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Explaining Arteta's substitutions and why they backfired:

They were reactions to Klopp's substitutions in the second half and the game state. Klopp wanted to gain more control with Arsenal pinned back through Thiago and add offensive impetus through Núñez and Firmino. [1/8]

But it meant Liverpool went to a midfield two and a front five. In the 80th minute of the game Arteta didn't want to concede numerical inferiority on his backline (4v5) and with 10 minutes to go he wanted to see the game out through adding Kiwior to the backline. [2/8]

Now, before getting Firmino on, Klopp's early substitutions in the 60 minute actually worked better for Arsenal as the threat of Jones and Jota was lost and replaced by something Arsenal didn't mind — control of possession for Liverpool in front of their block. [3/8]

That is reflected by the fact that Arsenal didn't concede a single shot between Klopp's 60th minute substitution and Arteta bringing on Kiwior in the 80th minute. [4/8]

Now Arteta's tactical idea behind the Kiwior substitution wasn't wrong but it didn't sit well with the profiles he had on the pitch.

He substituted Ødegaard off for Kiwior, meaning he lost an outlet and more importantly a tempo controller. [5/8]

That had a knock on effect and despite moving into a back three he couldn't bring Tierney on as he didn't want to lose another tempo controller in Zinchenko with Xhaka struggling to provide the game with any kind of pausa. [6/8]

Arsenal lost the potential attacking impetus through the wings with Zinchenko as LWB and by asking him to defend out wide, they caused issues for themselves which eventually resulted in Liverpool's second goal. [7/8]

Arteta missed another midfield option who could have provided both Jorginho's tempo control and Xhaka's defensive workrate.

However, there were other ways (in terms of substitutions) to see out the match but again hindsight is a funny thing. [8/8]

Maverick wrote: ↑09 Apr 2023, 20:34 Nesupratau Artetos keitimo 80min - Kiwior vietoj Odegaard. Iš šono atrodo, kaip kvailiausias jo, šio sezono sprendimas. Gal po rungtynių, kas nors paklaus jo ir gausim atsakymą.

QwR wrote: ↑16 Apr 2023, 16:10 Reik žudyt, visiškai kiauri West Hamas.. GD gali būt labai svarbus sezono gale.