At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 29, the 20th round of the Premier League staged a classic game with a weak victory, liverpool lost 0-1 away to Leicester City, 6 points behind Manchester City. In this game, Liverpool missed many opportunities, and Salah, Mane and Alexander-Arnold became the culprits.
In the 14th minute, Liverpool combined with a delicate out-of-bounds ball, Henderson's back-to-back pass inside the penalty area, Salah's heart to understand the front of the insertion, and caused Ndidi to foul.
However, Salah not only saved the penalty, but then personally headed the ball back on the crossbar. It can be said that Salah personally buried Liverpool's dream start. As the Premier League's top scorer this season, such a performance should not be.
Just as embarrassing as Salah was Mane, with Chamberlain's cross in the 55th minute, Diogo Jota sending a scalpel-like straight plug and Mane getting a single knife.
In the face of the abandoned shot of the little Schmeichel, Mane shot with one foot, directly hit the ball in the stands, and could not score a single knife opportunity, doomed to be punished.
Of course, the most excessive is not the two of them, but Arnold. In the 59th minute, Leicester City made a simple side-by-side fit, Dieusbury Hall crossed, followed by Lukeman into no man's land, a low right-footed shot from inside the box into the near corner, Alisson whipped long.
We can see that after Arnold failed to grab the attack, he did not chase back in time, but walked back at a uniform speed to defend. As a result, Lukeman stepped forward at full speed, using the space he left to complete the goal. When Lukeman got up, Arnold had just returned to his own penalty area, defending with his eyes the whole time.
As the most outstanding right-back in assist ability today, Alexander-Arnold has delivered 2 goals and 8 direct assists in half a season, and the authoritative website Dezhuan has also valued him at 80 million euros, ranking first among all full-backs.
But over the years, Arnold has focused on offense, and the level of defense has not improved for a long time. Moreover, Arnold's defensive attitude is getting worse and worse, and now he is lazy to even chase back, which is simply incomprehensible. Some fans said that after watching this game, they understood why Arnold was so good on the offensive end, but he could not play the main force in the England national team.