Five reasons Jurgen Klopp dropped the ball this season

SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND - JANUARY 02:  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp (r) remonstrates with referee Anthony Taylor (2nd left) and his officials after the Premier League match between Sunderland and Liverpool at Stadium of Light on January 2, 2017 in Sunderland, England.  (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Liverpool have had a horrible start to the year

#2 No ‘plan B’

HULL, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 04: Jurgen Klopp, Manager of Liverpool reacts during the Premier League match between Hull City and Liverpool at KCOM Stadium on February 4, 2017 in Hull, England.  (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
Klopp’s team doesn’t have a Plan B when opposition defences sit deep

During the first half of the season, Liverpool tormented each and every defence in the Premier League for fun but since the turn of the new year, it has been evident that the system is not working out properly. Their game and tactics have been figured out by the opposition, and opposition managers have pushed bodies to crowd inside the penalty area which causes Liverpool to retreat and built attacks again.

In the last one and half months, Liverpool have struggled to break down opponents but Klopp still persits with the same system week in, week out. The Merseyside manager should have reverted to more direct tactics in order to bring the Reds out of their misery. It is a bit surprising to see Klopp being so adamant with his tactics.

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