Ahead of tonight’s EFL Cup semi-final against Lallana’s previous club, Liverpool boss Klopp has revealed that the England midfielder’s first season on Merseyside did not go to plan.
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Despite dominating possession for much of the first half, Liverpool were toothless in attack and the eight-time League Cup winners nearly fell further behind in the 43rd minute.
Southampton vs Liverpool live football streaming & score: The Semifinal between Manchester United vs Hull City had the final result score of 2-0.
Nathan Redmond capitalised on another Ragnar Klavan error to send the Saints halfway towards the EFL Cup final with a 1-0 first leg win.
“There is no more pressure on us”.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp rules out the possibility of selling Philippe Coutinho amid speculation that Barcelona are lining up a £60m bid for the playmaker. I said to the lads past year that it will not be the last final we will be involved in after Basel. The optimistic diagnosis from Liverpool was that he may feature on New Year’s Eve against Manchester City.
Puel did not select the Portugal global for Saturday’s FA Cup draw at Norwich.
There’s a storm abrewin’ at centre back as well for Claude Puel’s team – Jose Fonte isn’t now being considered for selection after handing in a transfer request. “It is important to keep stability”, said Puel, whose club haven t reached the League Cup final since a 1979 defeat against Nottingham Forest. Firmino struggled to break down a stubborn Southampton unit, particularly when defending their lead – but did manage to test Forster with a second half drive, to no avail. “We don’t know the future for Jose”. Indeed, the home side’s tendency to sit deep and close spaces between the lines denied Liverpool’s forward-thinking players the space that their usually fluid movement craves. If somebody sees it like this, I can not change it, so I won’t waste time to try to explain why we did it.
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“In this moment I would say it makes sense for him to be involved against Southampton, in the squad, and we will see what happens there – whether we have to use him or not or whatever”.
