“This game showed what we can do”, Klopp said. This game showed again what we can do and how we can play.
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Liverpool still have a maddening streak of inconsistency that sees them deliver results such as the 2-0 defeat at Burnley last week but this performance, and the opening weekend win at Arsenal, are significant signposts for the future.
Jurgen Klopp returns to the scene of his first game as Liverpool manager at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday, still searching for an effective winning formula. Simon Mignolet saved our lives then, now he had one brilliant save.
They gave away possession cheaply, were physically outmuscled by Spurs and offered a lot of time and space to the likes of Lamela and Eriksen. “Of course they know they should score”.
Four points from three games is by no means disappointing, but Klopp will have hoped for better. “There were not plenty more chances for a home game for a football-playing team, a good side like Tottenham”.
Mane thought he had doubled Liverpool’s lead in the 56th minute, but Adam Lallana was adjudged to have strayed offside before he squared the ball for the Senegal worldwide to score.
Pochettino was unable to say whether the illness would rule Walker out of the first England squad named by Sam Allardyce on Sunday.
Spurs finally drew level in the 72nd minute through Rose who smashed in a loose ball.
“Ultimately we are disappointed”, he said. Vorm in the Tottenham goal heavily involved in the first half – saving with his legs after a Coutinho shot sent him the wrong way.
“It is true we wanted to play a little bit long but we started to make some mistakes”.
“We should be more clinical”.
Liverpool were out early ahead of the second period and came close to a second in the 47th minute when Georginio Wijnaldum sent one towards the top corner, but the ball just drifted high of Vorm’s goal. They had some chances but not too much.
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“Full-back is not only a winger in the offensive situations, it’s something like eight (roles) in different moments so that’s a really good position for Milly”. It’s not easy when you play a team that are flawless on the counter-attack and you need to take risks. “We didn’t do enough in the second half so it was probably a fair result in the end”.
