It's worth reinforcing the midfield. Liverpool won a complete victory without Pandike

 It's worth reinforcing the midfield. Liverpool won a complete victory without Pandike

Liverpool, which replaced the midfield, won a complete victory despite the absence of its influential captain Virgil van Dijk.

Liverpool, which has the fourth round of the 2023-2024 English Premier League (EPL) at Anfield, Liverpool, England, defeated Aston Villa 3-0 on the 3rd (Korea Standard Time). In the first half, Sobosleri Dominic scored the first goal and Villa defender Matty Cash scored an own goal. Mohamed Salah added one goal in the second half.

It was an uneasy game for Liverpool. Main center back Ibrahim Konate was injured, and in particular, Pandike was unable to play in the game in the aftermath of his exit in the previous game. Pandike, who has also been appointed as a captain since this season, is a player with a large proportion in the team in many ways. Although he is said to have come down from the peak since he suffered a cruciate ligament injury in October 2020, he still has excellent defense and has excellent attack development skills between long and short passes.

It's very obvious when you don't have it. Liverpool suffered greatly in the 2020-2021 season, when Pandike was out for a long time. Last season, he also had a hard time in a game without Pandike. He scored six points and allowed 10 runs in six games with only one win, three draws and two losses. Pandike's average score in 32 games was 1.91, but it was 1.00 in 6 games that he missed. The number of points per game decreased by less than half, and the number of runs increased by about 1.4 times.

However, Liverpool won a complete victory over Villa, overshadowing concerns. Compared to before, the main difference was the midfield. to be negligent in reinforcing the midfield for a while Liverpool, which suffered a big problem last season, set the reorganization of the midfield as a priority this summer and recruited four midfielders alone. Among them, Alexis McAllister and Sobosler, who joined at the beginning of the transfer market, immediately took over the starting position and are settling down smoothly. He also started against Villa and helped the team win

McAllister ran the game stably distributing the ball even though Liverpool failed to recruit a large defensive midfielder and played in a lower position than their usual preferred position. He also contributed defensively by recording three successful tackles. Sobosleri, who played the role of the right mezzala, traveled around the stadium with active activity and scored a mid-range shot in the third minute of the first half.

Liverpool, which has solved the midfield battle well with McAllister, Sobosler, and Curtis Jones, who have been growing little by little since the second half of last season, overwhelmed its opponent with more than 60% possession and 17 shots throughout the game and won three points without losing a point.

Klopp was also satisfied. At a press conference after the match, "It was the best game. It was the best game even if I looked back on it for quite a long time. I don't know when the last time I played such a convincing game. Both offense and defense were really good," he said, expressing satisfaction with the team's performance 토토사이트추천

Additional players will soon join the midfield, which is operated by McAllister and Sobosler at the beginning of the season. Dutch midfielder Ryan Hravenberg from Bayern Munich, who moved on the last day of the transfer market and watched the match against Villa in the stands, will join. Veteran Thiago Alcantara and prospect Stefan Weissettic, who could ease McAllister's defensive midfielder presence, are also preparing to return from injury