“I have played against [Dortmund] a couple of times”.
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We try to learn as much as we can but, in the end, in my opinion it’s not so important when you are preparing a game to know all about English football, just to study the opponent’s last three or four games.
Klopp said: “He has to be patient and work”. I’ve watched Newcastle a couple of times in recent weeks and there are ways to lose football matches and the ways they’ve lost in recent weeks haven’t been good.
Liverpool have won seven of their last eight matches and Klopp’s effect in revitalising the same group of players who stagnated under predecessor Brendan Rodgers has generated some serious momentum.
Klopp built something special at Borussia Dortmund and he has already inspired the most remarkable of revivals at Anfield leading to heady talk of the Reds mounting a title challenge.
Newcastle sits 19th in the standings with 10 points, and manager Steve McClaren reportedly is on the brink of losing his job less than halfway through his first season in charge.
“We didn’t have a Dortmund plan and say, “Ok, give us three years and we’ll win the German title”.
“That is how it should be and I hope it will stay like this and we have more players than we need”.
“There was some doubt about the heel but he feels good and that is really good for us when you see who we will play in December and January. We know we can get better, and we know there is still a long way to go”.
“We only know about the way to go”. We will wait, I can wait, until he is available.
“It’s not allowed to start a game like we did against Southampton, Chelsea and Crystal Palace”, Klopp said at a press conference on Friday.
The midweek line-up for Southampton had seven changes from last weekend’s league win over Swansea City and the manner of the victory showed that Klopp does have some options available to him, and some decent competition for places. That is a good thing.
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There is enough time (to stay up) and I think there is enough (quality) in that dressing room to do so. Newcastle at home is never that easy a game and th emapgpies have some of the best if not the best fans in the Premier League, you can guarantee on Sunday the atmosphere is going to be magical and I think that the home crowd can inspire the team here. If you travel to Newcastle, you have to get as many points as you can.
