Sturridge watched from the stands as his teammates battled to a 1-0 victory over league leaders Leicester which ended a run of four games without a win.
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However, Klopp is not taking anything for granted and the German is expected a tough battle against their relegation-threatened opponents.
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But Fitzpatrick was masterful on the Jets’ five scoring drives, during which he was 20 of 24 for 263 yards and three touchdowns. Of his own performance, Taylor explained, “A couple of runs were called and some of it was just me improvising”.
“We have such quality at headers that we could use this at set-plays, but we haven’t often enough”.
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DeRozan has carried the Raptors over the last 10 games or so. “To be honest, it should be better”, Lowry told reporters. On Saturday afternoon, Prunty took two of those run-busting timeouts during the second quarter against the Raptors .
Asked if that kind of contribution is likely to bring the Belgian into contention for a starting berth as the festive schedule continues, the manager said: “He did really well in the last week in training but for today, we decided on this starting line-up because of the things you saw from Divock in the first half an hour”.
“We had like a “man conversation” and I think it is going to help me and help the team”. That s the only reason why we travel there. “It is how we react mentally now”. I don’t think we are exhausted.
“That is how he is, he gets his rhythm and it is really important he stays in this”. They will go back to their roots. We knew we had to lose eventually, so we must forget.
They face Sunderland on Wednesday, with Jürgen Klopp continuing to insist that Daniel Sturridge must prove his fitness on the grass of the Melwood training centre before his return to first-team action, despite the player’s claims on social media that he is ready.
Meanwhile, midfielder Jordon Ibe has returned to training after illness and Klopp will make a late decision on his inclusion or otherwise for the trip to Wearside.
Meanwhile, Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce admits he is taking a risk by turning to veteran defender Wes Brown against Liverpool.
The decisive moment of the encounter came when Roberto Firmino picked out Benteke with a cross from the left and the Liverpool No. 9 sent an unerring side-foot finish into the bottom corner.
With Younes Kaboul facing up to two months out with a torn hamstring, Allardyce is short on options for the Liverpool clash.
‘My big concern is that I could have covered any injury apart from one to John O’Shea, ‘ he explained.
“I am still a young player and I want to learn”, he said.
“We know that he s getting a little bit older and he s not quite as quick as he used to be”.
Kompany is now unlikely to play on Tuesday at the start of a run of fixtures that will see City play four successive away games in 12 days.
“I think from the game (against Leicester) we have no other problems”. But now, all of a sudden, that confidence is shattered again.
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