“I saw in the eyes of all the players they wanted to win”.
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– Poll: What will be the outcome of the Chelsea v Liverpool match? “Everyone wants to do their best for the manager, the fans and themselves”.
Even their ability to overcome the blow of conceding early to Ramires’s header was in marked contrast to a few of Liverpool’s early performances under Klopp. Set-pieces, too, are unsafe with John Terry and Cahill.
“He is emotional, I am emotional but we are full of enough respect after the whistle that normal life starts again and you can talk normally about things that happen and that is what we did”.
Both teams have six players on the sidelines and it will be crucial for Klopp and Howe to use their squad players for rotation. The former Borussia Dortmund manager, though, is relatively confident that Benteke will be fit for their crucial clash against the Premier League champions.
Simon Mignolet hasn’t been bad this season but he has also been quite inconsistent.
Willian has arguably been Chelsea’s best performer and could exploit Alberto Moreno’s occasionally slack defending, while also being a reliable defensive presence against him too.
Jose Mourinho or whoever takes over Chelsea must clear out most of the first team players and bring in younger players with the right qualities to reclaim the premier league or any trophy. They’ve suffered due to the poor form of Coutinho, although Adam Lallana has looked lively over the past fortnight.
“We didn’t have the best start in the game”.
There were several positives for the Merseyside giants to take from Wednesday evening’s fixture, and a handful of key performers; here are our Liverpool player ratings.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp praised his Brazilian playmaker Roberto Firmino for his role in Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Bournemouth in the Capital One Cup on Wednesday evening.
Arsenal, Chelsea and Man Utd were all knocked out of the cup at this stage but Man City and Everton are two interesting opponents left in the competition. “They tried to make high pressure but we could play in the spaces between”.
Only once in 15 games this season they have managed to score more than a single goal, which was against Aston Villa, now bottom of the league.
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Liverpool under the tutelage of Jurgen Klopp are fast becoming a force to reckon with; their passing is improving, movement on and off the ball is good and in front of goal they are deadly.
