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Villa did really well at isolating our fullbacks/centre backs all game. So many times Manquillo had to chase a long ball played in behind him and once he got it there was no option to do anything bar put it out for a throw in. The way to remedy that is to have a keeper be more confident and offer an outlet for a pass or have your defensive midfielder play deeper...unfortunately that's one of Mignolet's biggest weak points and in Gerrard we have a player that is probably not the most disciplined in his positioning and no longer has the engine to make up for it. Much was made about missing Sturridge and not starting Sterling but the biggest loss in that game was the lack of shape due to Joe Allen (or possible replacement Emre Can) not being available.
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straight up brolic posted:Is Lucas dead or just out of the mix? He had a couple of really bad injuries and is not the player he once was. He's looked really slow and as a result gives away a tonne of free kicks. Gerrard's shift into a deeper lying midfielder has probably made him surplus to requirements really as having them both on the pitch at the same time has resulted in some of our poorest performances under Rodgers. Can is probably going to be preferred over him in the defensive midfielder role anyway as he's infinitely better physically and seems more comfortable on the ball.
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