Sub needed to be made sooner. Saod for about 10 minutes before their goal that they were killing us down the right.
That continued for about 10 minutes before Lallana was on the sideline.
Klopp takes a long time to see a problem and fix it and by the time it was rectified it was 1-1.
If you look at how our defence set up all game. Did you notice how narrow Moreno played and how close he was to Klavan most of the game? He did it from the beginning of the game and it didn't change in the second half, so Klopp didn't see it as a problem or he didn't try to rectify it.
That leads me to believe that we allowed Zappacosta that space on purpose. Just like Chelsea allowed Henderson all the time in the world when he was on the ball, we did the same for Zappacosta to try and deny their midfield runners space through the middle. Moreno playing so narrow also helped with stopping Hazard on multiple occasions.
For all the space he was given, what did he actually do with it? He had one shot from outside the box and as far as I remember, one dangerous cross to Alonso at the back post. Klavan and Matip dealt will all the crosses really well, so the tactic worked.
For comparison, look at how close Gomez defended on Alonso, who is by far the better wingback compared to Zappacosta, yet he wasn't allowed the same space as Zappacosta was given.
We didn't need a change earlier. The complexity of the game only changed when Willian came on. He has far more pace, skills and a better cross than Zappocosta, so he would be able to exploit the space we allowed his teammate. Klopp immediately reacted by wanting to bring on Lallana, to close the halfspace and allow Moreno to play wider again. For some reason the change didn't happen and they scored. Klopp's explanation in his post presser makes perfect sense.
What we may percieve as 'a problem', Klopp may not see it the same way, hence why he didn't change, but wanted to change as soon as Willian came on.
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