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It was a hugely frustrating day for Virgil van Dijk(Image: Chris Brunskill/Fantasista, Getty Images)

Kieran Trippier admitted to Micah Richards that Newcastle United altered their corner-kick game plan to sidestep the aerial prowess of Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk during their Wembley clash.

The right-back consistently delivered high, out-swinging corners, targeting areas near the penalty spot or the back post for the likes of Dan Burn and Joelinton to attack.

Their unorthodox style reaped the rewards minutes before half-time when Burn met Trippier's flat corner perfectly and directed an extraordinary header into the far corner.



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They had almost scored from a similar scenario when Burn nodded a cross back across goal to Bruno Guimaraes, who could only direct his effort into the arms of Caoimhin Kelleher.

Trippier explained post-match to ex-Manchester City star Richards about Eddie Howe's plan to avoid Van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate.

Speaking on The Rest Is Football podcast, Richards said: "A lot of people will talk about the goal but did people see the fade from Kieran Trippier.

I spoke to him after the game and he said he did not put any in-swingers in, because Virgil van Dijk dominates those areas.

"He said he would go for the centre or the back post and lift it a little bit higher, because Dan Burn is taller than everyone.

So if he could get a little bit of a run and the ball in was just amazing.

"When the ball is that high, lots of people talk about what the difference is between an in-swinger and an out-swinger, why do people put fade, bend or curl on it, whatever it may be.

When the ball is that high, hit with a bit of swerve but it is flat, then you have to get more power in the header.

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"When it is an in-swinger, you can sort of just glance it, but to get the power in the corner, seeing it live as well, I was thinking, 'you cannot possibly score from there' because there was no power on the ball.
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