Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp reflect on his team performance against the London side Tottenham Hotspur last night.
The Reds manager his happy to get back into winning ways after beating Jose Mourinho side 3-1 in the premier league last night.
In an interview with the media, Klopp stated what triggered the performance of his team and also credited the boys for the show they put on against a team that is good on counter attack.
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“It is always a mix and that the boys want to do well, it’s clear; that we as coaches have to tell them what they have to do together in specific moments is clear as well.
“I am completely happy about the performance and, yes, it’s about the boys. They put a proper shift in. It was a brave performance in a game against a counter-attacking monster, which they are, and that makes it even more special. For tonight, it was really good.
“We just kept going, we had a big, big chance very early with wonderful play and Sadio in a really good position missed the chance. I think pretty much the next situation, if I’m right, was the goal Tottenham ‘scored’ – that was the moment when you think, ‘Oh, here we go again!’ But then it was offside, it didn’t count, and the boys just played a really good game.
“This situation in mind like that, the counter-attack when Son ‘scored’, makes it really tricky to keep the ball and pass the ball in the right moment because in a specific moment you have to increase the risk and we did that tonight.
“We made great runs, scored obviously the first goal in a perfect moment pretty much, scored the goal [and] could go into half-time in the dressing room.”
Klopp further explained why Joel Matip was substituted in the game, “We got aware of the struggle of Joel Matip with his ankle, so no chance to play on, so then we tried to tell the boys that it would make sense to do a couple of things again.
“They did and fought really hard, made a proper, proper fight of it the whole night and I’m really happy about that, and played football. So, good game, deserved win, good.”
When asked about whether the attacking play was worked on in training ground the German responded that, “Of course we do that, what do you think we are doing? Just running in training or what? Of course we try to help them. Today we played a slightly different position, worked together with Millie and Gini on [the] six really well. That was a proper, proper performance.”
The manager also spoke on the performance of his summer signing from Bayern Munich Thiago Alcantara.
“I know Thiago can be much better than tonight, but it was just an important step for all of us. The situation with Thiago was not easy: he came to Liverpool late, then ill, then injured, then playing immediately in a very decisive position. We thought for tonight it might make sense to play him slightly higher on the pitch.”
