“We can always score goals and we can defend much better”, said their manager Juergen Klopp.
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Ibrahimovic opened his Premier League account in style five minutes later, steering a shot into the bottom-left corner from range.
Liverpool’s 4-3 victory over Arsenal certainly ensured that Premier League fans got value for their money on the opening day, but while the match was an absolute cracker, the thriller underlined why neither side is likely to win the league. “New Leicester” might be a common phrase in punditry this year, but it doesn’t seem like there are any clubs that could come anywhere close to what the Foxes did a season ago (to be fair, not many thought the Foxes would survive relegation last season anyway). Mike Phelan did a great job with us, working on different things with and without the ball in preparation, and we all bought into that.
‘I haven’t got a clue to be fair. There was a lot wrong with their performance, but we should not take away from Hull and, in particular, Robert Snodgrass. And every Premier League club has that wherewithal.
Having signed Granit Xhaka a while ago now, his signing just hasn’t been substantiated by anybody else of note with the Swiss actually starting yesterday’s game on the bench to most peoples’ surprise. Arsenal made it interesting by getting the game to within one, but it wasn’t enough.
“We believe in each other and there is a good atmosphere in the team changing room, so we just try to do our job when we go on the field”.
Guardiola has already splashed more than £100 million on transfers, including the acquisitions of defender John Stones (£47.5 million), midfield general Ilkay Gundogan (£21 million), the exciting Leroy Sane (£37 million) and forward Nolito (£13.8 million) to strengthen an already elite squad of players. Most of these players have been together for three years and there is a strong mentality here.
Last season Hazard has to wait until April for his first goal, and Chelsea fans will be hoping an early strike will set him up for a big season.
As for the goal, originally given to Hernandez before being switched to Diomande, he said.
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Finally, while we do not expect them to progress far in the Champions League, the European competition is going to be a major distraction to Claudio Ranieri’s men.
