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I expect part of this is the way we now have enough players up front to be able to rotate them. When all we had was Mane/Firmino/Salah and that combo played every game then it’s understandable that they knew what the guys either side of them would do and could play those blind/first-touch passes.
I dunno… so you can push a defender 6’ out of position, then immediately play the ball straight into the space he was defending and score?