this match
Liverpool (England)
Lining up in a 433 on their home turf, defenders Van Dijk, Konate, Tsimikas, Arnold, midfielders Hikaru Endo, Szoboszlai, Jones, and on the front line Salah, Luis Diaz, Gakpo.
Arsenal (name)
Also in 433, defenders Saliba, Gabriel, Ben White, Zinchenko, midfielders Rice, Havertz, Ødegaard, and strikers Saka, Martinelli, Jesus.
The game has just begun.
Arsenal (name)
They're attacking hard, and they're already threatening to take a shot on goal in the first minute.
Liverpool (England)
With midfielder MacAllister, left back Robertson and striker Jota all on injured reserve, the Gunners have a much more complete squad at the moment.
Liverpool (England)
Arnold is needed to get up into the midfield when his side is going to attack, and Tsimikas isn't as capable as Robertson, so of course the Gunners are going to attack with their sharpest two wingers
Liverpool (England)
edge so as to force back Arnold at the same time, and the effect is no longer something that can be stopped
Liverpool (England)
The offense, instead, even
Liverpool (England)
The midfield line will be weak.
Only 4 minutes into the game the Gunners scored, on a free kick Ødegaard drove straight to the 12-yard box and Gabriel stepped up to score, a goal that the Gunners could have done with 3 players right in the center of the field.
Liverpool (England)
The linebacker pushes out into a space.
Liverpool (England)
The defense wasn't very focused
Arsenal (name)
After the goal
Liverpool (England)
Not to be outdone, they pressed right forward to attack.
Liverpool (England)
Deliberately speeding up the center of the field, passing to Salah and Luis Diaz as soon as possible, and then forcing cuts to the Gunners' side to try to shoot or cross the ball, which was also effective.
Liverpool (England)
I'm going to take it back very quickly.
Arsenal (name)
You'll have to guard them, too.
In the 28th minute, Arnold sent a long pass directly to the right side of the field to Salah, who took the ball back in front of the line and started to break through, pulling the ball to the right side of the field to shoot a left-footed shot from 15 yards to the front of the Gunners' goal, which was the first time that Arnold had ever played in a match.
Liverpool (England)
Utilizing the speed of the fast break to quickly get back in the game.
In the 32nd minute, Tsimikas was knocked to the ground in an attempt to stop Saka and was replaced by Gomez, who later examined his broken collarbone and feared he would be out of action for several months.
With the loss of the left guard.
Liverpool (England)
Obviously it's had an impact.
Arsenal (name)
Seeing that the defense was missing key players, he immediately pounced on them to force them to attack, and every time he took the ball, he quickly passed it to Martinelli on the left side, trying to force them to attack.
Liverpool (England)
The defense, for a time, allowed
Liverpool (England)
It's a little dangerous.
Liverpool (England)
In fact, can not control the tempo, can only play a rapid attack to press the gunners back, the first half of the two teams ended in a tie
After the start of the second half
Liverpool (England)
Immediately launched a fast attack, after the first half of the match, Klopp probably thought that the Gunners can not be allowed to control the ball, but instead, the Gunners defense is flawed, especially in the left side of the Zinchenko, so the second half began to
Liverpool (England)
Immediately full-scale looting, and immediately send the ball to Salah, let Salah to challenge Zinchenko, the first half has repeatedly appeared Zinchenko guard Salah very hard picture, after the start of the second half is even more so, Salah even have a direct break Zinchenko's ball to launch a fast attack dangerous picture, at this point it has been determined that Zinchenko At this point, it was already confirmed that Zinchenko could not guard Salah.
Liverpool (England)
That's it.
Arsenal (name)
For the entire 15 minutes, at one point forcing
Arsenal (name)
The backcourt is a dangerous place, they're having trouble controlling the ball or even getting it across the halfway line, and as soon as the ball gets to the center of the field.
Liverpool (England)
He's got the ball, and Van Dijk's all over it.
Liverpool (England)
Kicked hard and put down Gunners players straight away, and it was only after the 60 mark that the Gunners finally managed to settle down a bit
Klopp made three substitutions at a time, Darwin Núñez, Elliott, Gravenberch for LuisDiaz, Gakpo, Jones at the 66:00 mark, with Klopp intending to take the game late in the second half.
Arsenal (name)
Also replace Trossard for Martinelli.
