Liverpool belted by Watford

Klopp claimed left-back Ake fouled Bogdan for the first goal, but accepted Liverpool “made bigger faults” as Odion Ighalo’s brace condemned the visitors to a four-game winless streak.

“I may be doing Watford a disservice, but they have lost three times at home, so I go 3-1 Liverpool”.

This win provided them with their eighth clean sheet of the season, and although they had trouble finding the back of the net in the opening weeks, they’ve found their scoring boots as they’ve scored nine in the last four, and leaving them in a great position to push on even further. We came here to do something really different than what you saw. “We have two days before the match so we have to check them but they should be ready”.

Meanwhile Flores has urged his fringe players such as Victor Ibarbo, Alessandro Diamanti and Jose Holebas to be prepared to feature over the hectic festive period with the Liverpool clash on Sunday followed by a trip to Chelsea on Boxing Day, a visit from Tottenham at Vicarage Road comes less than 48 hours later before they face Manchester City on January 2. This game will be a chance for them to show their heart and if they do so they with the support of the home crowd they may just be able to get something out of this match.

Klopp’s preparations had suffered a late setback when Simon Mignolet was ruled out with a hamstring injury and Bogdan started in place of the Belgian goalkeeper.

Klopp will be looking for a return to that level after the return of Coutinho, who could make the difference if Liverpool’s pressing game wins the ball for him high up the pitch.

But there are some alterations to those figures when taking into account this type of match-up.

Liverpool were well and truly beaten in Sunday’s early kick off, while Swansea and West Ham couldn’t muster a goal between them.

That indicates over 2.5 goals is more of a possibility than odds of [2.16] indicate.

“I know how strong this team can be”.

Liverpool off -1 on the Asian handicap at [2.76] is one option, which amounts to no bet if Klopp’s team win by a single goal but pays out at the bigger odds for anything better than that.

While Watford’s defensive record merits respect and suggests they can keep the scores close, they have conceded at least two goals in six of the seven games where their defence has been breached.

“For Liverpool to win they have to play good football, they have to play the way they played against Manchester City”, Barnes said.