DBasia.news – Not only winning against Sheffield United in the continuing Premier League match, Liverpool also recorded a clean sheet and incised a 12-year-old record.
Before beating Sheffield, Liverpool successfully defeated Bournemouth (3-0), Watford (2-0), Leicester City (4-0) and Wolverhampton (1-0). This is the first time since 2007 the Reds made the same record in mid-August to September 2007-08 season.
At that time Liverpool who was trained by Rafa Benitez successfully defeated Sunderland (2-0), Derby County (6-0), Portsmouth (0-0), Birmingham City (0-0), and Wigan Athletic (1-0). Liverpool’s best record was created in the 2005-06 season when they managed to record 10 games without conceding.
Liverpool’s slick notes cannot be separated from the performance of Joe Gomez. Yes, Liverpool’s goal was unable to be conceded when they paired Gomez with Virgil van Dijk at the heart of their defense.
Viewing at the statistics, it can be seen how much Gomez contributed to Liverpool’s five successive clean sheets. In this season Joe Gomez did not appear as a starter in 14 matches. When Gomez did not appear Liverpool could only make two clean sheets and conceded 13 times.
Compared with six matches when Gomez started. With Gomez Liverpool recorded five clean sheets and only conceded one goal.
At the beginning of the season, Gomez became more of a reserve player. Aside from injuries, Gomez initially won by not being the main choice. The manager, Jurgen Klopp, chose Joel Matip and Dejan Lovren who alternately became partners with Virgil van Dijk.
The opportunity came for Gomez when Matip and Lovren were injured. And, the 22-year-old England defender immediately did not waste the opportunity he achieved.