Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 989 What Are You Doing? !

After completing the Manchester United game, Liverpool's Premier League schedule in March is over. Zhang Yuan scored 3 goals for Liverpool this month. His performance was average, so he was not selected as the best player of the month. The best player was won by Arsenal's Ozil. He led Arsenal to 3 victories in March. He said that Liverpool was the king of scoring. Very powerful.

This is also Arsenal's usual rhythm. The first half of the season is often very embarrassing, and in the second half of the season they can often explode with amazing energy. Now it is not unreasonable to say in the football circle that Arsenal are earning four crazy monsters.

On Saturday, April 4th, Liverpool met Arsenal, who have been in excellent form recently, at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal is very unlucky. They once again became Shiliu Lang in the Champions League. They actually lost against Monaco at home. Although they defeated their opponents 2:0 in the away game, they also regretted being out because of away goals.

Or it was precisely because of this exit that Arsenal concentrated all their energy on the league and the FA Cup. The FA Cup was easily advanced, and the league set off a frenzy of grabbing points.

The outside media paid extra attention to this game. The first point of view came from the head coach's fighting style. Fundamentally speaking, both Klopp and Arsenal are representatives of offensive football. Arsenal Wenger is good at smooth and fast football. Passing and cutting, while Klopp is better at applying high pressure and players' off-ball movements. You don't need to guess that this game is an offensive battle.

It’s hard to say about offense. For example, when Liverpool are facing underdogs, they are likely to complete more than 20 shots. It couldn't be done well either. For example, when they played against Manchester United, their own form was poor, and Manchester United's tactical response was relatively appropriate. In addition, there was one less player at the beginning of the second half. Liverpool played the worst battle this season.

But today is different, Arsenal will attack, they need constant victories just like Liverpool.

The second thing to watch is who is better after the two points-grabbing monsters after the winter break.Arsenal and Liverpool are the two best-performing teams in the Premier League since the new year. The Gunners have scored 27 points, and the Red Army has also scored 2015 points in 25, both of which are more than other Premier League teams.Arsene Wenger's side have won 16 of 14 games since the New Year, including nine out of 10 in the league.The loss to Manchester United in the last round was also Klopp's team's first loss in the past 9 league rounds. It had achieved 14 wins and 10 draws before.

However, at the Emirates Stadium, Liverpool's life is not easy. One of their recent declines is evidence of their recent decline in playing Manchester United.

As for Arsenal this season, it was a bit bad at the previous stage, but they only lost one game at home. Liverpool's away record this season itself is not very good, but they have recently won against several relegation teams. .

The third thing to watch is the dispute between Zhang Yuan and Ozil. These two are well-known good friends in the Premier League. Ozil praised his friend Zhang Yuan more than once, and Zhang Yuan also pointed out Arsenal before the game. Na's two most important generals, Ozil and Sanchez.

"If we want to make a difference at the Emirates Stadium, then we must limit Mesut Ozil and Sanchez. They are both great players and have considerable ability to cause us trouble. If we underestimate them, we will definitely pay the price! "

Zhang Yuan also suffered criticism after the last game. In fact, he deserved the criticism because he failed to score. Although Sturridge's goal was assisted by him, it could not cover up his downturn. At least in the media In his eyes, his performance on the field was too quiet. He was basically in the process of hand-to-hand struggle with Manchester United players in the first half, but the situation improved slightly in the second half, and he moved to the wing position.

As a result, after the game, many media asked a question about the most suitable position for Zhang Yuan. Some people pointed out that Zhang Yuan is suitable for fighting on the wing, but someone immediately refuted that Zhang Yuan also did a good job at the center position. Currently the center with the most goals, a serious center.

Now facing two strong opponents, will Zhang Yuan continue to slump in this game? !

When Zhang Yuan mentioned the threat of Arsenal, he didn't mention Arsenal's most popular striker, Giroud. Giroud has scored in 5 consecutive games, including the league, the FA Cup and the Champions League On the field, however, Zhang Yuan is not optimistic about him. He believes that the defense led by Degan will definitely be able to handle Giroud.

Liverpool suffered some minor injuries before this game. Skrtel and Lovren were both injured on the defense line. Klopp can only continue to use Sakho and Degan, who played poorly in the previous game. With the combination of central defenders, Lallana is still the right back, and Moreno is responsible for the left.

The midfielder is the old partner of Henderson and Emre Can, and the attacking midfielder is Joe Allen, Sterling and Coutinho.

The striker is still Zhang Yuan.

Wenger's side is also 4231 against the enemy, goalkeeper: Ospina
Defender: Bellerinkos, Czerny, Mertesac, Monreal

DM: Kirkland Ramsey

Attacking midfield: Ozil Carraso Sanchez
Forward: Giroud

Today's referee is Anthony Taylor. His law enforcement is relatively strict. This is not a good thing for the two teams. Arsenal is currently the team with the fourth most yellow cards in the Premier League. The situation of Liverpool It's a little bit better, but because of the current combat style, there are quite a few yellow cards.

After the start of the game, the two sides started to play offensive football without any temptation. In terms of fast passing, Arsenal can definitely rank in the top of the Premier League. Their ball possession rate is generally not bad, but Wenger's ball The team does not rely on possession of the ball to suppress the opponent, which is different from Manchester City.

Currently, the teams with the most ball possession on average in the Premier League are Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Liverpool. These teams all play in different ways. They don't pursue possession of the ball at all, or they don't fancy possession of the ball. However, when facing mid- and lower-level teams, they don't even want possession of the ball. It is simple and straightforward. In many cases, the striker's impact is directly used to solve the problem. There is no need for so much possession of the ball. Long passes are used more. Liverpool have to control the ball if they don't want to control the ball.

In today's game, everyone is actually not the kind of team that pursues possession of the ball. The natural process is very open. In the opening tens of seconds, Arsenal passed the ball to the front of Liverpool's penalty area. Sanchez completed Arsenal's first goal. shot.

Arsenal have high center forward Giroud in front of them, but their tactical play is not focused on Giroud, their ground pass is the focus, of course, the full-back's pressure assist is indispensable, and the cross is also indispensable.

Liverpool has to walk on the ground. The profound lesson for Liverpool in the last game is that it is extremely unwise to let Zhang Yuan go hand-to-hand with the opponent's defender.

When everyone was walking on the ground, the game gradually turned into a battle in the midfield. Everyone thought that the fast break on the spot would succeed. As a result, the two teams fell into a series of mistakes after the opening minutes. embarrassment.

In the 10th minute, Arsenal intercepted the ball in the midfield and played a quick pass. Monreal made a pass after going down the bottom. Giroud, who was in excellent form, overwhelmed Digan and hit the goal with a header. Door beam, Liverpool's lucky escape.

Zhang Yuan at the far end yelled at Sterling on the sidewalk, "What the hell are you doing?! Why don't you go back?!"

It turned out that Sterling started walking again. During Rodgers and Hyypia's period, Sterling's tasks were not heavy, and he was mainly responsible for breakthroughs in the frontcourt. However, Klopp's arrival is different. He needs defensive players to be active. To put pressure on the opponent's defense, the striker sometimes needs to retreat, especially the two wings need to retreat to assist the defense.

Sterling needs to take on the task of returning to defense, at least to form enough interference in the frontcourt. However, Sterling is not interested in such tactics. He is as bad at defense as Zhang Yuan, and he doesn't want to return to defense. This time It was still up to Monreal to pass by him without paying attention.

(End of this chapter)