Tactics Weekly: Liverpool’s Diamond Destroys Cardiff on a Dry Pitch

Tactics Weekly: Liverpool’s Diamond Destroys Cardiff on a Dry Pitch

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Paul Dalglish and Daniel Rhodes take a look at the Cardiff victory, the title run-in and the upcoming Champions League semi-finals, other topics include:Klopp decided to keep Henderson in a more attacking role and use Wijnaldum at the base of the midfield instead of Fabinho. It often appeared that Mane and Salah were playing as a two, with Firmino dropping and creating a diamond.Warnock’s approach was passive, and why did it seem like their were plenty of gaps to go through them rather than around or over-the-top.Each of the front three has a good chance in the first half, but no manage to convert.It was analysis by the players at half-time that led to a slightly different corner routine being tried, and it broke the deadlock.Matip and Van Dijk dribbling out with the ball and creating space and committing players.The controversy surrounding the Salah penalty, especially after Warnock’s comments after the game.Looking ahead to Barcelona.All this and more on Tactics Weekly!

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