Benteke’s header was his ninth league goal of the season with six of those coming off the bench to take him two clear of team-mate Divock Origi and former Reds striker Andy Carroll, who have four goals each.
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Germany global Emre Can was voted the Young Player of the Season. “We should have killed it off and I’m disappointed not to have the three points”. Bertrand Traore, starting in the place of the injured Diego Costa, had the first real chance of the game on eight minutes, cutting inside and beating two defenders but his eventual finish deflected into the path of Mignolet. “We had a lot of moments around the box when we shot when we should have passed”. “We showed nice touches at times but maybe didn’t put together a complete performance like we’d like – but we kept going and managed to get a point against a good team”.
“I’m really looking forward to pre-season. I don’t care about how big the opponent is we will say nothing about the situation”.
Despite another fightback Jurgen Klopp, who brought up his 50th match in charge in just 217 days, the quickest time of any Liverpool manager, urged his players to have more faith in their own abilities. “We can make this a fortress and our performances will ultimately do that, and if we’re doing the business on the field [the fans] will get right behind us and create an incredible atmosphere”, continued Milner. “Making my debut at Anfield is going to give me confidence and give me the drive to keep going, keep trying and see what I can achieve”.
“It’s not special because we didn’t win”. They can not go home now when they are off. Almost all of them have national team games now but you can not have six weeks off.
“On the one side we play a little bit too often and it’s too intense training but usually we are in a good shape and you saw against Chelsea that Emre played again after three weeks off”.
“We all believe that something is able to happen, no matter how late in the game it is”.
It is understood that incoming Bayern coach Carlo Ancelotti is livid at having lost such important staff members to Liverpool, but it is a further sign of how much is changing under Klopp’s leadership.
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“This means a lot to me, because it comes from my team-mates”, Coutinho said.
