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In round 22, the Reds, also hovering between 5-10th place
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The Wolverhampton Wanderers were very eager to get a good win in the new year, but it was not to be. They conceded two goals in the first 12 minutes of the away match against the Wolves, who have a poor record, and then the hosts played a beautiful defensive counterattack in the second half when they strengthened the attack, and they swallowed a big defeat in the final game 0:3, which is the third defeat in the four games of the 2023 season, and the situation is quite poor.
Injuries affect backline after World Cup
The first goal conceded came in the fifth minute of the game, a defender's oops, and the goal conceded underscored
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The problem of no commander in the rear defense, the original fixed start of the Dutch good van Dijk, due to injuries continue to miss the game, the four defenders running, into the absence of a commander of the players, each other's cooperation and running has become quite random, the ball is standing in the left of the center back Gomez first to fill the left back in the side of the defense position, in the judgement of the opponent's attack slows down to go back to the original position of defense, then by another center back Matip to fill the left side defense Hwang Hee Chan formed an oolong goal. Wolves Korean international Hwang Hee-chan launched an attack, then another center back Matip to fill in the left side of the defense of Hwang Hee-chan, and the final cross hit Matip's foot to form an oolong, but from the slow-motion camera can be found that
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The second post was also open because the back line was pulled heavily to the left, and if the cross had formed, it would have been a fairly threatening attack.
Decreased defensive ability in the midfield, reducing the ability of the left and right flanks to attack quickly forward
Modern soccer, has changed from the goalkeeper is the first player to launch an attack, so the midfield in the offensive and defensive ends will become particularly important, in addition to the role as a defender and striker between the excessive, transport, in the opponent counterattacks, to be able to quickly in the middle of the field on the blocking of the opponent's attack, but also the left and right side of the key to be able to attack forward.
this season
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Core midfielders Captain Henderson as well as Brazilian international Fabinho have both faced degradation, one a stabilizing force in the midfield and the other a big sweeper in the middle of the field, and the absence of both in the heart of the midfield has made the
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The ball-handling ability is not as good as in previous seasons, coupled with the loss of Alexander-Arnold's powerful forward breakthrough assisting ability in the past, and the leakage of the defense from time to time, it is obvious that both the offense and defense are not in the competitive situation, both of which would be
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The reason for this season's considerable struggles.
Failed to break through on 22 shots
In this match against the Wolves.
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The Wolves took 22 shots on goal to keep the offense going, but the threat they created was actually quite low, with 8 shots on goal in the first half, increasing to 14 in the second half, but only 4 shots on goal (18%), while the Wolves scored 3 goals on 6 of their 12 shots on goal (50%), a significantly better offensive performance.
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16 interceptions, 39 clearances
The Wolves had a good game offensively and defensively and faced a second-half
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The siege, not only did not be crossed a step, but also played a beautiful defensive counterattack, in which the clearance up to 39 times, interceptions are also 16 times are quite enough level, the overall performance to win the victory is not a fluke.
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Quite a rough start to the year, with four
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The match was a 1:3 defeat to Brentford and a 0:3 loss to
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Chelsea
The challenge for the New Year, apart from injuries, may be how to face the challenge of the 'Animal' Army after today's 0:3 defeat to the Wolves, consecutive losses to the Bees, the Seagulls and the Wolves!
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The next game will be against relegation zone Alverton and it will be interesting to see if they can successfully open the door!
