Ruben Amorim has explained how he is trying to get his team to cover more ground, as the Reds prepare for Sunday's test at champions Manchester City.
Our head coach attempted to explain his methods during a press conference to preview the 16:30 GMT kick-off at the Etihad Stadium.
City's poor run of form, with only one win in their last 10 games, is not something that the boss is concerned about and he denied there were ever any conversations about him leaving Sporting for the Blues, despite Hugo Viana's impending switch from Lisbon to east Manchester to become City's director of football at the end of the season.