Klopp in revelation about Adam Lallana’s first year at Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp’s men have only failed to win eight games out of 25 – six draws and two defeats – in all competitions so far this season, but Puel believes the point they took off the Reds late previous year also marked one of their best performances as a team.

The pair both started in Liverpool’s 1-0 loss to Southampton last night as Nathan Redmond gave the hosts a slender advantage in the first leg of their EFL Cup semi-final tie.

But Liverpool’s German boss has still backed his side to overturn the deficit in the second leg at Anfield on January 25. We will strike back.

“For tonight, it’s a deserved result but everything is possible for us and that’s OK”. We just have to play at a good level, to take pleasure and to get a result.

While Redmond’s forward play against Liverpool was a huge plus for Puel, so too was the defensive performance produced by the entire side.

Liverpool were poor and could have lost by more, but Klopp said that reaching the Wembley final was still the target and remained “open” for his team because they only lost by one goal.

Next up is a huge game against Manchester United in the Premier League and Klopp is demanding an immediate response to the defeat. I take it even if we played a fuller squad.

“We had chances to cross but we lacked that last look to see if a lad was there to finish”.

Coutinho’s stellar form has seen him linked with a potential £60 million move to Barca, but Klopp said the 24-year-old would remain at Anfield.

“It’s hard to play and have the good concentration with this situation”, said the manager, who has appointed Virgil van Dijk as captain in Fonte’s absence.

I think big Virgil Van Dijk is as close as you’d get to Rio Ferdinand.

Liverpool stand as the league’s top goal scorers, notching 48 goals in their opening 20 games of the season.

“That’s not like this, we tried to help, we thought it makes sense to have real wingers, high, make it more hard for them to defend the wing”.

“We do not know the future of Jose, it is a hard situation in the market”.

“If you win it’s wonderful because you have the youngest line-up ever, but we didn’t think like this, we selected the best line-up for the game”.

“We can do much better of course”. And this team always shows a reaction.