But Liverpool, who had drawn each of their new manager’s first two matches in charge, were held once again as Mane bundled in his fifth goal in five matches with four minutes remaining. But it is better than if we win the first game but don’t know why.
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“I don’t think we can with the amount of injuries we have”.
“I make the changes not because this tournament isn’t important for me”.
“I saw things that were better, a few that were not so good; a few of these things were because we played on Thursday but it is like it is”.
“That’s pretty normal. It’s the time you need to change your movements and all these things”.
“One of our qualities is to keep the ball and have good attacking movements and create chances, and I think our offensive performance was not good enough because Liverpool played strongly physically and defensively”.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp speaks to media following his side’s 1-1 draw with Southampton, and notes that Liverpool are improving despite the result. We didn’t have the easiest opponents to play against. I know that when you’re new at a club you have to accept that the way is hard. Bournemouth is my first game in this cup and very important but we’ve had three games in last eight nine days so we have to change. My faith in this team is really big.
The Brazilian is now working under his fifth boss at Liverpool since arriving iat Anfield in 2007, which makes him the longest-serving player in the current squad.
“I don’t know how many changes I will make”. No. I really want to win, and so this is why we change.
“We have injured players, suspended players, little problems where we don’t want to risk people”.
Sturridge missed the end of last season with a hip injury which required surgery and didn’t return to action until the end of September against Norwich, but his comeback only lasted three games before he was struck down with another knee issue.
But Lijnders, who was retained by the German when he arrived at the club, insists Klopp has already altered Liverpool’s philosophy, adding the side are showing definite signs of improvement. “It’s only a goal, you can always come back and that’s what we have to understand”.
“Teams like Liverpool, if they have a change in management, there is always a change in expectation”. “He is getting better, but we have to wait”.
“We reacted well after going a goal behind”. “We have the game against Stoke”.
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“It nearly takes the pressure off the league and could potentially give us the confidence to go to Liverpool without the worry of points”.
