It was a day to forget for Liverpool fans against Brentford, but the game provided Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain with his 18th goal for the Reds and the 29-year-old shared how he learned from his current and former teammates to play for his new role. .
Speaking to the club’s official website, the former Arsenal man said: “I’ve watched Sadio and Mo play in that position for years and one thing they’ve both done exceptionally well is provide goals for the team. Obviously, it’s a little bit different when Darwin is playing up the middle because he’s a huge threat from behind and usually when Bobby plays that role, he’s the one who drops a little bit deeper and fills up half the space.
“So, that’s been my role from there, to be the one who falls deep and tries to link, but eventually gets up on Darwin’s beat and Mo’s beat and goes in and goes around the box. That is what I think in the last games, I have been missing that real goal threat. So, it was good to have that opportunity and take advantage of it. But it’s a shame it doesn’t mean anything and the prevailing feeling is disappointment.”
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There are certainly worse people to learn from than Sadio Mane and Mo Salah, but our number 15 was right to say that he has to play the position differently than the pair played it in their prime together.
Watching Bobby Firmino drop deep and do the same, the Englishman has probably become less of a goal threat in recent games and it’s clear that Jurgen Klopp asked him to be more direct in the second half against Thomas Frank’s side. .
It looks like Cody Gakpo will now be thrown straight into the team against Wolves in the FA Cup and therefore our utility striker and midfielder may once again be benched for the Reds.
Despite many criticizing his time at Anfield and apparently not being too upset about his likely departure this summer, he has been of great use to the team when we have needed him most, filling in during times of injury and the absence of others.
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