Premier League First Half: Van Dijk’s Mistake Nearly Gifted a Goal, Hutchinson Created Danger Ipswich vs. Liverpool

Key EventsIn the 3rd minute, Van Dijk made a back-passing error, but fortunately, after Hutchinson’s counter-tackle, his shot was blocked by his teammate Konsa and deflected out of danger. Match Report

On August 17th, in the first round of the new Premier League season, newly promoted Ipswich faced Liverpool at home.

Ipswich met Liverpool again after 22 years; their last encounter was in the 02-03 EFL Cup, while in the 01-02 Premier League season, Liverpool achieved a double over Ipswich with scores of 5-0 and 6-0.

In the 14th minute, Szoboszlai played a direct pass into the box, Salah raced forward and swept the ball towards the goal from near the baseline, but it was cleared out for a corner kick by a defender. In the 16th minute, after receiving the ball on the edge of the box, Szoboszlai adjusted and attempted a long-range shot, but it was blocked by an Ipswich defender with his body.

In the 20th minute, Sam Morsy delivered a cross from a free-kick on the right flank, Grivess’ shot at the far post was too straight, allowing Alisson to collect the ball.

In the 26th minute, Robertson took a corner from the left side, but Ipswich’s goalkeeper came out to catch the ball directly. In the 31st minute, Ipswich launched a counterattack, Hutchinson dribbled the ball to the edge of the penalty area, skipped past two defenders, and shot low, which was collected by Alisson. In the 37th minute, Ipswich’s defender nearly made a mistake with a back-pass, Walton rushed out and collected the ball before Diaz could poke it, this was Liverpool’s best chance in the first half. In the 41st minute, Ipswich sent a cross from the left into the box, Tuanzebe got on the end of the header but directed it over the bar. In the 45th minute, Salah laid the ball off with his back to goal, Arnold’s follow-up long-range shot went high.

The first half ended with both teams drawing 0-0.

Player List

Ipswich Starting Lineup: 28-Walton; 40-Tuanzebe; 6-Woolfenden; 3-Davis; 24-Grivess; 5-Morsy; 25-Runogo; 7-Burns; 10-Chaplin; 20-Hutchinson; 19-Drap; Substitutes: 13-Slicker; 22-Townsend; 15-Burgess; 18-Johnson; 23-Zmudzis; 11-Marcus Harris; 8-Phillips; 14-Taylor; 16-Elhamadi;

Liverpool Starting Lineup: 1-Alisson; 4-Van Dijk; 26-Robertson; 66-Arnold; 78-Konsa; 11-Salah; 8-Szoboszlai; 7-Diaz; 10-McAllister; 38-Graafschap; 20-Jota; Substitutes: 62-Kelleher; 21-Tsimikas; 5-Konate; 84-Bradley; 3-Endo; 17-Jones; 19-Elliot; 18-Gakpo; 9-Nunez;