Liverpool boss Klopp: What I just said to my coaches about Jota...

Football
25 Oct 2020 • 7:50 AM MYT
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was happy with matchwinner Diogo Jota after their 2-1 victory over Sheffield United.

The Reds needed to recover from the early setback of falling behind to a Sander Berge penalty after just 13 minutes of play at Anfield.

They did so first through Roberto Firmino, who tapped in after Sadio Mane had a close-range header parried by visiting goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale.

Mohamed Salah had an effort ruled out by a VAR review after the break, but moments later, Jota claimed the winner when he glanced in from a pinpoint Mane centre.

Klopp said, "It is not too much about what he's brought in the team. He is a good player, that's why we signed him. I said it only a few minutes ago when I was speaking with my coaches that it is so easy – he is such a likeable person and so it is so easy to like him. That makes everything easier.

"Then the player he is: he is quick, he has the physicality, he is strong, he is good in the air, he is good on the ground... a lot of good things. He has exactly the quality we need, so that helps a lot. Tonight was a game where all four played up front together and you know how good Shaqiri was in Amsterdam and he is close. Taki is very close and so all these things help, of course. This is the area where we have in the moment options and long may it stay like this.

"In midfield, we had to make the decision: do we push the same midfield through again? How can we change then and all these kind of things. We thought it was better to change the system before the game and go back to the [usual] system in the game when we have to change. That's why we decided for tonight [to change formation]. Yes, Diogo scored a super goal and was really involved in the game. He can be much better, 100 per cent, and that's good news."