[S노트] Liverpool, scoreless draw, sluggish…Clop BVB’s’nightmare’

Liverpool’s slump in the Premier League’defending champion’ is not terrific. After nearly three years, the’homeroom’s failure’ collapsed and the ranking fell to fourth place.

Liverpool lost 0-1 in the round 19 match against Burnley in the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2020-21 season in Anfield in Liverpool, England on the 22nd (Korean time). This ended the undefeated home streak for 68 consecutive games. The ranking is also fourth after Manchester United, Man City and Leicester. If Tottenham and Everton, who have fewer games, add victory, they could fall to sixth place.

Liverpool faced Everton in October, injured their defensive core Van Dyke. Afterwards, center-backs such as Joel Matif and Joe Gomez suffered a line injury and had a hard time configuring the defense.

Fortunately, midfielder Fabinho played an active part in the center-back position, accumulating points one after another. In addition, Mane-Pirminu-Sala’s’wife’ triangular squadron was in good shape, and the newly recruited Diogo Steering made a big success and boasted the dignity of being a’defending champion’.

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However, at the end of last year, the injuries of the steering wheel and the tight schedule of Boxing Day combined, and the sluggishness continued. After winning a 1-1 draw against West Brom in the 15th round on December 28, he is recording 2 draws and 2 losses in 4 league games.

Contrary to concerns, there was no game that conceded and lost due to problems of the defense. The defenders, centered on Fabinho, are better off with only 3 runs for 5 games.

Rather, the sluggishness was more serious in the attacking group. He is scoring no goals in 4 games. The problem of lack of decision power is greater than the sluggish attack development. After Sadio Manet scored against West Brom, none of the 87 team shots resulted in a goal until this day.

Reuters = Yonhap News

The problem is that there is no suitable alternative. Unlike the early season of the season when the steering team was focused on the’wife’ line, the current attacking back-ups are about Shakiri, Origi, and Minamino. All three players have a sense of not being able to play an active part as a starting point. In fact, Origi and Shakiri played in the Burnley game on behalf of Firminu and Salah, but they did not show a great deal of performance. The same goes for Minamino, who played as a substitute.

Coach Klopp led the team’s heyday, winning the league during the Bundesliga Dortmund period and going to the Champions League final. Afterwards, he competed with Munich and took second place. However, the 2014-15 season suffered extreme sluggishness at the beginning of the season due to the departure of the main players and the tactics detected. He barely finished the season in 7th in the league and left the team. Although the situation is different, Liverpool fans are also concerned about whether the same thing is happening.

Liverpool’s next match will be on the 25th of the FA Cup’s Manchester United and the 29th of the League’s Tottenham. It is unclear whether it will be possible to escape the slump immediately, as it is an away game against the strongest teams one after another. It is noteworthy whether coach Klopp and Liverpool will reinforce the offensive team in the transfer market this winter or will be able to make a new breakthrough with the existing squad.

Reporter Jang Min-soo [email protected]

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