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“And the problem Liverpool had last season was there was space everywhere in midfield. “I look at that midfield three and I worry.
“But as a midfield three, I look at that and think, oh no, there’s almost too much quality, but they all want to go and play and run. And even in pre-season, the space is coming through the middle.” Jurgen Klopp already laid the blueprint for what a dominant midfield looks like in a high-pressing unit When you look at the midfield Jurgen Klopp had when Liverpool won the Premier League in 2020, it was Fabinho, Jordan Henderson and Georginio Wijnaldum or James Milner in the middle of the park.
All three midfield spots were occupied by hard-working ball winners. Part of the issue in Liverpool’s midfield last season was that the likes of Szoboszlai want everything to look nice, instead of being concerned with winning the ball back.
