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Liverpool seem confident in this match. Although Jordan Henderson did not reinforce him due to injury, this did not throw the red midfield off balance.
With a 4-3-3 pattern with their flagship trident, namely Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Firmino, Liverpool immediately took the initiative to attack. But the disciplinary play applied by Mikel Arteta’s men with a counterattack pattern made it difficult for the Reds’ trident to enter Bernd Leno’s goal.
Concern over the attack caused the Liverpool defense to lose focus. Starting with a quick counterattack, Ainsley Maitland-Niles broke the right side of the host’s defense before finally sending a cross.
The ball actually hit Andrew Robertson, but the Liverpool defender was wrong to block the ball, so Alexandre Lacazette, who was in a free position, easily passed Alisson Becker. It was the second away goal of the season.
The 0-1 lead could not be guarded by Arsenal. The reason is that it only takes Liverpool nine minutes to turn things to 2-1. The score does not change until the first interval ends. (Also read: Last TC in Croatia, the Indonesian U19 team defeats Dinamo Zagreb)
In the second half, Arteta and Juergen Klopp still maintained the composition of their players and also with the same game pattern. Arsenal still relies on a counterattack scheme.
Meanwhile, Liverpool tries to pressure every move of the Arsenal players. They continued to buy and sell attacks, but Liverpool could only add a goal with the action of Diogo Jota in the 88th minute. It was the closing goal, because until the long whistle sounded no additional goals were created. (Read also: Toni Kroos: I’ll be back in a short time)
Thus, Liverpool manages to maintain the chastity of Anfield unbeaten in 61 home games. The Reds haven’t even failed to score against Arsenal in any competition at Anfield since September 2012.
In total, Liverpool players scored 30 goals in eight games. His trident scored a total of 18 goals, namely Sadio Mane (6), Mohamed Salah (5) and Firmino (8).
Ultimately, thanks to this victory, Liverpool climbed to third place in the Premier League standings with nine points. The Reds only lost on scoring aggressiveness to leader Leicester City. While Arsenal are in fifth place with six points.
(sha)
