Four days later, in the ninth round of the Premier League, Liverpool traveled to North London to challenge Tottenham.
After the accumulation and tempering of last season, Pochenotti was forced to rush into the signing market in the summer window this season, but he burst out with huge energy.
Eight rounds of the league have passed, and Tottenham have posted an excellent record of 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 14 points and ranking fourth in the league with a goal difference advantage.
In the Champions League, Tottenham have shown dominance.
In the first round of the Champions League group, Tottenham, playing at home, cleanly defeated Dortmund, the Bundesliga hornet from afar, with a score of 3-1.
In the second round, Tottenham, who were tired from traveling as a guest, defeated APOEL with a score of 3-0, taking all three points.
A few days ago, in the third round of the Champions League in Group H, Tottenham incredibly stole a point from Real Madrid with a score of 1-1 at the Bernabeu.
At present, Tottenham and Real Madrid are tied with 7 points, but they occupy the first place with a goal difference advantage.
Both the Champions League and the Premier League have achieved such good results, which is inseparable from the state of Tottenham's leading striker Kane.
The Premier League has entered September. Kane has been playing like crazy in the league, scoring 8 goals, averaging one goal per game. He also scored two goals in the Champions League. His form is very hot.
The media predicted that the battle between Tottenham and Liverpool would end in a draw.
Or it could be a small victory for Liverpool and three points from the new White Hart Lane stadium.
Because on Liverpool's side, after massacring Maribor 7-0, the English media believed that the Red Army had regained the cold killing nature of last season, and Liverpool had a magical midfielder.
Through comparison of the first eight rounds of games, Mo Yang and Eriksen, who are both the core of the team, are no longer on the same level.
Another reason is that Tottenham have never beaten Liverpool since November 2012. Liverpool has maintained an unbeaten record against Tottenham in the past ten meetings, nine of which were in the league.
Therefore, the media are collectively optimistic about Liverpool, which is also getting better and better.
However, after the game started, the media were collectively slapped in the face by Tottenham.
In the fourth minute of the game, Tottenham received a sideline ball on the right near the Liverpool penalty area.
Aurier threw it directly to Son Heung-min who came to catch the ball.
Seeing Son Heung-min take the ball, Henderson and Firmino rushed over one after another, but Son Heung-min hit the ball back.
Eriksen, who was pulled to the wing, quickly retreated to catch the ball, directly took Robertson out from behind, and then passed the ball back to Aurier's feet.
After these few passes and tacit movements without the ball, Tottenham directly messed up Liverpool's defense.
"Dejan, watch Kane!"
"Joel, Gomez, step forward!!"
Mo Yang, who was nearby to help defend, suddenly discovered that Matip and Gomez were not on the same level as Lovren, but slightly behind. He was immediately shocked and shouted.
Because Kane, who was standing slightly behind Lovren, was not behind the offside line.
At this moment, Aurier met the ball with a pass over the top, and he simply picked the ball into the sky above the Liverpool penalty area.
Harry Kane successfully countered offside and caught up with the ball. Facing Mignolet's attack, he dunked his right foot to the left. This time he not only avoided Mignolet's attack, but also avoided Mignolet's rushing back.
Matip steals with his feet.
After getting the foot space, Kane took a step laterally, then calmly raised his left foot and pushed the ball in front of him directly into Liverpool's empty goal.
Seeing that the goal was breached, Mo Yang stopped where he was with his hands on his hips and sighed helplessly.
Nothing to say!
From the goalkeeper to the defender, everyone made major mistakes, which left him speechless.
Lovren did not immediately chase Kane. Instead, he glanced at the sidelines and saw that the linesman did not raise his flag. He turned around and tried to chase after it too late. He also understood that it was Matip, Gomez and him.
There was a mistake in the position.
The three players are no longer on the same line, and offside was not caused.
Klopp was so angry that he roared loudly on the sidelines, then returned to the bench and sat down heavily, his chest heaving violently, and his face looked angry.
This goal cannot be blamed on Lovren.
Lovren is the center back on the strong side of defense. The positions of Matip in the center and Gomez on the right back must be based on Lovren and follow his offside line.
As a result, these two people didn't know what they were thinking, and they fell behind collectively.
Not only did Harry Kane not be in an offside position, but he also cheated Lovren.
And Mignolet, his attack was a bit reckless and completely unnecessary.
Now that we have come out, we should be more decisive, but this guy turned out to be better. He was obviously hesitant and not decisive enough.
In fact, this ball would have been better if he didn't come out, because Matip could return to defense in time.
Taking a step back, even if Matip didn't guard it at the time and let Kane kick, it would be a million times better than hitting an empty goal.
More than 50,000 Tottenham fans at the scene saw their team's dream start, and they sang the passionate Tottenham team song.
The loud singing contained endless joy! But the few Red Army fans responded with boos.
The Red Army fans at the scene thought that this was just a coordination error by their team and they could just correct it in the next game.
As a result, they never expected that this was just the beginning of disaster!
In the 11th minute of the game, Liverpool launched an offensive and launched an attack from the left.
After Mo Yang dribbled the ball across the center line, he was met with a pseudo-cage tactic set by Pochettino, forcing Mo Yang to make a long pass to the right side.
Salah received the ball on the left sideline of Tottenham's penalty area, and then immediately swept the ball towards the Tottenham goal with a low and fast cross.
But this time he did not form a tacit understanding with Firmino and Mane in the penalty area, and the ball rolled directly to the other side, allowing Robertson to get it.
Robertson took the ball and passed it directly at a 45-degree angle, but it was too close to Tottenham's goal, and Lloris jumped up and picked it off easily.
After getting the ball, Lloris ran forward quickly, and then threw the ball forward with a strong hand.
On the left side of the center circle, when he saw the ball flying high, Matip made a speechless move. He actually jumped up to meet the ball.
As a result, he tipped the ball and the ball fell directly in front of Son Heung-min.
Lovren, who promptly returned to defense on the other side, was not regarded as Liverpool's savior.
Lovren is not Van Dijk.
Even for Van Dijk, one defense and two defenses cannot be successful every time.
Seeing Lovren blocking the passing line to Kane and pressing forward step by step, Son Heung-min didn't hesitate too much and started directly.
He chose to push the shot into the far corner, and the angle of the shot was extremely tricky.
In front of the goal, Mignolet stretched his foot out of the way. When he turned around, he saw the ball hit the inside of the goal post and bounced into the goal.
Seeing the team score another victory, the Tottenham fans at the scene gave out earth-shaking cheers.
"Whoa! Whoa!"
Klopp laughed angrily on the sidelines!
If Lovren was not responsible for the goal he conceded just now, then Matip must bear 100% responsibility for the goal he conceded just now.
As a head coach, Klopp knows very well that the central defender will not compete for the top if he is not 100% sure when handling this kind of ball.
However, Matip is not an ordinary person, and Ma Qianqian is not just making things up.
Playing away from home, we conceded two goals shortly after the start. This game was difficult.
Klopp has a headache!
Once they lose this game, the point difference between them and Manchester City will become wider and wider, and defending the Premier League championship will be an unattainable luxury.