Speaking at Melwood while assessing his time at Liverpool so far, Klopp said: “Sometimes I would really like to change my personality, because I can’t get this f***ing loss to Crystal Palace out of my head”, Klopp admitted at Melwood while assessing his time at Liverpool so far. Ibe, who had replaced Sturridge shortly before the hour, controlled Moreno’s cross with his chest on the edge of the box before sending a low volley into the back of the net.
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“He can’t play every game for us”. He didn’t have a ideal pre-season, as everyone knows. The problem is his time on the treatment table exceeds his minutes on the pitch and the Merseysiders need to find a way to solve that connundrum.
It took time for Liverpool’s new system to go through the gears, but as Origi nodded home for his hat-trick on 85 minutes Klopp will have been encouraged by his side’s adaptability.
“I said to Sturridge after the game “now I know what everybody is talking about so thank you”,” the German said. Maybe he had some difficulties in the beginning and of course Jose was in front and Virgil (van Dijk) in front in both positions Steven can play.
And Klopp revealed a heart-to-heart with the striker may have triggered Wednesday’s goal glut.
Klopp had said, “We are in a different situation when we talk about Daniel”. Now some people have said, ‘is he going to become surplus to requirements under Jurgen Klopp?’ Do you sell him?’ “I think we’ve done not too bad until now”.
But Sturridge is a class act when his body allows him to be and produced two more reminders of his ability with his four-minute first-half brace that kick-started Liverpool’s comeback. He has to be patient.
Saints sit 10th in the league on 20 points after 14 games and have slowed down considerably after a blistering start to the season.
Lallana paid tribute to manager Jurgen Klopp for Liverpool’s swaggering form over recent weeks ” the Southampton win coming less than a fortnight after beating Manchester City in similarly devastating fashion.
Cue the Sturridge wiggle – last glimpsed in the 3-2 home win over Aston Villa on September 26 – and four minutes later he was celebrating again.
‘And as you can see, we have absolutely no problem with matches against Manchester City (after Liverpool beat them 4-1).
Southampton had been bidding to reach the semi-finals for the first time since 1986-87, but dreams of a first major final since 2003 quickly faded as they sank to their heaviest home defeat since March 1959.
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“When I came to the club, I knew already that we would lose some good players, and we lost, after last season, Schneiderlin and Clyne, important players for the team”, the manager was quoted as saying by the British media.
