Liverpool lost 3-1 away to Arsenal in the Premier League, and Manchester City only led by five points in the standings after two games. A few thoughts.
1: Liverpool did not play well.
Especially in the first half, Liverpool's biggest problem was that the front court pressed too easily and was broken by the opponent. It can be felt that Arsenal has made full preparations for Liverpool in this regard, and can often pass the ball to the front of Liverpool's backline with an understatement, so that Liverpool's last defensive line is exposed to the opponent's firepower.
Liverpool's first-half goal conceded, as well as Martinelli's breakthrough on the left before conceding, were all due to this.
Another doubt is that Liverpool is implemented by left-back Gomez, not right-back Alexander-Arnold, which is very surprising, Klopp mentioned after the game that it is intentional to let Arnold be more on the wing, Uncle Scum may want to surprise him, but in terms of actual effect, Arnold's presence in this field is very low, and he has little help for Liverpool's attack.
2: Although Liverpool did not play well, it still ushered in a turnaround and saw a chance to win.
After a lucky equaliser in the final stages of the first half, Liverpool gradually gained the upper hand at the start of the second half, while Arsenal did not seem to have recovered from the goal conceded, and Liverpool's pressing up front also began to work, and the balance of the situation has slowly tilted in Liverpool's favor.
But the worst thing is that at this moment, just when Liverpool saw the chance to win, there was a fatal mistake between the world's best central defender and the world's best goalkeeper, and this goal and the way it was lost was too big a blow to Liverpool, as Van Dijk said after the game, this became the turning point of the game, and Liverpool never returned to the game.
It's a disappointing goal, but it should be seen that it was a complete accident, and this kind of mistake can't be explained, but it doesn't happen very often, so don't worry too much.
3: Liverpool lost this game, although it is still at the top of the table, but it is only 5 points ahead of Manchester City, which has 2 games less, which means that if Manchester City wins the first two supplementary games, Liverpool will lose the top spot, but Liverpool does not have to be too nervous, because now it cannot be said that Liverpool has lost the initiative to compete for the title, because Liverpool has a direct duel against Manchester City at home in March, if you can win, you can still take your fate into your own hands.
Another advantage that Liverpool has over Manchester City in terms of fixtures is that Liverpool have already played two big6 civil wars against Chelsea and Arsenal in the second half of the cycle, while Manchester City have not played a single game.
Liverpool have lost, but can Manchester City keep winning streak? It seems that many people take it for granted that as long as Liverpool is overtaken by Manchester City in the standings, it will be no fun to win the title, as if everyone assumes that Manchester City will not drop another point in the rest of the games. I don't think so. Manchester City have won n games in a row many times, but that doesn't mean City can still do such miracles this season.
In short, Liverpool lost a crucial game, but it was far from the time when we were screaming and lamenting that the end of the world had arrived. Trying to get back on winning ways in the next round is all that matters.
4: Take 10,000 steps back and say, if Liverpool can't win the Premier League championship, or even any championship, in this scumbag uncle's last dance season in Liverpool, is it unacceptable?
We've said it many times before that if Liverpool want to do something special this season, it's going to be in a tough way, it's going to have to go through a lot of hardship, it's never going to be smooth sailing. That's the Liverpool way, the scum way.
I would also like Liverpool to win a dozen games in a row and throw Manchester City and Arsenal away from safety early, but that would be an unrealistic luxury. Judging from yesterday's game, the comparison of the strength of Liverpool and Arsenal does not have any advantage at all, and it is a relatively fair and normal result to have one win, one draw and one loss in three games this season.
This is the case for Arsenal, it is even more difficult to say the advantage for Manchester City, and for a team like Liverpool that has only been rebuilding and running in for more than half a season, it is very normal not to win the championship, and it is a miracle to win the championship.
5: I know that all Liverpool fans want to use the championship, especially a Premier League champion, to bid farewell to Uncle Scum, to give Uncle Scum a perfect farewell, and to draw a perfect end to Uncle Slag's unparalleled journey in Liverpool.
But brothers, Uncle Scum has never been a perfect person, he has always been an ordinary one, and ordinary people are not as good as they should be.
Uncle Scum twice in Liverpool with a difference of 1 point to the runner-up of the Premier League, twice in the Champions League finals "deep love", compared to the championship he won in Liverpool, these most cruel imperfections are the main theme.
We love Uncle Scum, and it's never because he's perfect, let alone because he can get all kinds of championships. In this season where the days we are with Uncle Scum have been counted down, it is enough to have Uncle Scum to accompany us to dream of miracles once again and have a thrilling Premier League title match with the big demon Manchester City for the last time!