Jurgen Klopp has insisted that Liverpool fans should not sing his name until his team’s result is decided.
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Nevertheless, their record signing, Saido Mane put on a display, scoring on, assisting another and remained a pain in Leicester’s behind. “It was a great performance over 90 minutes”. It’s quite a simple deal. We will see how often we can show it.
“We knew we had to do the job today and that is what we did”, Klopp said.
Rounding off Klopp’s starting lineup, only Simon Mignolet (6.8), Georginio Wijnaldum (6.6) and Lucas Leiva (5.7) failed to breach the 7.0 mark.
“I will be happy if defenders are afraid of me because it will make it easier for me”. It’s something that depends on each other, it’s nice but not necessary.
City were outplayed in all areas by a rampant Liverpool side, as Roberto Firmino scored twice with further strikes from Sadio Mane and Adam Lallana.
At the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal left it late to ease the pressure on Gunners boss Arsene Wenger, who has been questioned over his transfer dealings and the team’s slow opening to the season.
“Leicester have big quality, are always a threat, even after we scored our third”.
“Maybe it’s not for me to say but I think we’ve got to focus on the methods and the way we’ve got our success and we’ve come a long way and sometimes you have to take a step back and reflect”.
At most clubs, that might prompt some soul-searching, but Leicester – and specifically midfielder Danny Drinkwater and manager Claudio Ranieri – are not prone to too much self-doubt. It would be really nice if you could stop please!
Ranieri echoed one of his main on-field lieutenants and is thrilled rather than daunted by Wednesday’s challenge. “We were waiting for this kind of football because it was their first match at home, new stand”.
“We could have equalised but I’m an honest man, Liverpool deserved to win”, the Italian added. We have to clean our mind. Fortunately, now play every three days and there is a new adventure in the Champions League.
“Of course playing in Europe will help”.
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“We had to throw him in cold water, he wasn’t really ready for 90 minutes”, he said.
