Brendan Rodgers believes the decision to position Jordan Henderson in a more advanced berth against West Bromwich Albion paid dividends after he played a telling role in Liverpool's 2-1 victory on Saturday.

The midfielder claimed the assist for Adam Lallana's opener on the stroke of half-time, executing a slick one-two with his England colleague to open up the visiting defence and allow the Reds' summer signing from Southampton to net his first for the club.

Saido Berahino drew West Brom level shortly after the re-start when he won and converted a penalty; however, Henderson had the decisive say, steering home a winner from Raheem Sterling's cut back in front of the Kop.

"We flipped the midfield triangle about and played with Stevie controlling and Jordan just in advance of that," Rodgerstold his post-match press conference, elaborating on the decision to adjust his midfield triumvirate. "It gave him more licence to go into the corridor.

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"He's the one player in the country that can really dominate a game without the ball due to his running capacity. He has great physicality in the game and today was about trying to get him forward that bit more and encouraging him to go [forward].

"That forward run allows him to offer the combination with Adam for the first goal, and for the second goal he arrived in the box and finished really, really well.

"It was a big performance from him today."

Rodgers hinted that Liverpool fans may become accustomed to seeing Henderson operating further forward, revealing the vice-captain has been encouraged