Ten points from their opening five Premier League matches has them handily placed in sixth after a hard start saw them go to Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham.
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Grujic agreed a deal to join the 18-time English champions from Red Star Belgrade in January before he was loaned back to the Serbian club.
“When I make a final decision for the next game it doesn’t mean we will go like this for the next five years”.
Why should it be easier?
“We have two very strong goalkeepers and we think about how they can perform and how their specific skills can help the team”.
“We all know that when you play at home at 3pm it is so different to Thursday night against Dortmund”, said Klopp, ahead of this weekend’s visit of Hull City.
Liverpool are looking to shake off the perception that they’re unable to break down the Premier League’s smaller sides. We don’t have to rate opponents before and say against this should be easy-football is never easy.
There is a perception that some of the smaller teams adopt a defensive approach against the bigger clubs by “parking the bus”, as Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho once described it.
“We need to be maximum concentrated”. We brought in the players we wanted. “Not the name, not the players, only the style of play, what do we have to do, where are the opportunities, where is the space we can create, that’s all what we do”.
“Our transfer window was quite busy and I don’t want it to be that busy in future”.
“Development doesn’t stop after one year, you should have more time”. Nobody calls and says: “come on, sell, we need money”. It is very important to find the right words for this.
The pair were rested for the midweek EFL Cup win over Derby, with striker Daniel Sturridge also sitting that out after missing training with a niggle which could put his place against the Tigers in doubt.
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Mane, Adam Lallana and Georginio Wijnaldum all sat out the win at Derby but are set to return for the game against Hull, although Klopp is not sure whether he will have Daniel Sturridge available or not.
