Neil Jones has questioned Jurgen Klopp’s decision to instruct Joe Gomez to play the inverted fullback role in the first-half of action at Wolves. The England international appeared to struggle for much of the opening 45 minutes, with Pedro Neto a thorn down the right-flank. “I felt sorry for Joe Gomez, I thought he was hung out to dry a little bit by the system in the first-half.
“I wouldn’t say he’s a reluctant fullback, but he’s not a 100% comfortable fullback. Asking him to be fullback/midfielder like Trent felt a bit unnecessary, a bit damaging for the team and Gomez.
Joe Gomez in action – (Photo by Matt McNulty/Getty Images)
Given how successful the switch to a two-man midfield was, with Gomez instead playing a more natural right-back role, we’d imagine the manager has his answer.