Klopp demands more from his players; provides Lovren update
Jurgen Klopp believes there is plenty of room for improvement despite Liverpool’s impressive start to the new Premier League season.
The Reds have so far recorded wins over London duo West Ham and Crystal Palace and face Brighton at Anfield on Saturday.
Some clubs have struggled so far, with players returning late from the World Cup, but Klopp is refusing to use that as any potential excuse as Liverpool prepare to face a Seagulls side, who beat Manchester United last weekend.
Speaking at his press conference ahead of the game, he said: “All teams had players at the World Cup. If we would all moan, then we have to give what to Mauricio Pochettino, he had nine players, and he won both games at the start.
“A few of our’s came earlier. That’s OK. We don’t get a lot more in the future.
“We had good games and difficult games in the pre-season, we performed quite well to give us a sign of what it might be. The Premier League is quite different. I’m not excited, we have to expect these things from us. We have to expect it.
“Anything can happen, but we need to expect ourselves that we perform to at least the level we have performed so far.
“If that is the best we can do, then that will be poor. There are a lot of games to play in a lot of competitions.”
As for team news ahead of the game, Klopp confirmed that Dejan Lovren remains sidelined and that he will not necessarily name an unchanged side just because they have two wins out of two.
He added: “We will see, that’s an opportunity. We had enough sessions, I don’t think it makes sense to stick to the team because we won.
“There can be different reasons to change the line-up.
“Dejan, he’s coming closer, but he’s not around team training though. He will not be involved, I’m pretty sure no chance for the Leicester game, then after the international game, that would be nice. That was the target.
“If we give him that time, that would be cool.”
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