Chelsea have won both their opening league games courtesy of late goals from Diego Costa, and winger Eden Hazard believes the manner of their victories is testament to the effect of new manager Antonio Conte.
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Goals from Andre Gray and Sam Vokes condemned Liverpool to their first loss of the season at Turf Moor, in a match which saw James Milner start at left-back and the Reds second-best across the field, with Philippe Coutinho has been named our early loser of the weekend.
“It depends a little bit on what the doc will tell me, but it’s not really likely that we will change seven or eight positions or something like this – I’m not sure we could do, it’s not the plan. I know you [questioners] would all buy a left-back but a midfielder?” said a defiant Klopp.
“We could have done much better”.
“Emre Can was on the bench, he had a back problem, Lucas Leiva is injured and you ask me for a hard midfield player”. It is information I did not want – but I knew it before. I understand that Arsenal was not a ideal game – we scored four so obviously we can score goals, but we conceded three so obviously we have a defensive problem.
While that may be easier said than done, it’s widely expected that Liverpool will improve as the season goes on as Klopp’s summer signings continue to return from injury setbacks and settle into the squad. When we were ready for crossing we had no-one in the box and that makes 0.0 per cent sense.
“Obviously there’s no such thing as a free game because you want to win and get through but this is as close as it gets for us”, said the Brewers boss, who was at Anfield between 1993 and 1996.
‘It’s not a defending problem, it’s an offensive problem. They could not defend against us like they wanted.
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“We have another day, today is not the highest intensity of training – it’s not possible. We put ourselves under pressure”. It will be a good opportunity for him to take a look at some players, and for others who may not be up to speed just yet to get some minutes under their belts.
