Jurgen Klopp can take the lead at the top of England, but at the same time, Pep Guardiola is playing with the prospect of going four points away. The clash could decide the team that will finish the campaign champion. To beat City away for the second time in his coaching career, Klopp could change things. He made a change of tactics last season and this time, he could use it again. READ MORE: Mohamed Salah’s situation in Liverpool is going to change due to Jürgen Klopp’s plan READ MORE: Roberto Firmino gives Liverpool worries about training absences in front of Manchester City 4-3-3 was Klopp’s main system for most of his time at Merseyside. In addition to changing the opportunity to 4-2-3-1, the German coach has shown an obvious preference since his arrival in October 2015. He also uses the form against City, but when Liverpool last faced Guardiola’s team at the Etihad, they made an unorthodox adjustment using the 4-4-2. It looked more like 4-2-4 whenever Liverpool started attacking. Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah acted as two forward in the middle, with Santio Mane on the left flank and Diogo Jota on the right. Firmino and Salah blocked access to Rodri and Ilkay Gundogan in the middle of the park at the time, and Mane and Jota stepped in to block the spaces where the City creators would normally operate, as shown below. The Reds could not win with the score ending 1-1, but the host team took the lead and managed to overtake City with nine attempts to six during the clash. For the first 45 minutes, the Manchester team has a hard time dealing with the procedures according to its usual standards and this came from the regular adjustment of Liverpool. Their first shot did not come in the 25th minute. Read more related articles Read more related articles The 4-4-2 allows the addition of an extra striker at the expense of a central midfielder, with Jota having an impact on Klopp’s selection as a new signing at the time. Luis Diaz could have a similar influence this time. The Colombian forward has already scored against City in the past having faced Porto in the Champions League and Klopp could be tempted to put him on the pitch. With five top strikers at his disposal, the Reds boss has the composition to use 4-4-2 once again, purely as a means to cause problems in Guardiola’s plans.
