Liverpool recovered from conceding inside the first minute to thrash Southampton 6-1 away in the League Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday as Juergen Klopp’s impressive start as manager continued.
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Origi scored his first goal for Liverpool against Southampton in the 6-1 League Cup win on Wednesday night, and added another two goals to seal a hat-trick in the one-sided affair at St. Mary’s. In his likely absence, Roberto Firmino is in contention for a recall at St James’ Park.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits he was too optimistic about Philippe Coutinho’s injury and he may not yet be ready to return. “Sometimes it happens like this and there is nothing to criticise – he has tried everything he can”.
“We were too optimistic with Phil. He’s trained almost but he doesn’t feel comfortable”. We have to be careful with the muscle. “We may have to wait a long time to enjoy a football match like we did tonight”. Not with the whole game – we had some problems early on, but then we started playing the game! But yesterday nobody gave me the sign. “We can do much better than today”.
The Merseyside outfit are six points behind joint Premier League leaders Manchester City and Leicester City ahead of their trip to Steve McClaren’s Newcastle.
“At this moment, he is available for the weekend and we will have to see whether we decide to play him”.
“He has lifted all of the fans, he has lifted all of the staff and you can see that he has lifted all of the players as well”, said Gerrard, who has been training with his old club. “He showed exactly what he is about and we want him back and in the team”.
“He felt each muscle after the game, but it was intensive”.
‘I heard about Newcastle and knew a bit about their problems in the a year ago. Something isn’t right when you change the manager. “It’s possible we could play the same team again”.
“It’s important we give Hendo time to come in”.
He applied smooth finishes to fine passes from midfielders Joe Allen and Emre Can in the 25th and 29th minutes, leaving him with a return of four goals from five appearances this term.
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“Hendo is a good example of players who we have to handle differently”, he explained, describing the midfielder as a “worker”.
