Klopp also recently revealed there is no agreement between himself and Dortmund that states the Liverpool manager can not sign any of his former players.
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The Sky pundit said of the Swansea game: “I could have counted the amount of attempts on one hand and the build-up play was just too slow, which seems to be the case when Philippe Coutinho is out”.
Lallana backed Klopp to keep getting the best out of the team, saying the German’s insistence on hard work reminded him of his playing days at Southampton – when he was arguably in the best form of his career – under current Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino.
Liverpool ran riot to reach the League Cup semifinals with a 6-1 thrashing of Southampton on Wednesday (Thursday NZ time) in which Divock Origi grabbed a hat-trick and Daniel Sturridge scored twice.
“Every game is different and you have to be able to win in different games and different styles”.
It probably will not come as much of a surprise that quite a few tweeters quite impressed with his assist. But now his break starts and I told him: ‘When you are here, of course, you can come whenever you want, you can train with us if you think it is good for you.
Lucas Leiva is back from suspension while Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Henderson (both foot) should be in the squad again.
After winning back-to-back games for the first time this season, against Stoke City and Crystal Palace Sunderland face four of last season’s top-six in Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool in their next five Premiership games.
“All great players can play together”. It’s football. We have to play football.
“This is always a crucial period”.
“You have to be realistic with expectations and I think Juergen Klopp is now maximising the potential of the team, but that doesn’t mean they’re going to win the league”. As Koeman said, Saints only have “two opportunities to win a title”, this and the FA Cup.
“It is a great chance of a trophy”.
Despite Klopp’s endorsement, Swansea failed to record a single shot on target at Anfield as they lost to James Milner’s 62nd-minute penalty.
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This is a good opportunity for Liverpool to get to a semi final of a major competition and Klopp will be eager to give his side a chance of silverware.
