Chapter 606: What Are You Doing?!

After the completion of the Manchester United game, Liverpool's Premier League schedule in March has all ended, Zhang Yuan scored 3 goals for Liverpool in this month, and the performance was average, so he failed to choose the best player of the month, the best player of the month was won by Arsenal's Ozil, he led Arsenal to 5 wins in the game in March, before saying that Liverpool is the king of points, Arsenal actually does not admit to giving more at all, they are also very good at grabbing points.

This is also the rhythm that Arsenal is used to, the first half of the season is often embarrassing, in the second half of the season they can often burst out of amazing energy, and now it is not unreasonable to say that Arsenal is earning four crazy demons in football circles.

On Saturday, April 4, Liverpool met Arsenal, who have been in excellent form of late, at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal are very unlucky, they are once again sixteen in the Champions League, they lost at home to Monaco, although they won 2-0 on the road, but they also failed because of the away goal.

Or perhaps it was because of this exit that Arsenal focused all their energy on the league and FA Cup, with the FA Cup comfortably promoted and the league setting off a rush for points.

Fundamentally, Klopp and Arsenal are representatives of attacking football, Arsenal Wenger is good at smooth and fast passing, while Klopp is better at high pressure, players without the ball, this game does not need to be guessed to know that it is an offensive battle.

It's hard to say about the attack, for example, when Liverpool faces a weak team, it is likely to complete more than 20 shots on goal, but when facing a team of the same magnitude or stronger than them in terms of technical and tactical ability, sometimes the attack cannot be completed very well, for example, against Manchester United, their own state is poor, Manchester United's tactical response is also more appropriate, plus there is one less person at the beginning of the second half, Liverpool played the worst battle this season.

But today is different, Arsenal are going to attack, they need to win just as much as Liverpool.

The second point to watch is who is better of the two score-grabbing maniacs after the winter break. Arsenal and Liverpool are the two best teams in the Premier League since the New Year, with the Gunners now on 27 points and the Reds also having 25 points in 2015, both more than any other Premier League side. Arsene Wenger's side have won 14 of their 16 games since the New Year, nine of those 10 league games. The defeat to Manchester United in the last round was also the first defeat for Jurgen Klopp's side in the last 14 league games, with 10 wins and three draws.

However, Liverpool have not had an easy time at the Emirates Stadium, as evidenced by their recent dip in form, as evidenced by their last game against Manchester United.

And Arsenal this season is a bit bad in the early stages, but they have only lost one game at their home stadium, and Liverpool's away record this season itself is not very good, but they have recently won against several relegation teams.

The third highlight is the dispute between Zhang Yuan and Ozil, these two are well-known good friends and buddies in the Premier League, Ozil praised his friend Zhang Yuan more than once, and Zhang Yuan also pointed out Arsenal's two most important players before the game, Ozil and Sanchez.

'If we want to make a difference at the Emirates Stadium, then we have to limit Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, they are great players who have the ability to cause us problems and if we take them lightly, we will pay the price!'

Zhang Yuan also suffered criticism after the last game, in fact he deserved the criticism, because he failed to score, although Sturridge's goal was assisted by him, but it could not hide his slump, at least in the eyes of the media his performance on the field was too quiet, the first half was basically in the process of hand-to-hand combat with Manchester United players, and in the second half the situation only slightly improved, he moved to the wing.

As a result, after the game, many media were asking a question, he Zhang Yuan was in the most suitable position, some people pointed out that Zhang Yuan was suitable for fighting on the side, but someone immediately refuted that Zhang Yuan also did a great job in the center position, and he is currently the center with the most goals, and he is a serious center forward.

Now facing two strong opponents, will Zhang Yuan's game continue to be sluggish?!

When Zhang Yuan mentioned Arsenal's threat, he did not mention Arsenal's current hottest striker, Giroud, Giroud has scored in 5 consecutive games, including the league, FA Cup and Champions League, but Zhang Yuan is not optimistic about him, he thinks that the back line led by Degan will definitely be able to get Giroud.

Liverpool suffered some minor injuries before this game, Skrtel and Lovren were injured at the back, and Klopp could only continue to use the combination of Sako and Degan in central defenders, with Lallana at right and Moreno on the left.

The midfielders are the old partners of Jordan Henderson and Emrejan, while the attacking midfielders are Joe Allen, Raheem Sterling and Philippe Coutinho.

The striker is still Zhang Yuan.

Arsene Wenger's side is also 4231 to meet the enemy, goalkeeper: Ospina

Defenders: Bellerin, Kos, Cherny, Mert, Sakmonreal

Defender: Kirchan Ramsey

Attacking midfielder: Mesut Ozil Caraso Sanchez

Striker: Olivier Giroud

Today's referee is Anthony Taylor, his law enforcement is relatively strict, which is not a good thing for both teams, Arsenal are currently the fourth team with the fourth most yellow cards in the Premier League, Liverpool are in slightly better shape, but because of the current style of play, there are many yellow cards.

After the start of the game, there was no temptation for the two sides, and they began to play attacking football, if you want to talk about fast passes, Arsenal can definitely be at the top of the Premier League rankings, their possession rate is generally good, but Wenger's team does not rely on possession to suppress opponents, which is different from Manchester City.

The teams with the most average possession in the Premier League are Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, these teams have different ways of playing, some have a high ball possession rate and some helplessness, like Liverpool, they don't pursue ball control at all, or they don't look at the middle and lower level of the ball, but many times when facing the middle and lower teams, people don't want to possess the ball, the middle and lower reaches of the team play is simple and straightforward, many times directly use the impact of the striker to solve the problem, do not need so much ball control, long passes are used more, Liverpool does not want to control the ball and has to control the ball.

Today's game is actually not the kind of team that pursues possession, the natural process seems to be very open, just a few tens of seconds after the opening time, Arsenal passed the ball to the edge of the Liverpool penalty area, Sanchez completed Arsenal's first shot on goal.

Arsenal have high school striker Olivier Giroud in front, but their tactical style of play is not focused on Giroud, their ground passing is the focus, of course, the full-backs are indispensable for pressing assists, and crosses are also indispensable.

Liverpool's side has to walk on the ground, and the profound lesson for Liverpool in the last game is that it is extremely unwise to let Zhang Yuan go hand-to-hand with the opponent's defenders.

As everyone walked to the ground, the game gradually turned into a battle for midfield, and everyone thought that they could succeed by attacking quickly on the spot, but the two teams fell into a state of error after the first few minutes.

In the tenth minute, Arsenal broke the ball in the middle of the field, played a quick pass cooperation, Monreal crossed after going down, Giroud, who was in excellent form, beat Digan, headed the goal, the ball hit the goal bar, and Liverpool's luck escaped.

Zhang Yuan, who was at the far end, yelled at Sterling on the side, "What the are you doing?!Why don't you go back?!"

It turned out that Sterling started to walk again, in the period of Rodgers and Hyypia, Sterling's task was not heavy, mainly responsible for the breakthrough of the front, and the arrival of Klopp was different, he needed the players of the defensive line to actively put pressure on the opponent's defense, and sometimes the forward line also needed to retreat, especially the two wings needed to retreat to assist in the defense.

Raheem Sterling needs to take on the task of returning to the defense, at least to form enough interference in the front court, but Sterling is not interested in such tactics, he is like Zhang Yuan, the defense is bad, and he doesn't want to return to the defense, this time he is still passed by by Monreal and ignores it.