James Milner insists there is plenty more to come from Liverpool, despite the stunning 4-1 win at Manchester City on Saturday Night Football.
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The England worldwide infamously sought a move away from Anfield during the summer, and attempted everything possible in order to get his way.
The Little Magician, who was part of a Samba double act with compatriot Roberto Firmino, scored one and assisted one as Liverpool bagged three first half goals. His utter unwillingness to engage publicly in intelligent tactical conversation is never exposed when City are thumping poor opposition – which they often do.
Who’s laughing now, Raheem?
But Pellegrini refused to discuss the 20-year-old’s display and also claimed that he had no regrets about his team selection, despite completely rejigging his midfield at half-time by sending on central dynamos Fernandinho and Fabian Delph for Yaya Toure and Jesus Navas. The whole world knows that Klopp’s team press yet City seemed utterly unprepared.
“I don’t want to talk about one player”, he said. Yet they absolutely destroyed City, particularly in the first 30 minutes as they continually cut through the Blues’ back four, scoring three goals without reply and putting the game to beyond Pellegrini’s men.
“He wants us all to be the same – to be fighting for the team and fighting for the club and that’s what we’re all doing”.
The entire Liverpool team carried out Klopp’s plan very well, if not absolutely perfectly by his own admission.
“We have an important game on Wednesday (against Juventus), which we must look towards now”.
The former Borussia Dortmund coach said: “Two weeks ago we lost the game against Crystal Palace, now we have taken those points back”. “I’m not sure if it was the best (performance) but I rarely compare games”, Klopp said.
“We didn’t do it as effectively as in the first half, and they changed their formation a bit, but I still thought we put in a pretty good second half”. We need common experience that we can talk about, work with and other things.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes it was a satisfying win against Man City but they could have defended better. “In each moment when we let them play, you saw what happened then”, the German gaffer remarked. We tried to bring as many players as possible that have trained over the last 12 or 13 days.
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“I hope [he] is well enough”, Jurgen Klopp told the official website following the match.
