In the match against Tottenham on Saturday, Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho devised an ingenious plan to block the latter's free kick. When Christian Eriksen readied to take the free kick, the Liverpool midfielder dropped down on to his knees behind the wall — in perfect position to block the ball if the former attempted to sneak it under the wall.
Here is how twitter reacted:
Coutinho tho. New free kick tactic? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/M61vklYIuo
— Fatun #44 (@fatunkechyk) February 12, 2017
Philippe Coutinho strangely drops to one knee to defend a Tottenham free kick https://t.co/DXwp4b7p2b pic.twitter.com/0U5yVbPV3U
— Football RightNow (@FootyRightNow) February 12, 2017
Coutinho kneeling behind the wall in case Eriksen tried a low free kick. Very hipster. pic.twitter.com/4CoZUjvKcT
— Andy Ha (@_AndyHa) February 11, 2017
Coutinho's postion 4 that freekick
— Bazinga Cooper (@iqdefinesyou) February 11, 2017
Lallana atmptng all the tricks
Sadio Mane's goals
Full Time Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham#LFC #LIVTOT #Spurs pic.twitter.com/S5NV3XZW5f
@mrjakehumphrey coutinho bringing idea from international football to domestic, below free kick was about to be taken by Messi pic.twitter.com/l63nXL91Uq
— Carl_H ⚽️ (@CarlH_THFC77) February 11, 2017
Coutinho when the free kick goes over the wall pic.twitter.com/q3AXmL8vBR
— Tim (@TeertsMit) February 11, 2017
Coutinho on one knee behind the wall in case Eriksen tried to play the free kick under the wall #LIVTOT pic.twitter.com/TsNWEURapi
— 👑 DaddyMO 🎓 (@officialdaddymo) February 11, 2017
Coutinho revolutionising free-kick wall tactics pic.twitter.com/y5pngDHdGx
— Irish-Kölner Jung (@Effzehpool) February 11, 2017