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Amsterdam –
Fabinho and Joe Gomez duo for the first time on Liverpool’s bottom line. The acting is fine, but it doesn’t fully satisfy Juergen Klopp.
Visiting Johan Cruyff ArenA, Thursday (10/22/2020) at the morning WIB, Klopp as Liverpool coach played Fabinho and Gomez as a central defense duo. This is due to the crisis of actors in the sector.
After it was confirmed that Virgil van Dijk would be absent until the end of the season due to a knee ligament injury, it was the turn of Joel Matip, who was fit, so he was excluded from the team this week.
Therefore, Liverpool only have Gomez as a pure center-back and three young players, namely Rhys Williams, Billy Koumetio and Sepp van den Berg. Against Ajax Amsterdam, which has a fast attack line, Fabinho and Gomez really performed well.
Quoted by Squawka, the combination of the two players made 19 hits, won the ball 15 times, won 14 of 17 games, eight interceptions, won seven aerial games nine times, and of course without conceding.
Even Fabinho made a crucial save just before the break, when he threw an overhead kick to send Dusan Tadic’s ball across the line.
Liverpool deserved to go home with a 1-0 win thanks to Nicolas Tagliafico’s own goal in the 35th minute. They recorded the second clean sheet of the last 13 away games in the Champions League.
Furthermore, this is also Liverpool’s first clean sheet in their last six games. The duo of Fabinho and Gómez deserve to be praised for their performance, although it is the first time they have played together.
 Joe Gomez protects Liverpool’s bottom line with Fabinho Photo: AP / Peter Dejong |
This 35th center-back duo during the Klopp era was touted as worthy of protecting Liverpool’s defense, until the club can look for new players in January.
“This combination is Joey (Joe Gomez) and Fabinho. If I’m not mistaken, they’ve never played together before, right? Probably, but I’m not sure either,” Klopp was quoted as saying. Optus Sport.
“So first they have to get used to playing together, they have to communicate a lot when they play in that position, because it can help the midfielders and also some other important things,” he continued.
“Their performance is very good, but they still need to improve. They have to know when to defend high or low, in a superior position, in a position of pushing, ‘How do we react there?’ But it doesn’t matter anyway. It’s good. how is that and let’s face the next game “, closed Klopp.
(mrp / crude)
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