After becoming the Argentine international, Martinez played a total of 14 games to complete 8 clean sheets, and saved 5 of the 8 penalties to help the team remain unbeaten. In the Premier League, he made an average of 97 saves per game against Big6 teams in 24 appearances. In this game, he saved four times to block Liverpool's attacking wave, but could not prevent his teammates from sending penalties, resulting in Villa's 1-0 defeat to Liverpool.
01. Liverpool have a strong ability to control two points of attack: it is easy to form a siege of the opponent's penalty area
Liverpool have regained their offensive strength this season, which has a lot to do with the integrity of the midfield personnel. Klopp's double-high guard system does a good job of controlling the first point of golf. Coupled with midfielders Fabinho, Henderson and Thiago, who are all good at controlling the second drop point and grabbing one-on-one, it will make it difficult for opponents to play counter-attacks, and also allow their full-backs to assist in front of them.
Liverpool's attack on this wave is 7 people pressing forward into the 30-meter area, in other words, back Fabinho and double center-backs dragging behind. Because the three of them in the backcourt have the height to control the header of a long pass, have the strength to withstand the first wave of the opponent's impact, combined with the rapid landing of the midfield, dare to let so many people press forward.
As two full-backs, Alexander-Arnold and Robertson both have extremely high-calibre cross-cutting techniques, which is why Liverpool are more daring to fly on both wings.
This time, the full-back connection almost helped Liverpool score, and Argentina international Martinez staged an incredible goal line reaction in the case of robertson's header refracted, relying on a strong twisting center of gravity to complete the save, and then quickly reacted to hold the ball.
Martinez is characterized by a fast goal line and a good physical explosiveness. Therefore, his goal line divinity and attack ability are all advantages. He made four more successful saves in this game, almost keeping a clean sheet for Liverpool, who played at home.
02. Facing the Premier League BIG6: averaged 4 successful saves per game
Some would argue that the goalkeeper will always have a few games that play well, but martinez's four saves against Liverpool are not a surprise, as he has made 97 saves against The Big6 team in the Premier League in his last 24 times, averaging more than 4 saves per game! This time at Anfield, it was just normal play.
In this game, Martinez used his left hand to save Salah's sudden near-corner shot, showing good speed on the ground. It should be said that Salah's choice was somewhat abrupt, but Big Martin's attention was very focused.
Also in the second half, Martinez managed to save Van Dijk's fully powerful header in an unguarded state. The Argentine international's reaction speed and arm strength are good, which are the two reasons why he has repeatedly made key saves.
The 1.92-meter-tall goalkeeper, although he is 29 years old, is currently in good physical condition. After becoming the second-most goalkeeper in the Premier League with the fewest clean sheets last season, the success rate of saves so far this season has reached 68% (last season's save success rate was a staggering 76%), with 3.1 saves per game.
03. Can defend against opponents: Unfortunately, you can't prevent your teammates
Liverpool made a total of 20 shots on goal, creating four absolute scoring chances, but only scoring 1 goal. Martinez's high resistance once robbed Gerald of his protagonist aura when he returned to Anfield. Unfortunately, the undercover performance of his teammates frustrated the Argentine international goalkeeper's clean sheet plan.
Mins's penalty for a foul against Salah this time was completely unnecessary. His defensive moves were too bad and gave the Egyptians the opportunity to further extend their lead in the top scorers' list. Martinez's save has been extreme, but Salah's shooting angle is too tricky. The ball slammed into the goalpost and bounced into the bottom of the net, leaving Big Martin helpless.
In the following game, Mance made another mistake. The small Jota easily knocked him away, and then Khonsa's return pass was obviously too light. Fortunately, Martinez struck in time to interfere with Jota's shooting intentions, and only then did he try to save the goal without a second loss.
Although Aston Villa is not a strong team, Martinez can get more exercise here, and he himself enjoys coming to Villa from Arsenal. A year later, at the World Cup, will Martin The Great once again be the one who will help Messi to the championship? At least that's how he planned it himself.
Conclusion:
Martinez's growth path has been very bumpy, but perhaps because of this, he will cherish today's hard-won success even more. The Copa America title is not the end, and a year later the World Cup makes us look forward to Martin's "psychological warfare" and the joy of his poker on the goal line.