The Brazilian made a mistake that put Leicester right back into the match in the 38th minute, with a gift goal presented on a silver platter for Jamie Vardy.
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Anfield was rocking as the team played with the type of swagger Jurgen Klopp had demanded of his players in order to inject some life into the now 54,000-capacity stadium. “We didn’t quite hit the standards that we know we can and they punished us”.
“We need to have atmospheres like this, not only when it’s the champions and we score four goals”, Klopp added after his side moved to fifth in the Premier League standings on seven points.
“We can be really good but we have to show that we can still be good when something happens in the game that we don’t want”.
But at times there was enough promise in this performance to suggest Manchester may not be the inevitable destination of the title again, 12 months after Leicester’s surprise title tilt. But we have to show this and we have to perform.
“We were waiting for this kind of football.
The noise can change games in both directions, it was wonderful that they could”.
“We knew we had to do the job today and that is what we did”, Klopp said.
“If somebody likes me, that’s nice – I like them all”.
“One of our strengths last season was when we lost a match (there was a) very good reaction and I am awaiting a very good reaction in Brugge”.
Danny Simpson was forced to withdraw in the first half through injury, and Ranieri said he will find out tomorrow if the defender will be fit enough to line up against the Belgian side.
Mane is now one of the first names on the team sheet and offers some frightening pace to a Liverpool unit that was sorely lacking it last season.
“We have a Champions League game to look forward to, we will wipe the slate clean and work on that”. Everything they tried to do was okay and they were inspired. Fortunately, we play every three days now; there is a new adventure in the Champions League and we have to recharge the battery, look how Liverpool won – with great spirit – and restore our way.
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