First duel of two for Liverpool
Liverpool fulfills the task: Adrián fundamental
Jurgen Klopp’s team proposed from the beginning a game to exploit the bands and take advantage of the fastest players, Arnold and Robertson, who together with Díaz and Salah strengthened that part, finding in Thiago and Firmino two game managers, with more patience and raising your head to find accurate partnerships, often going back to the game to be able to start again and get a little out of the rival team.
When lungs and physical effort began to take their toll on Klopp’s attack, this allowed the rivals to strengthen their offense, but goalkeeper Adrián was one of the main figures in the first half, avoiding several scoring actions, which compromised to the defense, but that was controlled thanks to the replacement of the absent Allison today.
Manchester City: Haaland, from less to more
Guardiola was nervous, giving directions, gesticulating, but without finding a game in the group. The rival scored and began to defend as a block with all his men, in his territory. It was difficult for the Manchester team to enter, but the insistence and presence of players like Walker and Mahrez allowed them to find a lung that was reinforced with Haaland and Grealish.
Haaland had a hard time getting into the game and into the rhythm of Manchester City, which is not only a fast team, they have their chemistry to be able to take advantage of that factor combined with the well-known passing style that Guardiola imposes on his teams. Still, he found a team that started looking at him as a first option, he lost a couple important ones, but he has been adding to the style of play of his new squad.