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This game's
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The biggest difference was that Fabinho didn't play and it was Henderson and Thiago in the middle, while Leicester City were prepared and actually didn't play too badly on the whole, except for the two goals.
(Both teams start)
Leicester City scored at the start of the game, just four minutes in, Leicester City kicked off from the back, striker Daka was in front of the ball and passed it to the back of Dewsbury-Hall, Henderson was there to intercept but couldn't get back straight away, instead he kicked the ball out of the air, allowing Dewsbury-Hall to take the ball to the 12-yard box and shoot the ball into the goal.
This fumble reacts to the
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The situation in the first half, the coverage at the back got worse due to Fabinho's absence, Henderson didn't fill in as well as Fabinho, while Leicester City stepped up with the strikers dropping back with a dense midfield, and actually had quite a few chances to take the ball in midfield
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Salah and Elliott were in bad shape, Salah and Elliott couldn't connect, the problem was Salah seemed to be in bad shape, no matter how much Elliott tried to stack with him and support him, Salah couldn't seem to form a powerful breakthrough or pass after he got the ball, and Arnold on the right side didn't dare to press forward after he saw that Leicester City was playing a counter-attack, but Leicester City was still playing behind him. But Leicester City was still playing behind him, Arnold's position was a bit up and down, not good for both offense and defense.
Chamberlain was not effective at all on the left, his runs were quite low nor did he actively join the midfield battle, and when Chamberlain was unable to be a pillar on the left, it created a risk for Robertson to step up, but
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The right side was equally unplayable, so Robertson stayed hard, but Chamberlain's lack of play made Robertson look like he was on his own
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Leicester City, on the other hand, set up a dense center, with Ndidi in particular being very active in the middle of the field, as well as Soumaré as well, with all four Leicester City defenders staying in the middle and back of the field without going up, along with two highly active backs.
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Chamcerlain's lack of activity up front led to a numerical disadvantage and he was unable to form a continuous attack, while Leicester City started to play a long counter-attack after striker Daka was injured in the 15th minute and was forced to bring on Vardy early on, and they were a point ahead and had enough money to do so, and Leicester City almost played as a one-striker, so the attack wasn't ferocious.
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Poor back filling allows Vardy, AyozePerez to both surge forward
With 38:00 to go in the game.
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The luck of the draw came, originally
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The Leicester City defense could not be broken down, Darwin Núñez had a hard tackle on defender Faes, but overall there was still too little offense. Arnold's pass from the right side was not good enough, and as a result, the ball was not threatening, and when Faes tried to clear it, the ball did not bounce properly, and the ball fell into the back of the post at a weird angle. Score
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That's not all.
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Once the game was level, the attack was more aggressive, just before the end of the first half Matip put the ball in the air over the center line, where Chamberlain jumped up and smoothed the ball, Darwin Núñez had already started and followed up with a shot from the 18-yard line, but the ball hit the post and bounced out of the goal, but Faes, who was doing his best to get back to the ball, wasn't prepared for the shot. The ball bounced off his foot and was deflected into the back of the net.
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Both goals were Faes' oops, and both were actually easily cleared, and he made the fatal error that turned Leicester City from leading to trailing
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At the start of the second half.
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Corrections were made, with Arnold being more aggressive up front and Henderson pressing forward, allowing possession to stay more consistently around Leicester City's 30-yard line, so that
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It's only by pressing Leicester City's midfield line back, and
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He would also try to give the ball to Darwin Núñez or Salah on the right as much as possible. In the second half, Darwin Núñez had a couple of good chances, but his handling was not good enough, and Salah almost had a one-two punch at 52 when he received a diagonal pass from Darwin Núñez that went through the entire Leicester City defense, but the shot he kicked at goal was The shot was completely weak and deflected into touch, and Salah's form was never the same throughout the match.
Leicester City brought on attacking Tielemans and Iheanacho to counter attack, but Klopp also brought on Keita and Tsimikas. Keita came on and turned into a four-man midfield, while Leicester City's Ndidi also came off the pitch. The two sides were level in the midfield, and Arnold retreated back into his own area to make a couple of good clearances towards the end of the half. Arnold had a couple of good clearances before the end of the second half.
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Beat Leicester City 2-1
as a matter of fact
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There were a number of players who didn't perform well in this game, Chamberlain, Salah, Henderson were not good, Thiago and Darwin Núñez were good players, but in their current form without Fabinho in the center of the field they are easily overwhelmed by the opposing team's attack, which affects the lack of counterattacking in front of the goal, and the number of attacking players is too small. Darwin Núñez has the speed to make use of it, but other things such as his shooting skills and cooperation with his teammates still need time.
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Dutch midfielder Gakpo signing coming in
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Gakpo, who is known for his attacking prowess and second-row insertion, was a standout performer at the World Cup and his addition to the roster should allow
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Strong support from the frontcourt
