the ball and adjusted his steps and made a move to shoot. When Kante arrived at the interception, Firminola changed the ball and used pull-back-v to show off the Brazilian's footwork. Then he took another shot!
The football took an inner arc and flew directly to the far corner of the Liverpool goal. Unfortunately, the distance was too far, which gave Ter Stegen sufficient time to react. When the football was about to fly into the dead corner of the goal, Ter Stegen touched the football with his left fingertip, causing the football to change backwards and rub against the upper edge of the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line!
Firmino gritted his teeth secretly, regretting.
Anfield Stadium also echoed the amazement from fans.
Situ Yunbing couldn't help but his heart beat violently for a few minutes.
If it is said that when playing against Manchester City, Pellegrini released all the team's offensive energy to play against Liverpool, it made Manchester City look a bit fierce.
Then Klopp's Arsenal pursues efficiency more, but under a simple offensive, he seeks a fatal blow more extreme, which is a bit cruel!
"Terstegen's world-class save resolves the shot from Firmino who seems to be a must-try!
Arsenal's counterattack was very threatening. Sanchez personally promoted the offensive. Giroud supported him in the penalty area. Firmino's performance after receiving the response left a deep impression. It was really exciting to pass Kante. The subsequent shot lacked some strength!
The angle is perfect, but the ball speed is slow!”
Liverpool recovered from this dangerous situation and regrouped and launched another offensive.
This contest must give full play to their advantages to the extreme in order to suppress Arsenal!
In the 25th minute of the game, Liverpool launched an offensive from the left side of the frontcourt, and Robertson once again came to the frontcourt. After receiving Coutinho's return pass, he made a cross from the wing 45 degrees.
Lewandowski headed the ball in the penalty area but was blocked by Cech.
Under Eriksen's counter-attack pressure, Wijnaldum headed the ball to the left.
Firmino had already retreated to the backcourt to meet, but as soon as he stopped the ball, he saw Kante killing in front of him!
Instead of taking the risk of trying to break through, he knocked the ball across the middle.
Seeing that Ramsey followed and inserted, he was about to dribble the ball and launch a counterattack, but Casemiro took the lead and cut the ball, so that Klopp was furious!
This kind of goal conceding in the backcourt must be absolutely avoided!
After Casemiro intercepted the ball, he passed the ball diagonally to the right. Garez Bale cut inward and pulled the ball in front of Vinaldum and then changed direction and cut across. After finding the angle of the shooting in the middle of the penalty area.
His shot was shot out, but the football was blocked by Koscheerney!
The ball that bounced out flew to the back of the middle circle. Giroud was attacked by Culibali when he headed the ball, causing him to push the ball out of the wing to be cut off again by Azpilicueta!
Liverpool attacked continuously, counterattacked continuously, and then launched the offensive continuously!
The team can't bear this kind of pressure at all, and Arsenal's defense has also begun to become messy.
When Eriksen took the initiative to pull the side and came to the right to respond, he quickly completed a wall-to-block with Gareth Bale and broke through Monreal's defense zone, followed by a half-high cross from the bottom!
Lewandowski stepped into the front point and received the cross before Mertsacker, and directly volleyed and shot the ball towards the goal.
Goalkeeper Cech subconsciously blocked the ball and blocked it!
But because it was a passive block, the football rebounded in the penalty area!
When Coscheerney stepped forward to clear the ball, Coutinho appeared near the penalty spot in the penalty area. He rushed towards the football. Milner also returned to the penalty area and even made a shovel. However, Coutinho took the lead and shot the ball and sent it into the lower right corner of the goal!
After scoring, Coutinho turned around and ran to the corner flag area. Anfield Stadium echoed with warm cheers from Reds fans!
Klopp shook his head expressionlessly.
"Coutinho scored a goal after shooting! Wow! Liverpool's offensive was like a wave and it was still not tied again!
Arsenal has done its best in defense, but who can stop the opponent's shots one after another?
But it is also undeniable that Firmino's cross was intercepted by the ball!
Liverpool created another shot in the frontcourt in less than 6 seconds!
Arsenal didn't have time to make adjustments in such a short time.
Cech was able to block Lewandowski's shot to the extreme, and Coutinho's supplementary shot really made him helpless.
Arsenal trailed 0:1 at Anfield Stadium!
It seems that the miracle didn't happen!
Of course, we have never questioned Liverpool's top strength in the Premier League and even the entire European football world!
We just hope that Arsenal can become a dragon-slaying warrior!
Maybe this idea is a bit simple."
Situ Yunbing raised his right fist and roared, then showed a charming smile.
Coutinho enjoyed cheers from Reds fans.
There are rumors that Barcelona intends to introduce Coutinho. Now during the winter transfer period, Liverpool will neither have players left nor players will come.
Coutinho did not make any statement on the rumors, of course, this itself does not mean anything.
At least he did not make ambiguous remarks in response to the rumors. In that case, it definitely means he wants to leave Liverpool.
Just like now, just pretend that there is no rumors, even if the outside world does not know his attitude, it cannot make a wishful thinking.
Situ Yunbing can understand Coutinho's idea. In some major battles or tough battles, Situ Yunbing will not absolutely use Eriksen or Coutinho. It is hard to say that both of them are the absolute core of Liverpool.
Chapter completed!