Klopp tells Sturridge to be ‘flexible’ ahead of Spurs clash

It will now be a fortnight until Tottenham play again as they go on worldwide break, but Pochettino said he did not expect any exhausted players to come back any more well rested.

The Reds have splashed out around £60m on new signings in the summer window, but they have brought in around £70m, meaning their transfer activities have seen a profit realised, a situation which could be considered unusual for a side hoping to break into the top four.

James Milner capped a dominant first-half display by Liverpool by converting a 43rd-minute penalty after Roberto Firmino was tripped by Erik Lamela. “We are all excited for the future here”.

When you’re hot, you’re hot, and every time Spurs try to touch Liverpool right now, they end up with scorched fingertips. From the second the referee called the goal back, Tottenham were the better side and an equalizer felt all too inevitable.

“It was not about the player who received the pass, it was about the player who played the pass in the wrong moment”.

“We conceded a goal like this at Burnley”. Four challenges. That’s a big mistake. “To keep the clean sheet is very important and to increase our confidence in the work we are doing”. We need to be harder. It’s not only about pressing, we were really flexible in offensive defending, and played football.

Spurs meanwhile were held 1-1 at Everton on the opening day of the season, but followed it up with a narrow 1-0 victory at home to Crystal Palace last Saturday.

The manager “laughed off suggestions of tension between him and his star striker, saying that in modern football, no attacking player has a set position, “as Real Madrid’s Portuguese superstar Ronaldo proves”, says the Mirror”.

Elswhere, Arsenal and Leicester City picked up their first Premier League wins of the season by beating Watford and Swansea City, respectively, while Chelsea continued their 100 per cent start with a 3-0 stroll over Burnley.

“I would say they can all improve, they can all do better in the next few weeks and months”.

Following the win at Burton, Sturridge voiced his frustrations with Klopp’s decision to play him in a wide role rather than as a central striker.

Man-of-the-match Lovren said: “It’s a disappointment that we didn’t take the three points but it was a good performance from everyone”.

“You can’t (be fully ready) even when you have a lot of pre-season games – pre-season games are different to Premier League games”.