“Liverpool are in such good form away from home so you’d have to fancy them to win there”, the Englishman has written on his official Facebook page.
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‘I said, at this moment maybe we deserved a point and sometimes you have to get dirty points and I have no problems with dirty points, not in games like this today but if you asked me who is the more deserving victor, then my feeling is it’s more Newcastle’. It was the plan before the game, together with medical department that we said ‘OK, round about 50, 55, 60 minutes would be good for him and obviously good for us, that’s to play. The first bit of luck was the ball staying at my feet.
“What Dortmund had, I can see that in the Liverpool team”.
Liverpool went into the game chasing an eighth win in nine games, which would have taken them to within three points of the Champions League places, but Wijnaldum forced an own goal by Martin Skrtel and scored himself to leave them six points adrift of the top four in seventh place.
“It is not allowed to start the game as we did at Southampton and against Chelsea and against Crystal Palace (conceding early goals)”.
But as the half wore on, the Magpies started to make an impression with Wijnaldum and Moussa Sissoko prominent, and Papiss Cisse might have fired them ahead eight minutes later when, after skipper Fabricio Coloccini had dispossessed Benteke on the edge of the Newcastle penalty area, Wijnaldum slid the striker in. My prediction of 2-1 is on offer at odds of 15/2 and I also like the look of Firmino opening the score at 11/2. It was disappointing but unfortunately that’s football, things change quick and you have to get over it. We knew that would take time and it’s taking time. The most recent 6-1 victory in the Capital One Cup against Southampton has given people the idea that Liverpool could actually be title contenders.
Klopp admits he was too optimistic about Philippe Coutinho’s injury and he may not yet be ready to return.
With Emre Can suspended and Jordan Henderson still battling back from injury, Klopp will likely select Joe Allen and James Milneras his supporting midfielders in a three-man engine room. “We expect to win the game”.
Geordie legend Alan Shearer says; “Klopp has been a breath of fresh air … he has a positivity about him and it seems as though he has been around his players for a long time”.
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FC’s Mark Donaldson reacts to Newcastle’s shock win over Liverpool, and notes that luck was there for the Tyenside club.
