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Jurgen Klopp jokes he didn’t come to Liverpool for the weather after thumping 6-1 victory over Southampton
JURGEN Klopp didn’t move to Liverpool for the weather, but things are looking pretty sunny on Merseyside at the moment.
The Reds booked themselves a ticket in the Capital One Cup semis via a rampant 6-1 victory over Southampton on Thursday morning.
After the match, Klopp joked on Sky Sports that there was little apart from football that lured him to England’s north west.
“We do not have magic ideas. It’s about working hard,” he told Sky Sports.
“You cannot be in Liverpool because of the weather, so it must be because of the football club.
“We need luck with injuries but the squad is strong enough for us to be challengers.
“At the moment, we don’t have to be any more than that. If you shoot the ball between the posts, it’s better than when you don’t do it.”
After previously favouring a 4-2-3-1 formation, Klopp sent out his Liverpool side in a 4-4-2 diamond at St Mary’s to accommodate the return of Daniel Sturridge for his first start in the German’s reign.
“We try to work, Not too hard because we don’t have time. We had a new system with a diamond with two strikers and after first 10 minutes we did good,” Klopp said.
“In training we have to work tactics and it’s not the most fun thing for the lads but it’s work we have to do especially if you change the system like we did today.
“You need a little bit of luck in football but we knew what we wanted to do and in the end it worked.”
After challenging his perennially injured striker to toughen up, Klopp admitted he was pleased with Sturridge’s 59-minute shift in which he scored Liverpool’s first two goals.
“We try to do what we can to keep him fit,” he said.
“Sometimes it can be bad luck, even for a long period, but he felt good during the game and at the end of it.
“He doesn’t have to play in all the games, but if we can decide when is the right moment to fight, and when is the right moment for recovery, everything should be OK.”
The mammoth victory was Liverpool’s seventh win under Klopp from 11 matches in all competitions, with the only blight on his record a 2-1 loss to bogey side Crystal Palace.
His side has scored 21 goals in that period, 13 of which have come in their last three away fixtures which have produced big wins over Chelsea (3-1), Manchester City (4-1) and Southampton (6-1).
With a favourable draw up until the New Year — Newcastle (A), West Brom (H), Watford (A), Leicester (H), Sunderland (A) — it is not beyond the realms of possibility that Klopp’s Liverpool could be sitting in the top four come January.
LIVERPOOL UNDER JURGEN KLOPP:
17/10 — 0-0 v Tottenham (A)
22/10 — 1-1 v Rubin Kazan (H, Europa League)
25/10 — 1-1 v Southampton (H)
28/10 — 1-0 win v Bournemouth (H, Capital One Cup)
31/10 — 3-1 win v Chelsea (A)
5/11 — 1-0 win v Rubin Kazan (A, Europa Leauge)
8/11 — 2-1 loss v Crystal Palace (H)
21/11 — 4-1 win v Manchester City (A)
26/11 — 2-1 win v Bordeaux (H, Europa League)
29/11 — 1-0 win v Swansea City (H)
2/12 — 6-1 win v Southampton (A, Capital One Cup)
Premier League — 6 matches, 3 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss, 10-5 aggregate
Europa League — 3 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 4-2 aggregate
League Cup — 2 matches, 2 wins, 7-1 aggregate
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