The risk and reward of counter attack
Arsenal travel to Anfield to face Liverpool on Saturday night with most people expecting Unai Emery to set up in a counter-attacking manner. While there is obvious reward to this approach, some risk comes with it also.
In the biggest match of the season so far, on Saturday evening, Arsenal travel to Anfield to face a Liverpool side that have not lost in the comforts of their own home in over two years. Jurgen Klopp’s team have been the second-best in world football over the past two seasons and pose an almighty challenge to an exciting but still rather uncertain and extremely proven Gunners team.
Given the recent dominance of Liverpool, especially in Europe, it is anticipated that Arsenal head coach Unai Emery will set his team up in a counter-attacking manner. Liverpool’s threat is via the speed of their wide attackers, who relentlessly look to pierce the opposing backline with runs off the ball, into the space behind created by Roberto Firmino dropping deep.
