“This was a very serious, professional display from our side”, Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said.
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The impressive Sadio Mane teed up Divock Origi for the Reds’ opener on 15 minutes and Roberto Firmino nodded home their second (22).
But Klopp said: “He has a little bit of a problem with the head and a little bit of pain in the ankle”. I couldn’t see any contact, but it’s not that serious.
On the subject of Can’s injury, Klopp said: ‘It’s not that big (of a) pain anymore, but it’s the ankle he had problems with at the end of last season, so he’s a little bit anxious.
“Hopefully it’s nothing too serious”.
Sadio Mane returned to the Liverpool side last night after missing the weekend’s defeat to Burnley with a shoulder injury. “It’s important if it’s a friendly or whatever, we always want to win”.
There were no goals last night from the Reds’ summer signing put plenty of promising passes, link-up play and his teammates around him seemed to thrive off his return as he was at the centre of almost all of their good play. “I think it’s clear what both strikers have to do – and then in the end hopefully it is a very hard decision to choose between them”.
“It’s hard for our lads to compete with that sort of quality”, said Clough. We are just trying to get used to the Championship for the first time, so to play a team who I think can go close to challenging for the Premier League title, certainly the top four, was too much for us. “When you think we finished with a couple of teenagers and a 20 or 21-year-old, you could train with them for a couple of seasons and not gain the experience they’ve got tonight”.
Klopp took Liverpool to the final last season, losing to Manchester City on penalties, after succeeding Brendan Rodgers two months into the campaign.
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Burton will be playing local rivals Derby on Friday night.
