I am really starting to worry the cat is out of the bag regarding his lack of press resistance. We are seeing a recurring trend of him being pressed and hoofing it up the line into touch/to salah who is then crowded and loses it. I first noticed at Spurs last season. Then again this season. It was most glaring against Napoli. We have now seen it twice this week.
The question arises, is this a fundamental problem with the player, a fundamental issues with the coaching, or is this actually an intended behaviour, as instructed by Klopp?
Having watched Trent come through from U18 level, the last thing I'd say about him is that he has a fundamental lack of press resistance.
My personal opinion is that we actually utilise our fullbacks awfully, playing them into situations where they have zero good options, having to either dribble inside or find a pass into the channel.
Our fullbacks are currently playing a non-role in Klopp's system, they are deep and narrow in the build up, playing at times almost where you'd expect a centre half to be, while being deep and wide in the final third, not being allowed to hold the width high and take on the full back, because instead Klopp wants his central midfielders high and narrow, literally in the offensive line at times, but also not allowed to sit narrow and become auxiliary midfielders a-la Pep as you would expect.
Their role currently, is to not give away chances for offensive transitions to the opposition in the build up, and not allow the opposition wingers behind them when we are trying to penetrate.
It's no surprise that two attacking, talented full backs, are playing poorly when expected to play with such limitations.