Jurgen Klopp has discussed Ibrahima Konate’s fitness and the ‘changes’ made to Liverpool this summer during his press conference outside Crystal Palace.
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Here are four key takeaways from Klopp’s pre-match press conference…
“A lot of things are back, but not stable yet”
There has been a lot of misery and gloom since Tuesday’s loss to Real Madrid, but Klopp insists there have been some positives.
The Liverpool boss says many of Liverpool’s best qualities are “back” but are not “stable” yet.
“There were some good things that I hadn’t seen in a very, very long time and I was really happy about that, so let’s try to keep that in our game,” he said.
“From now on, all the matches are Champions League qualifiers”
Liverpool’s goals for the rest of the season are now clear. A placement in the top 4 is a priority.
With two wins from their next two games, Liverpool will be level on points with fifth-placed Newcastle ahead of their next league game at Man City.
And the manager says all of the Reds’ remaining league games are ‘Champions League play-offs’.
Konaté’s fitness and team changes
Ibrahima Konaté is set to make a return to action but Klopp doesn’t want to bring him or anyone back into action too soon. He also revealed that Liverpool must and will make changes to the squad against Palace. “Ibou is close, but he’s had two sessions with us after a long-term injury,” he said.
“We’re not sure if all the boys will be able to play again after Madrid due to a few punches here and there, so we need to make changes, we want to make changes and we’ll make changes no matter what.”
“We have to do something in the summer”
“We have to do something in the summer”
“We can’t do it now, but it’s already clear that we have to do something in the summer…
“It has worked so far, it remains to be seen if it will work or if we have to adapt, but this is something for us in the office when we are not on the training grounds and for my conversations with the owners and so on. this sort of thing.
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