Twenty years ago another Juergen K from Germany – Klinsmann – set Spurs and English football alight with his skills on the pitch and many are predicting this one will do the same off the field and lead Liverpool back to the heights they once occupied.
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“Brendan agreed with me that that was the best thing to do, but I also made it clear I really hope he gets matches now so that by November he’ll be fitter”.
“Daniel had a one-on-one situation with Jordon Ibe in training; I didn’t see it but after he said he had a little pain in a muscle”, he added after the 0-0 Premier League draw.
“It is not the time to change many things – only to turn the screws a little bit in the right way and that is what we tried to do”.
Origi went close again, in a quieter second half for Liverpool, with a low shot from the left, which was gathered by Hugo Lloris. He might have preferred an easier venue for his first game than White Hart Lane, where Spurs crushed Manchester City 4-1 in their last home match, but he wants his players to embrace the challenge.
Klopp will be encouraged by a spirited display from his new team, but Liverpool have now only won one of their last 10 away Premier League fixtures and remain one point adrift of Spurs, who have still not tasted defeat since the opening day of the season.
“Now we have one game between me and the players, our first experience and our work has started”. We had our chances, but they had the bigger chances of course.
“When I was the (Borussia Dortmund) coach, I thought about (signing) him, but he was too expensive”.
Mauricio Pochettino has insisted that his side must be more clinical in front of goal, after he watched his Tottenham Hotspur side draw 0-0 with Liverpool.
“Tottenham is a good team so they came back in the match from about half an hour until half time”. It depends – it’s your idea, your culture, how you see the philosophy in your football.
Klopp has been dealt two injury setbacks in his early days at Anfield as young defender Joe Gomez and former Burnley striker Danny Ings have both been ruled out for months after they suffered anterior cruciate ligament tears recently.
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“If you prepare for problems in the game and you are strong enough to handle this situation then you can stay in the game and win the game”.
