In the past, Liverpool had the world’s first line of defense. Allison, Van Dijk, Matip, Arnold and Robertson worked together to win the Champions League and Premier League titles for the team. Three to four players were selected for the FIFA Team of the Year and Europe. The Football Federation’s best team of the year, in which Van Dijk and Arnold were valued at more than 100 million euros. Nowadays, the cruel fact in front of Liverpool fans is that this group of players is still a group of players, but the defense line is like paper. Van Dijk has not improved the team’s defense after getting out of the injury haze this season, and frequently collapsed instantly.
At the London Bowl tonight, if Liverpool’s first goal conceded by a West Ham player is suspected of fouling, then the Hammer’s two goals in the second half were entirely his own mistakes. The first one was a quick counterattack, and the second was again Positioning the ball, Van Dijk is no longer the omnipotent center back. Robertson is not the left back with both offensive and defensive capabilities. Arnold is still the offensive and defensive right back. Allison has become the “Regent” in this game. “Almost every attack by West Ham has caused the Liverpool defenders to frighten, especially the set kick, which has almost become a panic. Lost the second goal of the game in the 67th minute and the third goal in the 74th minute. In just 7 minutes, Liverpool crashed directly.
There are countless examples like Liverpool this season. The only difference is that before, most of them would not play after leading. For example, they were tied 3-3 by Brentford when they were leading, and Manchester City was 2-2 when they were two times ahead. 2 draws, two goals lead by Atletico Madrid (3-2 win) and Brighton have tied. Prior to this, Liverpool defeated AC Milan 3-2 at home in the Champions League, and Klopp’s team was 1-0 lead by the Rossoneri 2-1. This season, Liverpool’s games are really surprising. Either they did not concede goals or a series of losses. A total of 17 games, a total of 9 clean sheets, and the remaining 8 games conceded 16 goals, conceding an average of 2 goals per game!
Of course, if you only count the number of goals Liverpool have conceded in the Premier League and the Champions League, it will be even more shocking. In the past 9 games, 13 goals have been conceded! Among the top 8 teams in the Premier League standings, Liverpool is the team that lost the second most in both the European War and the Premier League, second only to Manchester United’s 18 goals. West Ham, who beat Liverpool tonight, has only conceded 8 goals in the past 9 Premier League and Europa League matches. As for Liverpool’s Premier League rivals, Chelsea only conceded 5 goals, and Manchester City conceded only 9 goals. It is not difficult to see from the defensive data that Liverpool and Chelsea and Manchester City are not on the same level, which is also the biggest shortcoming of the Reds this season.
It has to be said that Liverpool can advance side by side with Manchester City and Chelsea this season, relying entirely on their strong offensive ability. The Premier League and the Champions League have scored 44 goals. It is the team with the most goals in the Premier League. Among them, the league scored. With 31 goals, 4 more than Chelsea, who ranked first and scored second. Obviously, Liverpool wants to go further in the Premier League and the Champions League this season, coach Klopp must quickly solve the problem of the back line.Return to Sohu to see more
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