Chelsea
Under the coaching of Mauricio Pochettino, playing well in the warm-up matches, they lined up 3421 for this match, with defenders T. Silva, Colwill, Disasi, wingbacks Chilwell, James, backs Enzo Fernandez & Gallagher, attacking midfielders Sterling, Chukwuemeka, strikers Jackson.
Liverpool (England)
Lined up in 433 with defenders Van Dijk, Konate, Arnold, Robertson, midfielders MacAllister, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, and a forward line of Salah, Jota, Luis Diaz, with Darwin Nunez on the bench.
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The game started off at a pretty fast pace for both teams, with
Liverpool (England)
I'm going to press up and take control.
Chelsea
I can see that.
Chelsea
It's a bit of a mess, but then
Chelsea
Launched a counter-attack and created a couple of good chances using James' crosses from the right and Enzo Fernandez's lay-offs and insertions
With 11 minutes to go, Luis Diaz picked up the ball in the center of the field and played a beautiful pass straight to Gakpo, who blocked Gallagher's run into the box. He tried to pass to Salah in the center of the field, but his pass was too far back, however, Salah pulled back to get the ball and fired a shot from the line of the box, which hit the crossbar and almost scored!
But then on 15 minutes James raced up the right to ground the ball and Jackson used his explosiveness to get to the 6-yard line and almost scored, Alisson came out and cleared the ball quickly!
17 minutes.
Liverpool (England)
MacAllister saw no one to defend him at the back of his own half and sent a long pass straight to Salah, who made a great stop and started to cross the ball. Luis Diaz came in from the left and Salah made a great diagonal pass, which Luis Diaz followed up with a shot from 12 yards out. Goal
Salah was able to dink the ball past Colwill and then kicked a pass at the last moment before T. Silva pulled back. The ball was a beautiful pass from the right side of the box straight across the box to the left side of the field.
Chelsea
The defense is a bit of a problem.
Chelsea
Then tried to chase the score, when
Chelsea
A couple of in-form players in the team have gradually become visible, but the
Liverpool (England)
With the lead ball in hand, it was possible to play the rally smoothly, and at 25 points
Liverpool (England)
LuisDiaz took the ball to the front and crossed the ball to the top of the box for Salah to receive, Salah also adjusted and shot again, it was obvious that the angle was very tricky, but T.Silva rushed back in time to block the ball, and then at 28:00 Arnold sent a straight line in the center of the midfield for Salah to rush up to the goal, but the offside was canceled. The goal was scored, but the offside was canceled out.
You can already see that by this point.
Chelsea
The defense has a problem, and it's at the waist level.
Chelsea
Let's play Gallagher in the back of the defense.
Liverpool (England)
The pressure support couldn't hold up, and with a pass from Arnold into the area and a deliberate pass from LuisDiaz in a position where this back should have dropped back, many times to Salah's feet, Gallagher clearly fell short of running back to cover the passing route, and he could have been seen to be out of position if he hadn't been
Liverpool (England)
It's simply possible to pass a ground ball freely through
Chelsea
The waist, one on the left and one on the right, can make it difficult for defenders to judge and form a block early, especially with both Salah and LuisDiaz in good form, and such a scenario is not good for the
Chelsea
It's quite dangerous.
Chelsea
The attack continued with James, who was in good form on the right, and Sterling, who was there to support him, at around the 34-minute mark.
Chelsea
A succession of high velocity crosses trying to get into the box looked threatening, but the
Liverpool (England)
The defense cleared them all, including even Arnold blocking Sterling's deadly close-range 45-degree pass in front of goal
But at 36 points.
Chelsea
A corner kick was headed out and Enzo Fernandez played a highly accurate cross from the right, which Szoboslai couldn't get far enough to clear and was headed into the box by Chilwell on the penalty line, where Disasi picked up the ball and swept it across the face of the goal.
