Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp still sore over ‘****ing loss’ to Crystal Palace

The Liverpool squad celebrate Nathaniel Clyne’s goal in the Reds’ 1-0 win over Bournemouth in the previous round of the Capital One Cup, at Anfield.

“If they are fit and available then the manager has to choose and that is what happened when I played for Liverpool”. The 2013/14 season under Brendan Rodgers is the closest they have come, with the swashbuckling football and the Luis Suarez factor very almost enough, but the trophy slipped – sorry, Stevie – from their grasp in the dying stages of the campaign.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has admitted his solitary defeat against Crystal Palace has soured his opening weeks at Anfield, despite the club being undefeated in his other nine games in charge.

“Leicester and Crystal Palace are capable of beating the top four teams and if you keep consistent and get back to back wins you find yourself not too far off”.

But when discussing his start to life in the Premier League, it’s clear that Klopp isn’t getting too carried away. “He would contact us before (he contacts the player)”, added 59-year-old Watzke.

Divock Origi may not be a bad bet to score anytime at 21/10, whilst captain Jordan Henderson, who is now looking to return to full match fitness after injury, is 4/1 to get on the scoresheet.

Klopp has led Liverpool to three wins in their last five league games but has said that each performance was different and thus incomparable.

Milner also pointed to off-the-pitch improvements, namely the stadium expansion and a certain charismatic Swabian, as reasons why Reds should be excited at the moment. “We understand his philosophy that it is always better to be compact as a team”. “We’ve all done it. You go back because you know the player, you know his character, you know what he brings to the team both on and off the field”.

That helps sides who do not have Europe and just the one game a week. The majority do appreciate everything we achieved because we did a lot.

“If we had won this, I would say it (the club’s progress) was okay”, he told reporters at his pre-match news conference ahead of Wednesday’s League Cup quarter-final against Southampton.

“(We need to) be aware (about) what we did very poorly last weekend.