suffocating. They attacked from all sides, creating damage from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s crosses. The Kop plays a style of football as if it wants to swallow its great rival thanks to the fire of Anfield.
It was the crаzy pressure doo Liverpool created that made the 90 minutes on Merseyside so tense and drаmаtic. Therefore, even though the match ended in a 0-0 draw, no one dared to sаy this was a boring cоnfrоntatiоn.
The match at Anfield was tense.
2. Blunt work causes disappointment
One of the reasons why the scoreboard does not jump lies in the ability of Liverpool players to take advantage of opportunities. Throughout the match, the home team launched 34 shots, with 8 of them on target. However, the ball refused to roll into the net.
Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz all had opportunities, but their misaligned vision prevented them from celebrating a goal even once. That made Jurgen Klopp impatient on the sideline, but after Cody Gakpo entered the field, the German coach also lacked an effective аttаck plan because the genius Diogo Jota was injured.
3. Ten Hag smiled
Resisting huge pressure from Liverpool, Man Utd’s backfield players all had to play hard and bravely. Andre Onana had a good match because he refused a series of shots from the red shirt stars.
Raphael Varane showed the class of a World Cup-winning centre-back with playing calmly, focused and clearing the ball accurately. The whole white shirt team played more than 100% of their effort to go home with 1 point in hand.
A draw away from home after a pressured match is a good result for Man Utd. Erik ten Hag has reason to be satisfied in the context of the Red Devils’ squad being torn apart during their trip to Anfield. Compared to Klopp, Ten Hag had to smile because his students played really resiliently.
A resilient Man Utd defense kept Ten Hag satisfied after 90 minutes.
4. Understandable fuzziness
In a pressured Man Utd match, Rasmus Hojlund’s inability to impress became understandable. Wingers Antony and Alejandro Garnacho often ignore Hojlund when they rarely create the necessary connection.
The Danish star lacked support apart from the moment he faced Aliisson Becker in the 67th minute, but the finish couldn’t make a difference. After meeting Bayern Munich (in which Hojlund had 0 shots, 0 touches in the penalty area), against Liverpool, the Red Devils rookie only touched the ball 3 times in the opponent’s penalty area. 1/3 of those times it was called offside.
5. The fisherman’s Arsenal is profitable
The English Derby ended in a draw, meaning Arsenal surpassed Liverpool to take the top spot in the Premier League after round 17.
Arsenal reached the top of the Premier League.
The 2-0 victory over Brighton helped Mikel Arteta and his team reach the top thanks to 39 points, 1 point more than The Kop. Behind, the Merseyside representative was also equaled in score by the 3rd ranked club, Aston Villa. Liverpool is currently on top because of the goal difference (+21 compared to +16).