179. Both teams cannot afford to lose
1-1, Liverpool drew away from Arsenal.
It was a very good result for Liverpool, who were able to get out of the Emirates Stadium and get an away goal, which was definitely a relief for the Liverpool players.
So back at Anfield, Liverpool are under no pressure. The pressure shifted to Arsenal's side, and now it should be the Arsenal team that is nervous.
But after the game, Arsenal manager Arsène 61 Wenger said in front of reporters: "Although this result is full of regrets, but this is not unacceptable, at least now we are still on the same starting line with Liverpool, if we go to Anfield, Liverpool may not have a very advantage, because Anfield we go often, this can not be a reason to prevent us from winning." ”
Arsène 61 Arsène Wenger said he was confident, and he had reason to be confident, because at Anfield he still had a good record, and he didn't necessarily lose at Anfield.
The same was true of Arsenal's stars, with Cesc Fabregas, the heart of Arsenal's midfield, saying in his post-match press conference: "We missed a lot of chances in this game, there were many chances we should have taken, but we missed them. I created chances and we were close to scoring. We weren't in great shape today and I'm sure in the next game it will be resolved, we'll do better and the win will be ours. ”
Arsenal goalkeeper Lehmann also stepped up and said: "Yes, we will definitely win this game. The win in the next game will definitely belong to our Arsenal team. We had the absolute advantage in this game, but we were a little bit less lucky, so we didn't get a win, and in the next game, our luck won't be so bad. ”
Arsenal have been haunted by the lack of victory in this game, and Arsenal did have the absolute initiative in this game, and they created twice as many chances as Liverpool, and even threatened Liverpool's goal many times, but they only scored one goal and allowed the Liverpudlian to steal a draw.
In the eyes of the Arsenal people, the victory of this game should have belonged to their Arsenal team, and the Liverpudlians only relied on luck to bring a point from the Emirates Stadium in London, Liverpool could not shake the Arsenal team at all, and the second leg between the two sides must have been won by the Arsenal team.
Liverpool disagreed, with Liverpool manager Rafael 61 Benitez saying: "We were tactically successful in today's game, we managed to limit Arsenal. That's the tactic I laid out before the game, our strategy is to try to stabilize the game at the lowest possible cost away from home, and when we get back at home, we Liverpool can work hard to completely solve the opponent. ”
Yes, Raphael 61 Benitez really thought so and arranged it that way. When away from home, Rafael 61 Benitez did not deliberately emphasize the need to win, but he repeatedly emphasized defense, first do a good job of defense, strive to score an away goal away, and try not to let the Arsenal team pull the score too wide, so that after returning to the home field, Liverpool pressed hard and crushed the Arsenal team.
Judging from the current results, Rafael 61 Benitez's goal in the first phase is completed, and it is a very good result, and then it depends on whether Liverpool can explode on their home ground and crush the Arsenal team.
Liverpool's Qiu Ze confirmed this in his post-match press conference, saying to reporters: "Yes, that's what the manager asked for Mr Benitez, we didn't attack too crazy in this game, we asked for a solid defense first, we didn't give it all because it wasn't a showdown, the showdown was at Anfield in a week's time. Where will I be going to beat Arsenal once and for all and qualify for the last four of this season's Champions League. ”
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard also confirmed this in his post-match interview: "We have reservations about this game and when we return to home, we will get rid of Arsenal once and for all. Now the initiative is all in our hands, and there is no reason why we should not win the last victory, really! ”
Naturally, the Arsenal people scoffed at the Liverpudlians' statements, and they thought that the Liverpudlian people were slapping their swollen faces and making fat people, and they were fooling people.
The Arsenal team is very disdainful of Liverpool's actions, do the Liverpool trash really think that these carving tricks can scare them Arsenal team? This is so naïve, so stupid, too two!
After this game, the media throughout England were shocked, they did not expect Liverpool to be able to pull away from the Emirates Stadium in London, really, this one-to-one result was somewhat unexpected.
In their opinion, Arsenal should be able to beat Liverpool on their home turf and take the initiative. In their opinion, there is still a gap between Liverpool and Arsenal in terms of strength, and in terms of recent form, Arsenal should be better than Liverpool.
Based on these circumstances, Arsenal should win this game in the end, and this game should be able to be decided.
No one expected that Liverpool would be able to get out of the Emirates Stadium in this game. However, when they saw the process of the game, they immediately understood, what was going on? The course of this game can only say one thing, and that is that the luck of the Arsenal team is simply terrible.
