The sacking of Brendan Rodgers and instant appointment of Jurgen Klopp have worked magic, Liverpool are winning matches consecutively and playing wonderful football to the delight of the fans.
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“For him it’s better how we did it in the last two games, but it’s flawless to have him back as an option on the bench”.
“That is best for everybody”.
“I can wait every day, it is no problem if someone tells me “Now he is available” and next time he will play with us, no problem. It looks easier when you are on a good run”.
Klopp has explained in the past that the 21 year old must learn to do his defensive duties even when he tires during a game, and he said he has spoken a lot to the Germany global about developing his game and his stamina in matches.
He down-played parallels between the work he is now overseeing and the team he built at Borussia Dortmund which usurped Bayern Munich to win back-to-back titles. “So in my opinion [stability is] very important”, said the German, who has Emre Can suspended this weekend. We have good players and they need to come through this. “All the world is talking about ball possession, but we have to have a plan for when we have the ball and when we don’t”.
“He knows this, we often talk about it. We speak the same language, so we can talk about it”.
“You have to know your responsibility as a football player”. “If you do it three times, you have to change it immediately – and we did it three times”. “We know we can get better, and we know there is still a long way to go”.
“We only know about the way to go”.
And he will undergo further tests tomorrow to understand if he is ready to face Steve McClaren’s side on Sunday afternoon. We always do. But we have the same thinking.
Villa, who are bottom of the table and have not won for 13 league games, will arrive on the south coast without Jack Grealish after the young winger was left out for a second successive week. That is a good thing.
‘For me in this moment it’s not important.
“We don’t think about this”. This Sunday, Moreno will have to focus more on the defensive side of the ball since he will likely be marking Moussa Sissoko, Newcastle’s leading assister. That’s what we have to do in football. “If can do it we won’t have a bad season”.
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Jordan Henderson is also edging closer to his first start since August.
