Klopp will hope to see Liverpool belatedly strike the right chord in the Europa League, having drawn their opening three matches in the competition.
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Liverpool, who have had three successive 1-1 draws in Europe this season, at the very least have to avoid defeat in Kazan if they are to avoid a tricky conclusion to their Group B campaign.
“If you play Champions League, you are playing Wednesday and Saturday”, Klopp said. He’s a Liverpool legend, of course.
“It is not a problem for me because I knew about it before (I came to Liverpool)”.
‘But nothing else. Everybody can learn from Stevie, but I am trying to understand.
A report in The Independent said that Gerrard, who joined Los Angeles Galaxy at the end of last season after 17 years with Liverpool, could possibly play again for the Merseysiders on loan or even following a transfer. Why did you ask me?
‘Whatever he wants to do, we will help him.
Klopp is likely to recall playmaker Philippe Coutinho for tomorrow’s clash.
“Hopefully I can keep getting the experience I need and he can develop me into a good player”.
“We are talking about space in our performances”.
“The door is always open”. He is young enough and healthy enough to train.
“Is the only benefit that you like the other tournament more?”.
Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool’s manager, has poured scorn on the suggestion Europa League participation is a burden to his club’s domestic ambitions.
Another corner from Ibe caused problems for Rubin Kazan when Can latched onto it on the edge of the area, but his shot went straight at the home goalkeeper. So how long will the bounce he has given them last?
Klopp’s former club Borussia Dortmund and Napoli both secured their places in the knockout stages, the Germans beating Qabala of Azerbaijan 4-0 and the Italian club notching up a 5-0 thrashing of Midtjylland of Denmark.
‘I said I didn’t want to hear about my players any more, I wanted to watch and learn.
“Four weeks, it’s a short time we’ve been working together”.
It will be interesting to see how Klopp manages him from here – whether he plays more often from the bench in matches going forward, or if he is prepared to give him the odd starting role in the a few of the bigger games. Everybody was very happy with the result against Chelsea, but that’s behind us now, and there’s no point thinking about it anymore.
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“The best training at the moment is our matches”.
