Liverpool out of 433, defenders VanDijk, Quansah, Robertson, Arnold, midfielders Endo, Elliott, MacAllister, forward line Salah, Luis Diaz, Gakpo
Tottenham Hotspur lined up in 433 with defenders Romero, ven der Van, Porro, Emerson, midfielders Bentangcur, Sarr, Bissouma, and forwards Sun, Johnson, Kulusevski
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Tottenham Hotspur were looking to apply strong pressure from the start, constantly attacking and applying high pressure, while Liverpool were in a steady state.Liverpool countered after seven minutes, when Salaha opened the scoring with one foot in the box.
There was real pressure on Tottenham's pressure attack. The three engineer midfielders swept the ball around so well that Liverpool seemed to give up on the midfield a little. However, Tottenham's backline was also in front as Tottenham were under so much pressure. Once Liverpool countered from the wings, it could be pushed into the box immediately. While Tottenham were under constant pressure, the risk of Liverpool counterattacking was higher
Liverpool struck back with 15 minutes to go when Gakpo received a long ball from Air Endo on the left side of the field, moved laterally outside the box and crossed. Salaha scored with a header from four yards out in the box to put Liverpool ahead
Gakpo came in and was a different player than DarwinNunez. He can obviously pull from center to the left side to help hold the ball. You can also see that in this situation Robertson can easily move up and even rise from Half Space. (Half Space) When inserting into the box, Gakpo always moves from the center to the left, whereas LuisDiaz will move from the left to the center and then appear to tilt the insertion to the left. Liverpool deliberately create a populated situation on the left side
As the game went on, Spurs gave the impression that they couldn't play at a level, just one foot forward and then letting the wingers pound the box and pass into the center for a shot. All Liverpool had to do was counter-attack and Spurs would drop back completely, but it was easy to drop deeper and deeper. Suddenly every man retreated into his quarter and a half. Seeing this, Liverpool pushed boldly forward. When they counterattack, they're on a wave. When they advance at speed, one after the other, the Spurs players are always forced to quit.
Before the end of the first half, Liverpool were on the counterattack and crossed directly from the right to the far post. Roberts had killed the box and flicked the ball straight towards the center. Roberts Diaz didn't touch the ball and let it roll behind for a throw-in towards Sal. Sal was blocked by Vicario after the shot, but the shot was too sudden so he had to block the box. That's when Roberts added the ball in front of the goal
This goal clearly shows that Tottenham were disrupted as soon as they were hit on the counter-attack, and Liverpool's past ability to move down both flanks reappeared, allowing for constant changes on either side. Tottenham were thrown into disarray as a large number of players retreated to the six yard line in the penalty area, with no one having time to come out and block the Liverpool player
At the start of the second half Tottenham were still confused when they were hit on the counter. On 49 minutes Liverpool counter attacked, Elliott brought the ball back to the line on the right hand side of the field and then passed it straight to him. Tottenham, back in the center of the field in the defensive zone, had no time to react fully. Roma looked at Salaha who had inserted himself in front of him. When he finally tried to get on top of the ball he was slow to take off and Gakpo took off easily, got in position and headed home to make it 3-0 straight away for Liverpool!
By this time, the game had been cleared and Tottenham had been beaten. Inside 58 minutes Liverpool hit back. Roberts played a 30-yard pass straight to the left. He crossed to the far post. Instead of pushing the ball straight back, Eames dropped it. Sal stood and waited for his mistake, then Sal distributed the ball straight to Elts at the back, who moved sideways at the top of the box and shot through on goal
The truth is that Tottenham's problems are pretty obvious. This has been the case lately.Maddison has not been in the same form as in the first half of the season since his return from injury.The sharpness of his passes has dropped dramatically, resulting in the loss of the most important attacking midfielder in the Tottenham 4231.The left back, Udogie, has also been badly affected by the injury. The injury to left back Udogie has also seriously affected Spurs.Udogie is a big part of the Spurs attack. When he goes forward, he keeps going into the half-space and even slashes to the penalty area. In addition, he can rush back to the defense.
