Liverpool boss Klopp warns players: Chelsea more than Lukaku

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28 Aug 2021 • 8:27 AM MYT
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says they cannot be obsessed with stopping Romelu Lukaku ahead of their clash with Chelsea.

Lukaku netted in the Londoners' 2-0 win at Arsenal last Sunday on his first appearance since returning to Stamford Bridge in a £97million deal earlier this month.

The Belgium international's head-to-head with Virgil van Dijk has captured the imagination with Chelsea visiting Anfield in Saturday evening's blockbusting clash.

"You can make whichever headline you want to write about Romelu and Virgil, but he will show up around the other centre-half as well I guess!" said the Reds boss.

"If you saw the game against Arsenal, the two goals Chelsea scored, one was Reece James crossed to him and you could see how Arsenal tried to defend it and how he got rid of the centre-backs and got in the box for a pretty easy goal.

"The other goal from Reece was because the formation of Arsenal was really central (to deal with Lukaku) so Reece was completely free on the right inside the 18-yard box.

"If we are only focused on Romelu, then Kai (Havertz) and Mason (Mount) will punish you. That's the situation.

"Last year, people very often spoke about Chelsea playing really well but didn't finish enough situations off, and that was obviously the idea behind signing Romelu.

"Smart business. But the good thing about football is there's no football you can't defend at all."


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