"Martin, I would say that Liverpool has made a big deal, Raul's arrival has not only improved the image of the Liverpool club, its influence and so on, but also in terms of competition, I think Raul can bring a good complement to Liverpool, so that Liverpool has more people available in the front."

But at the heart of the question is where Raul is positioned. We don't know if he can't replace Torres, so will he be a substitute or will he replace another Liverpool starter from last season? Or does Koeman have a new idea about the team's technical and tactical system? It's something we need to look at from the game, and one game certainly doesn't mean anything. ”

'You're right, it's a big reason why we are looking forward to Liverpool even more.

Liverpool at Anfield today put on a different formation than last season.

433.

Goalkeeper: Reina.

Defenders: Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Aurelio.

Midfielders: Mascherano, Alonso, Gerrard.

Forwards: Raul, Torres, Qin Xiong.

Koeman put Kuyt on the bench and Raul got a starting spot, and it looked like Raul was the starting right winger, which should be a very new position for him, but I think it certainly wasn't like that in the game. ”

"Andy, that's right, the formation doesn't say much at all, and Raul's running coverage is huge, so let's wait and see what role he plays in the game.

Now let's take a look at Arsenal's starting line-up, Arsene Wenger also lined up a 433 formation today.

Goalkeeper: Almunia.

Defenders: Sagna, Vermaelen. Koscielny. Chrissy.

Midfielder: Eboue. Diaby, Wilshere.

Forwards: Nasri, Chamak, Arshavin.

There have been two pieces of good news for Arsenal in recent times, one of which is the announcement of the team's young captain Cesc Fabregas, who has been the leader of Arsenal's era after Thierry Henry's departure for the Major League Soccer.

However, Cesc Fabregas was not included in the squad today.

The second piece of good news is that yesterday Arsenal officially announced a three-year contract extension with Arsene Wenger. This news is enough to cheer gun fans around the world.

There are plenty of highlights in Arsene Wenger's formation.

Will Koscielny, who has just moved in, be able to take on the role? He faced a terrifying Liverpool side on his Premier League debut, and it was a challenge for him.

Chamak, who also joined the team for free, has become the team's attacking arrow, and whether he can gain a foothold in the Premier League is also a big attraction.

Another 18-year-old talented teenager Wilshere will sit in midfield today to see how he organises Arsenal's attack, and if he performs well, it will be good news for the Three Lions, and we will not have to worry about being unavailable in midfield in the future.

Well, the game is on right away. Let's take a look at how the two giants will perform in the opening game of the new Premier League. ”

After a whistle, Torres flicked the ball to Raul. The latter passed the ball back to Alonso's feet.

Liverpool's formation began to spread out.

Arsene Wenger stood on the sidelines and watched the game intently.

In fact, he couldn't guess what kind of formation and tactics Liverpool would play today, because at the beginning of the new season, Liverpool had new people joining, and everything was unknown what kind of structure the team would be.

In the positional battle attack after the opening, it was not clear that Liverpool was playing a 433 formation.

More like 4411.

Raul was in the area behind Torres, Qin Xiong was more of a wing-back, and Gerrard pulled slightly to the right to maintain the attacking width of the formation.

In the second minute of the game, after Liverpool's successive midfield passes, they began to attack in style.

Qin Xiong received a through ball from behind Aurelio on the left side of the field, and when he faced Eboue and Sania in the middle of the line, Alonso immediately moved the ball to the right wing.

If you look at Liverpool's attack at this time.

It's like a 4231 formation, or a 424 formation.

Raul and Torres were the attacking points in the front of the box, Qin Xiong was on the left, Gerrard was on the right, and the middle of the midfield was handed to Alonso.

Liverpool's formation is actually changing all the time, which is in line with the Chinese art of war: the impermanence of the soldier and the impermanence of the water.

Especially in the offensive, the ever-changing is the basis for defeating the enemy, and the rigid and old-fashioned offensive method will not work.

Steven Gerrard started cutting inside on the right flank, and thanks to Liverpool's quick lateral transfer, Gerrard suffered less resistance from cutting inside.

However, Klich also reacted to the possibility of immediately returning to the penalty area, and then headed outside to block the possibility of Gerrard hitting the wall and cutting into the box.

Under Diaby's pressure, Gerrard played the ball straight to the middle of the box.

Torres stepped forward, but his heel turned the ball back when Koscielny and Vermaelen were closing the ball!

Raul had just stopped the ball behind him, and Sania and Diabi, as well as Eboue, who had returned to the defence in place, came to encircle Raul.

At this point, Raul sent a diagonal through ball.

The football rolled past Vermaelen's side, and when Vermaelen turned around, he was horrified to see Qin Xiong cut inside and into the penalty area to form a single goal!

The calm Almunia immediately abandoned the door, he naturally saw how big the gap on this side of the penalty area was when Sania went to force Raul, and Qin Xiong's activation was also quite interesting.

He abandoned the goal and narrowed the angle of Qin Xiong's shot, and when Qin Xiong directly kicked the far corner of the goal, Almunia subconsciously raised his left hand, and he felt as if his fingertips had touched a football!

It was just a slight touch, but the ball missed the goal as it flew to the far corner of the goal!

"Wow, Qin Xiong's shot almost knocked on Arsenal's goal and slid out! Liverpool's attack is so fluid, at least in this attack, we can say that Liverpool's style of play is completely different from what we imagined!

They focus more on passing the ball laterally to break up the opposition's defence, taking advantage of it whenever they have a free time, and most surprisingly, they can play in small spaces to play in small groups.

Hehe, I have been saying that the technical ability of Spanish players is superior all these years, when Liverpool's attack group has Torres and Raul, plus Qin Xiong and Gerrard, they have the capital to play delicate and smooth offensive football! ”

Qin Xiong was not too disappointed after the shot, but the referee's decision made him a little annoyed.

Arsenal's goal kick!

Qin Xiong raised his hand to complain that the ball just now was blocked by Almunia before sliding out of the goal, but the referee didn't seem to see it, so that Liverpool not only lost the ball, but also missed a corner kick attack opportunity.

Qin Xiong quickly adjusted his emotions and mentality, it doesn't matter, today's Arsenal is actually far inferior to the previous two seasons!

Liverpool are thriving and look stronger than last season! (To be continued.) )