German coach Jürgen Klopp, the coach of the Liverpool team,
confirmed, on Saturday evening, that what happened to the
players after the hard-fought victory over West Ham United is
exceptional after seeing the determination and desire of the players,
and the way they dealt with setbacks.
And hard-won, and in the final minutes, Liverpool snatched the
three points of their match against West Ham United in the
match that brought the two teams together at “Anfield”, within
the framework of the seventh-round matches of 2020-2021
season of the English Premier League, which ended with a score
of 2 1- Record them for “The Reds” Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota.
Klopp told Sky Sports: “Football is all about finding the right
way, and the boys found it tonight. Obviously, I liked the second
goal, which was great. Shaqiri is going through a special period
at the moment, and of course Diogo Jota.”
“We fought hard to sign him, we didn’t need to convince him
much, but we had to fight for him. He is an exceptional talent,
has speed, fitness, and technique better than I thought,
and that’s really impressive.”
He continued: “All this kind of play. This is what we had to do
in the 95 minutes we played. Every pass they took represented a
great threat, but we handled the game really well.”
He continued: “The difficult thing is that we must be patient, but
also energetic, in order to keep up with their movements. It is a
level of focus that we had to maintain steadily, which is what we
did, except perhaps with the exception of the goal we received.”
About the difficulty of winning at West Ham United, the
German said: “We have to try everything to win matches, it is
not about brilliance or the like, it is only about working hard,
it was necessary against a competitor like this.”
Regarding the performance of young defender Nathaniel
Phillips in his first match with Liverpool in the Premier League,
Klopp explained, “Philip was exceptional and wonderful,
I couldn’t be happier for him. I asked him before the match if he
was nervous, I told him that I would be so, but he has been alert
since The first second and played a very good game. “
