Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy has questioned Jurgen Klopp’s instance to play out from the back after the 2-0 defeat at Burnley.
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At the end of a day that Gray hoped would be remembered for a landmark goal in his career, he was making headlines for distinctly unsavoury reasons. I want to penetrate, create and take chances.
“The tweets were posted four years ago when I was a completely different person to the man I am now”.
“I saw crosses – really good crosses – when nobody was in the box”.
“This incident should act as a reminder to all players of their conduct on social media”.
The former Belgium worldwide partied like it was 2008 again as he ghosted past to tee up Andre Gray for Burnley’s second of the afternoon. But I am sorry he didn’t cost £55m so it can not be good. “It’s been insane and something I’ve dreamed of since I was playing at Luton”, he told Clarets Player.
“I’ve just got to believe in myself”.
Visitors Liverpool had 80% of the possession, took 26 shots of which five were on target, and earned 12 corners, according to BBC Sport.
Burnley’s 19 per cent possession is the lowest total by a winning side in the Premier League since the statistic was first recorded in the 2003-04 season.
‘This is the first time Sam has been properly fit, ‘ said manager Sean Dyche.
To do it in their second game will help settle the newcomers’ nerves. Georginio Wijnaldum had his second start of the new season against the Clarets, and spoke to the club following the match in an effort to make sense of the loss.
“But I would say spending in itself is not a quality”. “I think that was a slightly quicker tempo than he’s used to but he’ll mature with us and get used to the league and a nice bit of calmness with the slide pass to set Andre off”.
What followed at Turf Moor would have had most managers reaching straight for the cheque book although Klopp insisted that might not be the case.
“Burnley will have watched the game at Arsenal last week and thought ‘tell you what, we’ll go and have a press as well”.
“That is, for me, what is most disappointing – we don’t speak about the performances of the players anymore. But we did. Now we have to accept the result and carry on”.
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“It was a hard game for us, we passed the ball, lost the ball at the wrong moments”.
