Klopp's pre-match press conference vs Everton:
The boss remains cautious about Roberto Firmino’s injury.
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“He was out there running yesterday, but we have to see how he reacts,” he explained.
“I will see him in a few minutes for the first time since yesterday.
“He is very positive, but that’s Bobby’s nature. We have to see.
“I don’t see any other player who would even be in contention after the little problem he had.
“It looks really good, but if he will be ready tomorrow I don’t know.”
Klopp is also expecting a hostile atmosphere at Goodison Park but reckons his players will enjoy it.
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“Football players like that.
“In the game it’s emotional and passionate - that’s how football should be.
“Your against your opponent constantly and sometimes you forget to support your own team but at Goodison they support their team.
“But we need to use that loud atmosphere.”
Robertson & TAA contribution as fullback
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“It’s important, that’s modern football. If you ask a young boy ‘what’s your favourite position?’, I don’t think a lot of boys would say ‘I want to be a full-back!’, he joked.
“But football changed, they became much more important.
“I was a full-back myself for a decent part of my career, it didn’t look completely different to what the boys are doing but at least I know that there are a lot of things to do.
You have to be really strong defensively.
“But on the other hand, because a lot of teams clear the wing for the full-backs, offensively, if you are able to be open-minded enough, and have the football quality, to see some people in the same shirt in the box that helps a lot.
“In that game it was exceptional, I don’t think I ever was part of a game when someone got a hat-trick of assists.
“So it was special. He wanted [the match ball], so he got it.
“So that’s how it is. It was really cool, so now let’s try to do something like that again.”
The Liverpool manager also offered an update on Jordan Henderson’s reaction to being dropped and Everton’s motivation for Sunday.
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“That’s what you think about, but Hendo plays a really, really good season.
“I told him and he looked not happy, but completely OK. Because I think in this situation it was especially important.
“I don’t always tell players before the game that they will not play, they realise it.
“I don’t walk through the dressing room saying ‘you don’t play’, ‘you don’t play’, ‘you don’t play’, or whatever.
“You see that on the training ground actually, and as a player of Liverpool you know that you don’t play all the games pretty much, and that’s the normal situation.
“But because of the stories that were made after the United game, because of my reaction, I thought it made sense that I tell him it has nothing to do with that.
On Mane's goal scoring streak
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“I don’t think there has been a huge improvement, things are just becoming more natural for him.
“We all know he is a world-class player and he is realising that himself. With his attitude and workrate his career could be even better than it is so far.
“For goals you need moments and goalscoring, like the backheel, always a little bit of luck is involved.
“But he always has the quality, if he scores grea tbut if not he is a proper threat and gives us space to score from another area.
“He will continue and develop over the next few years.”
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“I don’t think he has any problem with confidence.
“He has been one of our best and most stable players and is performing on a really high level.
“It was nice to see a player with his quality and attitude because he really just wants to help the team.
“Hopefully it continues until May 2028 or so.
“He will treat the game on Sunday and challenge against Gueye as a professional.”
On Joel Matip
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“It’s been very impressive since he came into the side.
“Before he got injured he was outstanding, particularly against Napoli.
“Losing him then was the wrong moment but he is a high-class player and doing a very good job.
“He loves what he’s doing and it’s really nice to have him around,
“The centre-half couples we’ve had this season have worked really well.
“I’ve never had this situation with 5 centre-halfs in my life, including Nat Phillips, and now we don’t even have three.
“But Matip was fantastic the other night.”
Feb 28 2019, 09:54 PM, updated 7y ago
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