Liverpool's midfield advantage in this game is too obvious, especially the starting midfield advantage is too obvious!
To be honest, Atletico just lack a player like Fabinho, that's it. After Fabinho was finally able to play, Liverpool's midfield was significantly upgraded by a notch, of course, Henderson was a defensive player and long pass, and Fabinho became the core of the team's midfield attack and defense. So the team has two good core players this time, this is very good, the team play is simple and direct, there are rhythmic changes, plus the speed of the wing-backs, the team wins normally.
Atletico's problem is still the lack of a true all-around core in midfield, and the gap between Cork and Fabinho is obvious. De Paul can not be said to be a defensive midfielder, this midfield looks like a big problem is that the defense is not good, the play is too fine, there is no long passing strategy, Herrera came out, a little performance, but not as good as Fabinho and Henderson, Atletico still see if they can find a good all-round midfielder, this is very important. In contrast, whether there is a good back, the strong and strong duel is indeed a big gap.
Atletico's centre-backs are not as good as Liverpool's, but Atletico's defenders can't find red cards on their own, right?
Felipe's red card was originally a yellow card, but because the referee was going to give a yellow card, Felipe did not cooperate, so it became a red card, which made Atletico some big problems, itself two goals behind, but also reduced a player, a very helpless situation happened, this season Atletico center-back appeared a lot of such things, very helpless.
Compared to Liverpool, Van Dijk is the core centre-back, and his defensive performance in the team is very stable, that's it. This is also a troublesome problem for Atletico, the center-back has made many defensive mistakes this season, and the team now lacks a real defensive core, and this gap is obvious.
Of course, looking at the front line comparison, Atletico's problem now is the lack of a center, a real center.
Although Liverpool really don't have a centre-forward, all the fronts look all-round, can constantly change positions, and then score, this is the current Liverpool forward style, of course, Jota can perform in this game, there are goals, Salah and Mane's performance is also very good, this is the characteristics of three different styles of front. Of course, another thing is that Atletico is more miserable in comparison, Suarez is the only center of the team, and the rest of the players are really not centers, at most two centers, very helpless. So this is the team's trouble, but Atletico's recent forward signings can only be expected to grow in Cunha, and if he can really succeed, the team's center problem can be solved.
So this game shows one thing, at least in terms of the integrity of the squad, the gap between Atletico and Liverpool is very large, and from the game point of view, the back or midfield determines the outcome of this game, and Atletico's midfield problem needs to be solved as soon as possible.