Yeah I thought that was a bit weird, playing Lallana up top and Shaq in midfield, almost as weird as playing Lovren as CB instead of Gomez and dropping TAA. I'm not quite sure what Klopp's thinking is with that, surely the preferred CB pairing has to be VVD and Gomez or has Jürgen bought into Lovren's posts about him being the best defender in the world?
One of Huddersfield's main threats is the long ball and particularly the long throw. TAA is nowhere near as strong as Gomez is in the air, which I think is one of the reasons for Lovren's inclusion and Gomez being shifted to RB. We then have a strong CB and a RB who's very capable of defending the near post for those long throws especially. That, coupled with TAA's inconsistent performance levels so far this season, is probably a decent explanation.
Gomez and VVD is our number one partnership but Klopp sure knows a great deal more about his players than you or I do, and if he wants to use Lovren - who is still a good defender whatever you or anyone says - for certain games then there's usually one or two reasons for it.
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