Speaking ahead of Sunday’s Premier League match at Brighton & Hove Albion, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he’s finally let go of the controversial loss to Tottenham Hotspur last weekend.
Well, it is about time, because after all, the Reds have already played another match since, and we all need to stop talking about it sometime.
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Kick-off time: 2PM GMT, Sun. Oct 8, 2023, Falmer Stadium
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“If I made the impression that I was still in [Saturday’s] game, we are not,” Klopp said on Friday.
“We are over it. We are not children. That is it. From a focus point of view there was not a problem.”
Good. I actually know some adults, not just children (in my own family actually) who never let go of anything. Ever. Klopp had previously indicated that he was hoping, or least wanting, a replay of last week’s match, so yes, this is indeed growth for the German.
In terms of predicting his first team for Sunday, well, it kind of picks itself, really. The only debate is whether you bring in Wataru Endo or Ryan Gravenberch.
There is no right or wrong answer.
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(4-3-3): Alisson Becker; Joe Gomez, Joel Matip, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson; Wataru Endo, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai; Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nuñez, Luis Diaz
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