DBasia.news – The Reds defeated the team from Mexico, Monterrey in the semifinals by a score of 2-1. Surely, Liverpool cruised into the final of the Club World Cup in 2019. However, Liverpool is now quite in a dangerous condition, wherein the condition is a central defender crisis.
As against Monterrey at the Khalifa International Stadium on Thursday (19/12) early morning Western Indonesian Time, Jurgen Klopp lowers Jordan Henderson as an emergency central defender to accompany Joe Gomez. Dejan Lovren and Joel Matip is injured, while Virgil van Dijk sick.
Luckily, Liverpool won the match with a goal by Naby Keita (11′) and Roberto Firmino (90 + 1′), which is far from the goal Rogelio Funes Mori (14′). Monterrey under the direction of Antonio Mohamed complicates Liverpool with their defensive tactics: 5-4-1. Henderson cherish these results although she was not comfortable playing as a central defender.
“It (playing) in defense a little differently. I just try to do my best. The most important thing is we win, we defended well as a whole (collectively). Broadly speaking, we should be satisfied with how the situation happened,” said Henderson, cited mirror.
Liverpool will face the champion of the Copa Libertadores, Flamengo, in the finals which take place at the Khalifa International Stadium on Sunday (22/12) 00.30 early morning Western Indonesian Time. Flamengo under the direction of Jorge Jesus to the finals after a 3-1 win over Al-Hilal.
Klopp hopes Van Dijk improved conditions ahead of the finals until he could play against Flamengo.
“We did not know about the (condition) Virgil, we thought she would be fine. We’ll see,” please Klopp.
Teams:
Liverpool (4-3-3): Alisson; James Milner, Joe Gomez, Jordan Henderson, Andy Robertson; Adam Lallana, Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain; Xherdan Shaqiri, Mohamed Salah, Divock Origi
Manager: Jurgen Klopp
Monterrey (5-4-1): Marcelo Barovero; John Medina, Cesar Montes, Nicolas Sanchez, Leonel Vangioni; Carlos Rodriguez, Celso Ortiz; Dorlan Pabon, Rodolfo Pizarro, Jesus Gallardo; Rogelio Funes Mori
Manager: Antonio Mohamed