Checked the corner that led to 3-3: Mistake from Karius. He has to go to that ball. It sails into his goalie box and in a situation like this (2-3, 60s to go) you wanna avoid any risk, use at least your fists and the ball flies 20m away, no harm done. A good keeper would have done it, Karius has no presence within the box, no swagger, no authority. That's why Migs is the better one (and that says more about Karius than about Migs, but to be fair this was the only mistake Karius did).
For the love of God, I hope you're joking.
He isn't getting to that ball in a million years. Look at the distance he has to cover and the speed at which that ball is coming in. You talk about wanting to avoid risk? Him staying on his line IS avoiding risk: the risk of him missing a ball that is out way too far and leaving an empty goal. He takes a step, sees that he isn't getting to it, stays on his line. It's the right decision. If he does try to get to it, the only thing you'd see is him flying into a group of players, completely missing the ball and getting blamed for "flapping at a corner". Our defenders in the first zone have to deal with that ball, never our goalkeeper.
We are set up absolutely perfectly to deal with that corner (Milner, Wijnaldum and Klavan are all in the zone the ball comes to). I posted a video of how we set up our zonal marking not too long ago in the tactics thread I think. We have 5 players marking the 6 yard box. One in the first zone, 4 along the 6 yard box. Then we usually have 3 players blocking runs (here they were Can, Gomez and Henderson) and our 2 quickest players on the edge of the box to go on the counter attack (Mane and Chamberlain).
The player that Henderson is supposed to be blocking (he doesn't get anywhere near him) is the one who gives Klavan (who I think also misjudged the flight of the ball a tiny bit) a slight push so he misses the header.
It's hard to really blame someone for this one. Klavan a bit, Henderson a bit, but also Gomez who steps inside and leaves his zone, the zone which the player who scores makes his run to.
http://www.fullmatchesandshows.com/2017/11/21/sevilla-vs-liverpool-highlights/#2HL English, 7:50 gives you a perfect view.
I think we've actually defended corners well this season. This is only the 2nd goal we've conceded from a corner? Both pretty identical, failed clearances in the first zone (Wijnaldum against Watford and now Klavan).
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