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think this is the best summary of what happened

http://www.espnfc.com/barclays-premi...le-michael-cox

In terms of the system, however, things were more confused. Rodgers received plaudits for his formation switches, which were effective but little more than putting the "SAS" -- and, increasingly, the "SASAS" -- in their most dangerous positions for individual matches and overrunning opposition within the opening half hour.

The strategy of attacking with speed and directness was actually the opposite of the approach Rodgers had initially preached at Liverpool, which was about ball retention and patient build-up. To a certain extent, things simply fell into place.

Liverpool's title charge was comparable to Chelsea's victorious 2009-10 season, when Carlo Ancelotti never found his best system, or even his best XI, but won the title by maximising the individual brilliance of Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka, Florent Malouda and Frank Lampard at different points of the campaign.

The next season, when those players couldn't reach the same heights, Chelsea went alarmingly flat because there was no system to fall back upon, and Ancelotti was dismissed at the end of the campaign.