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Sam Allardyce. “Big Sam”. His name does not evoke good memories.
We know how your West Brom will play. Eleven men behind the ball and hit it long. It will be ugly.
But Jürgen Klopp has a genuine respect for man’s methods.
“I have not gotten to know him very well, we only met on the bench and obviously he is very animated and I am very animated but I respect him a lot,” said the Liverpool manager. Sky Sports News. “West Brom is in a tough spot and they decided to bring in Sam and he has a proven track record in these kinds of situations.
“So we are aware of that and it will be difficult because I would not say that we are obsessed, but we love to analyze the opponent before a game to know everything we can.
“That makes it really difficult this time because Sam only had three or four days before he played Aston Villa, so maybe not many changes before that. But now a full week of training for our game so I can change a lot of things.
“It makes the analysis complicated. We hope to face a lower blocking, we hope to face a team that tries to play channel ball behind with a lot of runs and a lot of sprints of this type and we have to be creative, focused and defend, especially against the counter. – pressing moments.
“We know what Sam is capable of, how he is capable of organizing a team and in a week and a half you can do a lot as a coach, so we hope that.”
To be honest, I would have felt more relaxed going up against Slaven Bilic’s West Brom. But that’s why they hired him, and we know what kind of game we’re in.
