Liverpool’s reputation as an unbeatable team has finally been damaged by four straight losses. After watching his team lose 3-2 to the Bees at Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium last Saturday, coach Arne Slot appeared distressed and anxious.”Teams have a certain way of playing against us, which is a very good strategy and we haven’t found the answer yet,” Slot said after Liverpool’s performance brought to light some of their team formation issues. One of Liverpool’s major issues is that opponents are increasingly employing long balls, especially against teams that are weak at the back, and as they are becoming more and more effective, Liverpoolhave issues, for sure. Liverpool is dealing with an average of 10 more aerial duels than they did the previous season, which serves to illustrate the argument. Michael Kayode’s long throw-in to the front post gave Brentford their first goal, and Kristoffer Ajer went above the Liverpool defense to tip the ball onto Dango Ouattara, who scored on the back post. Although you would generally expect Van Dijk to command the air, he appears to have lost the ability to rise above the opposing attackers. Kerkez, Van Dijk, Konate, and Bradley all appeared to be second best to the Brentford forwards. By the way, this was Brentford’s third long-range goal of the year.Supported by Ruben Amorim, Bryan Mbeumo thinks he can surpass United striker Robin van Persie’s 26 Premier League goals from 2012–13. Even though Bruno Fernandes and Armad Diallo, last season’s leading scorers, only scored eight goals apiece, the former Brentford winger/striker is already halfway to surpassing them. When asked to share his secret, Mbeumo, who scored 20 goals for Brentford the previous season, replied, “I always try to aim big in everything I do.” I make an effort not to place restrictions on my capabilities.Since United is not playing in Europe this season and has more important time for progress, Amorim is happy that Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha, and Bruno Fernandes have established a strong trio. The coach notes that this three is receiving the most focus during weekly training sessions.George Graham was the coach of Arsenal, as many of you may recall. During his tenure as manager of Arsenal (1986–1995), he guided the team to two league championships as well as an FA Cup and League Cup. Last weekend, George, who is now 80 years old, was in the VIP seats at the Emirates and was beaming broadly as he heard the supporters sing “1-0 to the Arsenal.” It was the cry that was used when he was in charge and the Gunners were headed to the 1994 Cup Winners Cup victory. Now that Arsenal has defeated Manchester United and Fulham by the same score, they are using the occasion to recite that chant.”Set piece again, Ole, Ole” is another chant that I really like. Eleven of the Gunners’ 16 goals this season have come from set pieces. Many people already believe that Arsenal should lose the title, yet they are the side to beat right now. George Graham is an extremely content individual.
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