Liverpool’s Klopp calls for consistency ahead of Sunderland game

There will be an onus on Christian Benteke to run in behind Sunderland’s backline, but Klopp is confident his side can build upon the performance when they became the first team to stop Leicester scoring this season.

The sight of thousands of Sunderland fans streaming over the bridge to go into town for a pint, rather than watch the second half, said it all. “That’s what we are trying to do”.

“We need to be cleverer”, he said.

Despite Daniel Sturridge tweeting on Saturday about how he is good to go, Jurgen Klopp will be careful with him.

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Steven Fletcher in action for Sunderland against Aston Villa. It has been a insane season, with no one team dominating the league.

Ex-Reds striker Fabio Borini may have found the net against both Chelsea and Manchester City, but his solitary strikes were mere consolations as the Black Cats conceded seven goals over the two matches.

Allardyce is ready to change his formation to protect Brown.

“Most teams of the league lost against Man City so it’s not a big problem but he will want to see another kind of play so that’s what I said, they will defend with passion and that’s what we know and we have to create our own idea and bring it through”.

“(It was) a really good start in that game – I was happy about this – and now we have to do it again. “With the conditions at Watford with the wind we tried to overplay at times and that sort of killed us. With the quality we have in the team we are then going to get chances and score”.

Despite the initial euphoria around his appointment in October, the German has won just four of Liverpool’s ten league games he has been in charge for and many feel there is room for improvement. It has made them winners this week but there’s a caveat; they must now do it again.

With Martin Skrtel out for around a month with a hamstring problem Dejan Lovren is set to continue alongside Mamadou Sakho at the back tomorrow evening.

Jordan Henderson is backing Sam Allardyce to keep home-town club Sunderland in the Barclays Premier League – but is determined to pile on the misery on his return to the Stadium of Light.

“One thing is certain: Liverpool is a really cool club and it’s great fun to work here”.