Klopp has given a little insight into Robertson's new role, as Trent adapts to being a hybrid midfielder.
Jurgen Klopp
That's a bit football-specific but, of course, it changed the role slightly, that's clear. We cannot have one full-back in the centre of the field and the other one constantly high up on the left side. That's difficult.
So Robbo has to judge the situations when he can be involved, like, I don't know which goal number at Leeds, but when Diogo passes the ball and then he overlaps and passes the ball to Cody, Mo, goal.
These situations are still there. But in the first moment of the build-up, yes, his positioning has changed slightly. But he's obviously a very experienced player, a very smart player and he knows when we need him there.
Today it was a bit of a mix because we needed as well width and depth. That means from time to time he had to be high – but that just depends on the moment and the situation.
The boys have to learn to read these situations right and do these things in the right moment.
Today, obviously Nottingham tried to man-mark both sixes and 10s with Hendo and Curtis, that makes life slightly tricky and gave Ibou a lot of moments on the ball and in the beginning he didn't use it that well.
Oh, now I remember Diogo's chance – the long ball from Ibou and a really good header and a really good save.
So, Ibou had a lot of time and space. And that's the next thing, if an opponent is doing that, how can we help Ibou to use those moments slightly better? It's, if you want, early days with that kind of system, so we have to work on that.
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