Liverpool winger Jordon Ibe is keen to learn as much as possible from manager Jurgen Klopp as he introduces new ideas in training.
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Liverpool look to win their first match in the UEFA Europa League as they travel to the Kazan Arena to face Rubin Kazan in a Group B battle. “It’s even good for those players who can’t play in this moment to see how we work”. If we combine those two bets in a score-cast, then we get very tempting odds of 25/1.
After the match Klopp said Ibe still had plenty of developing to do and the youngster is keen to benefit from the German’s vast experience. “We would have liked more, of course, but we created the chances, and it wasn’t easy to play in that atmosphere on that pitch against defensive opponents”.
However, Liverpool should be in confident mood as they warmed up for the game with a stunning 3-1 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday and Klopp will be hoping to follow that up with his first win in Europe since becoming boss.
Liverpool came close to their second just before the hour mark as Ibe took a corner kick and Lovren headed it on goal, but Ryzhikov made another clutch save. “Coutinho had a little bit of a hamstring”. “It’s never going to be easy – it’s going to be a tough fixture for us because they showed what they could do at Anfield”, mused the 27-year old, reflecting on the first meeting between these two sides.
“We changed a few things to create more and I’m really satisfied how we did it”. That was one reason Klopp brought the strongest squad available to him.
Liverpool host Crystal Palace in the league on Sunday, with one point separating the sides. We did really well, we had our chances and could have had more (goals).
The tongue-in-cheek comment is sure to rile Chelsea fans, who have seen the Blues win just three of their opening 11 games in England’s top tier this term. “They are all nice guys with big skills with big passion – all that we need and now we can work together”.
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Jordon Ibe is on the lips of many after his match-winning performance against Rubin Kazan.
