The new Liverpool manager had sought out Origi before the match to personally explain what he wanted and expected from a player he clearly already rated highly after a previous failed attempt to bring him to Borussia Dortmund.
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However, Emre Can is suspended after picking up his fifth yellow card of the season during the win over Saints.
Giles thinks that most managers expect and encourage players to play with confidence but warn them not to lose the ball in certain areas.
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Jurgen Klopp said he finally understood the hype around Daniel Sturridge after the striker scored two goals as Liverpool thrashed Southampton.
The latterly-mentioned marauding Spanish full-back has been the Reds’ creator-in-chief this term, with just Milner responsible for carving out more clear-cut goalscoring opportunities; a lot of the vice-captain’s chances have been worked from set-piece situations, meaning Moreno is Liverpool’s most creative open-play footballer in 2015/16.
“It will be of course a tough game for us”.
“I said to Sturridge after the game “now I know what everybody is talking about so thank you”, Klopp stated. His attitude is, when we get the ball everyone is going to look for it, if you make a mistake don’t worry about it, I’ll take responsibility for that.
“He wants us all to be the same; to be fighting for the team and fighting for the club, and that’s what we’re all doing”.
“I told the referee if he gave the goal to Alberto it would be nice because I like to involve everybody.” said Origi. We fight very hard, we press high and we have quality everywhere.
Many felt that starting the forward was a risk for Klopp as he left Christian Benteke and Roberto Firmino on the bench, but he showed that the manager had made the right decision.
Ronald Koeman’s team were seeking a reaction to successive defeats by Manchester City and Stoke City and they wasted no time getting started at St Mary’s.
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Rarely a game goes by these days without Liverpool fans seeing a beaming Klopp embracing his players at the final whistle. “The defence starts in front but the home team’s performance defensively in the first half was not good”.
