Liverpool boss Klopp delighted with victory over West Ham: Some super goals

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25 Sep 2023 • 8:42 AM MYT
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was delighted with his players for victory over West Ham.

The Reds shook off an even first-half to take control and eventually win 3-1 at Anfield.

Klopp said: "Yeah, it was [as] expected: a difficult, difficult game. There were very good moments in the first half but we were not enough in control to deny them completely, which is anyway super-difficult. But I really thought again we played good in different phases. Lost some balls we shouldn't have lost, that's clear, but around [that] we scored our goal which was a super counter-attack.

"Especially counter-attacks we had really good ones, and then we were asking a little bit for the equaliser, if you want. When they scored I was not completely surprised, it was not like, 'How can that happen?' We should have defended it better, that's clear. But most important is that you stay in the game and that's what we did in the second half obviously.

"We controlled it much better, we gave them a proper challenge, we really caused them some problems and scored super goals.

O"f course, that's now a really special one the second one. Incredible. Everybody is looking at me when talking about the goal with [wide] eyes but I saw it only once yet. So I can't wait to see it properly back. Third goal, again a top set-piece, we all know how important they are. On the other side, how well we defended the set-pieces of West Ham; again, everybody should know how good they are at that. Ali with an unbelievable save in a pretty important moment.

"Macca lost the first ball or the second, I don't know, but then started really playing and was really there. Dom similar, really playing and stayed in the game until late, late, late. Until the end actually. Joel Matip with a super performance against Antonio. It's a key moment in the game. They chip the ball there and I don't know how often in the past we suffered when he could control the ball. Today he had it once or twice and immediately the chaos starts. He [Matip] did that really well."