Win again! Liverpool beat Norwich 3-1 at home to win nine consecutive games in all competitions and go unbeaten in 16 premier league rounds, with points continuing to cling to Manchester City and retain their Premier League title hopes.
Recently, Liverpool has been unusually manly, and all the injured have basically returned, but Liverpool just fought a fierce battle in the Champions League in midweek and Inter Milan, and Klopp has carried out a big rotation of up to 7 people in order to protect the health of the players and for the League Cup a few days later, although everyone has been saying that Klopp and Liverpool fought a rich battle in their lives in the last game, but such a large rotation in this game is also quite amazing.
The two flank attacking points Robertson and Arnold truce not to mention, the midfield side is more sent to henderson, Chamberlain, Naby Keita combination, both ends of the attack and defense feel a little discounted, always a little uneasy.
Sure enough, Although Liverpool continued the oppressive style of play in the first half, the rotation of personnel was too large, and although Zimikas's attack on the wing was playing well, it was always a little different from the cooperation with Díaz, and Mane played the center in the middle of the road.
Naby Keita and Chamberlain, not to mention, especially Chamberlain, although the two tried very hard to contribute at both ends of the attack and defense, but because Liverpool could not play on both sides of this game, keita and Chamberlain in the middle of the road should have played a role in the middle of the road penetration also did not play, resulting in liverpool in the first half of the game most of the attack was in vain.
Only in the opening stage, Salah picked out the top, Zimikas wrapped up the shot and there was still a bit of a look, but zimmikas hit the plane, and Liverpool did not get any results in the first half.
In the second half, Easy Side fought again, Liverpool's attack still did not improve, but there was a big flaw in the defensive end, although Norwich accidentally got the ball on the right side or transferred to the left side of the road, the refraction of the foot cut inside the shot, quite a bit of luck, but in any case, Norwich away from home, Liverpool must make personnel adjustments.
At this point, Klopp waved a big hand, Nabi Keita and Chamberlain were all replaced, replaced by Origi and Thiago, Liverpool changed to a 4-2-4 squad, Mane returned to the left and Díaz came to the position of shadow forward.
As a result, there was someone in the middle of Liverpool pressing the opponent's formation, and Liverpool's starting three forward position was more flexible, and soon Mane received a header from Zimikas and scored with a volley of barbs.
And that was just the beginning of Liverpool's counter-attacking horn, less than 2 minutes later, Salah received Alisson's quick goal, quickly burst into the opponent's penalty area, shook down the Norwich goalkeeper, and easily swept the ball into the empty goal with his right foot.
Liverpool's starting trident is worse than Díaz, Díaz has not contributed to the goal since joining Liverpool, but Díaz, who moved to the center of the road as a shadow forward, has obviously gained more opportunities, because there is no need to fight with opponents on the wing, Díaz still needs to slowly adapt to the rhythm of confrontation in the Premier League, but the middle of the road is his strength.
It just so happens that Henderson is also happy to do such a wedding dress, once liverpool all members consciously take away the opponent's defensive formation, Henderson got a clever kick in the midfield, Díaz rushed to the horse, easily rubbed the shot, and the Liverpool trident all scored goals, a happy ending.
In the end, Liverpool had a thrilling victory over Norwich, on the one hand, thanks to Klopp's substitution adjustment, at the same time, we also had to sigh that the thickness of Liverpool's squad has indeed improved a lot, in order to be able to sacrifice the backhand killer at the key moment.
However, the unfamiliarity of Liverpool's performance in the first half also shows that even if the thickness of the squad is thick and the cold does not change as many as 7 players, the actual combat effect will be far lower than expected, but Klopp may also want to verify some new playing styles by changing the lineup, in case of emergency.
After all, even if the Odd Soldier works again, usually even the game has not appeared, it is difficult to play an effect at a critical moment, this is klopp in recent years in the Premier League to be sublimated in one aspect, since there are enough cards in hand, then rest assured to boldly use, otherwise how to deal with the fourth-line battle?