Arsenal vs Liverpool match analysis. THREAD.

The game started off in a toe-to-toe manner with Arsenal pressing Liverpool right from the start. Their pressing structure resembled a 4-2-3-1/3-4-1-2 zonal and man-to-man press against Liverpool’s 2-4-4 build-up.

When the ball was shifted to the right, Saka would press Van Dijk, with White ready to back up the press if the pass went to Tsimikas. Odegaard covered the ball-side midfielder (Thiago). While the rest of the back-line shifted across, leaving Henderson as the spare man.

When the ball was on the LHS, Jesus remained on Matip, and Saka tucked in to cover Thiago. Odegaard shifted to the ball-side midfielder this time Henderson and now Van Dijk is the spare man.

Here, is an example of the mixture of zonal pressing (Henderson spare man) and man-marking on the flanks.

Here, we see how Liverpool struggles to play through Arsenal's press.

Arsenal score a magnificent goal from their first attack but later Liverpool start to gain control and this stat told the story.