Reds boss hails late winner at Goodison
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has hailed his side for grabbing a late winner to take all 3 points in the Merseyside derby last night.
Sadio Mane’s 94th minute strike earned was enough to see the Reds take the spoils, in Everton’s first home defeat of the season.
The Toffees enjoyed the better of the first half but created no clear cut chances, and Liverpool came out much improved in the second half, dominating proceedings from half-time onwards.
Klopp had no doubts that his team were the worthy winners on the night,
“Enjoyed (the game) is maybe not the right word, it was quite intense and very, very happy after the game,” he said. “It was a deserved win in a difficult game. You saw the reaction of our supporters, so obviously they were happy too. It is the best thing you can do on a night like this.
“We did not give a lot of chances away, I can’t remember one chance for Everton and whatever you want to do in a football game you need to be ready to respect what an opponent wants to do.
“And the plan of Everton obviously was wild football, so they were chasing us in the first half, man on man, man orientated in midfield. We could have done better, but it is really difficult to adapt to something like this quicker.
“I am pretty sure that in two or three months we can react to situations like this much better, maybe next week already, but today we are not surprised because we knew it. But we could not handle it, so we let us fix on one side, especially Dejan [Lovren] when he took the ball with the first touch.
“You have to play and let them run, then they lose being compact and then you can play channel passes. So we did that second half much better, let them run, play simple and quick football, created more chances and could have scored earlier. But actually I do not care when, I take it when it is and I think it was a deserved win.”
As Liverpool boss, Klopp has now won on his first visits to Everton, Manchester City, Arsenal, and Chelsea.
By Ben Kelly – @benkelly_10
