Neil Jones has questioned Jurgen Klopp’s determination to instruct Joe Gomez to play the inverted fullback position within the first-half of motion at Wolves.
The England worldwide appeared to battle for a lot of the opening 45 minutes, with Pedro Neto a thorn down the right-flank.
“I felt sorry for Joe Gomez, I believed he was frolicked to dry slightly bit by the system within the first-half. It doesn’t make sense,” the reporter wrote in an unique column with EOTK Insider.
“I wouldn’t say he’s a reluctant fullback, however he’s not a 100% snug fullback. Asking him to be fullback/midfielder like Trent felt a bit pointless, a bit damaging for the crew and Gomez.
“He had his fingers full with Pedro Neto in that first-half and actually struggled, however confirmed a whole lot of character within the second as the sport went on, and was fairly influential getting up the suitable flank, so credit score to him for that.”
The Merseysiders pulled via regardless of a torrid first-half displaying, with the previous Charlton Athletic star one in every of a number of stars to notably enhance past the half-time break.
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Liverpool shouldn’t repeat the experiment
We’d should likewise query what was going via the teaching employees’s minds when opting to throw Gomez into the hearth with such a difficult position designed particularly for Trent Alexander-Arnold’s attributes.
That’s to not query the 26-year-old’s potential, although it certainly ought to have been abundantly clear to all {that a} centre-half (who isn’t a pure fullback as it’s) might battle in a extra technically demanding position.
Maybe it boils right down to a little bit of experimentation on Klopp’s half, seeking to decide if we are able to proceed to play a field formation successfully in our No.66’s absence.
Given how profitable the change to a two-man midfield was, with Gomez as a substitute enjoying a extra pure right-back position, we’d think about the supervisor has his reply.
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