The highlight of the 27th round of the Premier League was when Arsenal visited Anfield to challenge defending champions Liverpool.

The day before the game, Arsene Wenger made a bold prediction in his pre-match press conference.

"Liverpool have a good chance of collapsing under the pressure of multi-fronts this season! I'm not saying Arsenal have a chance to compete with Liverpool for the league title, then people will definitely call me crazy.

But Liverpool have never pulled a lead up the table in the last 26 league games.

Because they are more ambitious this season and have been distracted in other battles.

They won the League Cup, congratulations to Liverpool, but the cost should not be underestimated.

There is also the Champions League first-leg defeat to AC Milan, which has not happened in the past two years, leaving Liverpool in a very passive and dangerous situation.

Considering that Liverpool also reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

Liverpool is likely to collapse!

Arsenal have been in good form of late, beating arch-rivals Tottenham 5-2 in the last round and beating Chelsea 5-3 at Stamford Bridge in the first half of the season, and now Arsenal can get their revenge at Anfield! ”

There are many grievances between the Premier League giants this season, and Liverpool is naturally the first public enemy.

It has caused indelible damage to Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal.

Arsenal want revenge?

Arsene Wenger is just saying what all Arsenal people are saying, not babbling.

Koeman, for his part, was cautious in his pre-match press conference.

"We can't ignore the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 final in a few days, so we will be a little more restrained in this game, it is not a bad result to get a point, there are more than 10 rounds in the league, we don't need to scare ourselves, even if we are temporarily behind Manchester City by 1 point or 2 points is not the end of the world, but we still try to win as much as possible, it depends on what tactics Arsenal will play."

When the two teams met at Anfield, Koeman's line-up was a bit like a one-point race.

"Welcome to Anfield, where the final round of 27 of the Premier League will be played as defending champions Liverpool host Arsenal in north London.

Now Arsenal need points to get back into the top four, while Liverpool need points to overpower Manchester City and Manchester United to stay ahead.

However, Liverpool will also have to consider the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in three days' time, and it will be a big test for them to win at least three goals at home to AC Milan to progress to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Let's take a look at the starting line-ups for both sides.

Liverpool started 451.

Goalkeeper: Reina.

Defenders: Johnson, Skrtel, Thiago Silva, Baines.

Midfielders: Kuyt, Mascherano, Alonso, Gerrard, Cabaye.

Forward: Qin Xiong.

This is the first time this season that Liverpool have used such a line-up and starter, stockpiling a large number of players in midfield.

Let's see how powerful a Platoon like Koeman's can be.

Arsenal started 4231.

Goalkeeper: Szczesny.

Defenders: Sagna, Kos Chelsea, Vermaelen, Gibbs.

Midfielders: Theo Walcott, Alexander Song, Rosicky, Arteta, Gervinho.

Forward: Robin van Persie.

Well, the game is on right away! ”

Koeman stood on the sidelines and watched the game, the noise in the stadium was ringing in his ears, but Coman had to remind himself to keep his head clear.

Liverpool have faced much greater difficulties this season than before, with the difficulty of defending the iron bucket of the Premier League's mid-table teams, the unexpected problem of injury and suspension, and the pressure of a dense multi-front schedule.

And now Liverpool are at a potentially watershed stage of the season.

The league, the Champions League, the FA Cup, once there is a negative chain reaction, although Liverpool can no longer be empty, with the League Cup title guarantee, no one wants to accept the disaster of losing the dominance of the hegemon.

So in this game, Coman lined up such a lineup and formation.

In the past, when there was not so much pressure, if you had to play a game against Arsenal at home, it would naturally make Arsenal unable to find the north at all, and it would be more aggressive in terms of posture.

Arsene Wenger was also a little nervous on the sidelines.

Chelsea have lost this round and if Arsenal can pick up points from Liverpool, they can move up one place in the table.

This is a positive phenomenon.

But the premise is to be able to get out of Anfield.

As he analyzed, Liverpool has some scruples, and he naturally hopes that the team can complete revenge!

Arsenal started the game with a challenger posture and were looking to make waves at Anfield.

In the 6th minute of the game, after Walcoat and Rosicky cooperated on the right side of the front field, the little tiger cut inside strongly, and although he lost the ball under the interference of Baines, Rosicky, who followed up, controlled the ball smartly and sent the ball to the feet of Gervinho with a beautiful transfer ball.

Gervinho struck past Johnson with deft footwork on the edge of the box and slotted straight into the box and fired a volley diagonally towards goal.

The Liverpudlians were startled by his shot of the football, but luckily the ball slid past the goal!

Arsenal's wild momentum did scare Liverpool, but it didn't take long for Liverpool to establish themselves at home.

The team played slowly and methodically, as if it had become conservative.

Qin Xiong only completed Liverpool's first shot of the game in the 9th minute.

Some outrageous long-range shots blasted the ball into the stands.

In the positional battle, if Qin Xiong is allowed to face the entire Arsenal defense line, Qin Xiong will have nothing to do when there is no absolute space.

However, Liverpool are not aiming to storm Arsenal's fortress in a positional battle today.

When the 16th minute of the game came, Liverpool's heavy reinforcement in the midfield completed a key interception!

Gibbs took a step forward after receiving Arteta's pass, and it was that step that allowed Kuyt to quickly steal the ball.

And the tackle was very clean, and Kuyt immediately passed the ball to Gerrard, who cut forward in the middle.

Liverpool's presence in the midfield is to catch the opponent's mistakes, and play fast attack immediately after a successful interception!

Gerrard kept the ball and passed the ball to Qin Xiong in front of the penalty area.

Although Qin Xiong had his back to the Arsenal penalty area, he directly dialed the ball to the left side when receiving the ball, and at the same time completed the turn, he took a step sideways, and then stopped at the moment when Vermaelen grabbed the ball back to the reverse cut line!

He dodged Vermaelen's interception, Koscielny immediately grabbed it, Qin Xiong flicked the ball behind Vermaelen again, and the continuous emergency stop changed to a wonderful direction!

Koscielny, already distraught after being passed away, looked back in horror.

Qin Xiong went to the meeting alone! (To be continued.) )