Pretty easy win for Liverpool, as it turned out.
Well, that was pretty good.
After all the concern about injuries, Liverpool played a fairly strong team against Leicester City and pretty much blew them away. A
Johnny Evans own goal got the ball rolling before Diogo Jota and
Roberto Firmino finished them off. Liverpool
manager Jürgen Klopp was understandably happy with what he saw.
“We scored three goals and didn’t concede one, we defended
exceptionally well, controlled the game, there were a lot of good
things, I can’t pick one that pleased me most – maybe the
performance of James Milner at right back”, Klopp told BBC Sport. “He played an exceptional game,
first there and then in midfield.
“That is what we expect from ourselves, injuries were a massive
shock in that moment but the boys have to offer solutions. We have
centre halves, they are really young. They are not experienced, you
saw the bench tonight.
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“It’s a tricky situation and when Naby (Keita) goes off with a
muscle injury you know the problems will not get smaller. The boys
know when they are allowed to train with us they have the quality
to do so, we don’t give tickets for training, you have to qualify
with talent and aptitude. It is a tough school, there a lot of
steps to go.
“We have to make sure we recover but the Naby injury didn’t help
at all.”
Easy enough, as it was. All the injuries have made everyone
forget: Liverpool are good. Really good. Keep going with
the results and good things will happen.