Yeah definitely. Heard a lot about our midfield not being "creative enough" lately but I think what we've really been lacking in the last few games is the physical dominance in the center of the park & Henderson is a massive part of that. We've been been bullied the last 3 or so matches and it's no surprise that Henderson has been absent for all of those
That tired old sh*te gets on my nerves to be honest.
It's like people don't even watch how we play under Klopp.
1 central DM and 2 wider DM's is the way to look at it, with FB's taking on the attacking roles, as can be seen by the amount of assists they get.
If we've pushed a team right back, one MF will join in the attack, getting into the box.
It gives us 5/6 attackers, and 4/5 defenders, but because we play so high those MF defenders job is also to win the ball back as high as possible.
Notice how we always try to work the ball wide, which opens space for the 3 forwards who at this stage will be quite narrow.
The MF will usually be found guarding the space behind the FB's.
The DM will push into the centre space, when the opposition have been dragged wide.
The 2 supporting MF are there to recycle and reset.
Henderson has caught the eye of more people, because he is the one who is pushing into the box, rather than sitting deep as he did when DM.
It's not an accident; it's all planned, and is our default system.
We change the system a lot during matches, but we always revert back to the default.
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