Revive Liverpool

Chapter 276 Changes in the Back Line
Although Emre Can is dissatisfied with the position arranged by the team leader, he has no discord with Klopp, and both of them respect each other's ideas.

This incident can reflect that both parties have done very professionally, unlike the conflict between Diego Costa and Conte in Chelsea.

But will this be the case now?
What does Liverpool's defense look like now?
During this summer transfer period, Liverpool introduced Lovren in the defense.

But Liverpool's introductions at the back did not end there.

Liverpool signed Matip from Schalke 04.

Matip is 24 years old this year. He made his debut from the Bochum team and then joined the Schalke youth academy. In 2009, he made his debut for the first team of Schalke 04.

Matip, who was supposed to join Liverpool as a free agent in 2016, has now transferred from Schalke 04 to Liverpool.

His worth in the German transfer market is 1500 million euros.

For Liverpool's invitation, Matip is very happy.

Just like Suarez heard Barcelona's invitation, he was so excited that he couldn't help himself.

And Schalke 04 didn't want to embarrass Matip, so they chose to help him.

So, the transfer between Liverpool and Schalke 04 started like this.

In the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Matip scored the host's goal in Cameroon's game against Brazil.

In the game representing Cameroon in the World Cup, Matip's performance is not bad, and his worth has also increased.

After some discussions, the two clubs finally reached an agreement, and Matip moved to Liverpool at a price of 1500 million euros.

If there are two players on the rear line, someone must leave.

First of all, the veteran Kolo Toure, who came to Liverpool last season, left and spent a season in Liverpool.

With another Premier League champion, Kolo Toure has no regrets in his career.

So he decided to retire.

In addition to the departure of Kolo Toure, Skrtel also left Liverpool.

Although Skrtel performed well last season and scored many goals.

But for a defensive player, scoring goals is never the most important thing, and the stability of the defense is the most important.

Obviously, Skrtel is not a solid defensive player.

Not to mention his various mistakes in the defense, but the own goal is especially fatal.

Skrtel scored four own goals in a single season last season, creating an alternative record in the Premier League.

Judging from this situation, Skrtel may soon surpass his predecessor Carragher to become the person with the most own goals in Liverpool team history.

He can even try to become the player with the most own goals in the Premier League.

Now Skrtel has only six own goals, while Carragher, who is at the top of the list, has seven own goals.

So maybe, soon Scott will be able to surpass Carragher.

And Liverpool does not intend to give him this opportunity so that he can leave his name in the history of the Liverpool team.

So during this transfer period, Liverpool sent Skrtel away.

Skrtel left Liverpool early and went to Fenerbahce in the Turkish Super League.

Liverpool have made changes to the team's back line this summer.

The team's back line has become younger.

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After these changes, Liverpool's defense now has Manolas, a good defensive player.

Agger is also a good defensive player, but he is prone to injuries.

The two will become the main defensive players after Liverpool.

And when two people are injured (mainly Agger), or when they take turns, who will be Liverpool's central defenders, Lovren and Matip.

The two are equally capable, and they can try to fight for the position of the main player.

It's just that "Boss Luo" has the title "Luo Bike", and you know that he is a player who sometimes has some convulsions.

But this problem is not very big, after a lesson or two, it should improve.

And as long as Lovren makes a mistake in a game like the Champions League final, it will be fine.

And it is estimated that Lovren will not make such a decision in the Champions League final.

So this shortcoming is not the most fatal.

His biggest shortcoming is missing people. Attention is one aspect. In fact, all players have attention problems.

But the biggest problem with "Boss Luo"'s defense is that he looks at the ball and not the people, so he is extremely easy to be hit behind by his opponent.

In terms of advantages, he defends frontally, and has a high success in grabbing and frontal grabbing, and he has never been coaxed, and he just hit himself directly.

Including blocking, always face the incoming ball head-on!Except for the ones flying towards the private parts, they are all frontal, including facing the ball with their faces!

So when Klopp came to Liverpool, he was able to agree to the Liverpool transfer committee to introduce Lovren because of his advantages.

And what about Matip?He can always play a key role in a high-level defense. Of course, this is not the only reason why Klopp appreciates him. Another important advantage of him is the handling of high-altitude balls.

Moreover, Matip's left and right foot skills are relatively balanced, and both feet can pass high-quality long passes to the center or wingers.

He has a strong ability to control the game, and the interception success rate has always been high.In addition, Matip also has extremely fast speed and can gain the upper hand when fighting with most forwards.

Another advantage of the two is their rich experience.

After a year, Lovren has adapted well to the Premier League.

And Matip, although he has not come to the Premier League, but in 2009, Matip completed his first team debut in Schalke 04.

After that, although Schalke 04 changed the head coach many times, Matip can occupy the position of a main central defender, so even though he is a young central defender.

But Matip has a lot of game experience that young central defenders don't have.

These have made Liverpool's defense more stable.

However, if you want too much to be a defensive midfielder in the current Liverpool lineup, it may be quite difficult.

Not to mention his shortcomings, he is doomed not to be a good defensive midfielder, and an offensive midfielder is obviously more suitable for him.

In Liverpool's lineup, the player who is now firmly in the position of Liverpool's main midfielder is Kanter.

Of course, Gerrard has always been in the position of the midfielder.

But letting Gerrard stay in the midfielder position will obviously waste his offensive talent.

Therefore, in the game, Gerrard will definitely come to the midfield position and become an all-round midfielder.

So there is only Kanter in the midfielder position.

This is why Liverpool's defense has problems.

Although Kanter is very good defensively, able to cover a lot of ground.

But with only him standing in front of Liverpool's previously fragile defense, conceding goals was inevitable.

(End of this chapter)