After Liverpool beat Sheffield United 2-0, Jurgen Klopp was upbeat about his group however revealed some unhealthy information on Joel Matip‘s harm.
Listed here are 5 key factors from the supervisor’s post-match press convention…
A sport of set items
Set items are one thing Liverpool have been constantly good at since Jurgen Klopp arrived on Merseyside, and tonight was proof of their worth.
Virgil van Dijk successfully gained the sport together with his opener, and the boss was happy with how his group defended Sheffield United‘s lengthy throws, too.
Klopp mentioned: “Set items are at all times an enormous assist in tight video games in the event you do this properly, they had been actually good as we speak.
“However facet, we defended their set items actually, actually good and that’s an important factor then, after which it’s important to go for the moments.
“Video games are determined in moments. You don’t want 80 p.c possession to win a soccer sport, 10 p.c is sufficient typically.”
ACL harm confirmed
Joel Matip wasn’t concerned tonight and Klopp confirmed he “ruptured” his ACL towards Fulham.
“That’s what I sadly anticipated from the primary second, all the things appeared like that,” the boss defined.
“Very unlucky, that’s it.”
With the defender’s contract expiring on the finish of the season, we may have seen Matip on the pitch for the final time for Liverpool.
Alexis Mac Allister simply had a “wound”
The Argentine picked up a number of bumps and bruises on Wednesday night time however didn’t come off till the 59th minute. He was seen with ice on his knee and strapping.
The boss commented: “Stepped on his knee, it’s a reduce. So long as the wound was open we simply strapped it.
“Clearly It was painful however he may play, then we stitched it and it obtained a bit tighter there then he couldn’t transfer anymore. We’ll need to see how lengthy it takes, hopefully not too lengthy.”
“We now have to struggle”
With Europa League soccer and a League Cup quarter-final, Liverpool have a packed December. Klopp insisted “to get by means of this we’ve to struggle by means of this like all people else.
“Once we get type of a very good feeling the place outcomes actually assist, you then don’t really feel the depth that a lot, that’s what’s most necessary about this consequence tonight.”
Momentum, them, is all the things and Liverpool have it in the intervening time – the Reds have now gained 4 of their final 5 matches in all competitions.
Don’t write Man Metropolis off!
With information of Man Metropolis shedding filtering by means of to Sheffield, Klopp was requested about being forward of them within the Premier League.
His reply was fairly emphatic, saying: “If anyone had been to write down Metropolis off that might be the most important joke within the historical past of soccer, it might make no sense.”
Because it stands, the Reds are 4 factors away from Pep Guardiola’s facet, however nonetheless two behind Arsenal who’re prime.
Aston Villa‘s win over the champions took Unai Emery’s facet two factors away from Man Metropolis, too.
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