Yeah, it took a 2nd view for me to understand how good we were vs a strong Palace team.
Palace are a team that, at home, can make any team look bad.
We kept plugging away, kept our shape, and created more than enough chances to win, which against a strong defensive side is pretty impressive.
Klopp mentioned about our FB's not getting forwards as much as they should, but I'm wondering if that was a bit of kidology from him.
It seemed to me that both FB's were playing a little deeper to negate Zaha, and that one moussaka fella.
With Keita playing more on the left than central, it may also take a bit of time to gel with Robertson, as with TAA on the right and whoever is in front of him (Milner at the moment).
It also seemed to me that when both FB's were looking to pass inside, the usual option of Henderson was not there, and with Gini his positioning was a bit further up, so it took them a fraction longer to spot the pass, which is all the opposition needs at this level to close the option off or make it a bit too risky.
On 2nd viewing, it was also clear to me how much crisper and faster we passed when Henderson came into the deeper role.
They didn't have to look for him, they knew exactly where he was.
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