If he can do that, then Liverpool’s march up the table should continue.
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says Emre Can still has room for improvement despite being impressed by the midfielder’s progress since joining the club. I can see Dortmund in his Liverpool team.
A team who had won only three of their first 11 games have now won seven of the last eight, including superb away victories over Premier League champions Chelsea and current leaders Manchester City. “Klopp has spoken about the importance of Sturridge being able to play through pain, but he said the striker needed no convincing to start”.
“But it was a great response from the lads, Studge has scored two very important goals tonight”.
“If people expect us to win on Sunday, then we are expecting to win, too”.
On Jordan Henderson, Klopp revealed that the captain could return to the starting line-up on Sunday against Newcastle United.
“It was good news for the big Liverpool family”, Klopp said. Mamadou Sakho and Jo Flanagan are not expected to figure until later this month while cruciate injuries to Danny Ings and Joe Gomez will keep them out for the rest of the season. Liverpool was always up for an occasional good performance under Rodgers, its problem was handling their business over a longer stretch of time. We could enjoy the second half of the Southampton game on the bench, not because the game was finished but because the players never lost concentration and did what they had to do in the game until the end.
What do you make of Klopp’s comments?
The Telegraph’s Alistair Tweedale even listed “10 reasons Liverpool can win the Premier League”.
“I like optimism, really, but with Phil, we were too optimistic”, said the German. “It’s about working hard”. The frustrating thing about everything is the inconsistency.
“It is not because of his qualities, it is only because of his history. It is so, so disappointing”.
“That’s what he wants to do and for this you need some time to play and that’s what we gave him tonight. I thought he was injured going off so we will have to wait and see how he is for the weekend”. Up next, a trip to face Steve McLaren’s strugglers, whose 5-1 defeat at Crystal Palace last weekend left them languishing in 19th place with only Aston Villa below them. Williamson had been loaned to Wolverhampton of the Championship.
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While he has inherited better resources at Liverpool, he also has a team he insists still has to learn how to win at home.
