Liverpool was beaten 0-1 at home by Inter Milan, this season's Champions League record is in the past, the key is to sit at Anfield - this horrible stadium that makes most of the away teams playing here fearful, Liverpool let Inter Milan take away a victory with their heads held high, Liverpool supporters will inevitably have some reluctance, and even the illusion that Liverpool has lost face.
Actually, it doesn't have to be that way, Inter milan did play much better than we thought. As in the first leg of the meeting between the two sides, Inter Milan showed strong resilience, as a side that was not optimistic about most people before the game, even if it was to britain, Inter Milan dared to show his bayonet, this time the old Dzeko was pressed on the bench, inzaghi Jr. sent Sanchez, the intention is very clear, is to speed up, is to use speed to increase the threat of counterattack, to create pressure on Liverpool.
However, Sanchez has not been able to become the hero who saved Inter, but instead the three-no-striker Lautaro, who has been working hard but has been criticized by fans, has given a stroke of the world. And Sanchez, who was too desperate to show himself but had been a little too big, was just after the excitement of Inter Milan's imminent score (the score of two legs came to 1-2), and finally applied for the second personal yellow jewel card of the game, two yellows turned red and was expelled.
Since then, the game has been unusually flat, inzaghi Jr. has dispatched troops several times, but they have not had the desired effect; Liverpool has not been in a hurry, if Inter Milan does not press out, then patiently fall on the periphery, anyway, the first leg of the two sides met Liverpool won 2-0, even if the score can not be rewritten, the total score is 2-1, Liverpool can still qualify.
Until the game went to 80 minutes, Liverpool in the front line to make personnel adjustments, replaced by Dias, it is clear that the core of Liverpool is to control the development trend of the situation, as to whether it will be a record, whether the home team must win the opponent, it does not matter, Liverpool as desired to keep the score of 0-1 to the end, also left to the little Inzaghi and Inter a stomach of unwillingness, in the two legs of the two legs, Inter Milan seems to smell a glimmer of hope, but finally lost hope.
In fact, this may be the cleverness and maturity of Liverpool, and the early years of the surge to establish the team IP is very different, now Liverpool is facing a multi-line battle, go hand in hand, the factors to consider are inevitably much more, how to change the lineup and allocate the physical strength of good players, is the top priority.
In addition to the delay in replacing Díaz, Liverpool's starting midfielder sent a midfield combination of Thiago, Jones and Fabinho, the weakness of this combination is obvious, the interception ability of the midfield will be subjected to a major test, Thiago has just returned from injury, Jones is not an absolute main midfielder, and the entire midfield is controlled, rather than confrontational, Liverpool's platoon is slightly problematic, at least this is not a hard-hitting game, Liverpool can line up the best lineup.
Judging from the direction of the whole game, Liverpool has basically been playing steadily, even if the score is unexpectedly behind, Klopp's first substitution adjustment is the midfield, not the front, because we mentioned earlier that Liverpool's starting midfield interception ability is weak, and Fabinho's performance in this game is difficult to say, then Klopp must consider strengthening the hardness and confrontation of the midfield, and the appearance of Henderson and Keita is inevitable.
Liverpool's guiding ideology is very clear, play the game step by step, the rhythm of the game as far as possible away from the trajectory expected by Inter Milan, rather than blindly seeking speed, in the past chaos to win is a must for Liverpool, but too open and aggressive play, although it looks good, for a foot has entered the next round of knockout rounds of Liverpool, there is no practical significance, not to mention Liverpool's recent domestic league, cup schedule is also very heavy, there is a Premier League make-up to play, unnecessarily too much consumption.
In addition, we should not forget to praise Klopp, really a high emotional intelligence platoon, in the case of great hope for promotion but the game is still not easy, dare to send Jones, and Thiago, who has just returned from injury, this is by no means Klopp's contempt for Inter Milan, think that this game is not important, do not believe that we look at Liverpool's defender line and forward line, all the main standard.
But in the dense schedule, Liverpool need every player, especially Liverpool's first leg of the meeting 2 goals in hand, there is a certain fault tolerance rate, need to train young players like Jones in key games, Thiago in the recent League Cup because of the pre-match warm-up injury has been crying and weeping, Klopp knows when to let his disciples feel their importance, such as in the League Cup early to determine the starting debut of Kelleher, if the key game, can not appear, can only play soy sauce, In the long run, who has not had a temper, it is not easy to manage an increasingly large lineup, fortunately, Klopp has done a very good job.