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Liverpool didn’t beat Chelsea thanks only to Jurgen Klopp’s style of play; Glaucoma coach Frank Lampard had a role.
Liverpool took advantage of individual errors by Kepa Arizabalaga and Andres Christensen, earning two unanswered goals at Chelsea.
Despite individual mistakes by Lampard’s defender and his goalkeeper, Chelsea did not have much attacking performance in the first half.
Lampard started the match 4-3-3 instead of the 4-2-3-1 he had relied on against Brighton in the first round of the league. As for Klopp, he kept his usual style with a change that could point to future plans.
Fabinho played as a central defender alongside Virgil van Dyck due to injury to Joe Gómez and Joel Matip, according to the British network “Sky Sports”, and did not play in the midfield as usual.
Klopp may continue to use Fabinho in the center of defense in the future, after Gomez’s level fluctuated and Matip’s injuries fluctuated frequently; Especially after the team signed Thiago Alcantara, who is able to play in the focal point.
Returning to the game, Lampard’s dependence on the trio: N’Golo Kante, Georgiño and Matteo Kovacic arrived so that the team took the ball out of the center of their stadium and did not resort to longitudinal balls, and playing with only a double in the middle it cost the team dearly in the match that brought them together on matchday 37 last season and the team lost it 5-3.
But fierce pressure from Liverpool deprived Lampard of what he wanted.
See here the concentration of the Liverpool players, their progress and the pressure on the Chelsea players. Firmino puts pressure on Jorginho and his stance allows him to block the angle of travel for Kante, Salah and Mane standing near Kurt Zuma and Andres Christensen, and Naby Keita with Kovacic.
Liverpool’s pressure caused Chelsea to turn the ball over 21 times in the center of their home. Chelsea players in blue lost the ball in these places.
For this reason, Lampard decided to use longitudinal balls to get out of his areas and reach Liverpool’s goal, so his players sent 63 long balls during the match, however.
Chelsea faced the same crisis that they faced during the Brighton match, which was the lack of a player who could win aerial fights.
Werner’s volleyball score last season with Leipzig was 0.23 in 90 minutes, so playing with Werner won’t help.
So Lampard also decided to have Kai Havertiz play in the rear, so that volleyball would be played for him, with Werner going left and Mason Mount going right.
Havertiz’s percentage of excellence in aerial balls was 1.40 during the 90 minutes, but the majority of balls did not reach him in the first place because Kepa passed Liverpool players or off the field, so Kai won only with two airs.
Havertiz was unable to present the roles of the imaginary forward, so he never touched the ball in Liverpool’s penalty area in the first 45 minutes.
As for Werner, he got isolated on the left side and tried shyly.
Chelsea’s position on the field seems closer to 4-4-2, but without getting anywhere near the dangerous areas of Alison’s goal.
However, Chelsea were more successful defensively in the first half, so the team lines were close to each other and there were no spaces for Sadio Mane or Mohamed Salah in the first half.
Notice the convergence of the lines in the following image:
This was before the first gap appeared in Chelsea’s defense, after the team advanced and no longer rushed to defend; Jordan Henderson seized the opportunity and sent a ball to Mane from behind the defense of the team, causing Christensen to commit a foul, for which he was sent off.
Here Henderson is alone without pressure, and the Chelsea defense is far ahead.
Mane’s long ball in space, and that’s enough for the Senegalese winger to upset the opponent.
But Klopp was well prepared for the game, even before Christensen was sent off.
Klopp’s method was to get closer to 3-4-3 in offensive situations so there would be more room for Liverpool players.
Henderson was returning between Van Dyck and Fabinho, with Trent Alexander Arnold and Andrew Robertson advancing to expand the field at the edge and pushing Chelsea back so Salah and Mane were in the mid-spaces.
This is how Liverpool focused during the game.
Although Lampard had enough time between halves of the game to make amends after Christensen was sent off, he preferred to withdraw Havertiz and pay Vicayo Tomori; Losing Chelsea to whom they sent the long balls and helping them, even in theory, to come out from behind.
As for Klopp, he cleverly handled the package, so he had what he wanted.
Klopp changed the characteristics of the center-back, removing Henderson, who ran a lot and squeezed the ball carrier, and pushed Thiago Alcántara, a newcomer from Bayern Munich.
To show the role of Alcántara in the goal, although he did not participate in it.
Here the ball is with Thiago, and Salah is on the line and shoots Marcos Alonso with him, Firmino in the half spaces and Zuma presses him, but the presence of Vinaldom outside the penalty area indicates the superiority of the numerical blues in the penalty area.
Seconds later, after rolling the ball, he returns to the same form, with Salah focused on the line and Firmino in the half spaces, but with the presence of Vinaldum, Mane and Van Dyck on the edge of the penalty area. Position 3 against 3.
Arnold passes Firmino
Van Dyck didn’t go to the penalty area; Go back to Chelsea’s numerical advantage, delay Firmino in the center work and trade him with Salah.
But after the exchange the numerical superiority continued; But Firmino had no problem being a little late until Vinaldum moved and Jorginho and Zuma got distracted.
Vinaldum moved, so Salah passed the ball back to Firmino, starting behind Alonso.
Send a cross from Firmino at the 6-yard line to Mane, against the body of the Chelsea players; And goal.
What is the role of Thiago’s goal? Let’s illustrate this with pictures.
Here Robertson passed the ball to Thiago and ran, but the Spaniard did not pass.
Thiago apologizes here for not passing; And returns the ball to the right side; Where Liverpool was looking to score from the trick we explained above.
Chelsea’s failure to get the ball out from behind was the reason for the dismissal of Havertiz and Werner in attack, resulting in the loss of Chelsea, and may cause Lampard to lose his position if he cannot find solutions to this problem.
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