Lucas Leiva is a key figure for Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool, according to Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher – and he has the statistics to prove it.
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Coutinho, who played a starring role for Liverpool as they annihilated Manchester City at the Etihad on Saturday, will discover his injury fate on Tuesday with Liverpool getting a second opinion after medical assessments at Melwood, as claimed in the report.
It would be wrong to say that Klopp’s time at Anfield has gone perfectly, as he suffered his first Premier League loss against Crystal Palace last weekend before a vast improvement against City.
“But also when you’re that narrow, you can make penetrating runs from there because City centre-backs like to step out and be aggressive and when they’re on the edge of the box, they always hold that line”.
The win reignited Liverpool’s hopes of a top-four finish, and perhaps beyond, this season, but Murphy wants to temper expectations given the shortage of time Klopp has been in charge.
Liverpool celebrating victory against Manchester City.
He said: “We need to turn the page as soon as we can”.
The England global said: “I have had a silly amount of managers in my career. We played our game and scored a fourth goal”.
Dunga’s baffling decision to omit both men from Brazil’s recent squad for World Cup qualifiers against Argentina and Peru worked out beautifully for Liverpool, who put the extra two weeks they enjoyed together in training to good use. “That is what you saw all day”, Carragher added.
“When they played away in a lot of game they played with a lot of intensity but it is very hard to compare after two or three games in a new season”.
Like Skrtel, Mignolet said the Reds should try to approach each game with the same focus and energy they showed against Manchester City – starting with Thursday’s UEFA Europa League game against Bordeaux.
“We wants us all to be the same – to be fighting for the team and fighting for the club and that’s what we’re all doing”.
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“(There were) brilliant moments against Man City but we were far away from flawless. It is unfortunate but it is football, it is the way things go, and we have got a top-class replacement in.
