“I just play my game, make the team win and we continue like that”.
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Liverpool’s fluent passing and clinical finishing in the second half was too hot for Arsenal to handle. When they scored, I had to change the shape to get more control.
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp, in his first full season in charge, saw both sides of a sensational result.
It was his third goal in total for his new club after scoring on his first appearance in a United shirt in a friendly against Galatasaray as well as the victor in the Community Shield against Leicester. But that hardly mattered in the end. “It feels brilliant at the moment, actually”.
“So on Friday in the first home match which can bring some pressure we will go with a good feeling”. Zlatan Ibrahimovic maintained his incredible debut record with a wonder strike to announce his arrival to the Premier League.
“We didn’t recover really from that, and after that we paid for a lack of experience at the back and the fact that some players are not physically ready to last 90 minutes at that level”. “It was a contrast between the two halves”.
“We can always score goals and we can defend much better”, said their manager Juergen Klopp. “I believe I’m good enough to play”.
“But we are not stupid, ” Wenger said.
“In August it can be frustrating for players not in the team because it’s one game a week. You have to sometimes accept that you can not control absolutely everything”.
Arsenal hit back twice through Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Calum Chambers, but ultimately came up short. And then, it was the Premier League opener against AFC Bournemouth yesterday.
The Red Devils eased to a comfortable away victory on the south coast thanks to goals from Juan Mata, Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
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He said: “With Fellaini, I always have the feeling that he was not loved by the general Red people”. “Luke Shaw, Marcus Rashford. these are the guys who are with him at the table. He knows what he can be for them”, he said. “He’s at the top of his qualities”.
Mata looked unhappy when he was replaced 30 minutes after coming on at Wembley against Leicester last Sunday but the Spaniard was all smiles as he got Mourinho’s reign up and running.
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“Before the match, a little bit, yeah”, he replied when asked if he had felt the nerves.
