Blackburn - Liverpool achieved victory over Blackburn Rovers on Thursday (9/4) pm dawn, leaving a bad story. The Reds defender Mamadou Sakho, left the field with a hamstring injury.
The match against Blackburn is an FA Cup quarter-final replay match. Previously, the two teams played to a 0-0 draw at Anfield on March 8.
In the match at Ewood Park replay it, success Liverpool win 1-0 thanks to goals from Philippe Coutinho in the 70th minute. Not only appear dominant, Liverpool also appear solid at the back. Liverpool also qualified for the semifinals and will face Aston Villa on 19 April.
Without the presence of Martin Skrtel and Emre Can, the Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers, leaving three defenders formation. The man from Northern Ireland chose to return to the four defenders and play a 4-3-3 formation. Sakho and Dejan Lovren played as a central defender, while Glen Johnson and Alberto Moreno placed on both sides.
"You could see the shape of our team today, we return to play 4-3-3," Rodgers said as quoted by the official club website.
"The placement of our position on the pitch good, we can maintain control of the ball and get into the final third of the pitch with creative game players forward," he added.
Unpalatable to Liverpool just Sakho injury. French defender was called the Daily Mail suffered a hamstring injury and was replaced by Kolo Toure in the 28th minute.
However, Rodgers was not too worried. The match against Blackburn showed that his team play comfortably with the formation of four defenders. Dejan Lovren and Glen Johnson, who later was not included into the starting XI-- judged look good.
"Glen Johnson and Dejan Lovren rarely get a chance to play recently and they look amazing. I think, Joe Allen is also special in the midfield," said Rodgers.(detikSport)
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