Liverpool kick off their Premier League season away at Arsenal next Sunday.
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“Sadio can go down the outside, he can come inside, he has got a goal in his locker like he produced against Barcelona”, added Lallana.
“From the beginning it was two teams with totally different [pre-season] momentum, it was clear from the very start of the game”, Enrique explained at a post-match press conference.
“I’m happy with the squad but then on the injury side if something happens we have to react”, he said.
Both Jordan Henderson and summer signing Georginio Wijnaldum could be in contention for a starting place in the middle of the park, while Marko Grujic’s impressive displays this summer may see him become a factor as the season gets underway. “But I was never anxious about him settling in”, added the England worldwide. He could have had a goal against AC Milan but it didn’t matter.
“I don’t have a silly team, I don’t have to tell them that’s how it works”.
“Each and every one of us worked our socks off, gave everything for each other and we got our rewards in the end with the goals”.
And in a triple blow for Liverpool, another player who’s facing a race against time to make the trip to the capital is Lovren as the defender was taken off during the closing stages of the win over Barcelona. “I have no idea how good Barca can finally be, but I’m pretty sure better than today”. “If it’s hard – and there will be some hard moments this season – we have to trust our style of play, our philosophy and all of the things we usually do”.
“But the only job to do today was to play football as good as possible and we did it”. After the first goal, we had chances, but then we let in two quick goals and that was the match. The good thing is that they are all healthy physically and it was good to keep our pre-season going.
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This is something that’s been a problem for Klopp, unless he has an insanely talented side (like his 2011-2013 Dortmund team), ever since he rose to prominence as one of the best managers in Europe.
