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Thanks to the double blow from the striker replacing Diogo Jota, Liverpool beat Arsenal 3-0 and closed the gap with the top 4 to two points.
Scores: Jota 64 ‘, 82’, Salah 68 ‘.
Jota in the situation to make the score 3-0 for Liverpool in the 82nd minute. The observer
Liverpool have been in constant decline since the beginning of February, with a series of four Premier League losses. Jurgen Klopp teachers and students can surrender to any opponent, from downhill races like Brighton, to top 4 competitions like Man City, Leicester. The German coach himself also proved to be less salty with the Premier League career, especially when in the middle of next week, he and his students faced Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
However, Liverpool’s opponent was equally flamboyant. After a period of sublimation in early 2021, Arsenal won three of their last nine games. Aside from the lack of Bukayo Saka, Emile Smith Rowe and Granit Xhaka, coach Mikel Arteta’s only and best-known pick was defensive counterattacks.
In the first half, Arsenal suffered the match, with a single shot, holding less than 35%. By contrast, Liverpool shot six times, including a shot at the end of the first half. The ball was thrown from the right wing into the middle for James Milner. In the penalty area, and without being accompanied by anyone, the English general took a shot with a touch but missed the post. Off the field, Klopp rubbed his eyes several times, as if he did not believe that the person wearing the captain’s armband was spoiled in that situation.
Tierney’s injury on the Arsenal side from the end of the first half was a game-changing turning point. Image: The Guardian
After an hour of failing to control the game, Klopp withdrew Andrew Robertson from the field and concentrated fire on Arsenal’s right-back, where Kieran Tierney left the field at the end of the first half due to injury. The decision of the German coach takes immediate effect. Just three minutes after the adjustment, the visitors overcame with family arrangements last season, but rarely seen this season. Trent Alexander-Arnold crosses the ball early from the right to the far post, sending the forward to replace Diogo Jota, boldly hitting the head.
In the first leg, Jota also tore Arsenal apart, eight minutes after replacing Sadio Mane. It was the first goal that the Portuguese forward scored for the new team. On the night of April 3, “The Gunners” continued to bring sweet memories to Jota. Not only did he open the scoring, but he also scored a 3-0 win late in the match, when he reached the closing line, after Mane’s way back.
If you take the number of minutes to score a goal as the basis of comparison, Jota is Liverpool’s number one striker right now. The 24-year-old forward only took 91 minutes to score a goal in the Premier League, ahead of Mohamed Salah (135 minutes), and ahead of Mane (322 minutes), as well as Roberto Firmino (372 minutes). Jota’s performance in the last four games, including the two in Portugal, offers hope of reviving the defending champions England. With an average of 1.5 goals per game, Jota deserves that Klopp risk four forwards in about 25 minutes, when the game was about to start. war.
Salah had enough chances to double as Jota, but he only did it once. Four minutes after the opening, the Egyptian striker abruptly left the right corner, approaching the ball at 5m50, before beating Bernd Leno at point-blank range. But in the face that followed five minutes later, Salah’s 16m50 volley was blocked by the Arsenal goalkeeper.
Salah raised the score to 2-0 with a dangerous cross shot in the 68th minute. The observer
Mane and Firmino continue to screw up, but Liverpool is no longer concerned. From goalkeeper Alisson Becker to Klopp, everyone laughed after the final whistle. With three full points, they jumped fifth and narrowed the gap with Chelsea to two points.
The joy of Liverpool is sadness for Arsenal. The London team lost, despite the late defense and only dared to take three shots during the 90 minutes. Defensive defense and the idea of attack, these will be problems that Arteta will have to solve before receiving Slavia Prague on April 8 in the quarterfinals of the Europa League, the only arena that Arsenal still has a chance to win the title is season.
Team
Arsenal: Leno; Chambers, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney (Soares 45 ‘+ 1); Thomas, Ceballos (Elneny 58 ‘); Pepe, Odegaard, Aubameyang (Martinelli 77 ‘); Lacazette.
Unused subs: Bellerin, Mari, Nelson, Nketiah, Ryan, Willian.
Liverpool: Alisson; Robertson (Jota 61 ‘), Kabak (Williams 84’), Phillips, Alexander-Arnold; Milner, Fabinho, Thiago; Mane, Firmino (Wijnaldum 78 ‘), Salah.
Unused subs: Adrian, Jones, Keita, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Shaqiri, Tsimikas.
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