Looked at from the opposition point of view, I'm not sure how you would set up against our front 3. Hoping they all have a bad day isn't much of a strategy though.
For me that is a good question but one thats been answered by several sides
1. Roma decided to press very high. It worked for 20mins TBH. Our midfield is fairly poor at ball retention and we gave it away too much. It was a 50/50 type game and they had one good chance
2. Roma played 3 v 3 at the back with two wing backs pushed right on to stop our full backs pushing on. Once we figured this out we just played long to the wide areas and salah and mane had a field day.
if yuo take those tow isseus and you apply the following:
1. Press only in own half. Let LFC CBs have it.
2. play 4 at back and leave no gaps, don't push full backs on unless at right time (ie you have ball and lfc have retreated)
3. focus on hitting salah and the like the minute the ball arrives. no time to settle on it.
We have seen several sides sit deep v lfc and nullify our forwards..... The issue is where do you get salah to play, centrally or push him out wide right collecting nothing balls and recycling. Give him that space and no space inside and no sapce to run into.
Its not about hoping our forwards don't fire its about guiding them into less dangerous areas to get the ball and most of all stopping that direct ball towards salah as any time there any sort of race for it he is winning it and setting us up.
Its not classic hoofer play as hes not competing aerially. its a long ball for him to run onto in channels and if you leave gaps he will run you. we simply beat the press by doing what lesser sides do to us. bypass midfield or midfield just look for the instant ball themselves.