Thread by @CoachesVoice

🔍 West Ham created space for crosses but deliveries were overhit
🔍 Liverpool used a four-diamond-two
🔍 Visitors started to enjoy more success when finding midfielders between the lines

Tactical insight into Liverpool's 3-1 win over West Ham ⚒️ #WHULIV 🔴

🔍 West Ham set up in a 4-2-3-1 formation in which Vladimir Coufal, Craig Dawson, Angelo Ogbonna and Aaron Cresswell formed their back four, behind Declan Rice and Tomas Soucek (1/8) #WHULIV

🔍 They defended with a 4-4-2, via Jarrod Bowen and Pablo Fornals withdrawing into a deeper position and Saïd Benrahma advancing to alongside Michail Antonio (2/8) #WHULIV

🔍 Despite West Ham’s plan to negate the numerical disadvantage in midfield being structurally sound, they struggled to cope with movements between individuals and were often played through (3/8) #WHULIV

🔍 By their wide attackers moving infield West Ham also created space for Cresswell and Coufal to advance into, generating crossing opportunities, but those crosses were too often overhit (4/8) #WHULIV

🔍 Liverpool were organised into a four-diamond-two formation in which Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jordan Henderson, Nat Phillips and Andy Robertson formed their back four (5/8) #WHULIV

🔍 They defended with that same shape; Georginio Wijnaldum, Thiago Alcántara, James Milner and Xherdan Shaqiri formed their diamond midfield, behind Mo Salah and Divock Origi (6/8) #WHULIV

🔍 Liverpool regularly succeeded in advancing through the wider areas, often via Shaqiri dropping towards the ball and drawing an opponent while Milner or another teammate advanced (7/8) #WHULIV

🔍 They also posed an increased attacking threat when they began to access their midfielders in between the lines and then looked to switch possession to a wider area (8/8) #WHULIV