In the late stages of several slender victories this term, Jürgen Klopp has introduced an extra centre-half from the bench - a tactical switch praised by Joel Matip for providing extra 'solidity'.
And, though the 26-year-old admits this new shape took some getting used to, he believes he and his teammates would now be comfortable enough to deploy it from the start of games, if the manager chose to.
He said in 'This Is Anfield': "Normally I would say it always helps to have another centre-back on who helps with the defence – who has defending in his mind, in his head – to give more solidity in the last few minutes, but of course you also have to adapt to the new situation.