Diogo Jota is surprised that Arsenal play strangely against Liverpool: okezone ball



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LONDON – Liverpool player Diogo Jota is happy that he managed to contribute two goals in Liverpool’s 3-0 win over Arsenal in the 2020-2021 Premier League on Saturday April 3, 2021, WIB. In fact, Jota didn’t expect Liverpool to win big at the clubhouse dubbed The Gunners.

Since the match has not started, Jota has honestly predicted that the Arsenal vs Liverpool match at Emirates Stadium will be fierce. He feels that way because he knows very well that Arsenal usually have a pretty good game in terms of possession.

However, for some reason, Jota was shocked that Arsenal played abnormally against Liverpool last night. The Portuguese player did not see Arsenal’s game that was reliable in terms of possession.

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Diogo Jota's action in the Arsenal vs Liverpool match

“Honestly, I predict that Arsenal will have a lot more possession than this. Because they usually do that (good at ball possession), “Jota said from Liverpool’s official website on Sunday (4/4/2021).

When you look at the statistics for the Arsenal vs Liverpool game, the Gunners only have a total of 35 percent ball possession. The north London club didn’t even make it to 40 percent, which means it was actually pretty weird in terms of holding the ball for more than 90 minutes of the game.

In terms of the number of passes, Arsenal are far behind the Reds. Arsenal is only able to make 395 passes with a hit percentage of 75 percent. Meanwhile, Liverpool registered 703 passes with an accuracy of 86 percent.

For Jota, Arsenal, who struggled to get their best performance, showed that Liverpool really dominated the game. Jota assessed that Liverpool was able to put pressure on the Gunners players so that Arsenal had difficulty playing well.

“The game showed that we were able to pressure them well. We didn’t let them control the ball and, in essence, we were able to control the game, both in possession and number of goals,” Jota continued.

Diogo Jota's action in the Arsenal vs Liverpool match

Thanks to the victory over Arsenal, Liverpool are now in fifth place in the 2020-2021 Premier League standings with 49 points. Liverpool are only two points behind Chelsea, which is fourth.

Meanwhile, Arsenal remain stuck in ninth position with a total of 42 points. Mikel Arteta’s squad failed to reduce its distance from the teams fighting for tickets to next season’s European competition.

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