The Kop boss added: “It is an absolutely awesome achievement and my respect grows day by day because it’s really intensive in the Premier League, especially with a team with worldwide matches too”. He always had my biggest respect but now it’s a little bit bigger since I’ve been here.
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‘It’s a job but it’s a really nice job to think about solutions and how to stop them coming through with their plan. “They had a very strong manager before (Brendan Rodgers), they have a very strong one now and Klopp has the personality to do well there”.
“But you don’t have to follow the Pato path any longer, that’s only private advice”.
Liverpool were without five senior first-team defenders for Friday’s FA Cup third-round draw against Exeter, with Klopp forced to play full-back Jose Enrique at the heart of the defence alongside debutant Tiago Ilori. With the Corinthians’ man having a good season in his loan-club Sao Paolo, Pato’s arrival to Anfield did not seem far away from reality. “We can be, we’re not that consistent in the performances in the last weeks but (the 1-0 win over) Stoke was a good sign of what my team is capable of”.
The Reds entertain league leaders Arsenal at Anfield tonight before they host fierce rivals Manchester United on Sunday, with both games potentially pivotal in the side’s league season.
It is also worth noting that the Gunners have won and drawn three of their last seven at Anfield, losing only once.
“Coutinho will not play but we also have some players who will not play”.
“That’s what we did in a few games and then we had a few problems and we can’t make step after step after step”.
Wenger on Klopp’s style: “We are used to that pressing”.
The packed fixture list in England over the Christmas and New Year period has come under fire from several Premier League managers, including Liverpool’s Juergen Klopp and Sunderland’s Sam Allardyce, but Wenger holds a different view. “We’re really looking forward, excited, it’s a good moment”.
“Wenger is a top manager, he has shown that unbelievably”, said Toure. You go from the clubs who are down in the table like Villa, who have to do something, to the clubs at the top.
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Thierry Henry, Robert Pires, Patrick Vieira and Freddie Ljungberg were just some of those players and Toure feels his and their development is down to the work of Wenger.
