Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 279
Liverpool's away game against Arsenal is the highlight of this round of the Premier League. As the first game of the Christmas-New Year period, even the London media are not optimistic that Arsenal, which has frequent civil unrest, can block the red wave under Klopp.

But the reality is so unreal. After Liverpool led by two goals, the Arsenal Jedi counterattacked and scored 6 goals in 3 minutes, which almost overturned the aggressive Red Army.

Now that the major British media are really celebrating the New Year, except for the Liverpool media who are still speaking for the Red Army, the others all fired at Liverpool in unison.

As for Arsenal, they didn't get any good comments. Even the London media, which has always been protective, was very annoyed at Arsenal's self-willed depravity.

"Liverpool Echo": "Liverpool's artillery hits Barcelona's effect! Arsenal was beaten at home"

Liverpool played away against Arsenal and still maintained a super attacking power.

At the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal, which played at home, was once beaten by the Red Army's offensive.

In the history of the battle between the two sides, there has never been no shortage of big scores.In the first round of last season, Liverpool defeated Arsenal 4-3 in the away game, thus laying the foundation for winning the championship against the top players at the end of the season.

去年1月，双方在安菲尔德球场同样战成了3-3平；更久远的2009年，双方则在同样的场地4-4战平。2014年2月，利物浦在主场5-1大胜阿森纳，这也是两队之间罕见的悬殊比分。

As the kick-off of the Christmas-New Year period of the Premier League this season, the two sides are naturally equal, but it is clear that Liverpool has a greater advantage on the scene.

From the 12th minute, Liverpool gave Arsenal a taste of the sharpness of the attack. If it weren't for Petr Cech's bravery, Arsenal's city would have been broken.

Nevertheless, Liverpool scored in the 26th minute.The process of this goal only went through 2 passes: Milner counterattacked after stealing the ball from the backcourt, he passed the ball to Salah, who drove straight in with the ball, made a cross from the right side of the penalty area, followed by Zhang Mai who was in place Jumping off the goal area line, the ball just passed Petr Cech's fingers and flew into the net.

In addition to this goal, Liverpool also got a good chance at the end of the first half.Koscielny made a mistake, Salah got the ball and formed a one-shot. His shot was saved by Cech, and Mane, who followed up with a supplementary shot, missed the opportunity slightly.

Throughout the first half, Liverpool had an overall advantage in terms of offense, and the number of shots on target was 4 to 0. Arsenal did not have a single shot on target;
In terms of ball possession time, the Red Army in the away game accounted for 57%.

So under pressure, Wenger had to replace Monreal with Mustafi who had just recovered from injury at halftime.

Wenger admitted after the game: "We were frozen by fear in the first half, and we didn't play at our own level."

Heading into the second half, Liverpool could even have taken three points from the Emirates if their chances were good enough.

For example, in the 62nd minute, Zhang Mai made a pass from the outside of the left foot, and Mane outflanked the edge of the goal area after the penalty, but his shot was bravely saved by Petr Cech;
In the 89th minute, Mane dribbled the ball straight in a counterattack. He distributed the ball to the left at the top of the penalty arc, but Salah's shot was slightly wide of the left post...

In the whole game, Liverpool had a total of 14 shots, 9 of which were on target;
And Arsenal shot 11 times, only 4 shots were on target, but scored 3 goals. The Gunners were very lucky in this game.

In the view of Liverpool coach Klopp, the Red Army's performance is not worthy of joy.

"Away against Arsenal, three goals should be enough."

Klopp said: "We deserve at least 1 point. Because the intensity of the game is so great, good opportunities are not easy to create."

If the result of each scoring one point is lucky for Arsenal, then it is really a pity for Liverpool.

The reports of the London media are relatively objective, but the evaluation of the two giants is also unceremonious.

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"Daily Telegraph": "Arsenal and Liverpool bloody replay: a soul-stirring rookie pecking"

Today could have been soul-stirring, but it was a pity that it was in the throat. Three goals were scored in 6 minutes to achieve a lead. In the end, it was flat. Can Wenger be forgiven again?

