Arne Slot reveals why he has IMMEDIATELY changed key Jurgen Klopp tactic

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has revealed his thinking behind a huge change in the tactics immediately after taking over from Jurgen Klopp.

Arne Slot has been talking with Jamie Carragher for Sky Sports about his start at Liverpool. The Dutchman is now one competitive game into his tenure - a 2-0 win at Ipswich Town.

It wasn't the perfect win, with Liverpool struggling for control in the first half. Things turned around dramatically after half time, though, with the Reds dominating the fixture and finding two goals.

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There's more to come, in other words, and the most interesting part of this one was seeing the changes Slot wants to implement. One of those was at full-back, where Liverpool are far more narrow then under Jurgen Klopp.

Slot wants his full-backs tucking in, whereas the Reds' former manager had them stay wide to offer complete width. That did change slightly in his final 18 months, with Trent Alexander-Arnold tucking into midfield more often but outside of that, the full-backs were wide players.

So why the immediate change? Carragher asked Slot for his reasoning - and the Dutchman had an in-depth response.

Arne Slot on his full-backs

"The idea of the full-backs not being that wide - it depends, also, on the press from the other team - but if the full-backs are all down the line and then you play [to] the full-back, he's very far away from some other players and it takes really long to get the ball over there," Slot explained.

"So if you're playing closer to each other, the ball goes faster from one foot to the other and that gives less time to the opponent to defend."

It'll be particularly interesting to see how Andy Robertson adapts to this, given his strength has always been as a wing-back, essentially. We imagine there will be far more underlapping runs as a result - which could see him end up in the box a lot more.

This is just one of the changes Slot will look to implement but it's one of the most obvious game-to-game. Liverpool will move the ball far quicker as a result - whether it leads to the same attacking output from full-back is another matter.