Been our best centre half for me under Klopp. That video of yesterday just encapsulates the change from Lovren under Rodgers to Lovren under Klopp. Under Rodgers, he was asked to play out from the back. Which none of our centre half's are comfortable at. Let alone Lovren. And that lead to him putting the team in trouble more often than not. Now, he's just being asked to do what his job is. Defend. And he's doing it fantastically well as that vid shows. All you want from your centre half is someone who's dominant in the air and in the tackle/ positionally and just clears his lines or gives it to someone that can play. You get a Hyppia that can play brilliant. You have the all round package. But give me a solid defender who just defends and that's more than good enough. And that's what Lovren's remit now is without the added, unnecessary burden of being asked to play out from the back. And it's improved his game markedly. He's not had a jaw dropping glaring mistake filled game since West Ham early this season which speaks volumes for his turnaround as you'd of had him as a definite to leave when Klopp took over.
Now, he's a very reliable depth player at worse going forward.
Yet still he's the first to get jumped on by some of our support whilst the likes of Sakho, who's been horrible at times, carry this cult status. People need to let the pre-Klopp Lovren go and relish the turnaround into the solid centre half he's now become.
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