Arsenal seems to be out of the shadow of the inexplicable defeat in August this year. Although the defense is still riddled with holes, at least it has not been completely crushed. After more than half an hour of panic, the team gradually recovered the ball. rhythm.

However, to say how good the situation was before Sanchez caught Gomez's mistake and completed the goal, it is not necessarily, but it was a bit of the dull anxiety in January last year: the Gunners continued to press, and Liverpool would suddenly lose power. But because the strength of the frontcourt is still there, it can occasionally cause Cech's danger...

As expected of a convulsive league, each other has offense and defense, and each other stabs bayonets. Although the style of play varies greatly due to the difference in the taste of the coaches' clothes, the fans who advocate the philosophy of offense are the most benefited.

It's just that the club's surname is Ying, but the players' surnames are not. Fans may see Kanes continue to misfire in the World Cup half a year later.

No matter how potential and local brand power the Great Britain Three Great Men (Solanke-Lalana-Chamberlain) have, Uncle Zha finally chose to use the power of the Eastern Lion and African Leopard to decorate his knight army.

After Klopp's careful creation, the Liverpool soldiers evolved from the British Highland infantry into the Germanic Black Knights, showing a high degree of mobility and ferocious assault force, which can be said to have basically reproduced Dortmund's youthful storm.

Intuitively speaking, this so-called "youth storm" means "the wind is blowing and the clouds are flying", and every attack feels like a bayonet.

Because the frontcourt is led by the Eastern Lion, the West African Cheetah, the North African Leopard, and the American Leopard. Without temper, you can still score goals through raids in the middle.

This kind of DPS puts extremely high demands on everyone in Arsenal's defense. It's a pity that the Gunners' defense in recent years has too single skills, so it's worth noting.

Bellerin's characteristics of "passing the ball with the arch of the foot, passing the ball from the bottom, coming and going like a gust of wind, and the defense zone is empty" may have already been included in the Encyclopedia Britannica. As long as he is not allowed to run, he is useless!

Fortunately, as one of Arsenal's potential time bombs, Bellerin was not detonated this time. Instead, Xhaka took the lead in "detonating" himself.

In the face of the dense schedule, Uncle Zha’s Cavaliers did not show high-intensity frontcourt oppression, and their tactics were simple and clear.

In the counterattack, Xhaka's defensive concentration problem was exposed again. For the first goal, he chased desperately for most of the time, but finally stopped following. For the second goal, he ran at a uniform speed throughout the whole process under the high-altitude camera. Dare to step out easily.

Perhaps, gun fans all over the world have prepared a seven-day spray, and as a result, he has achieved a rare self-salvation with his own BOOM attribute.

In fact, after losing the first goal, Xhaka showed a desire to seek redemption. His position mentioned the 30-meter area of ​​​​the frontcourt, leaving Wilshere behind, so that Ozil had to go back again. Withdraw to assist in combing.

With the help of his teammates, Xhaka, who was promoted to the frontcourt, finally released his suppressed competitive state for more than half a year in his own way. The roar after scoring a goal was a watershed for his recovery, because after that, his holding the ball It's no longer about making steady passbacks or splitting sides.

If Uncle Zha wants to reflect on the victory that slipped away from his hands, he must reflect on the conservative tactical thinking of giving up control of the midfield.

The reason why Xhaka's throat was not choked is because Wilshere, who had stood still before the Taishan collapse, came back again.

Wilshere's 4 dribbles were the highest in the game, the second 79% pass success rate, and his subjective initiative in returning to defense made people wonder: Is there still a position for Ramsey?
Because the Red Army is not placing a bus, but a movable fence, and due to Uncle Zha's rotation system, they have not shown much better defensive skills than Arsenal's defense.

Whenever the professor has no way to defeat the enemy, he will think of "I have general Welbeck who can behead the enemy". Not picked up?

