Bournemouth head to Liverpool on Wednesday determined to leave Jurgen Klopp still searching for his first victory.
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp appeared confused by the League Cup process after seeing his side pick up a 1-0 victory over AFC Bournemouth in the fourth round on Wednesday.
Klopp handed full debuts to Teixeira, Connor Randall and Cameron Brannagan as he made nine changes, while opposite number Eddie Howe brought in six new faces in a bid to pull off an upset that would have provided the ideal tonic following back-to-back 5-1 defeats in the Premier League.
“I have not been here long enough to understand everything about the meaning that English people attach to cups”.
“I am satisfied, the boys did really well”.
“That’s pretty normal. It’s the time you need to change your movements and all these things”.
“We have to talk about Daniel when he can train”, he said.
One result in particular that shocked the world was that Middlesbrough managed to eliminate Louis Van Gaal’s Manchester United on penalties following a goalless draw at Old Trafford. It’s an easy excuse and we don’t want to go down that route – we’re better than that.
“I’m sure the manager would want a bit more time on the training pitch but as a player you want to be playing as much as you can”. This is an opportunity for us to do that against a really good side and if we do manage it then it will give us great confidence.
“You could see we had many chances against an opponent who played I think almost with their first team at this moment”. “With our striker situation we can take absolutely no risk”.
It looks like Benteke will be in contention so I’d expect him to start up front with young striker Divock Origi given a well-earned rest as he’s worked hard leading the line while Benteke and Sturridge have been unavailable. With players on loan, whether we can get them back or not, that’s really different to Germany.
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“He is ready. He is prepared for this league, he is physically strong, a good technician and usually he is a good finisher. But I think Christian will be back”, the German manager said.
