And Moreno, who arrived from Sevilla in summer 2014, admits that he is flourishing under the “100 per cent change” in management style under Jurgen Klopp but took aim at the German’s predecessor. He wants you to offer not 100pc, but 200pc, when you are performing and I think I offer that. I feel he trusts me. Currently, new boss Jurgen Klopp is having to rely on midfielder Lucas Leiva to act as his translator.
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“The thing is, I’m not really into the Beatles – it’s not my type of music!”
The Spaniard still has plenty of potential, and his pace helps Liverpool going forward, but he must improve defensively if he is to become one of the Premier League’s better left backs.
Klopp has put more emphasis on discipline – as is proved by him banning wives and girlfriends from Melwood – and has driven home the message that he will not spend time thinking about the players he does not have at his disposal through injury and, instead, will focus on the ones he has. When I am defending, he tells me to be aggressive and stay tight to the person that I am marking.
“The board has two wheels at the back and if you lean forward it moves forward…but it just runs on the power the dog has and I get pulled along, so I can save my legs for the football!” Each training session is quite tactical. Ibe is the anomaly, while the likes of Steven Gerrard, Michael Owen, Raheem Sterling, Jon Flanagan etc. just went straight into first-team contention when they were deemed ready. I think perhaps you can start to see that on the field where we are working as one and seem united as a group now.
It’s a tricky subject, but it’s good to know that the new manager is showing an interest in this part of the game and in our young, promising players in general. “But we will try to take our ideas and change a few things for the future”. I am confident that it will come good.
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Liverpool’s first-team coach, Pep Lijnders, gave an interview during the week in which he tried to explain how manager Jürgen Klopp’s favoured method of counter-pressing works in this Liverpool team.
