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Get on the Wave: Analyzing the Exciting Draw Between Tottenham and Liverpool
Thanks to the plethora of deductions due to the corona wave flooding the Premier League we were privileged to have the best game of the season.
Prepare for Alexander Arnold's new spectacular element, Kane's resurrection and VAR's most notable shortcoming
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Michael Yochin
Monday, December 20, 2021, 11:00 p.m.
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The 2: 2 summary between Tottenham and Liverpool (Sport 1)
What is the connection between Bnei Sakhnin and the fascinating 2: 2 draw between Tottenham and Liverpool that we saw yesterday (Sunday)? The answer is simple - Nigel Hasselbaink was on the field when Andy Robertson received the previous red card of his career. It was somewhere in September 2012, in one of the 18-year-old defender's first games in the little Queens Park uniform in the fourth Scottish league. He hosted the powerful St Johnston in the League Cup, was defeated 4-1 and sent to an early shower for an overly sharp tackle.
Yes, that was the only dismissal of Scotland captain until yesterday. Robertson is a very fair player, certainly in relation to defensive players, and his resume has more cooking than cards. There was probably no malice even in the kick Emerson received from him, but he completely missed the ball, and one can understand why referee Paul Tierney chose to punish him after watching the VAR replays.
However, this decisive ruling conflicts with the fact that Harry Kane came out cheap with only yellow after a much wilder foul on the same Robertson in the first half.
So Tirani is not required to access the screen, which is the biggest problem of using the technological aids.
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More cooking than cards throughout the career.
Andy Robertson (Photo: Reuters)
VAR has many disadvantages.
We have discussed them in the past, and will discuss them in the future as well, but yesterday the most critical shortcoming stood out above all - the lack of uniformity.
Tierney is a weak referee.
It's no secret, and Jürgen Klopp told him this yesterday in front of the cameras, but the distress in this specific case is not directly related to him at all.
There are a number of people sitting in a closed room, seeing the picture from all possible angles and supposed to signal the judge for his mistakes.
A bad referee can miss a lot during the game, but VAR professionals have no right to make a mistake, and especially they have no right to give a different interpretation to similar events.
If the referee does not talk to them after Kane's offense, but is sent to change his mind after Robertson's offense, everyone feels unfair, and that seems intentional. This is the most critical point. It is easier to come to terms with innocent mistakes than with mistakes that feel dictated. In these situations, VAR achieves the exact opposite of its primary purpose. Instead of making the game look fairer, it only reinforces conspiracy theories. And these situations are too many - not just in England, but wherever technology is used. As long as the non-uniformity is not stimulated, it is better not to use VAR at all. Let the judges do their nonsense, but at least it will feel authentic.
The lack of uniformity also stood out in England over the weekend in a completely different issue - the decision to hold the games in the shadow of the Corona plague.
Along with groups that were given a rest in the face of the many cases of infection, others were required to get by with what was available.
Liverpool consequently lost all the squad in the link - Fabigno, Thiago and Jordan Henderson, as well as the most important stopper, Virgil Van Dyke.
Klopp brought up a lot of experimental as a result, with 19-year-old Tyler Morton making his Premier League debut alongside Nabi Keita and James Milner.
This squad was unbalanced to say the least, so Tottenham penetrated through it relatively easily and reached a high number of particularly winking valley situations.
On the other hand, the distress in the center of the pitch only emphasized the tremendous importance of the two Liverpool defenders in the development of the attacks.
Experimental composition.
Tyler Morton (Photo: Reuters)
The dominance of Trent Alexander-Arnoldorobertsson is not really new, of course, and there is no other team in the world where the right and left defenders are involved in so many offensive moves, but yesterday this phenomenon intensified even in Liverpool terms. Alexander-Arnold, the revolutionary playmaker from his position, was very enthusiastic about the missile he sent to the Newcastle network on Thursday, and was determined to add another spectacular gate to the collection.
In the first half, he squeezed two spectacular saves from Hugo Loris with extremely sharp kicks, and it will presumably be an integral part of his arsenal from now on. Alexander-Arnold will directly threaten the goal not only with free throws, but much more frequently. Who knows, maybe he will grow into the kind of Roberto Carlos. His season-high record stands at 4 in 2019/20 on the way to the championship, and he is going to improve it significantly this time.
On the other hand, Robertson was passionate and was almost always available for dedication, especially from Alexander-Arnold.
He was supposed to score already in the opening, allowing his first goal of the season to set up a 1-2, assist from a friend from the second wing.
For Alexander-Arnold it was the eighth cook this season, and he is second in the league only to Muhammad Salah.
Earlier,
Robertson contributed his fifth cooking of the season, with a perfect raise to the head of Diego Jote.
No matter how you look at it, Klopp's lineup is based on an offensive contribution from defenders, and even after Robertson's dismissal, when the team was numerically inferior, his replacement Costas Tsimikas galloped, and was close to organizing the winning goal during injuries.
Harry Kane concludes draw with Liverpool (Sport1)
Meanwhile, Tottenham have rediscovered the collaboration between Kane and Jung Min-sun. He has faded a bit lately, mainly in light of a setback in the England squad's ability that he did not recover from the failed departure attempt in the summer, but yesterday it was his best game of the season in terms of no-ball movement. Kane has not only opened excellently to score his first goal at a home stadium since May.
Even more important was his move when Tottenham almost scored the second goal. A diagonal gallop dragged the entire Liverpool defense after him, allowing Sun to send Della Ali on a date with Allison. The Brazilian goalkeeper saved, and he was also the hero at the start of the second half, when Kane missed twice. His chance utilization percentage is still not approaching the normal level, and thanks to the rival's extravagance, Liverpool survived the loss - and were even close to three points.
In the end, it was Allison who arranged the equalizer for the Roosters, and such mistakes are more frequent with him than in the past.
The Brazilian goalkeeper is also going through a kind of crisis, and if the situation does not improve, he could directly affect the championship fight.
On the other hand, yesterday he was an integral and natural part of a crazy and crazy game.
It moved from side to side, and was laden with brilliant moves.
Pursuit mode Pitch, miss chase miss, and chase chase a mistake - in the players and in the referees.
It was a fantastic show for the neutral spectator, and in terms of net enjoyment perhaps even the finest game of the season in England so far.
This was made possible, among other things, because of the missing lineups, but that's a different story.
The main thing is that we have something to talk about.
This is especially important during the Corona period.
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