In this match the Gunners lined up 433 at home, with Gabriel, Saliba, BeWhite, Zinchenko in defense, Jorginho, Rice, Ødegaard in midfield, and Havertz, Martinelli, Saka in the forward line.
Liverpool (England)
Lined up in 433 with defenders VanDijk, Konate, Arnold, Gomez, midfielders MacAllister, Jones, Gravenberch, and forwards Gakpo, Jota, and Luis Diaz.
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Arsenal (name)
Starting off strong, immediately pressing on all fronts, and controlling the field right away, the
Liverpool (England)
Looking to force the Gunners off the ball with pressure of course, but the Gunners were still able to come back with another counterattack, and Saka and Martinelli were in good form, with the Gunners launching a counterattack that allowed Martinelli to charge all the way to the top of the pitch in the 10th minute.
Liverpool (England)
A header to Saka from outside the box on the left was just short of the goal, but following the
Liverpool (England)
Immediately, MacAllister suddenly sent a ground ball through the center of the field to Gakpo for a hard shot in the 18-yard box that was deflected.
but
Liverpool (England)
The overall formation seemed to be in disarray, and as a result immediately at the 13-minute mark
Arsenal (name)
On the left side of the halfway line Zinchenko passed directly to Ødegaard for him to knock a foot straight towards the front line, by this time Havertz had accelerated and made a complete anti-offside run, turning it into a one-touch shot inside the box, Alisson blocked the first shot but Saka was on hand to add an empty net directly to the net to help
Arsenal (name)
lead 1-0
Liverpool (England)
of both the midfield and the backline were clearly out of sorts, and at first the Gunners came out of the back of the net with the ball
Liverpool (England)
Trying to press, the result was that the forward line and the midfield totaled six men went forward, but there was clearly a lack of understanding and did not really press to or steal the ball, and the Gunners relied on a simple pair of passes from the left trio to create Zinchenko's surprisingly almost free when he got the ball in the center line, and
Liverpool (England)
The midfield three are all already too far forward, they are deceived by the Gunners' passes and concentrated on the left side of the field, which the Gunners immediately pass to the left side of the field, equating the
Liverpool (England)
Most of the team is boxed in.
However, VanDijk made a serious mistake from the whole game. He was going to retreat immediately, but when he saw that Zinchenko was going to pass to Ødegaard, he suddenly stopped and tried to block Ødegaard, but Ødegaard was far away, and Konate accelerated a little bit slowly, and then Konate rushed up to Havertz, who has speed and long legs. Havertz, Konate slowed down a little bit to let Havertz get the position, but originally VanDijk directly back to the defense is able to completely block Havertz, you can see here
Liverpool (England)
The backfield and midfield don't move and fill in at the same time.
At this point it was already clear that the Gunners had a big advantage, and later, throughout the first half.
Liverpool (England)
With Szoboszlai unavailable, Gravenberch and Jones were unable to replace him, leaving only MacAllister to support the ball at the back of the midfield, and the Gunners' midfielders pressed for the ball, forcing the ball into the back of the net.
Liverpool (England)
Back-to-back turnovers in the backfield, especially with Havertz's unusually nimble and sudden acceleration in his running game.
Liverpool (England)
The defense has been making mistakes since then.
Liverpool (England)
After attempting to counterattack, they were grasping
Arsenal (name)
The gap behind left back Zinchenko looked like it might be good as Gakpo sprinted into the box from the right at least twice to be the first to receive direct passes for shots that created the
Arsenal (name)
crisis
Before the end of the first half.
Liverpool (England)
Gravenberch sent an aerial pass to the 18-yard line, Luis Diaz wanted to take the ball, but Saliba was already in position, but Saliba seemed to have a communication problem with the goalkeeper Raya, he thought Raya was going to come out to receive the ball, but Raya didn't move, and Saliba didn't clear the ball in time and was harassed by Luis Diaz. Saliba didn't clear the ball in time and was harassed by Luis Diaz. Finally Luis Diaz poked the ball and tried to pass it to the goalkeeper, but he didn't realize that the ball hit Gabriel who was running back to the goalkeeper and turned it into an oval.
Liverpool (England)
Tied before the end of the first half
Arsenal (name)
Replaced Zinchenko at halftime for Kiwior trying to shore up the defense.
Liverpool (England)
They came out strong in the second half and started going all the way down the sidelines for quick passes into the center of the attack, this time they were going down the right side of BenWhite's guard to try and force it back and slow down the pressure in the midfield
