In the quarter-finals of the Champions League round of 16, the game is over, Manchester City and Liverpool take the lead for the Premier League, Manchester City won a big victory in Lisbon, while Liverpool won Inter Milan in Meazza, and also grabbed the initiative for the two-legged confrontation.
To put it bluntly, Manchester City has become the first Premier League team to advance to the top 8, and Liverpool, due to the cancellation of away goals, Liverpool's advantage is not as big as imagined, after all, in the history of the Champions League, the 2-goal advantage is definitely not crushing.
The advantages that Manchester City and Liverpool have gained will undoubtedly inspire Manchester United and Chelsea at the start of next week.
Van Dijk led the defensive line with great bravery
In the match against Inter, Inzaghi Jr.'s team performed well in the first half, once suppressing Liverpool, but Liverpool's defensive hardness is also very different from the Serie A teams that Inter often play.
Especially Van Dijk, don't have a header that has thought about his level, don't have a player think about van Dijk, the whole game, Van Dijk 5 times successful confrontation, 7 times to break the siege, are the players with the highest statistics in the whole game, in addition, Van Dijk and Konat also contributed 7 interceptions, basically let Inter's intention to play behind the net!
At the same time, as the starting point of Liverpool's backcourt attack, Van Dijk passed the ball 53 times in this game, including 50 accurate passes, the pass success rate was as high as 94 times, and the number of successful long passes was 7 times, such an excellent backcourt point, so that Liverpool was almost unafraid of the pressure of Inter Milan's frontcourt.
In the end, Van Dijk was also named the best player of the game, and Van Dijk's defense in this game was textbook level.
Liverpool have shown the depth of their squad
While many Liverpool teams have argued that the team's recent reduction in signings is a major mistake, it is undeniable that this is mainly due to Liverpool's long-term injury attack in the past year, and players have always experienced large-scale absences.
In this game, Liverpool has no injuries, and youngster Elliott has also been given the opportunity to start, which makes Liverpool's substitute lineup look very thick: Firmino, Nabi Keita, captain Henderson, new signing Luis Díaz, Milner, Joe Gomez, Matip, Chamberlain, Takushi Minamino, Zimikas, Origi.
For Inter Milan, there is a lack of midfielders Barrera and Gossens, as well as forward Correa, which makes Inter's reliable substitute only Sanchez alone, and Inzaghi Jr. has also replaced 3 defenders in five substitutions, and the thickness of the lineup of the two sides is indeed not a level.
Adjustments between the two sides in the game
Liverpool faced a more severe test in the first half, Jota and Mane performed poorly, after half-time, Klopp chose to replace Jota by Firmino, in the case of the team's performance did not improve, successively replaced By Luis Dias, Henderson, Naby Keita, the three freshmen immediately turned the situation around the field, Liverpool played a wave of small climax, and in the 75th minute by the substitute Firmino to break the deadlock.
On the other hand, Inter Milan, Inzaghi Jr. deducted a simple substitution for Sanchez in the 70th minute, until Liverpool scored another goal by Salah, and then replaced multiple defenders in a row to avoid conceding goals and leaving some room for miracles for the second leg of the encounter.
From the post-match point of view, fans on both sides are more satisfied with this game, Inter Milan in the strength of the situation can not match Liverpool, still played the advantage for a period of time, and once had the opportunity to score, which proved that Inter Milan chose the right tactical direction in this game.
The final defeat was also based on Liverpool's four consecutive star players worth nearly 200 million euros, and Liverpool and Klopp should also have more fault tolerance with the depth of the squad.
Klopp was very happy after the game
After the game, Inzaghi Jr. also said that he was proud of the team's performance and would not give up the second leg of the game.
Klopp almost agreed with Inzaghi Jr.: we (Liverpool) didn't play very well, but we didn't let the game get out of control and Inter didn't take the chance.
Premier League News: Conte keep firing! Arsenal want to renovate the stadium!
1. Spurs lost three consecutive games, and Conte Annai could not hold back
In their last three Premier League games, Spurs have lost to Chelsea, Southampton and Wolves in a row, which has made Tottenham's previously accumulated supplementary advantage almost nothing.
Moreover, in February, Tottenham hot spots also face a bad schedule of three consecutive premier league games: away to Manchester City in the 26th round, Burnley away in 27 rounds, Leeds United in 28 rounds, a title-winning team, two relegation teams, in the eyes of most fans, although the match with Manchester City has not yet begun, Spurs have almost achieved 4 consecutive defeats! Because they're in such a bad state.
Conte couldn't help but grumble again
In an interview, Conte talked about the team's winter window work, and the well-known Kong Erzi in European football was not ambiguous, bluntly saying: In the winter window, we let go of four important players (Ndombele, Ali, Locelsol, Brian Hill), but only brought in 2 players, which weakened the thickness of our squad.
At present, Conte is indeed unhappy with Tottenham's winter window, he wants Amrabat team to fail to win, not to mention, luis Dias and Traoré, who were originally very close, were cut off by Liverpool and Barca respectively, and finally only Bentankur and Kulusewski were introduced, and in midfield, Spurs were 3 players missing.
Although Ndombele was given up by Conte himself, Ali and Locelsol are difficult to get into Conte's eyes, Brian Hill does not have the strength to play for Spurs for the time being, but for Conte, even if they can't play, it is good to stay in the team, but now, Spurs can only cope with the second half of the season with the current lineup.
2. Arsenal prepare to renovate the Emirates Stadium.
If older fans have an impression, they should remember that on May 7, 2006, when The Highbury Stadium ushered in its final match, Henry scored a hat-trick and kissed the stadium he had run all over before leaving, saying goodbye to Highbury, which had stood for nearly a hundred years.
Arsenal then welcomed a new stadium: the current Emirates Stadium.
Emirates Stadium
After more than a decade in use, Arsenal are determined to make more modern upgrades to facilities such as leaking roofs and large screens on the stadium, even if the upgrade will cost millions of pounds!
The telegraph that mentioned the news also pointed to Manchester United's Old Trafford, the former Dream Theatre has had many problems due to the "stocking" of the club's top management, such as fans can often see rats, and not long ago due to technical failures, they could not provide meals for fans in midfield.
Neville commented on Old Trafford: a rusty and decaying stadium.
Not repairing and upgrading Old Trafford has always been one of the reasons why Manchester United's local fans attacked Glazer.
Arsenal don't want to be in a situation like Manchester United, so they still intend to renovate the stadium even if they are not well funded. In the eyes of The Talking Ball Jun, this is also the right thing to do, after all, Arsenal's tickets are also one of the most expensive in the Premier League!
Conclusion: Weekend highlights to see in advance!
The Premier League will usher in the 26th round of the game this weekend, the key game is undoubtedly Manchester City's home game against Tottenham Hotspur, but this game was played at 1:30 a.m. on the 20th, which is the 26th round of the Premier League, the only game played in the early morning (in addition to wolves vs Leicester City).
The earliest match of this round of the Premier League is the West Ham United home match against Newcastle on February 19, which is a golden 20:30 match between four teams and relegation upstarts.
The remaining 7 games are focused on 22:00-23:00 and most fans can see their home team at the right time.
Full schedule for round 26 of the Premier League
It should be noted that after the end of the 26 rounds, the Premier League will usher in a small-scale make-up match in the middle of next week, mainly facing teams without European arrangements, and the supplementary rounds are: 13 rounds, 18 rounds, 19 rounds, 20 rounds, which are very complicated, and most of the make-up matches are in the early morning of the week, and most fans can only watch a news.