Seven Hundred and Seventy Second Weak Gunman
Wenger was right to be pragmatic when facing Liverpool several times last season, but Klopp was also right to be tough against Liverpool today.
The former is to achieve a good result against Liverpool in a single game, which is very realistic.
The latter is a gesture that has to be taken in order to shape a brand new Arsenal, for the future!
This reckless fight allowed Klopp to see the gap between Arsenal and Liverpool in the first 30 minutes.
Liverpool is almost perfect, able to cope with all kinds of situations and complex situations. The players in each position cannot be said to be absolutely top-notch in the world, but they all have top-five levels. Except for Mbappé, after all, forwards There are too many top players in this rank, but the top 20 is absolutely no problem. Not only will it not drag down the team, but it will also actively help and make contributions.
On the other hand, there are too many places for Arsenal to improve.
From staffing to technical and tactical running-in, to the experience and ability to adapt to the ever-changing competition.
Of course, Klopp did not take over a team with a dog crown, which required a lot of work and time for him to ferment to see the results!
What makes Arsenal shine is that even when facing Liverpool, they can play dazzling and delicate coordination in the offense. With Ozil in the frontcourt, they can attack Liverpool for players like Milner, Ramsey, and Bellerin. The defensive line creates space, and Arsenal's technical foundation laid by Wenger can be regarded as useful.
It's just that Arsenal's quality of finishing is a bit horrible today.
After all, there is still a lack of a strong scoring point.
After Sanchez's shot from the front of the penalty area was saved by Ter Stegen, Klopp had already retreated in his heart. He had to make adjustments at half-time to make Arsenal more pragmatic.
Because Arsenal's sharpness cannot sting Liverpool, this is the problem, a big problem!
Firmino wants to show his own performance and show a threat, but under the blockade of Van Dijk and Benatia, it is like surviving in a crack, and he can only retreat to create opportunities for his teammates.
So who can play Arsenal's stable scoring point?
It seems that there is only Sanchez, but under the restrictions of Azpilicueta, Sanchez has very limited space to play. If Arsenal can still have two threat points, then the comprehensive threat after they can be linked will be even greater. big!
Let Liverpool be hard to defend.
But now it is difficult for them to have such a player. Ramsey created some threats after the start, and his performance became flat after Casemiro raised his attention.
In the 35th minute of the game, a scene that Klopp did not want to see happened.
Azpilicueta suddenly sent a diagonal pass just past the halfway line.
Coutinho slid the ball into Lewandowski's feet when he responded.
Lewandowski, who responded with his back, pretended to take the ball but used Cruyff to turn around and smash the ball to complete the breakthrough. Koscielny turned back to the defense and directly threw Lewandowski to the ground from behind!
Fortunately, there was Gabriel behind, otherwise, Situ Yunbing would be very interested to see if the referee would give a red card!
Koscielny is also dyed yellow!
Arsenal's entire back line, except for Monreal, all other players have yellow cards!
Coutinho came to take the free kick, Liverpool's forwards all went into the penalty area, and Arsenal set up a wall.
Coutinho took the ball and knocked it horizontally. The football rolled to the front right of the penalty area, but it was about 30 yards away from the goal. Casemiro rushed up and made a kick!
Arsenal's midfielder moved forward to block the block, but Casemiro passed the ball diagonally to the left of the penalty area when it touched the ball!
Because Gareth Bale has always stayed in the penalty area to contain the defensive force, when Robertson cut inside, no Arsenal players marked him!
Robertson stopped the ball and adjusted a step, then kicked and shot from 25 yards from the goal!
The football crossed a small parabola and fell straight to the far corner of the goal!
Cech flew to the extreme but failed to touch the football!
When the football went straight to the dead corner of the goal, the Red Army fans in the away fans' stands were ecstatic!
Robertson laughed and rushed to celebrate, he was a little surprised himself!
"Robertson scored with a long shot! This is a world wave!
Liverpool broke Arsenal's goal again through set-piece tactics!
Arsenal's situation is getting more and more difficult!
Klopp's Gunners let us see passion and intensity, but seem to lack some rationality!
At least last season, Arsenal was able to lead many times against Liverpool, but now it is very difficult for Arsenal to break Liverpool's goal!
Arsenal are two goals behind at home! "
Situ Yunbing was all smiles on the sidelines, happy with Robertson's goal from the bottom of his heart.
The Scottish full-back has grown steadily. It can be said that Liverpool's left-back will have no major problems in the next ten years!
After shaking his head slightly, Klopp stepped forward and gestured to the players to make the team tougher!
Arsenal immediately accelerated the pace to organize the offensive after the re-kick-off, but the problem was still the same.
