4 crucial factors in deciding the fate of the title race in the Premier League

#4 Liverpool must utilize the aerial prowess of their centre-backs in a better way:

Each one of Liverpool’s three centre-backs, Virgil Van Dijk, Dejan Lovren and Joel Matip, is very strong in the air, and capable of scoring goals from set-pieces with headers. Van Dijk scored a brace with headers against Watford last night, and now has 4 goals in 56 matches for them.

Matip has featured in the starting eleven in place of an injured Lovren in the last few matches and also has a very good header on him. The same goes for Lovren, and Liverpool can use the aerial prowess of its central defenders in a more effective way. They can prove to be very useful for their team by scoring goals with headers from set-pieces in crucial matches, just like Van Dijk did last night.

Klopp can think of putting more emphasis on set-pieces in the training ground and involving his defenders more actively in them.

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