“We all knew we didn’t perform to the right level on Saturday and we wanted to put that right”.
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“That is something which has gone very quiet so I am not too sure really”, he said.
Lallana, however, sprang to his manager’s defence and refused to blame Klopp for the injuries. Klopp has indicated that he may have to enter the transfer market to buy a defender.
Toure’s injury means he joins Lovren on the sidelines along with fellow defenders Martin Skrtel, Mamdou Sakho and Joe Gomez leaving Klopp without a recognised central defender to choose from against Exeter.
Liverpool’s injuries are not a coincidence, according to Graeme Souness, with the former Reds manager pointing to Jurgen Klopp’s tactics and training methods.
And the timing is doubly inconvenient for Klopp considering that upcoming games against Arsenal and United could go a long way to determining Liverpool’s Champions League hopes for this season.
Philippe Coutinho and Dejan Lovren are both set for spells out of the team after tests were conducted on their hamstring injuries.
But ex-boss Evans believes the intensity of their daily training combined with the pace of the matchday play could be to blame for their injury woes.
Andy Gray is backing Liverpool to take their first step towards FA Cup glory by beating Exeter in the third round on Friday night.
“In this part of the season after the last game, it is always easy to criticise things – you can say we have to make this better, or make that better”.
Kolo Touré also appeared to be clutching his hamstring in the late stages of the game but the manager is confident that the Ivorian’s problem was merely a knock.
“We got the goal, defended really well and had chances to make it more comfortable”.
He added: “We’ve more or less run out of centre-backs now so I think Jurgen will be looking to do something in the window”.
“These guys are young, they’re fit, they can recover quickly but even with those factors and an fantastic medical team they’re still struggling”.
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“The key was that we didn’t concede another and that was a danger”.
