“It is not the place to announce line-ups but of course we have to think about it but in a positive way”, Klopp told reporters on Thursday.
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“You need to make changes and everyone is under pressure but the most important thing is this is the past”, Klopp said today. “Our last transfer window was busy and I don’t want to have these busy windows”.
“We are 100 per cent aware of the difficulties we could have in this game”. It was hard because I came back late to pre-season and I was not fit for the start of the season and then I got the injury and then it was hard for me.
“This is a very important tournament for us, for the players, and we have to show it from the first second”.
“It was a good game, a 3-0 against Derby, they are a good team”.
‘When I came from the Serbian league, I didn’t really do a lot of defensive things.
Klopp added that striker Daniel Sturridge is back training with the team after recovering from a minor hip problem and could be in contention to start against the Tigers. We have to think why so many people think we have big problems against ‘bus parking.’ I am not sure Hull will do this and I can not remember a lot of space against Chelsea or Tottenham.
“I know that. The coach here wants me to do more in defence”.
The defeat at Turf Moor raised concerns about Klopp’s side inability to beat teams who sit deep in an effort to frustrate their opponent, but the Reds boss insisted that the team are hungry for results in every game and do not approach encounters with sides further down the Premier League table any differently.
With the game petering out, Klopp shuffled his pack and handed a full debut to 18-year-old Ovie Ejaria, who was named on the bench against Chelsea.
However, Klopp says he has yet to make a decision and is keeping his cards close to his chest about his selection options.
Imagine if Liverpool had kept these three, all of whom were let go too early… In 2011/12 their outlay was £8.6m, an amount that Ian Ayre, their chief executive, said “we will always try to reduce”. On the one hand, it could be argued that Liverpool have sold well; that they have not wasted time when players have been deemed of little use and that they have also, at times, maximised value.
Derby were struggling to really impose themselves on the game yet were seemingly dealing with Liverpool’s threat – until Richard Keogh went to sleep on 24 minutes.
“A lot of things were really good, but it was not the flawless game. That’s how it is but we are on a good way still and tonight was another professional performance, so all good – not more, but not less”.
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Despite never winning the Premier League – sorry for that opening line Liverpool fans – the Reds have had some world class players grace the stands of Anfield over the years.
