‘Exceptional Liverpool against a fit team’: Klopp and Robertson react to victory against Arsenal

Coach Jürgen Klopp jumped into a post-match interview with Sky Sports, and caught Roy Keane’s final comment that Liverpool had some “sloppy moments.” The Liverpool manager was not happy with this characterization and came out strongly against Keane’s notes.

“Did I hear right that Mr. Keane said we had a sloppy performance tonight? Was it a sloppy performance tonight? Maybe I’m talking about another game, it can’t be this game, sorry. “

“That is an incredible description of this game, it was absolutely exceptional, nothing was neglected [as Liverpool were] absolutely dominant against a fit team, 100% fit. “

Klopp was quick to congratulate his team’s composure in the face of the threat of Arsenal counterattacks, noting that perhaps the game “seemed” more open because “60-70%” of Arsenal’s chances ended up offside, commenting on the impact that late flags could have. we have about our conception of parties.

However, Klopp was satisfied with “everything” about his team’s performance, congratulating a team that maintained what many believe to be the second-best front-line in the Premier League with only five successful passes into the penalty area from Liverpool and only four shots in total (with three on goal, one of which is Lacazette’s goal).

Photo by Paul Ellis – Pool / Getty Images – Andy Robertson makes post-game remarks

Defender Andy Robertson agreed with Klopp’s assessment of the quality of his team, both on and off the ball.

“It was a fantastic pressure game for us, when we lost it I think we all reacted positively and we managed to put them under a lot of pressure that forced them to make mistakes. With the ball we also show our qualities ”.

Robertson also spoke of the perhaps only “careless moment” with a smile on his face now that all three points are safe in his possession.

“I don’t think we can have much to complain about, other than probably my attendance on the wrong side. But the reaction after that was fantastic, we fell behind against a really good team and the response was really positive.

Robertson recovered from his mistake in a big way, scoring Liverpool’s second and contributing to the overall very positive performance.