Jordon Ibe is confident that Jürgen Klopp can continue to get the best out of him after he repaid his manager’s faith in him as Liverpool beat Rubin Kazan 1-0 on Thursday.
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Jurgen Klopp got his first Premier League victory, but the challenge is to repeat the trick in Europe after three successive draws in Group B. Defeat for the Reds in Kazan would put them in a perilous position.
Ibe seems to be a player that Klopp has taken a shine to and there seems to be a good rapport between the manager and the player. “He has to learn and if he is prepared to listen, everything will be good”. It wasn’t easy to play in such a fantastic atmosphere in the stadium.
“It was not easy with possession, we could have had more and we deserved our goal and then we have to learn to win”, he added.
Rubin had never lost to an English side at the Kazan Arena, claiming the scalps of Wigan Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea in the past, but Klopp’s men dominated throughout in hard conditions.
Klopp has kept changes to a minimum in his team selections – he made four against Kazan with niggles affecting Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana – but insists he does not have a preferred first XI. “I am sure the gaffer will pick a few things out which we can do better going into the next few games”. A win over Crystal Palce will send them into the upcoming global break with both momentum and belief that it can earn a result in the following game at Manchester City on November 21. Jurgen Klopp has revealed that he will pick a strong squad for the fixture in a bid to win the game and strengthen their chances of moving into the knockout stages. We did really well, we had our chances and could have had more (goals). We did not fly here for a friendly game.
It’s no secret that Liverpool have been short of goals this season, but the impressive win against Chelsea should give the Reds’ a new found sense of confidence in front of goal.
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“They get experience but not the experience they should make”. They are all nice guys with big skills with big passion that we need and now we can work together and not think of anything different.
