Conte's fingerprints impose her presence... and Liverpool pay the price for absences

Liverpool and Tottenham were satisfied with a point each, from their match, which was held at Al-Thani Stadium, in the eighteenth round of the English Premier League on Sunday evening.

The two teams played a good match, witnessed exciting events, but neither of them succeeded in winning, and although Liverpool was the best in terms of controlling the proceedings and pressing towards the goal of its opponent, Tottenham got serious chances to score, especially in the first half, to waste a victory He would have raised the morale of the team in exceptionally difficult circumstances.

With this result, Liverpool is 3 points away from leaders Manchester City, and the situation seems ambiguous about the team's ability to pressure the leader, in light of a busy schedule of matches until the beginning of the new year.

For his part, Tottenham presents new proof of his recovery under the leadership of Italian coach Antonio Conte, and the team can perform better, if he gets rid of his exaggerated caution, which was evident in front of Liverpool, even though the match is taking place on his land and among his fans.

Against Liverpool, Conte used a 3-4-3 game plan, which he presented to the English Premier League when they were coach of Chelsea, so Eric Dier played between Davinson Sanchez and Ben Davis in the back line, while Emerson and Ryan Sejnon stood at both ends of the pitch, while Harry Winks was stationed And Tanguy Ndombele in the middle of the field, and Dele Alli and Son Heung-min played around the outspoken striker Harry Kane, with a constant exchange of positions between the three players about launching the attacks.

Despite the multiple absences in the Liverpool midfield, their Tottenham did not venture to control the maneuvering area, so he played with his usual caution, before pounced with counter-attacks, taking advantage of the speed of his players, especially the South Korean Son, who tired the Liverpool defense with his dangerous launches.

This plan succeeded to a large extent, especially in light of the slow rebound suffered by the left-back in the ranks of Liverpool, Andy Robertson. The attacks were characterized by speed and access to the penalty area with the fewest passes, in order to deliver the ball to Kane, who broke his fast from scoring with the opening goal.

On the other hand, Liverpool seemed constrained when possessing the ball, especially in the absence of innovation in the midfield, which helped the Tottenham defenders limit the attacks of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane on the wings, as a result of Emerson and Sessegnon's lack of forward progress in an exaggerated manner.

The task of the two central midfielders was to a large extent defensive, and it was no different in the second half with the entry of Oliver Skipp, at a time when the Tottenham defense was linked to dealing with the balls sent inside the penalty area, which Liverpool invested to score a tie and then advance the result, but the London team failed to exploit His opponent's ranks decreased after Robertson was sent off, despite the involvement of refreshed legs, and the attacking role of the two sides' full backs was activated, by throwing Lucas Moura and Sergio Reguilon.

On the other hand, the absence of the midfield did not prompt Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp to change the usual 4-4-3 game, as he involved his young player Taylor Morton along with James Milner and Naby Keita in the midfield, behind the attacking trio Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Diego Gotta.

It seemed clear that Liverpool was affected by the absence of Virgil van Dijk when dealing with the quick crosses of the Tottenham attack, and that Arnold and Robertson were tormented to return quickly when the ball was lost.

However, the red team showed efficiency in dealing with the course of the meeting, and despair did not seep into the souls of its players, despite their feeling that the arbitral decisions wronged them, especially in the expulsion of Robertson, knowing that Klopp deliberately changed the way of playing in the second half to become 4-2-3. 1, by involving Firmino instead of Morton, before the expulsion came to blow all the plans of the German coach, who had to push Joe Gomez in the last minutes to keep the equalizer.

It remains to be noted that Tottenham were lucky, when Liverpool goalkeeper Alison Becker made a fatal lapse in dealing with Sun's sole in the second goal shot, to confirm the Brazilian goalkeeper's suffering in dealing with the ball when out of his goal, through many evidence that emerged during the last two seasons.