Lallana in Pyjamas
Signed Shaqiri and adjusted the tactics to get Bobby playing a bit deeper picking the ball up and playing a lot of times as a “9.5” - and I reckon Bobby prob last season played more through balls and opened up gaps than we got from Coutinho say. Bobby was the number ten and worked very well
We used the 4-2-3-1 for the first half of the season with Firmino as the 10 and Salah up front. But once Fabinho had settled and was comfortable playing as a single pivot we switched back to the 4-3-3. In the second half of the season we played with Salah on the left, Mane on the right, Firmino upfront and behind them three from Fabinho, Gini, Henederson, Milner, Ketia and Lallana. The experiment with Shaqiri as the 10 was short lived and he’s mainly been used from the left.
I’ve be very surprised if we don’t try and bring in 10 this year weather Klopp plans to play a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1 going forward.