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Liverpool will be on top of the tree this Christmas thanks to yesterday’s record 7-0 win over Crystal Palace, but after the demolition of Selhurst Park, Jurgen Klopp warned: “I am not satisfied.”
Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino scored twice each, with Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mane and Takumi Minamino also on the scoresheet.
It was their biggest victory in the Premier League and the first time in their history that they had won by seven in an away game in the top flight.
The victory also means that Klopp has won more Premier League matches than any other Liverpool manager, while never before has a team in the division seen seven different players assist in a goal in a single game.
“Everything is good in this game,” Klopp said. “It was really difficult to play against us today. And obviously everyone was wearing their finishing boots. ‘
But he warned: ‘I don’t feel satisfaction or anything. I’m happy at the moment, absolutely, because it was just an excellent game, but there is no point in being on the moon. ‘
Liverpool can enjoy Christmas knowing it has the rare luxury of a week off.
That was the plan for us. It feels like Christmas, ‘Klopp said. ‘We have to use that [break] in a smart way and then West Brom awaits us with Sam Allardyce. ‘
He added: ‘It’s a fun season … we lost 7-2 [against Aston Villa] and now we won 7-0, so at least we could cancel the goal difference a bit. ‘
Klopp addressed recent comments from José Mourinho, who had downplayed his injury crisis.
“Mourinho said that only two or three players are not involved,” said Klopp, who misses Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez.
‘He was actually right, the problem is just that these players had to play 80, 90 percent of the games in the season. That’s more our problem. ‘
Liverpool scored seven yesterday, despite having only eight shots on goal.
Left-back Andy Robertson said his performance was “ as close to perfect as we can get away from home ” and skipper Henderson added: “ We were ruthless … I thought we were a bit careless at times overall, but we were delighted. ” with the result and performance.
“Coming here against a good team and ending this week with a win after the middle of the week is important.”
He felt a result like this taking place and when asked if Liverpool had put a scoreboard he said: “In a way, but we didn’t look at the score.”
Salah started on the bench before coming in and scoring twice in the final 10 minutes.
Klopp insisted he was resting the forward, rather than reacting to an interview Salah gave to Spanish media, when he said he was disappointed not to be the team captain in a recent clash with Midtjylland.
The forward also suggested that he would be open to moving to Real Madrid or Barcelona in the future.
‘I have nothing to say [about that]’Klopp said. All good on my part.
There was no problem with Mane either, after he seemed frustrated at being carried away by Salah. “You can’t play football this way if you’re just a soldier doing everything the boss says,” Klopp said. “Sometimes they are human beings in their reaction.”
Palace boss Roy Hodgson was “devastated” after they conceded seven in a home game for the first time.
“There is nothing positive I can say,” said the Palace boss. “We are humiliated by the result… we have to go through a little period of mourning.
“All the players have to accept it, they have to go home and accept that this has happened to us. I’m devastated. ‘
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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