In a preseason friendly on Wednesday night, Liverpool defeated Arsenal.
Arne Slot’s new corner routine against Arsenal surprised Liverpool supporters.
Wednesday night’s game between the Reds and the Gunners took place at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s Lincoln Financial Field.
Mohamed Salah and Fabio Carvalho scored goals for Liverpool, who prevailed 2-1. On behalf of Mikel Arteta’s team, Kai Havertz scored.
Liverpool experimented with a fresh corner routine with about thirty minutes remaining.
The Liverpool players collected in one large clump on the outskirts of the area as Kostas Tsimikas prepared to deliver, then dispersed into various places as the Greek stepped up to take the corner.
Curtis Jones had a good bounce on the ball, but the referee signaled a foul on the Arsenal goalie, preventing the Englishman from taking a shot on goal.
One fan responded on social media, writing, “Our new set piece routine.” Now, I might truly enjoy corners.
“We’ve won, so stop worrying about Feyenord’s stupid strategies. Next, we’re going to be using rock, paper, scissors to decide who gets a free kick and confuse the opposition,” said another tweet.
“It will be so beautiful if it actually works,” a third admirer said.
“Yeah, that is hectic, how do you even man mark that?” was written by another person.
“We are about to score 50 goals just from corners this season,” remarked a fifth.
“Put someone who can actually cross on corners and we’ll win the treble from corners only,” remarked a different supporter.
After the game, Slot stated, “I think you always want to aim for a win, even though it’s a friendly.” Even if you play a small-sided game during a training session, you should always aim for the win. You strive your hardest to win because you have to win your games. Therefore, it’s nice that we accomplished that today, but I’m more happy with how we accomplished it.
Naturally, I realized that we were having trouble against Arsenal in the second half as they had all control. However, we played excellent defense, and I was happy to see that every time the ball entered our 16 there were numerous bodies behind it. I don’t think they created any really big, open opportunities in the second half.
He went on, “It was an even game after the first ten minutes, with both teams having opportunities to score a few more goals.” Thus, [I’m] happy with how we performed in the first half and our defense in the second.
This weekend, Liverpool will play again at the Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, against Manchester United.
One player has lost the support of Arsenal supporters after struggling in the team’s loss to Liverpool.
In a preseason friendly held in Philadelphia, USA, on Wednesday night, Mikel Arteta’s team was defeated 2-1 by Liverpool.
After Mohamed Salah dribbled past Arsenal’s defense and curled a shot into the bottom corner in the 13th minute, Liverpool, enjoying their first preseason under new manager Arne Slot, took the lead.
Twenty minutes later, Fabio Carvalho increased Liverpool’s lead; however, Kai Havertz gave the Gunners a response just before halftime.
Although preseason is more about improving tactical developments and match readiness than it is about outcomes, the performance of one player worried Arsenal supporters.
As a matter of fact, many of his supporters are tired of him and want him to leave.
Oleksandr Zinchenko, who cost £30 million to sign from Manchester City in 2022, made a significant impression during his debut season at the Emirates Stadium.
When the Ukrainian was sidelined due to injury, Arsenal’s performance levels declined significantly, and ultimately, they lost the 2022–2023 Premier League title match.
The 27-year-old was less productive in the previous season and found it difficult to crack the starting lineup in the latter few months of play.
Even though the left-back provides a lot of value while pressing into midfield while in possession, doubts have always been raised about his defensive ability.
On Wednesday, though, Mo Salah easily outran the Ukrainian to give Liverpool the lead, leaving Arsenal supporters stunned.
“Having a defensive-minded left back is something I’m excited about.” “Zinchenko at left back is so archaic,” a supporter commented on X.
“Watching a game where Havertz is a left no. 8 and Zinchenko is a left-back in the same game is something I don’t think I can do this season,” said another Gunner.
“I’m not even going to watch. Every time we have attempted that formation, it has shown to be unsuccessful and unproductive, but Arteta won’t give up.”
“He’s slow and he has no defensive awareness, what’s he actually good at?” yelled a third admirer.
One extremely telling observation was made by another fan: “Salah began his run two yards behind Zinchenko and finished it five yards ahead of him. Completely unacceptable.