Liverpool moved into 10th place on the competition ladder with a 1-0 win over Leicester City on Boxing Day, and have a chance to close the gap on fourth-placed Tottenham to five points with a win over Sunderland on Wednesday night.
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Reds boss Klopp therefore insists his side has no right to take anything for granted, despite Sunderland’s position in the relegation zone and their chastening 4-1 defeat at Manchester City in their last game.
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“But it was really good and I hope he stays fit and he will help us of course, he’s high quality player”. “What we have to create is a stable level of performance, that’s what we have to work on”, Klopp told reporters on Tuesday.
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“There’s no reason to doubt the mentality of the team, that they’ll maybe think “it’s only Sunderland” or anything like that… nobody in the team is like this”. Nobody in the team thinks “it’s only Sunderland”.
He expects Sunderland to be desperate to bounce back from their defeat at City and so will prepare his players for a physical battle.
“While everything is OK we say, ‘Yes, it’s OK, ‘ and I think we should give him time to play”. They will go back to their roots.
Jordon Ibe has returned to training after illness and a late decision will be taken on his involvement, but fellow midfielder James Milner is still out with a calf injury.
Allardyce is ready to change his formation to protect Brown.
That in turn should see the out-of-form Lallana drop to the bench, leaving Brazilian duo Coutinho and Firmino to play in support of Benteke who should be trusted to lead the line following his goal and productive talks with Klopp.
“What I know is that Liverpool FC are a really cool club and its great fun working here.” .
Following an upturn in results after Allardyce took charge in October, Sunderland have lost their last four games to leave them five points adrift of safety ahead of the latest round of fixtures going into their final game of 2015.
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Asked about Allardyce, he said: “He’s a good enough manager to keep them up, but the only thing that will be on my mind will be to get the three points”.
