With Jota's header in the first half and a penalty created in the second half (Fabinho's home penalty), Liverpool won 2-0 at home to Watford, once again completing a clean sheet, while completing a 10-game winning streak in the Premier League and a counter-attack against Manchester City, temporarily jumping to the top of the Premier League table.
The course of the game was the same as we expected before the game, although Liverpool played at home, but because of the impact of the international matchday, the main strikers Salah and Mane, were not in very good shape, the latter did not even start, although Jota opened the record for the team early, but then Liverpool's attack was basically deadlocked.
And, with Liverpool still playing the Champions League in midweek, Díaz was pressed on the bench by Klopp and it was clear that Liverpool were not going to play all their cards in this Premier League match, and as long as they could win, it didn't matter if the process was ugly.
However, in this game, Firmino's play is very good, although there is no goal to score, but running, tandem, are like the peak of the Red Arrow three heroes style, at least, the feet are not so heavy, feel the body is much lighter.
Klopp said that Firmino was injured before, in fact, more or less due to age factors, when the Liverpool team grew stronger, Firmino was able to get more rest time, there was not so much heavy game task, and the state was naturally found in the process of recovering while playing.
Moreover, I want to praise Joe Gomez, in the case that Arnold could not play due to injury, Gomez perfectly completed the task given to him by Klopp, although the overall performance is still some distance from Arnold, but several sets are very threatening, dare to pass, the level of crosses is also remarkable, Jota's goal came from Gomez's assist.
However, Arnold's height is shorter, more flexible, and recently in the attack, many times are frequently going to the middle, so that they can also attract enemy fire for Salah, which is an ability that Gomez does not have, Salah is struggling, there are factors of his own bad state, and there is also a lack of tacit understanding with Gomez.
In addition, the performance of the leader Thiago, I believe I don't need to say more, everyone looks at the eyes, touching the ball, passing the ball is simply art, interception, stealing is also good, but occasionally there are still some handling of the ball trust, after all, the masters like to show off the flower work.
In general, Liverpool's play in this game, the back line is decent, the midfield except for Thiago, there is no bright performance, the forwards in addition to Jota, Firmino, are considered to be disaster-level, but even if the state is not in the best Liverpool, still won the game, and win is relatively easy, because the opponent basically has no chance to rewrite the score, which is now liverpool's strength, but also the biggest confidence in the battle for the championship on all fronts.