Liverpool 2-1 Leicester City: 5 Talking Points, Premier League 2019/20

#3 Tactical tweaks coupled with performances of Milner and Lovren help Liverpool secure three points

Milner added steel to Liverpool's midfield in return to the starting eleven.

Two important factors that played an important role in helping Liverpool win were some tactical tweaks and performances of Lovren and Milner.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp made two changes to the starting eleven with Dejan Lovren and James Milner coming in for Joe Gomez and Jordan Henderson respectively. Both Milner and Lovren justified their selections and had excellent outings against Leicester.

Lovren was a rock in defence alongside Virgil van Dijk, looking composed in possession and one v ones throughout the game. Lovren made quite a few important tackles and interceptions while coming up against Barnes, Maddison and Vardy. The Croatian carefully tracked the movements of Vardy and came up with a tackle of interception whenever a through ball was aimed for the striker.

Coming to the numbers, Lovren ended the game with a pass accuracy rate of 88%, made four recoveries, two interceptions and won 5/6 aerial duels. On the other hand, James Milner added steel to Liverpool's midfield and played an important part in recycling possession. Along with this, Milner provided a delightful assist to Sadio Mane for the opening goal and scored the all-important penalty that ensured Liverpool's perfect start to the season was maintained.

Talking about some of the tactical changes in position observed in the game, Sadio Mane operated from the right-wing, with Roberto Firmino operating as a left-winger. These changes were made to stop Ben Chilwell and Ricardo Pereira from making their overlapping runs or put in some teasing deliveries.