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It was during the Man City match earlier in the season when Liverpool fans’ initial anxiety over Roy Hodgson’s appointment first seemed justified. The then-faces of Sky, Andy Gray and Richard Keys, gushed over Liverpool finally doing what they wanted and acquiring a nice 4-4-2-playing English manager who would play Steven Gerrard in his proper place in central midfield, before showing the merits of man-to-man marking over zonal, getting nice and touch-tight. Then, predictably, Liverpool got mauled 3:0 by a dominant City side with the fancy Dan scarf-wearing foreigner coach. Several months later, Liverpool returned the favour and did so with much of that losing side’s set-up still intact. Funny old game, eh? Liverpool started the game in something resembling a 4-2-3-1, while Roberto Mancini set up in either a 4-4-2 or a 4-2-3-1 depending on whether you view Carlos Tevez’s role as a forward or midfielder. The game started quietly; both sides trying to get a feel for the other. There was little to note tactically, except for the struggles of Yaya Toure. For the majority of his time at City, he’s been played in an attacking midfield role and he was often pushing on very high before melancholically [...]
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