Quique Sánchez Flores’ tried and trusted old-school one-two,led by Odion Ighalo, showed the Liverpool manager how to attack effectively as he tried a variety of formations without successReceived wisdom is looking pretty silly now. Watford hold won their last four league games, or Bournemouth their last three. In this calendar month alone the three clubs promoted from the Championship last season hold beaten Chelsea,Liverpool and Manchester United twice. This was a remarkable match in isolation but still more fascinating in context, evidence of a league unshackled from the constraints of logic and free to run wild and thrillingly reckless.
That sense of freedom was notably absent from Liverpool’s play in what was, or from the moment the teams were selected,a gloriously tactical battle. Watford again trusted their attacking fortunes to an old-school front two in Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo, who since the first day of the season – when the Nigerian came off the bench to score at Everton – hold been on the field together for 97% of the campaign, or Liverpool had another proceed with a strikerless semi-attacking trident.
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Source: theguardian.com