When Monreal made a 45-degree pass from the wing, Benatia headed the ball out, and Milner flew the header to the wing in the frontcourt. Ozil tried to create a chance for the fast inside Sanchez. , but Sanchez had almost no shot angle when he touched the ball in front of the baseline. Under Van Dijk's blockade, he forced a cross and the football hit the side net.
The first half of the game came to an end, and Liverpool shrank their defense and began to control the rhythm.
Before the end of the first half, Gareth Bale cut in from the left to receive Mbappe's cross, but Cech made a save for the adjusted shot after stopping the ball!
A missed opportunity!
After returning to the locker room at halftime, Situ Yunbing made some adjustments to the team's style of play in the second half. He needed Liverpool to play more targetedly in the second half!
Anyway, Arsenal's defense is now a mouse-thrower. Too many yellow cards cause them to have a lot of concerns when defending. Liverpool should make more fuss about this aspect.
However, after returning to the stadium in the second half and changing sides to fight again, Situ Yunbing found that Arsenal played a little conservatively.
433 becomes 442.
Milner and Wijnaldum strengthened the deep defense of the retreat defense, Ramsey's central midfielder and Ozil moved more freely, and Sanchez and Firmino also increased their freedom, often taking turns on the wing.
Maybe there is a problem with the players' running-in, so Arsenal's offense is a bit messy!
Liverpool will still suffer from Arsenal's fierce pressing and tactical fouls when attacking the organization.
But on the whole, Arsenal's offense and defense are already a bit chaotic!
Klopp had to adjust the midfield, but after the adjustment, he went to pay for the pile of yellowed hidden dangers in the defense, but it also caused offensive chaos incidentally!
It may be that playing Liverpool in the third round at the beginning of the new season is indeed too tight for Arsenal to run in. Even though Klopp has ambitions and ideal blueprints, it is by no means something that can be achieved overnight.
When Wijnaldum and Milner fouled Coutinho and Casemiro one after another, Arsenal's defense can be said to have run out of ammunition in the use of tactical fouls!
In the 60th minute of the game, Situ Yunbing started to make substitutions.
Sane came on to replace Gareth Bale, while Casemiro was substituted by Eriksson.
Liverpool step up their attack further!
Under the repeated offensive of the main attack on the left, Bellerin had yellow cards on his body, and the teammates who came to support him also had yellow cards on them, which led to Liverpool's triangular offensive system composed of Robertson, Sane, and Coutinho. water rises.
However, Situ Yunbing felt a little dissatisfied that he had been gaining power without scoring points.
Lewandowski and Mbappe missed great opportunities one after another!
Arsenal's counterattack was only in the 68th minute of the game when Sanchez turned offside to receive a wonderful pass from Firmino and formed a single-handedly single-handedly. However, after Ter Stegen attacked, Sanchez bizarrely sent the ball flying!
The Arsenal fans in the stands of the Emirates Stadium are extremely melancholy!
In fact, this has little to do with Klopp. Since Henry, there have been very few powerful shooters in Arsenal!
Take the team's top scorer in the Premier League in the past few years for comparison.
The top scorer in 10 years is Cesc Fabregas, ranked 8th in the Premier League, with 15 goals.
11 years was very good, Van Persie scored 18 goals and ranked third in the Premier League.
12 years was the last year Van Persie played for Arsenal. He won the league golden boot and scored 30 goals, but then moved to Manchester United.
It was miserable in 2013. There was no Arsenal player in the top ten Premier League scorers. Walcott's 14 goals ranked 11th in the Premier League.
Giroud scored 16 goals in 2014, ranking 10th in the Premier League!
In 15 years, Sanchez was the team's top scorer in the Premier League, scoring 16 goals, ranking 7th in the Premier League.
Not to mention that Liverpool has been monopolizing the top scorer in the Premier League for the past three years, Suarez in the first two years, Lewandowski last season, and two players reached the top three last season, Lewandow Ski ranked first, and Gareth Bell ranked second. In 2014, Suarez and Gareth Bell were also shortlisted for the top three at the same time!
Only by analyzing Arsenal's striker situation in the past few years, it can be clear that apart from Van Persie's sudden outbreak after many years, Arsenal has no reliable forwards. In fact, there is no comparison!
This only shows one problem, Arsenal's striker is not good, there is no strong and stable scoring point!
If you are against the European giants, whether it is the La Liga duo or Bayern Munich, this situation just shows where the other giants are weak!
Klopp wants to make a difference in the Premier League, but he can't just have the ideas and concepts of technical and tactical play. He must at least solve the problem of scoring goals from the striker. He can't always create opportunities but fail to grasp them!
Therefore, the focus of Arsenal's future transformation has also surfaced, defense, striker!