3) Brendan Rodgers wants more variety
There was an interesting tactical tweak today as well. There was far more variety in our distribution from the back. Whereas usually we would go short and roll it out to one of the full-backs, today we mixed it up, with a lot of balls going long up towards Benteke. The big Belgian won a lot of the long stuff in the air as well, although many supporters were predictably unhappy about this tactic being repeated time and again.
It’s good to have the option certainly, but we mustn’t become totally reliant on it, as we did at times today. It all got very obvious at times against Stoke, with Mignolet killing the ball and waiting for his target to make a move.
