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Liverpool Defenders 'Not Doing Anything Different' After Questions Raised Over Style

Liverpool duo Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joe Gomez insisted that they have not changed their defensive tactics this season, after questions were raised over the style of their efforts at the back.

The Reds have looked uncharacteristically shaky in front of their own goal so far this season, playing a higher line than expected and getting caught out much more often than usual.

Speaking on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football, Neville said: “I asked Joe Gomez and Trent Alexander-Arnold on the pitch after the Norwich game, the first question I asked them was 'it looks like you're basically pushing up a lot more, or you're holding your line a lot higher'

“They said they weren't, they said they hadn't been working on anything different in training, but there's three or four examples now.