LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom. Jürgen Klopp, Liverpool FC new manager said: Liverpool squad need time – not ‘magic dust’ – to find attacking prowess.
Kloop said:
“I should teach them technical aspects? They know,” he said. “We have to altogether help them to show it.
“This is not the biggest problem in life. We don’t have to sprinkle magical dust on them ‘and now you can play football.’ They know how to play.
“We just have to create a situation where it is possible to do this. Pressure yes, but it is not the biggest pressure, these guys are running for their life.
“There is nothing to worry and say, ‘Come on, try again’. Everything is okay.
“We have some very good players on the bench, or on the [treatment] table at home, and we need these players of course, 18 games until December.
“But we have young players and in situations like this you learn more about them than usual. They are all with us today.
“It is a chance for all Liverpool players in this moment.”
“I am not sure how many games you saw like this from Adam Lallana. What do you think? I know him from Southampton and he can do 20-30 per cent more,” he enthused.
“Coutinho? Do you not think he can play better football than today? Of course, he can.
“Lucas? You don’t think he can play balls on the right and left side? He can.
“Emre Can? Learning between running and passing. He can learn.
“Milner? The complete football player, the perfect professional, a machine, everything is there.
“We start with this development and the most important thing is for the players to be prepared to be a little bit wild.
“You can run and then you can miss. No problem. Don’t worry. Come back again.
“That’s what I saw [on Saturday]. This part I am satisfied with but we can do better and will do better. It’s okay.”
“There is no time to compare,” he continued. “It makes no sense. I’m not the voodoo of football and decide what is better. I don’t do this.
“It was intensive football but German football is intense too.
“There are good players here. I saw many good things in my team. There was pretty offensive defending and we tried to disturb at the right moment.
“Okay, the timing was not perfect but I saw situations with only five or six centimetres [and] we would have had the ball again. This is cool.
“But of course we should play better football. Not because I say but because we can. That’s the thing.
“When we have the ball the other team has to run. I saw things like this a thousand times.”
