He started the game. He never made way. "Making way" would be to lose his position in the starting line up.The fact that he played further back is kind of backing my point up that I think Klopp rates him and counts him as an important player.
Lovely goal and some sumptuous touches as well, I forgot to mention. There was a particular ball he played into Firmino in the box when the easy ball was to the overlapping Clyne. It caught Arsenal out and Firmino had an effort. A lot of players would have played that simple ball to Clyne. Nothing wrong with that but it just shows when he has players with good movement and touch around him and like him, you can see he thrives.
Also got punished for a brilliant tackle, hope that doesn't stop him from tackling like that in future. That was one area I was concerned with him being in the midfield 3.
I can understand that he's probably adjusting to playing in a midfield 3, that's a fair assessment, at times he seemed lost thinking about what he wanted to do (him losing the ball out of bounds under no pressure can probably be attributed to that). I watched the game again looking at him and Hendo, and it seems that his play generally was affected by a lack of confidence. When he is on his best, he turns on the ball brilliantly, the Cruyff turn that he has is simply sublime. But yesterday, bar the goal, you really didn't see that in him at all. His turnovers really hurt the team today, in terms of flow and, in one instance, led directly to us conceding.
Perhaps he will need time to adjust to that position. But will he have that time though? If Klopp continues with the 4-3-3, he will have more chances for sure, as his only other competition at this point is Stewart, Wijnaldum and Grujic. He just needs to believe in himself and what he can do more, then he will excel in that role I reckon.
