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The game will be played in 433, with Van Dijk, Konaté, Arnold, Tsimikas in defense, MacAllister, Szoboslai, Gravenberch in midfield, and Salah, Jota, Luis Diaz in the forward line.
Everton played a conservative 451 with defenders Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, A. Young, midfielders Onana, Garner, Harrison, McNeil, Doucouré, and striker Calvert-Lewin.
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After the start of the game.
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Very aggressive, with the ball constantly passing to Salah on the right, launching a couple of good attacks, but Everton were clearly prepared, and on this day their defense was actually very good, Everton had Doucouré pushing up front, teaming up with Calvert-Lewin in the pressing
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The defense, in fact, was not very effective, but when Everton passed long from the back of the field, there were two well-built players in the front line who could take the high ball
As the game progresses.
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It has been noted that Ashley Young on Everton's right side is actually attackable, regardless of age or movement, Ashley Young is at a disadvantage against the young LuisDiaz, but
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Starting left back Robertson was injured on International Day and could now be out for a while, minus Robertson.
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Not attacking sharply enough on the left and having to try and get the ball to Salah on the right, who was really in good form.
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Now all the threatening passes in front of the goal have to go through him, but in this game whenever Salah tried to make a breakthrough, he was guarded by Mykolenko, and it was a very nice breakaway, and it was obvious that Everton's side was ready to deal with Salah, and as a result, Salah was unable to make good breakthroughs down the right side of the field.
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All three of the midfielders played well, Gravenberch always had the ball to push forward, he and MacAllister in the middle of the defense roughly cut off Everton's ground attack, not much of a problem defensively, in attack it was kind of ordinary, still very much relied on the attacking combination of the front three
In the 37th minute, Luis Diaz tried to break through on the left, Ashley Young couldn't block him, and had no choice but to shovel the ball, which resulted in Luis Diaz being hit by the ball. 18 minutes earlier, Ashley Young had already received a yellow card for bringing down Luis Diaz in the midfield, and the referee issued a yellow card on this occasion as well. Ashley Young was sent off with two yellows and a red.
LuisDiaz's breakout power clearly overpowered Ashley Young, and if it weren't for the red card, which left Everton a man short.
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After that, the pressure won't be so easy, and Luis Diaz can be credited for that.
After an extra man.
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began to press the attack and scored a large number of shots as well as corners before the end of the first half, but Everton stuck to the penalty area, the
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No points were scored.
At halftime Everton replaced McNeil and Harrison with Patterson and Michael Keane, which is equivalent to removing the attackers from the wings and replacing them with defenders to strengthen the defense.
At the start of the second half.
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Pressed the attack on all fronts, and at one point scored a number of shots from inside the box, but Everton had tightened up their defense, and after more than 10 minutes of play, the
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It didn't score, and it didn't feel like a numerical advantage in Everton's half of the field, and Everton did a really good job of defending this point
On 61 minutes Everton replaced Calvert-Lewin for Beto, looking to rely on his dribbling to punch out as many chances as possible.
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There were also substitutions, with Tsimikas and Gravenberch replaced by Elliott and Darwin Núñez, which is the same as taking out the fullbacks and defensive midfielders and replacing them with strikers and attacking midfielders.
Beto came in and really strengthened Everton's rushing attack, and the pressure on Konaté increased as he was yellow carded at the 50 mark, and Klopp replaced him with Matip to be careful.
Darwin Núñez came on to hold the opposition's center backs in the center, while Elliott continued to penetrate upfield, which reinforced
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The ability to pass the ball in half-space as well as in the penalty area makes the
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The pressurized area is advancing further into the penalty area.