“He thought that if we reached that then we would win the game”.
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“It could have been hard yet I’m really satisfied”.
“He is trying to get his ideas over”.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino was adamant in claiming his manager of the month award was a collective achievement.
James Milner was the hardest-working player in Klopp’s starting lineup, covering 13.1km and making 82 sprints.
“I feel sorry for the boys that are out but I will just try to support the team and do my best. Perhaps not immediately, but in time I am sure that he can”, the 26-year-old 2014 Federation Internationale de Football Association World Cup victor said. You can see it through the team. The German, though, has made it clear that his focus will be on the players that are available, the club will work tirelessly on the injured players, to ensure they return to action sooner rather than later.
“Everything is there… We just have to create a situation where it’s possible to do these things”.
Spurs have now stretched their unbeaten run to eight league matches since the opening day while Liverpool have drawn six of their last seven in all competitions with Klopp now a little wiser about his new side.
He has only spent one full week with his squad so is still in the process of evaluating each player individually and after that he will make a decision on which position needs strengthening.
“I’ve had quiet managers, animated managers, foreign, English, British, different styles”.
However among the positives were a few of the same old failings that have seen Liverpool slip off the pace in the Premier League already with yet another draw.
“I am blessed to work with a lot of top managers and now here is another one”. We need our results, we have to come together, work together and do things better – that is what we are doing and 0-0 is alright for sure.
Origi has been impressed with Klopp’s approach since he replaced Rodgers at the helm following a rocky start to the campaign and believes the team will only improve once they adapt to a fresh approach.
Keeper Simon Mignolet added: “He’s very enthusiastic and very ambitious”. At his previous club, no players’ wives and girlfriends were seen at the training ground and that practise has now been introduced at Melwood to banish any potential distractions. “It was a very good game from a growing team”.
When asked by reporters whether he felt his side deserved more than the point they took, Pochettino replied: “I think of course”.
“Every game we have shown we grow up”, he said.
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“Of course, they only had one chance, we had four good chances in the first half, but I am very pleased with the players and their effort”, he replied.
