Amr Obaid (Cairo)
Liverpool suffers from “serious” defensive problems, and the English newspapers confirm that Klopp is working hard to remedy them, and the “Reds” right front has been subjected to a lot of criticism, especially at the defensive as well as the offensive level, to highlight a clear “weak point”, after the “password” was in Red supremacy, and the postponement of the seventh round of the “Premier League” due to the death of Queen Elizabeth came in the interest of Liverpool in the first place, after he appeared defensively in a “disastrous” manner that led to his conceding 11 times, during the first 8 games of the new season, at a rate of 1.4 goals per match in various tournaments.
The defeat against Napoli with the “four” sparked criticism in Klopp’s face, especially regarding his “right arm”, which caused him to receive many goals, whether against the “heavenly” in the Champions League, or Manchester United, Fulham and Crystal Palace in the English Premier League, and the front has become The Reds’ right-hand side is a source of a permanent defensive threat to the team, which prompted the competitors to exploit it, as Napoli carried out the largest proportion of its attacks with 48% and before it the “Old Trafford Demons” with 41%, between them Everton with 43%, and even Newcastle “despite the defeat” with 61 %!
The “double” of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joe Gomez, which appeared in most matches, along with the attempt to change Virgil van Dijk or Matip next to the “right-back”, did not succeed in stopping the “flood” of Kvaratsekhelia or the “played goals” of Rashford or Zaha, and Mitrovic accepted them, and was not limited to The crisis is on the defensive elements alone, but, of course, extended to include the absence of the role of support from the middle, in the event of the advance of the offensive Arnold, especially Elliot and Henderson on that front, as well as Mohamed Salah’s reluctance to return to the defensive support required in front of the “speed of rebounds” of the competitors.
This “defensive gap” may have previously appeared, but the offensive bid of the right side was enough to overcome it, but the situation is no longer the same as the team scored only 10 goals in 7 games, away from the “exceptional nine” in the nets of Bournemouth, the “weakest defense” In the “Premier League”, and “believe it or not”, Arnold, who finished “runner-up” after Salah and De Bruyne in the list of the best goal makers in the league in the 2021-2022 and 2019-2020 seasons, passed a total of 19 decisive balls and 15, respectively. In various tournaments at the time, he did not have at least one “industry” this season, as Salah seemed “lost” due to Klopp’s tactical adjustments and changing the personnel of the “attack composition”, and the “Egyptian King” was satisfied with scoring 3 goals and 3 assists in 8 matches in all tournaments, Which is completely different from its harvest, level and known effect with the “Reds” in previous seasons.
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