And he has impressed boss Jürgen Klopp enough to be given a place in the starting XI alongside talents such as Daniel Sturridge and Roberto Firmino.
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Xherdan Shaqiri clipped in a free-kick and Bojan was free to glance a 22nd-minute header past Simon Mignolet.
Liverpool began the second half just as well, Origi benefiting from more indecision from Haugaard to convert James Milner’s 50th-minute cross. The Premier League table does not make pleasant reading, but his side have been playing well for several weeks.
Liverpool have won five of their last six league meetings against Stoke, with the other game being a 6-1 loss on the final day of last season. Scored 2 goals in the succession of 20 minutes, Origi has shown what Liverpool fans can expect from him in the near future.
Although Henderson has not played to anywhere near the best of his abilities this season, Liverpool’s Premier League statistics with and without him in the side make very interesting reading.
Origi then somehow missed the target with half the goal to aim at from Moreno’s cross, but he soon put that right by making it four.
“I’m sure it will be another special European night at Anfield and I think it could go all the way”. But we kept on letting ourselves down by not switching on when the ball went dead.
“He kept [full Premier League debutant Sheyi] Ojo in the game when he spoke to him on the pitch, and he was really smart in his defending – closing down spaces”.
JURGEN Klopp says the big passion of Kolo Toure and Martin Skrtel helped Liverpool handle Stoke’s “long ball festival”.
“I know I can perform a lot better than I am now but it’s just that fitness and the repetition of playing 90 minutes is important as well”. The last injury he used (to increase) his body strength.
Ojo was the spark for Liverpool in this game and he even got an assist as he set up Daniel Sturridge for the second goal. He really wanted to shoot. He’s in a good way.
If Liverpool can win the Europa League and punch their ticket back to the Champions League, they will be ahead of schedule and be able to compete with the likes of Manchester City and Tottenham, who will both likely have the luxury of luring bigger names.
Jürgen Klopp is among those pursuing Dahoud’s signature as the Liverpool manager embarks on a summer rebuilding programme at Anfield.
BVB are still in with a chance of winning the Bundesliga, they’ve been averaging over three goals a game in the Westfalenstadion, and in Marco Reus, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mats Hummels they have three of the most sought-after players in world football.
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Despite his injury problems Sturridge still has scored 48 times in 84 appearances for the club and although that is an impressive strike rate he wants to improve it.
