Five things we learned from Liverpool v Burnley

Faultless full-backs

Burnley’s Boyd.

Forest Gump would probably get a game for the Clarets. Sean Dyche loves industry in his team, especially away from home where Burnley played six at the back for large parts, with George Boyd and Scott Arfield operating as auxiliary full-backs.

The Burnley manager got his tactics spot on in this respect, as the overlapping threat of Nathaniel Clyne and James Milner was negated, as the pair were not allowed to gallop beyond the Clarets’ full-backs.

The Burnley gaffer gets a lot of criticism for playing the pair, however, Burnley should have come away from Anfield with at least a point, and this was largely down these tactics.

Robbie Brady does not look fit enough yet to hold down a starting spot and with Johann Berg Gudmundsson out injured, Dyche used this tried and tested tactic with two players he trusts implicitly.

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