Unsurprisingly.
Liverpool (England)
It is the side that dominates the ball. Watford could only use counter-attacks as the main source of threat - after the backfield passes and pulls up the opponent's defense, letting Foster's big kicks find the two flanks to start the attack; or more simply, after the midfield interception and stealing, the counter-attacks were launched when the ball changed hands. In one of the counterattacks after a midfield interception, Pedro drew the defense and released a ball to Kucka on the left, whose one-touch shot from the left side of the penalty area was parried by Alisson, almost giving them the go-ahead point.
Liverpool (England)
This game is missing TAA to start, although the substitute Gomez timely insertion, have done a good job of the basic work of the right guard, but the lack of TAA leaning back to execute the early cross, or in the front edge of the penalty area to distribute the ball, diagonal long passes to change the side of the different weapons of the attack.
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Overall, the offense did not play at the same level as in the past. In addition, most of the players were too casual with the simple passes in the midfield, giving away the counter-attacking chances to the opponents, which was their minor flaw in this game. However, at least the subsequent tackles were instant, and they neutralized half of the threats at the first time, so that the flaws did not be magnified into fatal wounds (except for the big chance of Watford mentioned above).
Then, after a change of possession, a Gomez cross from the right wing found Jota in front of the goal for a header.
Liverpool (England)
Scored first to take the lead, no TAA, no questions asked.
After the score was changed, Watford remained patient, defended well and then waited for a chance to counterattack.
Liverpool (England)
There is no sense of urgency to score, the defensive end is more stable, except for a big chance of Pedro, and a Gomez backfield lost the ball after the moment more thrilling, almost did not allow the opponent to appear in possession of the ball attacking screen, even if the final period of the Watford must be pressed on the attack still did not change the situation; the offensive end of the battle of the positional suppression of the opponents gradually pulled the gap with the opponents and completely control the situation of the game. The situation of the game is in full control. In terms of statistics, from a 4-4 difference in the number of shots before the goal, to a 20-5 difference in the final period, Watford's offense gradually opened up a gap with their opponents.
Liverpool (England)
Totally dominant.
In the end.
Liverpool (England)
After earning a penalty shot in the final period of the game, Fabinho scored on the penalty shot to kill the game. 2-0.
Liverpool (England)
Steady wins at home.
nine-game winning streak
Liverpool (England)
Continuing to bite into the spread, next week's matchup with
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The head-to-head matchup between Watford and Leeds United next week will have a serious impact on the direction of the title race. The fate of the losing side is not so optimistic, as Watford, who remain in the relegation zone, will have one of the few chances to chase points when they meet Leeds United next week.
Liverpool (England)
In less than an hour after the earlier win, the leader's position was
Manchester City football club
Re-claiming - In the 5th minute of the opening period, a Rodri lay off to Sterling on the far right, knocked back to KDB in HALF SPACE to start the break and score the first point.
After taking the lead, Burnley were barely in the game against the
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The defensive strategy of pressing in the half-court and standing firm at the line of scrimmage, the
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Not too fast and furious either, and even seen on several occasions when his teammates in the middle of the field were in full coverage.
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The defender stood still and waited for his teammates to run out of space. Then, following the same pattern as the first goal of using the width of the attack to find a breakthrough, a Sterling-KDB collision allowed the former to open up a gap on the right and cross for Gundogan to add to his tally.
Thereafter, the pace of the game remained slow and
Manchester City
A new breakthrough was found - long passes up the line to take advantage of the space given up by Burnley starting to press slightly forward, a Foden over the top straight to Sterling and a big Ederson long pass to Cancelo nearly created a one-two.
As for Burnley's offense, on the one hand, there were not many attacking turns/time (23.5% possession), on the other hand, they were not delicate enough to handle the ball in front of the field, slight offsides, key passes couldn't be found, etc., which made them only have 2 shots from outside the penalty area and 1 shot from a corner, so it's not a surprise that they were beaten zero.
In the second half, substitute Jesus failed to build on a number of shots on goal, but it didn't affect the outcome of the game.
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Collected a solid 2-0 road win.
