Quote from: poodle63 on January 07, 2024, 05:15:26 PM

Quote from: red4slash on January 07, 2024, 04:56:34 PM

Now the first half has started and looking at the line-up that occurred in this match, I was actually quite surprised with what they played in this match because they almost lowered most of their core players for the match that occurred in round 3 today.
Even though the match in this competition is not too important but it seems like they are aware that this is not just about competition but there is a prestige that must be maintained considering this is a big match.

20 minutes of running time is now Arsenal who are more in control even though some of the kicks they try to do still miss the on Target but overall in these 20 minutes of possession and opportunities Arsenal dominate.

Arsenal was dominating the match against liverpool and it was creating two goal attempts. The performance of liverpool was very different without salah. Gakpo was filling salah's position but he can do nothing in this match. Liverpool has not yet made even a single goal attempt which is bad for the club.
Liverpool can lose against arsenal if the club keep try to play passively. Arsenal was always dominating the ball and attack compared to the liverpool. Counter attack could be the main solution for this but there was no salah who can do that as fast as possible.
Gakpo contributed nothing in this game and it proves that liverpool needs to buy a new right winger as a back up for salah. It was not as deadly as when salah was there. I must say liverpool's gameplay is so bad in this game.
Arsenal was leading the stat compared to the liverpool. It's very disappointed to see that klopp was always relied upon salah. Liverpool can still have a chance through diaz and nunez.
Let's see what will be going on soon. I expect a tough game till the last minute even for arsenal which is dominating the match.

Salah was not included in the line-up and was on the bench because he was preparing to defend his country in the African cup of Nations so he will definitely not be at Liverpool for some time and something like this also happened to several other clubs.

In the match between Arsenal and Liverpool in the second half I think everything was the same as in the first half because Arsenal were better in terms of performance it's just that at crucial moments Arsenal could not keep their concentration and it was immediately punished by Liverpool with 2 goals that were created even though 1 goal came from an own goal.
It's quite unfortunate for Arsenal because actually if the comparison for their performance is better than Liverpool in this match but of course when talking about the match then the victory must be scored through goals and Arsenal could not do that which made them have to be eliminated in the FA Cup this time.