“This is the Premier League”.
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Jurgen Klopp emerged victorious in the battle between two of the most fiery managers in the Premier League as Liverpool won 2-1 against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Costa had been feeding on scraps for an hour until he tucked in his fifth goal of the season from Nemanja Matic’s pull-back.
A win at Arsenal on the opening day was followed up with a fighting point at Spurs, before a 4-1 thrashing of champions Leicester and then Friday’s win in west London.
“It’s not important that it’s my first defeat, it’s our first defeat – a Chelsea defeat”. We know we can play good football, we’re convinced about our quality.
“It’s always the same speech (from Klopp), always positive. We’ve had a great week in training so everyone was positive”.
“When you want to think like a great team you must pay attention in every moment”. We controlled our football.
Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was the man left grabbing thin air by Henderson’s strike, an effort he described to the Chelsea website as “world-class”.
The 47-year-old coach will take his team to the King Power Stadium on Tuesday for their League Cup third round clash against Leicester City.
“We dropped a little bit back in the second half, but in the end a fully deserved win”. It’s important to understand that every single game is very tough and we mustn’t forget last season.
“Last season was not a Chelsea season and now they are back on track, so we need to be ready for a real challenge”.
Chelsea were unbeaten in the run-up to the Liverpool game. “We tried to not let them have space but we conceded two goals, the first after a quick free-kick and the second after a throw-in and Henderson was free”.
“And they scored a goal but after the goal we managed it again”. He gives everything on the bench and we try to give everything on the pitch.
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The reds did the majority of their good work in the first half – dominating possession, goalscoring chances and the goals in the first 45 minutes to take a 2-0 half-time lead.
