Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool couldn't compete with Manchester City - well today they could, and how!Despite making their worst start to a Premier League season in a decade the Reds successfully rose to the occasion to remind Pep Guardiola's runaway reigning champions that they're not as invincible as they've looked for the past two months.A couple of little tweaks made all the difference as Klopp's side finally shook off their early-season jitters to hand City their first defeat of the campaign.
Here, Daily Star Sport runs through the three things Liverpool's manager got absolutely spot on.READ MORE: Our combined Man City and Liverpool XI from last decade is just as tight as their rivalryThroughout his seven-year stint at Anfield Klopp has been married to a classic 4-3-3 system, but today he decided to roll the dice.He switched a double-pivot in midfield, with Thiago Alcantara and Fabinho sitting behind Harvey Elliott and a fluid attacking trio of Diogo Jota, Roberto Firmino and Mo Salah.What this did was clog up the space in front of Liverpool's defence and deny City's attackers the space to conjure up their usual magic, and boy was it effective.Was that a fair result?
Let us know what you think in the comments section below.The way Liverpool cluttered central areas crucially nullified Erling Haaland's supply lines, which in turn, nullified the Norwegian scoring machine.Kevin De Bruyne had arguably his quietest game of the season while the likes of Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden were largely ineffective too, with pockets of space in desperately short supply all afternoon.At times it was like rush hour on the London underground on the edge of Liverpool's box - something Klopp no doubt planned from the very start.Salah has.
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