Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool made ‘perfect passes’ and scored ‘super goals’ in
Liverpool recovered from conceding inside the first minute to thrash Southampton 6-1 away in the League Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday as Juergen Klopp’s impressive start as manager continued.
Sadio Mane headed in the opener after 41 seconds, the 100th goal of Ronald Koeman’s reign, but a Daniel Sturridge brace and an opportunistic strike from Origi had Liverpool firmly in control by half-time.
And shortly after Jordon Ibe completed the rout for Liverpool after some excellent work in the build-up by-you guessed it-Origi…
The emphatic and historic win extends Liverpool’s Cup campaign into 2016, and the semifinal draw against Stoke City gives the Reds a chance to reach the final of the competition for a record 12th time.
Ibrahim Afellay scored his first goal for the club on 30 minutes, before Phil Bardsley also got on the Potters’ scoresheet for the first time with a 30 yard effort in the second half.
Speaking at Melwood while assessing his time at Liverpool so far, Klopp said: “Sometimes I would really like to change my personality, because I can’t get this f***ing loss to Crystal Palace out of my head”, Klopp admitted at Melwood while assessing his time at Liverpool so far.
“It’s good news. They are very important players and they did well”, said Klopp, who revealed that Brazilian playmaker Philippe Coutinho could face Southampton despite sitting out Sunday’s game with a hamstring complaint.
“I knew about his quality but not live in a stadium”.
Davis, 30, hopes Southampton can get their Premier League campaign back on track against Aston Villa on Saturday – a victory that would end a run of three successive defeats. I took the risk to play three at the back and that’s my responsibility but if you go one up and then at half-time it’s 1-3 then it’s not good.
“We gave them that space, those opportunities and if you give a man like Daniel Sturridge that space he will kill you”.
“We want to keep the momentum we have gained”, he added.
“I think we are giving the players as much information as we can”.
“I have absolutely no problems with a match against Everton”, he said. Maybe we have to play more defensively, more (sitting) back, waiting.
Just eight weeks into the manager’s tenure, Klopp has whipped the misfiring team he inherited into shape both in terms of energy and efficiency.