Liverpool's start to the season is not bad as of mid-December, the Champions League group has won all 6 games, the league is only less than 1 point less than Manchester City in second place, and the League Cup with a vice selection + youth army also reached the quarter-final stage, when Liverpool fans did have a vision for this season's results. Unfortunately, Liverpool survived the early midfield injury wave thinking that they could recover the lost ground during the Christmas Express period, how to know that they were hit by the relentless wave of the epidemic, of course, every team needs to face the epidemic in the past two years, which is not an excuse for inaccurate performance. Coming to the League Cup in January to reach the final four, this is something that no one expected at the beginning of the season, but since there is a chance to win the title Klopp will also do his best, just win every trophy in the Premier League before leaving, but the league's last three games, two draws and one loss have lost 7 points, which has been pulled away by Manchester City by as many as 11 points, although there are still half a season of matches but Liverpool fans have decided to lose, and the second half of the season should shift the focus to the champions league.
Liverpool's results for this season:
42 points were scored in 12 league games, 12 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses; 52 goals scored and 18 were conceded
Champions League 6-6 wins scored 18 points; 17 goals scored and 6 goals conceded
The League Cup won 3 matches, 2 wins and 1 draw; 8 goals scored and 3 goals conceded
All 29 wins, 20 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses; 77 goals scored and 27 goals conceded
Liverpool played 29 games in all competitions this season, with a record of 20 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses, although the performance is still a little worse than the previous two seasons, but in fact, it is in line with the expectations of Liverpool fans at the beginning of the season, and it can already be said that there is a middle performance. Liverpool only bought centre-back Konat this season, the rest of the position only promoted the young player Harvey Elliot in the youth army, let go of about midfielder Wijnaldum and sold the long-term substitute Shaqiri, the overall strength has not increased, compared to the two champions rivals Manchester City and Chelsea, Liverpool's overall strength is slightly inferior, especially when encountering injuries and the impact of the epidemic.
Fortunately, salah had a big outbreak at the beginning of the season
One of the key points of constant criticism by Liverpool fans at the beginning of the season is that Trident has not been able to maintain the offensive firepower of previous seasons as it gets older, and Diogo Jota, who was acquired last season, has successfully snatched up Roberto Firmino's starting position, and the choice of four top strikers to join Liverpool is not too bad, and Liverpool fans are worried that Salah and Mane will decline with their performances approaching thirty, because wingers who have become famous for their speed will face this difficulty.
Fortunately, Salah's performance this season has not fallen, and his performance has returned to the anger he was when he joined Liverpool in the first season, handing over 16 goals and 9 assists in 20 league games alone, and if he can maintain his form and stay away from injuries in the second half of the season, he should be able to break the record of 32 league goals scored in the first season of joining Liverpool. Liverpool's good results at the beginning of the season can actually be said to be the result of Salah's performance explosion, his god-level performance at the beginning of the season can cover up many problems in Liverpool's midfield, Xiaobian found a very special situation Salah's personal performance is not necessarily able to win the championship, 18-19 and 19-20 two seasons because of Mane's sudden performance, two seasons were 22 and 18 goals, sharing Salah's shooting and scoring responsibilities, the result of Liverpool successfully won the Champions League and the Premier League and returned. This can also explain that Salah alone may not be able to bring the championship back to Anfield, because whenever the opponent successfully freezes Salah or Salah suddenly misses accuracy in a key game, Liverpool will end up in vain, and looking at this season's games against Manchester City and Chelsea, it is a good example, Salah has delivered performance and scored goals, but unfortunately in the end, the defensive error can only be drawn.