There have been many occasions when Arsenal's close-range shots have failed to find the back of the net against Liverpool, and this is a stroke of luck.
Liverpool were lucky to get a draw. In their opinion, if the luck of the Arsenal team is a little bit better in this game, Liverpool will be able to be beaten by the Arsenal team.
Judging from the process of the game, it shows that the strength of the Arsenal team is still stronger than Liverpool, which also responds to the predictions of the media reporters before the game, although luck helped Liverpool, but these media reporters still believe that the Arsenal team should be able to beat Liverpool to advance to the next round.
Most people on the outside are now more optimistic about Arsenal than Liverpool. Judging from the course of this game, the Arsenal team is indeed a little stronger.
At this time, after three days of hype, Arsenal will continue to play at home against Liverpool. In the eyes of the outside media, this should be a battle for the name of the Arsenal team, and in this game, the Arsenal team will definitely go crazy. Liverpool, let the Liverpool people know how lucky you were to walk away with a draw at the Emirates three days ago.
Three days later, Arsenal will continue to host Liverpool in the 33rd round of the English Premier League this season, the first match since Arsenal and Liverpool face each other in the Champions League.
And the situation in this game is very similar to the situation in the previous Champions League game, Arsenal are still playing at home, is this not a God-given opportunity for Arsenal to correct their name?
After the game, the Arsenal players said that they would get what rightfully belonged to Liverpool from Liverpool in the league at the weekend. In this game, they want to let the Liverpool people know just how big the gap between their two teams really is.
This league between Arsenal and Liverpool is also the highlight of this round of the Premier League. The war between these two teams is likely to affect the table changes in the top four of the Premier League.
Yes, Manchester United would love to see Arsenal and Liverpool go toe, and the best thing United would like to see right now is a draw between Arsenal and Liverpool, which would give Manchester United a good chance of overtaking Liverpool and returning to the top of the league table.
Of course, Chelsea are now more than happy to see Arsenal and Liverpool go toe, so they could overtake Arsenal and finish third in the league, while closing the gap between them and Liverpool, and maybe they don't have to go to next season's Champions League qualifiers, they go straight to the Champions League.
This league match between Arsenal and Liverpool is actually more than just a battle for Arsenal's name. To be honest, neither Arsenal nor Liverpool can afford to lose this game.
After the 33rd round of the league, there are only five rounds left in the league. Zuihou's five rounds, although it still looks very long, should still have a lot of chances. But will a team like Manchester United give them a chance?
If Liverpool or Arsenal lose this game, Manchester United will definitely not give them any chance in the following games, and Manchester United will definitely grit their teeth and desperately persevere until Zuihou, so this game is likely to affect whether the two teams can win the Premier League title this season.
The importance of this game is no less than the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final three days later, and even, in a way, more important than the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final three days later.
Yes, for Arsenal, if they win this game, they will overtake Liverpool and move up to second place in the league or even first in the league. At that time, even if they were second in the league, they would have the same number of points as Manchester United, and their chances of competing for the league title would be very high.
If Arsenal loses this game, they will not only widen the gap between them and Manchester United, but also fall more behind Liverpool, who are the top of the league, and even lose the chance to compete for the league title for Zuihou.
Therefore, this game is a game for Arsenal that cannot be lost, or even must be won.
Of course, this is just as important for the Liverpool team. If Liverpool loses, then Liverpool will be overtaken by Liverpool, from the top of the league, and will also be overtaken by Arsenal, who will likely play in the Champions League qualification next season.
If Liverpool win this game, they will remain top of the league, ahead of Manchester United and even get rid of a chasing Arsenal side. Therefore, in this game, the Liverpool side definitely wants to win, must win.
This game is very important for both sides and they certainly won't have any reservations for the Champions League clash in three days' time. In fact, the two sides don't need to have any reservations, because their Champions League opponents in three days happen to be each other, and they will get the opponent's situation as soon as possible, and the consumption of both sides should be similar.
In that case, they don't have to think too much about the Champions League in three days' time, now it's just a matter of playing the game in front of them wholeheartedly, trying to win this game and then talking about the game in three days' time.
Because they all know that the opponent will definitely go all out in this game and fight for victory. Because of this game, neither of them can afford to lose.
The match between Arsenal and Liverpool also attracted the attention of countless people, and a lot of media flocked to London again to follow Arsenal's home game against Liverpool again, and even some guys did not leave at all, just waiting for the start of this game in London.