Conceding the goal in the first minute of the game was a huge blow to Sevilla's morale.
But Sevilla is a frequent visitor to European competitions after all, and they have rich experience in European competitions.
After the restart, the game was still very steady, and the players' mentality seemed very peaceful, and they didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.
Bellizzo was very satisfied with the team's performance after seeing the team lose the ball on the sidelines.
But now he is starting to feel a little worried.
If they fail to win this game, their qualifying situation will become a bit dangerous.
If they fail to win Maribor away from home in the last round, and Liverpool, who qualified early, happen to lose to Spartak Moscow, they will be directly eliminated and go to the Europa League.
Bellizzo gets a little tired of thinking about the Europa League!
Sevilla has no shortage of Europa League champions. They have nearly vomited the Europa League champions over the years. They are even hailed as the king of the Europa League by the media. They are even ridiculed by countless fans that they should change the Europa League to Sevilla.
Forget about the Asian Cup!
This is not what Sevilla wants, what they want is the Champions League title.
Although the probability of such a crisis is low, Bellizzo is still a little worried because he understands Liverpool's current league situation.
Liverpool is still chasing points in the league, so after this game, Liverpool, who has qualified early in the group, will definitely transfer its energy to the Premier League.
Therefore, there is a high probability that Liverpool will not send all the main players in the final round of home games against Spartak Moscow, and it is likely that there will be a large-scale rotation.
Once Spartak Moscow is allowed to make a comeback and they fail to win the game, it will be equivalent to pushing them off the cliff and falling to pieces.
After all, the last round is an away game with a tiring journey. Although Maribor is recognized as the weakest in the group, away games are not easy to win, especially in the world's top competitions such as the Champions League.
For Klopp, this game is also what he wants to win.
In this way, Liverpool can be sure to qualify one round early, and he can focus on the league and get the score back.
The task given to him by Liverpool's senior management this season is to win the difficult double crown of the Champions League and Premier League.
On the field, Sevilla's pressing intensity in the front, middle and backfields is quite high, and they are always looking for the kind of high-speed counterattack opportunities that they are best at.
Liverpool's high-pressure press is not only fierce, but also very efficient. They often counterattack on the spot after losing the ball and immediately win the ball back.
The pace of the game is very fast, because both sides are implementing a high-pressure press, so the offensive and defensive transitions between the two teams are very fast.
As the game time passed, and inspired by the enthusiastic drumbeats of more than 40,000 home fans at the scene, Sevilla's home advantage was highlighted, and the effect of their high-pressure pressing was also revealed.
In the 22nd minute of the game, Robertson judged Sevilla's offensive intention in advance from the wing. He suddenly stepped forward at the moment of Nzonzi's pass and passed the ball to Sevilla winger Sarabia with a sliding tackle.
The ball was intercepted and then quickly passed to Van Dijk in the middle, avoiding Sevilla's side pressing circle.
Van Dijk turned around and played the ball. He did not pass it to Henderson in the center, but passed it diagonally to Wijnaldum on the right side of the center circle.
Wijnaldum successfully received a direct pass from Van Dijk, but was caught by Banega before he could turn around.
Helpless, he could only run with the ball laterally, and then suddenly took off his foot and passed back to Mo Yang.
Mo Yang caught the ball on the center line. Without raising his head, he swung his right leg and hit a through ball with a small arc.
The ball jumped in front of En Zongqi, who had already withdrawn, and turned towards the left wing.
But it is a pity that the player did not form a tacit understanding of passing and running with Mo Yang.
Mane started a little late. He was stuck behind Mercado and could only watch the ball being pushed to goalkeeper Rico.
Rico ran out of the small penalty area, met the ball and took a kick.
The ball flew high and fell towards the center circle on Liverpool's side, just in front of Liverpool's entire back line.
Lovren passed the ball continuously, and he had two passing points for Henderson and Wijnaldum in front of him on the left and right.
There was no one around Henderson, but he used the arch of his foot to push the ball to Wijnaldum on the right front before Ben Yedder and Nolito could compete.
As soon as Wijnaldum stopped the ball, Pizarro rushed up behind him and blocked it.
As a result, not only was he unable to turn around, but he was also knocked forward by Pizarro, causing the ball under his feet to lose control and roll forward.
The ball left the control of Wijnaldum's feet and was stabbed directly by Banega who rushed over from the center to Ben Yedder who retreated slightly to Henderson's back right side.
Ben Yedder let the ball turn around. He saw Nolito who was already in place on the left front but did not pass the ball. Instead, he took the ball straight between Lovren and Van Dijk.
But less than two meters away, while running, he suddenly pushed the ball to the front left with his right foot, accurately passing it in front of Nolito.
Nolito slowed down to pick up the ball on the left side of the penalty arc and went directly into the penalty area.
At the same time, Arnold also chased back and the two of them entered the penalty area, one on the left and one on the right, with Arnold on the right.
Seeing Nolito leaning to the right, Arnold knew that he was about to shoot, so he stretched out his right leg to block the shot while running.
As a result, Nolito faked a shot and suddenly dunked the ball back with his left foot. Arnold, who had fallen to the ground and blocked the ball, immediately sat on the wax.
Smashing the ball to his right foot, Nolito quickly adjusted. Facing Alisson's attack, he calmly pushed the right post.
The moment Nolito shot, Alisson, who came to the line of the small penalty area, immediately stretched out his left leg and just touched the ball.
Unfortunately, the ball did not leave the goal frame in the end and hit the inside of the goal post before bouncing into the goal.
The moment the goal was scored, the stands on all sides were set on fire, and the fans' shouts were like a wave sweeping through every corner of the venue.
Nolito was so excited that he did three backflips to celebrate.
On the sidelines, Klopp rubbed his cheeks with both hands, and beside him, Berizzo raised one arm high and jumped for joy in the coaching area.
"This ball is actually not to blame for Lovren. Although it would have been better if he passed it to Henderson who had no one around him, you can't say that it was wrong for him to pass it to Wijnaldum. You can only say that he did not choose the best option.
The release point!"
In the live broadcast room, Zhan Jun had a look of regret. The goal was due to Sevilla's strength and not due to a mistake by Liverpool's defense.
Zhang Lu nodded in agreement: "Look at Ben Yedder dribbling the ball these few times, he directly attracted the attention of Van Dijk and Lovren. After the two got closer, he suddenly pushed it in front of Nolito. This
It's creating a looser space for Nolito to receive the ball."
"Arnold is still a bit young, but I can't blame him for being easily fooled by this goal, because in this kind of electric confrontation, players don't have that much time to think and can only make instant judgments based on past game experience!"
"Alisson made no mistakes in his position selection. His reaction was fast enough. I can only say that Sevilla counterattacked too sharply, Nolito was too calm, and he had a little luck!" Zhang Lu commented on the Liverpool defense players one by one.
In his opinion, this goal was entirely due to Sevilla's strength.
After all, this is their home court, so it has certain advantages.