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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp worries his team is unprepared when they take on Sam Allardyce’s West Brom on Sunday, live on Sky Sports.
The Baggies lost to Aston Villa in Allardyce’s first game in charge last weekend, putting them within five points of safety in the Premier League before Sunday’s trip to Anfield after notching just one win in their first 14 games.
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Klopp hopes to see a change in the way West Brom settled down now that Allardyce has had a full week with his players, which he says will make Liverpool’s preparations much more difficult without a tape to analyze.
“I don’t have to know him too well, we only met on the bench and obviously he’s very upbeat and I’m very upbeat but I respect him a lot,” Klopp said. 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.
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“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 playing Aston Villa, so maybe not a lot of changes before that. But now a full week of training for our game so he can change a lot of things. .
“It makes the analysis tricky. We hope to face a lower block, we hope to face a team that tries to play channel balls back with a lot of runs and a lot of sprints, this kind of thing and we have to be creative, focused and defend, especially in the moments of counterattack.
“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 so.”
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Klopp has had to deal with what he describes as an “incredible amount” of injuries this season, but the champions have still managed to lead from the front in their battle to retain the Premier League title.
However, table position is not too important to Klopp at this stage of the season, he has spent most of his time after matches anxiously awaiting email updates from the medical department to find out if his players have passed the last round of matches. no injury problems.
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“I’m proud of [the players for dealing with the injury problems]”Klopp added.” Being the best in the league is good, it’s the best position to be in, but now it’s really nothing that we’re thinking about right now. You don’t play even half the season, so a lot can happen.
“We have had an incredible amount of injuries and that means that after the game, when you have accepted the result, you are always looking at the medical department with two eyes and you just want to know if something happened and if everyone had a good time. Even when it ends, to the Next morning, wait for the email from the medical department.
“That is really difficult, but again, our job is to use what you have, and that means that the club tries to do the best it can and that we can perform at the highest level. We try in training, the medical department, the department Fitness and nutrition department are trying everything, we all work very hard to make these few remaining children available.
“So far it worked, we gave young players a lot of opportunities, which they used in an incredible way and I am very happy with that. There is always something good in bad situations.”
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