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What Arsenal showed against Liverpool in the 2020 England Super Cup match is highly commendable. Although the strength was completely inferior to that of the opponent and he did not have the foothold at home (the match was played at Wembley), coach Mikel Arteta’s teachers and professors played on par with England’s dominance.

And the 5-4 win on the 11-meter penalty shootout that day really showed Arsenal a clear improvement in courage. Remember, in the 2019/20 Premier League, Arsenal are the highest-scoring team in the Big Six.

That Arsenal advance extends to the Premier League pitch. Arteta’s teachers and students won the first two games of the season, despite all the London derby matches with Fulham and West Ham. Following the excitement, they beat Leicester 2-0 in the English League Cup.

However, on the other side of the front line after the “debauchery” shot at Community Shield 2020, Liverpool quickly reprimanded the team and punished opponents who thought it was time to be dismissive. “King”.

The latest victim of Jurgen Klopp’s teachers and students is Chelsea. After spending more than £ 200m to recruit, the Blues have cherished the ambition to take down Liverpool when they hosted the defending champions in the second round. But life is not like a dream. Despite having a balanced and tight stance, Chelsea still fell at the hands of Liverpool.

At Anfield, in recent years, Liverpool have always known how to “intimidate” Arsenal. The last 5 times to host this rival in the Premier League, the Red Brigade won 4 and no match won less than 2 goals. Liverpool’s last loss to Arsenal at home was in… 2012, when the “Red Brigade” fell into crisis with coach Brendan Rodgers.

In addition, Liverpool are undefeated for 60 consecutive Premier League matches at Anfield, the third longest home game in English league history, in which they won 49 matches.

Liverpool could not count on the service of rookie Thiago Alcantara (supposed to have a minor health problem) in the great battle against Arsenal while captain Henderson was also injured.

Thus, compared to the 2-0 victory over Chelsea, the “Red Brigade” has a unique adjustment when midfielder Joe Gomez can play with Van Dijk again, helping Fabinho return to the central midfield position. .

As for Arsenal, coach Arteta has adjusted a lot compared to the last Premier League game (they beat West Ham 2-1) but still maintains the 3-4-3 table that has been displayed very often since the end of Last season. Specifically, David Luiz and Tierney are present in the defense of 3 with Holding, replacing Kolasinac and rookie Gabriel Magalhaes.

In midfield, Elneny replaced Ceballos as Xhaka’s teammate and the left runner was assigned to Maitland-Niles, not Saka’s very young star. Only the attackers remain with the Lacazette – Willian – Aubameyang trio.

Arsenal entered the game cautiously and publicly with the intention of a defensive toy: the counterattack. In fact, after Coach Arteta rolled out this “I know I know people” match, London’s “gunners” started picking sweet fruit with achievements on the field.

However, the visitors can only guarantee maximum safety for the goal in the first 10 minutes just because for now, Liverpool are still the champion of England with the power to destroy any team. ball in the land of mist.

The first dangerous situation of the match was seen by Sadio Mane with a shot from less than 10 meters in the 16th minute after Arnold assists on the right, but Leno chose the correct position to save successfully.

A few minutes later, starting from a chaotic situation in the penalty area, Alexander-Arnold fired from outside the 16m50 line. The ball touched Bellerin’s foot and went to the bar at Bernd Leno’s helplessness.

However, surprise was unleashed in the 25th minute. In a quick counterattack, Maitland-Niles stretched on the inside for Lacazette and Robertson didn’t make many mistakes, such as creating a good opportunity for the French forward. benefit to the public. In fact, despite missing the end of the ball, Lacazette could still lift Arsenal.

But the Arsenal vanguard only exists for a short time. In the 29th minute, Salah passed the ball past Tierney before launching a shot that made Leno unable to catch the ball. Mane was in the right place, calmly pushing his heart into the empty net to bring the game back to the starting line.

Thanks to the early equalization, Liverpool’s spirit was not affected much, they continued to play with enthusiasm and then, only in the 34th minute, The Kop took the lead. From the right wing, Arnold hooked the ball in the 16m50 area and Arsenal’s defense was sucked into Mane’s position, opening up Robertson to “regain his reputation” with a control phase and coldly defeat Leno.

With the advantage in hand, Liverpool increasingly overwhelmed Arsenal, but if the “Gunners” handled better on a few rare shots, it was unknown what would happen to Alisson’s goal.

Early in the second half, Mane ran down to catch a long pass to cross the line from his teammates, but the final shot with his left foot flew over the crossbar.

Despite being led, but also understanding the strength of the opponent, especially in the “injury code”, Arsenal did not dare to put the team on attack to equalize. “The Gunners” keep playing on the prowl, trying to neutralize the gegen pressing style and only attack when they are safe.

In the 63rd minute, new Dani Ceballos entered the field with a classy punch, knocking out all Liverpool defenders to put Lacazette in position to face Allisson. Unfortunately, the French striker was not sharp enough to get off the last stop of the local team.

A short time later, Liverpool responded with the situation where Mane turned to finish after a break with Firmino, but the ball narrowly deflected Arsenal’s goal.

Team

Liverpool (4-3-3): Alisson; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gómez, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson; Naby Keita, Fabinho, Georginio Wijnaldum; Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane.

Arsenal (3-4-3): Bernd Leno; Rob Holding, David Luiz, Kieran Tierney; Héctor Bellerin, Mohamed Elneny, Granit Xhaka (Dani Ceballos 60 ‘), Ainsley Maitland-Niles; Willian, Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.