But judging from the long schedule and the thickness of the bench, the North London duo are really sympathetic to each other. Seeing that behind Liverpool's quartet there are three British heroes who are very likely to be selected for the World Cup squad next summer. I can't help but sigh .

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Manchester City's media sneered at their rivals for the championship, and by the way, stepped on Arsenal, which had long been looked down upon.

"Manchester Evening News": "6 goals in 4 minutes! The Premier League's two open crotch pants are worse than whoever defends who is the grandson"

Like the opening game of the Premier League this season, the first game of the Christmas-New Year period is also arranged at the Emirates Stadium.

It's just that Arsenal's opponent in the opening game was Leicester City, but today it was Liverpool.Compared with the high score of 4-3 in the opening game, today's 3-3 is not inferior!Entertainment first became the theme of the competition.And the process of the two teams scoring 6 goals within 4 minutes is even more thrilling.

The climax of the game began in the 52nd minute.At that time, "Egyptian Messi" Salah's shot after cooperating with Firmino crossed Cech's ten fingers and the score became 2-0.

Just 1 minute later, Arsenal blew the counterattack horn:

Lacazette distributed the ball to the right in the penalty area, Bellerin made a cross, Sanchez nodded and scored, the ball passed between the legs of Liverpool goalkeeper Mignolet, and the score became 1-2.

In the 56th minute, Iwobi made a cross from the front court to the center. Xhaka took the ball and then took a long shot. Mignolet was obviously not prepared. net, 2-2.

In the 58th minute, Ozil took the ball in the frontcourt. He handed the ball to Lacazette, and then combined the ball with his heel in the penalty area. With a rubbing shot, the ball just flew over Mignola's body.

3-2, Arsenal achieved a go-ahead.

Scored 6 goals in 4 minutes, the audience in the Emirates Stadium watched thrillingly, but in the eyes of experts, these 4 goals should not have appeared.

Let’s talk about Salah’s goal first. The BBC noticed that during Salah’s counterattack with the ball, Wilshere, who was originally in charge of marking Salah, “has long since disappeared”, while Mustafi and Bailey Under the situation of second defense and first defense, no one dared to take the initiative to stretch his legs, but just watched Salah kick his feet like this, which is really incredible.

In contrast, Liverpool have more defensive problems:
The first goal, when Bellerin crossed, Liverpool defender Gomez was in a better position, but he let Sanchez outflank him, and the mistake of only looking at the ball and not the person appeared again on him. .

The second goal was conceded. Coach Klopp said frankly: "Mignolet's judgment has a problem."

The third conceded a goal, and before Lacazette sent an assist, he had two Liverpool players by his side.To be able to deliver such a brilliant back-heel pass certainly speaks volumes about the quality of the French striker, but what were the two defenders beside him thinking at the time?Betting that the opponent's footwork is too stinky?

Today, Arsenal and Liverpool can be said to have the same disease, and the defensive problems are not small. The number of goals conceded by the two teams is 23 goals.

At present, 23 goals conceded can only be tied for sixth in the Premier League, and they are tied with the newly promoted Brighton in the bottom half of the standings.The three teams including Southampton, Bournemouth, and West Bromwich Albion in the relegation zone conceded only one more goal than them.

In this way, it seems more appropriate to call Arsenal and the Red Army the two major open crotch pants in the Premier League.

Liverpool's field captain Milner said frankly after the game: "We need to make the game more boring."

Klopp is also aware of the team's problems. He said: "Defense is a team problem, but our players have made too many mistakes. We must continue to carry forward the good side and work hard on the not good side."

Compared with Klopp's sincerity, Wenger's statement is a bit insincere.

The professor said after the game: "What is commendable about this game is creativity, which is dedicated to people who love football. If neither side has a shot on target, the defense looks good, but I'm afraid it's not what people want. have witnessed."

Could it be that Wenger really put aside the outcome of the game and started to develop in the direction of exhibition games?

(End of this chapter)