Premier League: Wait until Liverpool is at its strongest

Both scoring 4 goals, Liverpool had to wait until the 88th minute to feel secure, when Federico Chiesa increased the score to 3-2. And in the 4th minute of injury time, Mohamed Salah helped the home team breathe a sigh of relief with the final goal of 4-2. There was both difficulty and lack of tactical persuasion in Liverpool's winning style. Leading by 2 goals at home, but letting the underdog equalize, with both goals coming from counterattacks, was unacceptable. Counterattacks are situations that a team that is leading and has the advantage must prepare for. Letting it appear is already "leakage", let alone conceding 2 goals. On the other hand, this is a detail that goes against the professional characteristics of coach Arne Slot.

Ngoại hạng Anh: Hãy chờ đến lúc Liverpool mạnh nhất- Ảnh 1. — Coach Arne Slot and Liverpool are expected to face a challenging season.

Last season, Slot replaced Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool with almost no pressure from waiting for results. He took over an existing squad (Liverpool only bought Chiesa for £10m last summer). With such conditions, Slot succeeded in the warm-up phase thanks to his ability to coach right in the match, that is, to analyze the situation very sensitively and always make appropriate adjustments. Ironically, Liverpool lost their 2-0 advantage against Bournemouth because Slot's strengths suddenly looked like weaknesses. What does the story say? This is certainly not a perfect Liverpool. But they still won (and scored 4 goals). So, how strong will Slot's Liverpool be when everything gets going?

Liverpool entered last season with a completely stable squad. The only new player was Slot, as Chiesa barely played (it wasn’t until May that he made his fifth appearance for Liverpool, enough to earn him a championship medal). Now, almost half of Liverpool’s starting XI for the Premier League opener are summer signings.

Not only new in terms of personnel, the full-back duo Jeremie Frimpong - Milos Kerkez this season also has a very different playing style compared to Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson before. Up front, Liverpool now has to build a playing style around attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz. Talking about Liverpool in the past, we had to talk about (depending on the specific time) the striker trio Mohamed Salah - Roberto Firmino - Sadio Mane; full-back duo Arnold - Robertson; center-back Virgil Van Dijk; goalkeeper Alisson. Those are all advantages that can be called "the strongest in the world " of Liverpool. On the contrary, the midfield has never been the most important area in the team built by coach Klopp.

Now, Liverpool bought attacking midfielder Wirtz for the highest transfer fee in the club's history, so of course that must be the center of the football that Mr. Slot built. The striker position of Hugo Ekitike is also very new. It turns out, after bringing Liverpool to the championship, Mr. Slot's work is just now... beginning. He is recruiting his favorite players and aiming for his own style of play. Obviously, coach Slot is not done yet, based on what he just showed in the opening match. Wirtz has not shown anything significant. Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch (an important player whose role Coach Slot changed, leading to success last season) has not appeared yet. Surely, the "standard Liverpool" strength is still in the future, not right now.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/ngoai-hang-anh-hay-cho-den-luc-liverpool-manh-nhat-185250817190137629.htm