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Jurgen Klopp says “the future is bright” for Liverpool’s new kid Diogo Jota after the 23-year-old’s quick adaptation to life at Anfield.
Jota scored his second Premier League goal, and a vital triumph, in four games in their 2-1 win over Sheffield United on Saturday night, to cap off an impressive performance from the Portuguese forward, who moved to Anfield from his Premier League rivals Wolves last month. .
Klopp said in his post-match press conference that the 23-year-old “has the quality Liverpool need” for a team that has relied so heavily on the three first-choice forwards of Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah since the arrival of the latter. at the club in 2017.
“He’s still adjusting to us, a lot of the things we do are not natural to him,” Klopp said. “But that’s because the Wolves play differently. A lot of things he did for the Wolves are what we want him to do. That he’s so close is just a sign of what a good player he is, and if he stays fit, that’s 23, the future is bright, we will need your quality, I am happy with the way it was installed.
“He is a good player, that’s what I like about him, I told my coaches and said that it is very easy because he is a very nice person who makes everything easy. The player is fast, his physique is strong, he is good in the air, on the ground, but it has the quality we need, and that helps a lot. “
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Klopp: I like halftime!
Liverpool had struggled to create clear chances in a first half where an impressive cross from Jordan Henderson played a major role in the tie in the 41st minute, but after the break Salah saw a goal disallowed for offside and another effort denied by the wood. on either side of Jota’s winning head.
“In the first half we lost our patience,” Klopp said. Sky sports. “We had four players who wanted the ball behind the back line, we didn’t have too many midfielders and we were looking to pass it without anyone for the second ball. The balls are brilliant but you need a formation to pick up what doesn’t lead to a proper opportunity.
“I love halftime, we can talk to each other and show the guys a picture, the goal we scored was exactly how we should have done. The second half started really well – Sheffield United also pushed, for 20 or 25 minutes we could have marked more, but then they came back.
“So it’s difficult, they came back, a lot of long balls, we had to dig deep, but the guys did it. It’s good to win a soccer game 2-0, 3-0, and they don’t have a chance, but that only happens in games like this. The ones where you’re ready to fight. On nights like this, you earn the right to beat others. That’s why I love this game so much. “
Wilder: Performance ‘more like us’
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Sheffield United are off to a rocky start to their second Premier League campaign with Chris Wilder, picking up just one point from their first six games, though they produced a performance worthy of testing the Premier League champions at Anfield on Saturday night. , enjoying 13 shots for 17 of the hosts throughout the game.
That left Wilder buoyed by the Blades’ prospects and their ability to draw positives out of the game, ahead of another tough encounter against last season’s runner-up Manchester City at Bramall Lane next weekend.
“He was more like us, he was more aggressive and more competitive,” he said. Sky Sports. “It was more of a Sheffield United performance that everyone has seen in the last two or three years and we had to go back to that with attitude in our focus.
“If you let the good players get up, they will eliminate you and I thought we got in touch with them and that gave us the opportunity to play as well. I didn’t think it was all one-way traffic, I thought we also created and I wouldn’t have surprised if we got something late in the game with the amount of pressure we had, always, understandably, open to the fast break, especially when the game stretches as it goes.
“But I thought you had seen their attitude at the end, it was obviously a great victory for them and our attitude, the desperation in the body language of the players, they felt they should have gotten something out of the game, so fast to Manchester City.” at home and away at Chelsea, but that’s what the league is about, if you don’t want to be in it, don’t participate.
“We deserve to be in it and now we have to show that we deserve to be a part of it and I think we will if we produce more of that kind of performance.”
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