#4 Divock Origi's hold-up play
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It is an aspect of his game that he often gets criticised for, but today, Origi's strength and pace came to the fore against Gareth McAuley and Jonny Evans. He was strong aerially as well, which helped him hugely on the day, against the massive structures that the West Brom defenders are.
But what Origi showed was not the hold-up play of a traditional no. 9. He was brilliant with the ball at his feet in the West Brom half, which helped buy some time for the Liverpool defenders defenders. His pace and trickery were often too much from McAuley and Evans, who ended up fouling him on several occasions.
Given his chance in Sadio Mane's absence, Origi is making full use of it. It was his trickery that helped his turn past Evans and win the free-kick which led to the only goal of the game.
