Milner is much better out wide, it highlights strengths and covers his weaknesses much better than when in the middle.
He's not a proficient tackler but is excellent at closing down and putting in the miles, also he's happy to lead the charge on a break-away both conducive to playing out wide. He also supplies a decent cross compared to not that great interplay when in tight situations, again benefits from playing out wide.
While he puts in the miles he's nowhere near as quick as Hendo who can actually recover on people, neither are the best in a 1v1 challenge but I feel Hendo is actually the stronger defensive player. Hendo is much better at passing along the floor and in tight areas, he's also more composed on the ball without feeling the need to 'try' something that generally doesn't work too well for Milner.
I'd also prefer Hendo coming on to a shot on the edge of the box, Milner has scored some crackers in the past but what we've seen for us is pretty much consistently blazing them over. I really hope Klopp does a number on Henderson's confidence because if he can eliminate the self doubts then Hendo has the technical ability to be a brilliant edge of the box player for now though he's his worst enemy in that regard.
Having said all that it's pretty much without question that Henderson should be our dead ball specialist for now, even corners, in that case Milner will have to swap with Hendo because with Jordan out our dead ball situations have been liabilities in the most part.
So what happens to Milner is he gets shoved out wide and deals with it.
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