“If we had won this, I would say it (the club’s progress) was okay”, he told reporters at his pre-match news conference ahead of Wednesday’s League Cup quarter-final against Southampton.
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Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge, right, scores his team’s first goal in their 6-1 win over Southampton at St Mary’s.
Klopp’s team arrive in excellent shape in contrast, having secured six wins from their last seven games in all competitions, as the Reds transform their fortunes nearly instantly under the German boss.
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Midfielder Adam Lallana has credited manager Juergen Klopp’s charisma for Liverpool’s rise up to sixth place in the Premier League table and an improvement in his own performances.
Sadio Mane had put Southampton in front at St. Mary’s Stadium.
Liverpool legend Ian Rush feels Jurgen Klopp should go for the top four this season.
“Of course, we would like to keep the best players, because that means that we can grow and grow”, he said.
“I knew Southampton from before”. Theo Walcott was in the best form of his career before his most recent injury, Wayne Rooney has just become England’s record goalscorer and Danny Welbeck is due back in January. He made 104 appearances for Saints during a three-year spell.
Sturridge had looked worryingly short of confidence with his first touches, when he conceded possession and appeared reluctant to over-extend his fragile physique.
Despite their 3-1 defeat to Manchester City at the weekend, Southampton head into the game as the 8/5 favourites, with Liverpool on outside odds of 15/8.
The competition also marks an early opportunity for Klopp to win his first piece of silverware – a chance he has insisted he is keen to take as he targets a trophy-laden tenure on Merseyside.
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“If they are fit and available then the manager has to choose and that is what happened when I played for Liverpool”. They’re a good team, brilliant offensively – [Graziano] Pelle, Saido [Mane] and [Dusan] Tadic is not easy to play against.
