Football: The strongest post-zero generation

The Premier League's Christmas season is the most intense and easy time for the Premier League's giants, with almost all teams playing several rounds of league games from Christmas to New Year.

Therefore, basically the players of most teams cannot get enough rest time, so in these rounds of the league, it is easy to have some incredible scores, and Manchester City's two consecutive defeats are the best example.

And on December 29, in the first few league games in the twentieth round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur, which has recently won consecutive games, also suddenly capsized.

Tottenham Hotspur sat on their home turf, and in the first half of the first goal lead, they were actually scored three goals in a row by Wolves in the second half, and the home team was successfully overturned by the opponent, which was the first big upset in this round.

Fortunately, it is not only Tottenham that has been upset, Leicester City is also at their home stadium, losing 0:1 to the underdog Cardiff City, so that Tottenham's upset does not seem too lonely.

After Klopp learned about the situation of these games, he also got the starting lineup list of Arsenal in this round.

As he originally thought, in this game, Ozil, who was replaced at half time in the last round, did not appear in the squad, and Ramsey, who has been making transfer troubles recently, unexpectedly appeared in the starting list.

Such an opponent lineup makes Klopp have a bottom in his heart, and the opponent's weak defense line can allow him to boldly play the cards he has always wanted to play in this game.

Liverpool have also been seriously injured recently, with defenders Gomez and Joel Matip continuing to be injured, but fortunately, the performance of Lovren, who replaced them, has been remarkable recently.

In addition, vice-captains James Milner and Naby Keita also have some minor injuries, but Liverpool's squad depth can also make up for it.

But when Jurgen Klopp was in the dressing room and read out the starting list for the game, most of the Liverpool players were a little surprised.

In addition to goalkeeper Alisson, defenders Trent Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Van Dijk and Robertson are not surprising, and the people sent by Klopp in midfield are really a bit unexpected.

'Fabinho and Wijnaldum form a back two. Klopp said with a glance: "Shaqiri is the right midfielder, Firmino is the front midfielder, Mane is the left midfielder, and Li Qing is the forward striker." "

The four major attackers are all on the field, and Li Qing actually plays a single striker, does the head coach want to solve the battle in the first half with a huge attack group?

Klopp didn't give any explanation, but directly talked about tactics, "Today's Arsenal lineup, it looks like four defenders, but in fact it is a back three, if I guess correctly, Emery intends to use the 343 formation to play against us." "

"So at the beginning, Asen will use aggressive means, using high pressing and midfield strangulation, and try to break the deadlock first. "

'They're going to make a fuss about our wide advances and the speed of our shots, so you have to pay attention to the ball, especially when you move crosses. "

'Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is on the pitch and his presence will limit our return points and they have four men in midfield today, so we must not miss the opportunity to play on the counter-attack. "

Fabinho nodded when he heard this, to be able to start in such an important league, and to receive the coach's key tips and care, of course he said that he would be more careful.

Then Klopp pointed to the tactical board and said: "As I just said, Arsenal's tactics today must be high pressing combined with the transfer after the front insertion, once our ball is cut off by them, they will play a quick counterattack." "

"The characteristics of Arsenal's counterattack after breaking the ball are to respond quickly and forward more points, so our midfielders must pay attention to the fact that although the opponent also put two midfielders on the field today, neither of them has the ability to cover the field. "

"So once a number of Arsenal players press forward, their middle will inevitably be exposed, and that is our attacking opportunity, Li Qing, you have to take it. "

"As long as there is a chance, I will not miss one!" Li Qing was very confident when he said this, "Boss, don't worry!"

Klopp smiled, Li Qing is the captain on the field today, since he dares to say this, it proves that he is ready.

"Then I don't have anything to say, get ready to play and slaughter your opponent!" Klopp slammed to his feet, and a word made the blood of the players present boil.

In today's Premier League, there can be a few coaches who dare to shout the slogan of slaughtering opponents before the game starts, I'm afraid even Manchester City's Pep Guardiola doesn't have the guts, but Klopp just dares!

Even at this moment, there are still fans who think that this is a close game, that is, Liverpool is better, at most, they can outscore the opponent by one or two goals, and it is even likely that the opponent will be forced to draw.

But whether it is Klopp or Li Qing, they already think that the victory in this game is destined to only be Liverpool, and it will definitely win by a big score.

After all, Liverpool has not lost a single game against Arsenal in the last four seasons, and this season it has also won 20 times on the road, achieving a record of 11 consecutive league wins.

The last time Liverpool lost to Arsenal was six years ago, so Liverpool is better than their opponents in terms of psychology and strength.

Unai Emery was stunned when he got Liverpool's starting list, but he could only grit his teeth and play.

Before the game, he told the media: "Liverpool can't finish an unbeaten season like Arsenal in '04, and we have started to maintain the momentum of our predecessors, and I believe this game can end the opponent's winning streak." "

But in fact, Emery knows that he is suffering, Arsenal are now seriously injured in the team, and the main injuries are Mkhitaryan, Bellerin, Holding and Welbeck, and Monreal and Mustafi also have minor injuries.

Therefore, there will be an absolute vacancy in the back line of Arsenal in this game, which makes it even worse for Arsenal, which is in urgent need of rotation due to the tight schedule.

The team was forced to draw by Brighton on Boxing Day in the last round, and Emery was under a lot of pressure because of the team's mistake in handling the ball, and in the game, Emery also kicked the water bottle in annoyance because of a mistake in handling the ball, but the water bottle actually hit the opposing fans.

Had it not been for a timely explanation to the fourth official and an apology to the Brighton fans, Unai Emery would have been penalised for the game and would not have been able to play.

But because of this, Arsenal's honeymoon period with Emery has come to an end, and if he can't win this game, the situation he faces will become even more serious. _

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