Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers defends use of long-ball tactics to suit Christian Benteke

Kampusbet -   Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers defends use of long-ball tactics to suit Christian Benteke 

 

 

 

 

Judi Online -   Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has defended his side's more direct style of play this season.

Powerful forward Christian Benteke arrived from Aston Villa in the summer, and Rodgers has been accused of using long-ball tactics when the Belgian is on the pitch.

But while Rodgers admitted Liverpool were trying to play to Benteke's strengths, he insisted he had not compromised his, or the club's, playing style.

"When you bring in a certain profile of player, it gives you other options," said Rodgers.

"What he gives us is that threat in the box. When the ball comes in, he's a striker that's in the area.

"There are other ways of keeping the game alive, but when you have a 6ft 4in player like Christian when the ball comes into the box, because of his physicality and mobility it keeps the game alive that little bit longer.

Bandar Judi Bola Terbaik -  "As you see already, his touch is good. His ability to bring players into the game, whether that's with his feet or a little cushioned header, is a great skill."

He added: "It wasn't the case that we were smashing the ball into the box and playing off a second ball. I'm not against that. There's not a compromise.

"I said at the beginning of the season that we want the unpredictability to our game.

"Our conditions of our game won't change but hopefully because of the different types of players we have, and different strikers in particular, it gives that unpredictability to our game, which is important."