Jamie Carragher has identified a new tactic from Arne Slot's Liverpool and it's left both he and Gary Neville scratching their heads.
Liverpool started the Slot era with a 2-0 win over newly promoted Ipswich Town on Saturday, thanks to goals from Diogo Jota and Mo Salah in the second half.
The Reds struggled in the first half of the lunchtime kick-off but were much improved in the second and showed glimpses of a new style of football.
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Liverpool have been embedded into Jurgen Klopp's way of doing things but Slot has his own approach and that was evident on Saturday.
And Carragher picked up on one element of their game which he has "never seen before".
He was analysing the new style from Slot during Monday Night Football on Sky Sports and was mystified about a decision taken by Andy Robertson when Virgil van Dijk had the ball.
Instead of pushing wide, Robertson ran around Van Dijk to get the ball in the box.
Carragher said: "I think the natural thing here as the ball is going round the back, considering Ipswich are playing with a front four to press, would be Andy Robertson to come here [push wide].
"But what's really interesting is to watch where he goes to receive the ball and help Virgil van Dijk.
"[It's] something I've never really seen before. Going around the back of him! Hopefully, we'll understand at some stage."
Neville was also confused and unsure about what the benefit of Robertson making the movement was.
He felt as though goalkeeper Alisson Becker could have done the same thing in taking the ball.
"I marvel at these players and how teams play out from the back," Neville commented.
"But I wonder what is the benefit that you're trying to look for there? What's the advantage? You've got Alisson there who can do that exact same job.
"Why would Arne Slot coach Robertson to run behind Van Dijk into the space where Alisson can do that job? What advantage has he seen there for his team?"
Though he's aware Slot loves attacking through the middle of the pitch, Carragher is still searching for an explanation and hopes to get one from the man responsible.
He continued: "Listen, this is new to us I'll ask Arne Slot, hopefully, I'm interviewing him ahead of next week's game against Brentford. But he definitely likes to use the centre of the pitch. He's always got numbers centrally.
"I'm sure we'll get to the bottom of it. But Robertson did that which I found very interesting."
Liverpool host Brentford at Anfield on Sunday, with kick-off at 16:30.
Topics: Arne Slot, Jamie Carragher, Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool, Football
Josh Lawless