Release date: Monday, October 26, 2020, 5:58 a. m.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was inspired by the way his appearance behaved in the absence of Virgil van Dijk.
The Reds achieved a close victory over Ajax and Sheffield United last week, their central defense talisman, who calls for knee surgery and faces several months after being beaten by Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford at Merseyside on 17 October.
Midfielder Fabinho replaced the injured Dutchman on the side with Joe Gomez and praised for temporarily adjusting to the circumstances.
Klopp, who has shown that Joel Matip, Naby Keita and Thiago Alcantara will not be compatible in time for Tuesday’s Champions League clash against FC Midtjylland, believes Liverpool are doing as well as expected without “the defender of the world. “
“Everyone in the world would miss Virgil van Dijk,” Klopp said at his pre-match press conference.
“It’s the most productive in the world. You play a game, he gets hurt and you play 3 days later, so of course it’s hard because all the boys played with him and we didn’t have much time for them to get used to playing without him.
“Fabinho, who usually play six, had to come in and play with Joe (Gomez). For that, we’ve done well and it’ll be a hundred percent better because unfortunately everything in life takes time and protecting takes time. “
“Everyone played with Virgil at one point, but sometimes they played in combination, so we don’t expect perfection, but not too far from perfection.
“Everyone wants to have time to upgrade a great user or player, Virgil is the most productive defender in the world and so far he has done pretty well. “
Tuesday’s clash at Anfield will be the first time Liverpool and Midtjylland have faced off in a match.
The setting sees Liverpool’s six-time winners host a club that was founded only in 1999 and makes its first Champions League appearance.
He has been portrayed as David v. Goliath through some media in Denmark, but Klopp does not see him that way.
“We don’t see Midtjylland as a small club, we see Midtjylland as a real challenger in this group,” he said.
“No one is in the Champions League because they are cities, they are in the Champions League because they won the right last year.
“There are no small groups in the Champions League, there are only groups that show their length on the field, in press meetings before matches.
“The 4-0 win against Atalanta was not a 4-0, it was because the score was 4-0 but Midtjylland was in the game. Tomorrow will be a genuine challenge and we will have to be in a position for that. , and we’ll check it out.
Last season, Liverpool, as protective champion, were eliminated from the Champions League in the 16th round by Atletico Madrid and was forced to see the last of the festival since their summer education camp.
Klopp is willing to go out untimely this time and is in a position to resume the club’s love story with the competition.
“It shouldn’t happen again, of course, but there’s still a long way to go. We played a very smart match as opposed to Athletic, but other people tend to lose,” Klopp said.
“We love the festival, even though we were taken out early. It’s Liverpool back in the Champions League in Anfield tomorrow, even if there’s no crowd, and it’s a festival we love. I hope we proved it last week too.
“There are no promises, there are still many opportunities and we love opportunities, so let’s see where we’re going. “
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