2023-09-29 22:01:00
The end of last season was perhaps not just a last stand. Liverpool had finished eleven matches without defeat, including seven victories in a row, showing that the residents of Anfield were in the process of recovering the long slope that they had tumbled in the previous months. Long gloomy, too porous, without imagination up front, the Reds had spent last season far from European places, before finally accelerating to seek 5th place just before the finish line.
Following this difficult exercise for the 2019 European champions, their return to the forefront seems to be confirmed this year, where, following the opening draw once morest Chelsea (1-1), Jürgen Klopp’s men are now on a winning streak. seven consecutive victories, in all competitions.
When Salah goes, everything goes
Fallers in particular of Aston Villa, Newcastle or West Ham last week (3-1), the Liverpuldiens are tackling a bigger piece this weekend: Ange Postecoglu’s Tottenham, who are right on their heels in the standings (4th) , with only two points behind. Faced with this enemy that it appreciates so much, the Mersey club, the only one to even slightly follow the pace of Manchester City (16 points once morest 18 for the Sky Blues), is moving forward with solid arguments towards this clash .
Since his performances often mirror those of his team, it is first and foremost Mohamed Salah who sets the tone. “Le Pharaon” has returned to its best level this season and has already reached 3 goals and 4 assists in six league matches. Without forgetting his goal in the Europa League once morest LASK.
Excluded once morest Newcastle at the start of the season, Virgil van Dijk, who struggled so much last season, also seems to be getting back on track. Club-trained kid Curtis Jones continues to gain weight in the team, and the emergence of the midfielder, who Klopp trusts enough to use as a right-back when needed, like this week once morest Leicester in the EFL Cup (3-1), also explains the Reds’ good form. Without forgetting that the contribution of the summer recruits is very interesting for the moment.
The new look environment quickly found its feet
If the adaptation of the Argentine world champion Alexis Mac Allister, already very successful at Brighton, was not in too much doubt, that of Dominik Szoboszlai in an environment where departures were legion this summer (goodbye Fabinho, Henderson, Keïta, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Milner in particular), raised questions. And it seems that the Hungarian, who arrived from Leipzig, is already getting to grips with English football very well, as evidenced by his superb goal once morest the Foxes this Wednesday.
The arrivals of the summer have also made it possible to expand a group which, like every season, will have to face the infernal pace of the English teams involved in the European Cup. Against West Ham, for example, Jürgen Klopp had the luxury of bringing in Ryan Gravenberch, Diogo Jota, Cody Gakpo and Wataru Endo. Names that many tacticians would dream of placing in their starting lineup.
The boys enjoy playing, you can see it in the way they press until the last second
Better, if Liverpool are treading water at the start of the season, it’s also because the replacements bring a lot, like Jota who scored off the bench last weekend. “The boys enjoy playing and you can see it in the way they press until the last second. They’re really having fun and it’s cool,” rejoiced Klopp, master of ‘gegen-pressing’, following the victory once morest the 2016 English champions.
This also explains why the Reds have been the kings of comebacks since the start of the year. In Europe, only Real Madrid have taken as many points as the Liverpuldiens following being behind this season (9). If Tottenham is a consistent test for Ibrahima Konaté’s teammates, it is also one of the favorite opponents of those who won the Premier League more than three years ago.
Tottenham have won only one of their last twenty league matches once morest Liverpool, who remain on 12 matches without defeat, in all competitions, once morest Spurs. You have to go back to 2017 to see Hugo Lloris and his team finish a match once morest the Reds with a smile on their faces. If the series were to continue, Liverpool, the discreet strongman at the start of the season, would then take the spotlight a little more.
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