In the sixth week of the Premier League, Liverpool finally beat Southampton 3-0. Each of these three goals was contributed by Mohamed Salah, Joel Matip and an own goal from Southampton Wesley Hoedt.
In that match, Liverpool appeared to be pretty good, aggressive and very impressive. From various performances Liverpool emerged with the strategy of three midfielders and three attackers. But in this match, Shaqiri was installed as a shadow midfielder who appeared behind Mohamed Salah. While on the wing, Kloop still relies on Mane and Roberto Firmino's services.
Liverpool's appearance in the match means only relying on two defensive midfielders, namely Georginio WInaldum and Jordan Henderson. But the performance this time despite being different from before, Liverpool seemed to play very well and Shaqiri was one of the players who were quite great in that match.
That proved, with three goals in part time. But despite the impressive display from Shaqiri it turned out that in the second half Shaqiri was pulled out of Kloop. Kloop stated that in the second half Shaqiri was pulled out and replaced by James Milner for technical reasons.
Although in the first 45 minutes, the goal scored by Mohamed Salah was one of the influences of Shaqiri's role. But according to Southampton Kloop has begun to show resistance to Liverpool so he replaces James Milner to provide balance to the team.
It was part of the way Kloop controlled the match to find the main formation of a team that had never lost in the sixth week of the 2018 Premier League. Another reason was to prevent injury to a mainstay player who was influential enough on the team. []
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