Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp led the “Reds” to a 4-1 defeat of Brentford at the G-Tech Community Stadium in the first Premier League match. On Saturday the 17th
February
Liverpool have played 25 games and have 57 points, leading the pack, 5 points ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal, but the “Blues” and the “Cannon” have played 2 less.. 1 shot in a row
From the victory of the “Reds” in this game, there are 5 interesting points as follows.
1. Klopp breaks the curse of being the best coach of the month.
Jurgen Klopp was named Manager of the Month for January on Friday, while Diogo Jota was named Player of the Month for the first month of 2024.
It seems that the Manager of the Month award has become an award that many managers do not want to accept. Because if anyone gets it, they usually have to face defeat in the next game.
Famous coaches including Thomas Tuchel, Jose Mourinho, Nuno Espirito Santo, Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta have all experienced the supernatural Receiving this award
However, Klopp managed to defy this mystery by successfully leading his team to victory. It’s not like many of the Kop were alarmed when they saw they were receiving this award.
2. Van Dijk 250
Virgil van Dijk, the captain of Liverpool, started as a first player in this game, already making the 250th appearance of the Dutch star for the “Reds”.
Van Dijk becomes the 86th player in the history of Liverpool Football Club to play for the team to reach this milestone. and he was an important force that helped the “Red” successfully to take the full 3 points.
3. This season, the Swans play at noon without any problems.
Since Klopp took over Liverpool in October 2015, the “Red” is the team that has to play the most at midday. Played 44 times, while Manchester City and
Tottenham Hotspur come second with 39 hits.
Last season, Liverpool had poor results when they had to play at 12:30, playing 6 games without winning (3 draws, 3 losses), while this season they were excellent, winning 4 game (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Crystal Palace,
Everton, Brentford) and 1 draw (Manchester City)
Klopp led Liverpool into the midday game with 22 wins, 14 draws and 8 losses, or an average of 1.82 points per game.
4. Alisson’s hope
Alisson, Liverpool’s number one goalkeeper, did not play in this game. Due to an injury to the back of the thigh muscle while training at the AXA Training Center last Friday.
Klopp had to send back-up goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher to replace him, and Klopp revealed before the game that Alisson was in fact injured. And you have to check again how long you will rest.
“I don’t know yet (how bad the injury is). It’s a muscle injury. We have to wait, maybe tomorrow or the day after. We’ll know more,” revealed Klopp.
5. Klopp is confused about more injured players.
Before playing this game, Liverpool had to face the problem of injuries to a number of important players, be it Dominic Sobozlai, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Ma Tip, Thiago Alcantara and Alisson
After the end of this game, Klopp had an additional headache after playing until the end of the first half. Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota were injured and had to be substituted off the field. Especially the latter, who appeared to be in serious condition to the point of being put on a stretcher.
In addition, before entering the field in the second half, the “Reds” also replaced Darwin Nuñez and had Cody Gakpo play instead. It is still to be seen whether it was due to injury or just a precaution.
Liverpool have an important schedule to meet Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final. This Sunday, February 25, after meeting Luton in the league game on Wednesday, February 21, Klopp has a difficult job to solve.
Injuries to many players
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