The Premier League champions were handed a glimmer of hope just before half-time when Jamie Vardy took advantage of Lucas’s awful back pass.
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The Reds were in control when Roberto Firmino converted James Milner’s pass and Daniel Sturridge backheeled to Sadio Mane to clip home a second.
“Yes, I am in a good way, but you have to work”, he said.
“I wanted to say this, because (at the time) nobody could understand me”.
Under new manager Antonio Conte, the 2016-17 iteration of Chelsea is, like Liverpool, blessed with the eternal sunshine of the Europe-less mind: UEFA forgetting, and by UEFA forgot. “We’ve got world-class players out there and, irrelevant of what position you’re in, as long as you’re working hard for each other and creating chances, that’s what feels good”.
“I don’t play! It’s nice, I like all the players but please don’t sign my name before the game is decided”.
‘We were sloppy against Liverpool, ‘ the England midfielder said.
Liverpool seems to be finding its feet, and Klopp will hope his team can put its past inconsistency behind it.
“Collectively as a team I thought we were outstanding”, Lallana said.
But Liverpool reclaimed their two-goal lead shortly after halftime thanks to a fierce shot from Adam Lallana.
“We were in the first half until we conceded the goal”.
“We can be really good but we have to show that we can still be good when something happens in the game that we don’t want”.
That result lifted the Reds up to fifth place in the Premier League table, having taken seven points from their opening four top-flight games.
Klopp revealed he had brought his players to the redeveloped stadium on Thursday for a training session to help them acclimatise to their new surroundings.
“We started well, but after the first goal we lost our shape a little”, Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri told BT Sport.
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“(Against) Arsenal (in the 0-0 draw) we should have had a penalty, they should have had a man sent off. Fortunately, now play every three days and there is a new adventure in the Champions League.
