England Premier Soccer League
In the twentieth and final match of the year, the Reds rode the crest of a wave.
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At home against a very unimpressive season, the No.
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Giant Slayer and a reversal in the last round.
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The Wolves, who eventually managed to take all three points on the back of Mane's goal late in the first half amidst a VAR-filled controversy, sustained their double-digit lead going into the second half of the season's campaign.
The game's biggest scene-stealers were undoubtedly the two VAR-audited goals late in the first half, the first of which was
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The review came after Mane's opener and the second was for Wolves' equalizer in first-half stoppage time. With a fair amount of time consumed on both occasions, the referee passed the
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's goal and canceled out the Wolves' goal. Although the author, as
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Fans, but have to admit that this lengthy process is indeed very disruptive to the pace of the game carried out, but also affect the fun of watching the game. However, despite the controversial first half, the match was quite exciting with the Wolves' spirit of never giving up, so let me summarize it for you!
The starting lineup was not changed much, mainly Keita, who has been hot lately, was rested on the bench, and Lallana was given the first start. Therefore, although the formation is still 4-3-3, it actually tends to be 4-2-3-1, with Henderson and Wijnaldum more at the back to protect Lallana's weaker part of the defense, and also to let him feel more comfortable to play up front. Lallana's weaker parts of the defense will be protected, and he will also be able to play up front with more confidence.
For the first thirty minutes of the first half.
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The Wolves were basically overwhelmed, with nearly 70% of the possession and seven shots (two on goal), including a low cross from Arnold less than four minutes into the game that nearly gave Salah the first goal of the game. The defensive end, on the other hand, held the Wolves without a single shot on goal.
The Wolves have had two years of success against
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The threat of the front-runners was there for all to see, and the repeated blowouts are the reason why they have the reputation of being giant-killers. But before the deadlock was broken in the first half
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Very strong overall control of the proceedings indeed. It's worth noting that the author has continually emphasized in the past that the current stage of the
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The one thing it's not good at is holding the tempo of a lot of possession, however with Klopp consciously improving this part of the team's weaknesses, in fact a couple of strong performances in the last few games can be noticed
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Playing with a lot of possession was to be more mature and able to create more attacking chances. And with the Wolves stubbornly resisting the
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Before the end of the first half, first VanDijk made a precise long pass to Lallana who broke towards the box and Lallana managed to use his shoulder to make the ball to Mane who stepped in and followed up to open the scoring.
Interestingly the most controversial part of the first half started with the referee spending almost five minutes checking Mane's goal for an infringement (checking Lallana for handball and then checking Mane for offside). After determining that the goal was valid, Wolverhampton Wanderers went on a very strong attack before the end of the first half to try to recover the lost ground, and in the first half extra time Wolverhampton Wanderers did take advantage of the fact that the goal was scored on a
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Successive clearances from the backline fell to equalize, but the goal was eventually disallowed after VAR ruled it offside (an offside with one arm). Eventually, in a drama-filled half that ended with the
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went into the second half with a one-goal lead.
With a leading edge of
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In the second half, the Wolves basically controlled the pace of the game quite steadily in the first thirty minutes, except for a rare dribbling error by VanDijk, which gave the opponent a chance to shoot, but fortunately the goalkeeper, Alisson, was strong enough to do so. The most suspenseful part of the second half was the last fifteen minutes or so, when the Wolves used all three substitutions with almost twenty minutes left in the game, showing their attempt to turn defeat into victory. In fact, the Wolves' performance in the last stage of the game was indeed better, not only the strength of the offense against the will
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Pressing in the middle of the half, while not giving the
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Too many counter-attacks (only three shots on goal in the entire second half), and even a failed confrontation by Arnold in stoppage time led directly to a chance for the Wolves to have a direct shot at the keeper, only to end up hitting it wide, allowing the
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All three points were taken without incident.
Despite the fact that the final score did not appear to be close, and the game did get close at one point late in the game, however, the author still believes that
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Definitely deserving of the three points, even if the Wolves' goal in the first half was valid, I still feel that with the
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The current strength and form is more than enough to take the win. While the three points may seem like a bit of luck, unlike a couple of similarly close wins earlier in the season, the early-season
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Against this type of team, there is often a situation where you can't score, or even create a few effective offense chances with a lot of possession in hand.
