I've been having success again with this tactics - the original version.
I had found the defense leaky on my Liverpool side but i switched matip (my best centre back) for klavan, and Henderson as dlp (s) for wijnaldum, in order to increase the adaptability to the player role, and somehow, now it ticks again! Rock solid defense and devastating attack.
I tried this at Dortmund aswell, where my defense was horrible, to say the least.
I brought a new center back and right full back, and I switched guerreiro (poor tackling, marking and positioning) for schmelzer, and all solved.
Perhaps with the right players this tactic is still working flawlessly?