Salah joined Liverpool in the league:
17-18 played 32 goals and 10 assists in 36 games, averaging 0.89 goals per game
18-19 played 36 games with 22 goals and 8 assists; averaged 0.61 goals per game; won the Champions League
19-20 played in 34 games with 19 goals and 10 assists; averaged 0.56 goals per game; won the Premier League
20-21 played in 37 games with 22 goals and 5 assists; he averaged 0.59 goals per game
21-22 played in 20 games with 16 goals and 9 assists; averaging 0.80 goals per game
Mane's performance regression is the need for healthy competition
Salah performed god-level, while Mane fell sharply as predicted by Liverpool fans. Mane's performance since the new crown epidemic in junior high school last season has not been as good as before, even if the first 20 league games this season can still deliver 8 goals, but the squad wasted a lot of golden opportunities, just look at the performance is really worried that this is a precursor to regression, if the Trident trio can not be renewed at the same time to choose one person to sell, I believe That Mane's voice may be higher than Roberto Firmino. After reading the following statistics, Mane's performance is not too bad, scoring 8 goals in half a season has been much better than last season, but Liverpool won the Champions League and the Premier League in those two seasons he performed particularly bravely. In fact, his grasp of the front line has not always been particularly good, but this season's partner Salah is particularly brave, which makes him miss the opportunity in front of the goal from time to time.
It is undeniable that Mane is in a poor state, especially when fighting close to the opponent, he will soon soften his body, but this can not be blamed on him, he sometimes too brave moves will be targeted by the opponent players and the referee will be awarded a yellow card. However, the data reflects the fact that Mane's inaccurate performance is a major reason for Liverpool's points loss, and it is hoped that Klopp will succeed in improving Mane's offensive and defensive efficiency in the second half of the season, and if the data continues to be poor in the second half or replace him with Roberto Firmino or Diogo Jota, Mane may be able to perform back to healthy competition.
Mane joined Liverpool in the league:
16-17 played in 27 games with 13 goals and 5 assists; he averaged 0.48 goals per game
17-18 played in 29 games with 10 goals and 7 assists; he averaged 0.34 goals per game
18-19 played 36 games with 22 goals and 1 assist; averaged 0.61 goals per game; won the Champions League
19-20 played in 35 games with 18 goals and 7 assists; averaged 0.51 goals per game; winning the Premier League
20-21 played in 35 games with 11 goals and 7 assists; he averaged 0.31 goals per game
21-22 played in 20 games with 8 goals and 1 assist; averaging 0.40 goals per game
Roberto Firmino + Diogo Jota rushed to work well
Roberto Firmino's injury at the beginning of the season naturally ceded the starting position to Diogo Jota, who was led by Salah, Mane and Diogo Jota at the beginning of the season, and Diogo Jota and Mane can exchange positions in the squad, he moves to the left from time to time to let Mane insert in the middle of the road to confuse opponents, of course, Roberto Firmino will also attack on the left side from time to time when playing in the center. Since Mane's form and performance this season are mediocre, let Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino take his place or have a different effect, salah and Mane are absent in the African Cup of Nations in January, Liverpool will have at least two league games by Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino, just look at the chemistry of the two.
The two have only started in one league game this season, in a 5-0 away win over Manchester United, roberto Firmino, although he did not score, but he was very useful in the squad, successful as the first point of counterattack, allowing Diogo Jota and Salah to take a chance to shoot. The two have also won the same game three times in the Champions League, but none of them started at the same time. In fact, I am looking forward to the effect of pressing and playing counterattacks in the front when the two are lined up together, the first half of the season is only Roberto Firmino's absence time is more, so there are fewer opportunities to play at the same time, I hope that in the second half of the season Klopp can use them to play more starting, but also bring position competition to Mane.
Salah, Mane and Diogo Jota joined forces this season for the following:
In the league, he won 11 games, won 11, drew 6 and lost 2, scoring 39 points, scoring 31 goals and conceding 14 goals; individually scoring 9 goals
Champions League 4-4 wins scored 12 points, scoring 11 goals and conceding 3 goals personally; scoring 1 goal
Salah, Mane and Roberto Firmino lined up together this season:
In the league, he won 7, won 4, drew 3 and lost 0, scoring 9 goals and conceding 4 goals; individually scoring 4 goals
In the Champions League, he scored 6 points and conceded 4 goals and conceded 3 goals in 2 games;
Diogo Jota + Roberto Firmino simultaneously this season:
5 goals and 0 goals conceded by 3 points in 1 win in the league, 1 goal by Diogo Jota and 0 goals by Roberto Firmino
In the Champions League, he scored 18 points and conceded 1 goal with 3 points, Diogo Jota scored 0 goals and Roberto Firmino scored 2 goals