Without Salah, without Mane, Liverpool, who went out in an unstable temporary trident, won again!
Unstable trident? Yes, in the last game, Liverpool's temporary trident combination was Jota, Firmino and Gordon, and this game became Jota, Firmino, Chamberlain, and had tried Jota, Firmino and Takushi Mino Mino before.
Liverpool's right winger selection has been "changing, changing, changing", usually the main center Jota has also changed to the left winger position, the only thing that has remained unchanged for ten thousand years is the nominal position of no. 9, in fact it is more like the no. 10 position, oh no, maybe Firmino in the no. 8 position.
But no matter how combined, Liverpool's temporary trident is a touching style, the key is that except for gordon, a young man who came out to meet the world by chance, every player on the front line is either a golden oil player or a multi-functional striker. Brothers, good looks! ”
The big changes and instability of the forward combination have brought a lot of variables to Liverpool's attack, but this may not be what Liverpool is most worried about, fatigue is it.
In three days, two consecutive fierce matches, Liverpool's away match against Crystal Palace is difficult to say easy, the only advantage is that the league cup opponent Arsenal, who have just fought, is also a London team, in a sense, Liverpool is less tired.
However, it is only a slight relief of some fatigue, a cup game related to promotion or not, the consumption of the players, the fatigue caused by it, is far from being comparable to the league that continues to fight.
Taking advantage of your illness and wanting your life, Crystal Palace chose the strategy of patience and Liverpool consumption in a measured manner, trying to squeeze Liverpool's space in the backcourt, in the last game, liverpool players Arnold and Jota played well, then focus on snuffing out this connection, heavy troops hoarded the left side of the defensive zone, do not give Liverpool the right side of the attack space, the right side of the defensive zone (Liverpool left) focused on limiting the speed of Ruota.
It should be said that this strategy of Crystal Palace has played a certain role, but unfortunately, the deployment of troops is too targeted, but it ignores the overall balance of the defense, Jones is almost in a state of emptiness throughout the first half of the game, Chamberlain's back row is inserted, the space is not small, the key is that Liverpool also has set-piece stunts, Van Dijk's Tarzan crushing stunts are once again out of the lake.
The most noteworthy is Liverpool left-back Robertson, in the last game, right-back Arnold assisted the two times, this game, under the heavy restrictions of crystal palace, Arnold can hardly play space, Robertson bravely stood up, as concocted, with the same two assists, knocked the door to victory for Liverpool.
Crystal Palace team despite the efforts of twelve points, facing such a strong opponent as Liverpool, or a hundred dense, by Liverpool two consecutive cities, the score came to 0-2 early, it seems that this is another easy and pleasant game, in the face of absolute hard power, fatigue? That's what it is.
Well? Relaxed and enjoyable? Maybe the Liverpool players more or less have this idea, Matip and Firmino have a series of "careless" passing mistakes, almost causing a big mistake, until this time, we may think that Liverpool is just too relaxed, the balance of victory will not tilt towards Crystal Palace.
However, in the second half, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, Crystal Palace in the process of offensive and defensive conversion, repeatedly into the hinterland of Liverpool's restricted area, repeatedly creating dangers for Liverpool, pressing Liverpool almost breathless, until this time we found that Liverpool is really unable to run, which is a sign that physical fitness is on the verge of exhaustion.
What to do? At this time, Alisson once again stood up, since the front court can not be picturesque, then, it is time to perform the real goalkeeper technology, it can be said that Liverpool almost became Alisson's performance in the second half, if there is no Alisson, Liverpool is afraid of doom.
Liverpool have won the game without any danger, and the reason why the strong team calls it a strong team is that at the critical moment, there will always be someone in the team who will stand up.
When the Liverpool Trident changed its appearance, Liverpool opened its bow left and right, two full-backs scrambled to provide Liverpool with a steady stream of output firepower, Jota also provoked the beam and transformed into the god of war, and even Chamberlain picked up the offensive stunt that had been forgotten for a long time.
Fabinho said: "My head, very bright, very suitable for the head ball"; Van Dijk said: "I am tall, strong, they can't stop it!" Alisson smiled hesitantly: "At the critical moment, is it not up to me to pounce?" ”
Yes, everyone can stand up and make the opponent invincible, which is the horror of Liverpool!