First match at home (for Liverpool), new stand and I think we started well but after the first goal we lost our counter and they played so well.
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Leicester City might be the Premier League defending champions but they sure didn’t play in such fashion on Saturday.
A Lucas Leiva mistake gifted Jamie Vardy a goal just before half-time, but Adam Lallana’s stunning strike restored Liverpool’s two-goal cushion in the 56th minute.
“We didn’t quite hit the standards that we know we can and they punished us – they’re a good side”, Schmeichel told the club’s official website. We were waiting for this type of football, very aggressive.
I didn’t speak about the goal we conceded, I spoke about the reaction we showed after the goal – that made no sense.
Klopp revealed he had brought his players to the redeveloped stadium on Thursday for a training session to help them acclimatise to their new surroundings. [They had] a good action, good attitude, great spirit and that’s it.
Leicester only suffered three defeats on their way to winning the Premier League, but have now lost twice already in four games this term. When he plays well, the rest of the side seem to be singing from the same hymn sheet going forward.
“You know when you lose some players [to injury] you lose also your composure but it is not only one or two players”.
Mane pounced on Sturridge’s deflected pass and held up the ball in the area before teeing up Lallana, whose stunning first-time effort rifled into the top-left corner.
He said: “I will be happy if they (defenders) are afraid of me because it will make it easier for me. We arrive tonight in Leicester and tomorrow morning we will check and will see what happened”.
Fuchs went as far to say that Liverpool “look a very strong team this season” showing that the club are becoming respected among the league under Klopp’s direction. Everything they tried to do was okay and it was hard for us.
“We have a Champions League game to look forward to, we will wipe the slate clean and work on that”.
Henderson wasted a flawless opportunity to put the game beyond all reasonable doubt on 78 minutes, but Firmino ensured his team-mate wouldn’t rue that miss when he slotted home in the 89th minute. “We tried in the second half, but everything Liverpool tried came good”.
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