Leicester City 0-4 Liverpool: 5 Talking Points and Tactical Analysis | Premier League 2019-20

#2 Jamie Vardy starved of service

Vardy was starved of service throughout and consequently struggled to threaten Liverpool's backline

As mentioned earlier, Rodgers' tactical plan backfired miserably and Leicester were left ruthlessly exposed by the league leaders. Jamie Vardy has been the in-form striker, but the 32-year-old never looked like doing so - not for want of trying.

The league's top marksman has 17 goals this term and Klopp would have been naive to send his side out without a special plan specifically to stop him. They ended up not needing to, as the Englishman only had 22 touches over the 90 minutes - instead cutting off the supply into him was more important.

Tielemans and Praet were seen as the deep-lying creators tasked with teeing up Vardy. Although both tried with varying degrees of success, they had to remain disciplined and were forced into more defensive work than they would have liked as Liverpool dominated possession from the early exchanges.

Vardy was forced to feed off scraps and not given chances to run unopposed in the final third, allowing Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez particularly to marshall him well.