Jurgen Klopp explains new Liverpool formation and makes Luis Diaz claim
Jurgen Klopp paid tribute to Luis Diaz after the £49m January signing overcame a tricky afternoon against Norwich City to score his first goal for Liverpool.
The Reds fell behind to a Milot Rashica strike shortly after the restart, prompting the German to introduce Divock Origi and Thiago Alcantara as Liverpool changed formation.
Moving Sadio Mane back to his natural left-wing position, Diaz went central alongside Origi as the Reds swapped to a 4-4-2 formation with Klopp admitting the change was necessary after Norwich had surprised them tactically.
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“You analyse an opponent and you use the last game they played and some other games and you see some things which you want to use,” he told reporters after the final whistle.
“But during the game you realise they analysed their own game as well and changed that completely so you have to find other ways.
“We could have scored earlier in the game with two massive chances from Kostas and the header from Virgil when he squared the ball.
"I thought there were two players from us who could finish it off, I don’t know why we didn’t do that and you don’t score.
“At half-time, it’s not that we said we have to change