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Liverpool vs. Leicester City: Can Brendan Rodgers outfox Jurgen Klopp?

Daily Mail | November 21, 2020

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Brendan Rodgers has got the better of Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta and Marcelo Bielsa this season — all away. Now, he’s after Jurgen Klopp.

Can the Leicester City boss use the same masterplan that outsmarted Guardiola to end Liverpool’s unbeaten home streak?

Leicester set up deep and compact in a 5-4-1 at the Etihad. Rodgers kept his team narrow to strangle the central areas to frustrate City and force them out wide.

Brendan Rodgers will be plotting another tactical masterclass as Leicester visit Liverpool
Leicester set up deep and compact in a 5-4-1 at the Etihad in a bid to frustrate Manchester City

It worked. City attempted 24 crosses from open play, the most of any game this season, and made up 77.

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