The BBC’s Garth Crooks, a former Tottenham Hotspur striker, went even further in suggesting Liverpool could be relegated with the 24-year-old Moreno in their team.
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However, Klopp said today: “Are we doing this every time someone’s performance isn’t very good then we talk about it in a press conference?”
“I can not be interested in criticism from other people”.
“It’s a different role but one I’ll embrace and I’ll play wherever the manager wants me to play as long as it benefits the team”. The world is not satisfied with our left-back?
“Football is a game you can not play without making mistakes”. We made two mistakes and they scored two goals and we didn’t create any big chances.
Alberto Moreno is the club’s much-maligned first-choice left-back, and back-up to him is midfielder James Milner.
Leicester’s Ben Chilwell was a target over the summer but opted to sign a new contract with the Premier League champions.
Klopp has not ruled out bringing in someone else but it does not appear to be a priority.
“Lallana, who is in his third season at Anfield, added: “[Jurgen Klopp] says a sign of a good game is having a lot of men in the box and I think if you look at my goal there are six players in the box and he highlighted that.
“That’s how he wants us to play”.
“We are not blind and we have other options”.
“We expected to create better chances than we did”.
“But I would think about it if I could change it, and I can’t change it”.
The pair missed last week’s win at Arsenal with hip and ankle problems respectively but have recovered, although forward Sadio Mane is a doubt after sustaining a shoulder injury in training.
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“It was a challenge between two players up in the air and Sadio fell on his shoulder coming down – it is not that serious”, the coach said.
