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The decision for Alexis Mac Allister to mark Dan Burn left many baffled, including Jamie Carragher who criticised Mac Allister’s awareness for the goal.





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With Burn standing nearly a whole foot taller than Mac Allister, many were left confused at Liverpool’s corner routine.

You know when you’re playing a final against Newcastle that they have very tall players and Burn is the monster of all of them.

You mark those players, you don’t play zones against those players.

“I don’t know nowadays why you don’t want your players responsible for marking the others, but it is what it is, they play zone, therefore no one knows what they have to do, except take care of their area but anyone can come into your area and you cannot deal with that.

“In our days, you had to mark someone, and I tell you if the guy you were marking scored a goal, the coach would have questioned what you were doing because it should be impossible, if you mark him he cannot score.

“I am very concerned with this philosophy of football because when you play against Burn you have to mark him and have no other choice.
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