The Premier League focus battle, Newcastle lost 0-1 to Liverpool, this game overall, Liverpool did not perform well, but the team won, Newcastle is a chance to score, and finally did not seize it. Judging from the performance of this game, Newcastle needs to do a lot of work in the offseason to really become a strong team, and Liverpool's rotation effect in this game is not bad. However, after Manchester City won, the point gap between Liverpool and Manchester City is still one point, simply look at this game.
Although Liverpool rotated, the performance of the rotating players was OK, the defense of the centre-back was a problem, and the front line had some scoring opportunities in this game, which was wasted too much
Liverpool had rotations in many positions in this game, resulting in some problems in the team, but Milner can play, but it is also a key bar. Judging from the performance of the game, the combination of Matip and Van Dijk, the bad defense of the ball behind the back, gave Newcastle too many scoring opportunities, and finally Newcastle scored an offside goal, and the rest of the opportunities were not seized, which is the center-back problem of this game. Gomez may have been practicing passing from the flanks lately, and it looks like this game is also a good pass, so is this next rotation of Liverpool right-back enough?
Milner is the key to scoring, without his steals, there will be no Jota and Keita's goals, of course, it is precisely because of this steal that the Newcastle centre-back has one less person to have Keita's goal, so from this perspective, Milner's rotation in some games is still very meaningful. The style of play is tough. The forward line is in average this state, Mane wasted a lot of opportunities to score goals, Salah's substitute performance is also average, Diaz's pass is good, but there are also some problems, such as he is also not good at shooting, but Liverpool is rotating multiple main players, such a performance, in fact, is not bad.
In fact, after 1-0, it seems that Liverpool will concede goals, but always do not concede the ball, luck is good, the team's backline has many key steals. Later, Thiago, Fabinho and Salah came off the bench, and then the team performed well, these three gave the team an advantage in attack and better possession. Before Liverpool's next Champions League match, the main core is a break, so is the team's mind still in the Champions League? At least this game has seen that Liverpool's rotation is indeed much better than before, and the depth of the squad is really good.
Newcastle's performance was OK, or there was no center forward, and the tall center-back was the shortcoming of this game
The problem with Newcastle is this, from the game point of view, the team's center-back is tall, resulting in Liverpool basically playing behind these players, or playing the most embarrassing position of these players, so that these players can not turn around, can not get to the right defensive position, Newcastle's backline still needs to buy new people. Guimarães is really good, the defense is tough, the offensive organization is good, and it is worthy of the attention of many big teams, and this player will be the core of Newcastle. Newcastle's problem is in the front, St. Maxima's performance is very general, he is average, the team wants to win it is difficult, Newcastle still need to buy a center in the offseason, I don't know if I can buy the right center player. Overall, although Newcastle looks passive, it has several opportunities and finally failed to grasp them.
So, Liverpool and Manchester City continue to be anxious and that's the good news, the Premier League looks like it's only in the final round that they'll know who's going to win.