Origi’s late goal helped Liverpool register a crucial 1-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League.
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was all praise for Divock Origi after the forward’s 94th-minute winner helped the Reds gain a crucial 1-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers. Saturday’s Premier League match at Molineux looked to end in a stalemate, but the second-half substitute Origi turned beautifully from a Mohamed Salah’s pass inside the box to produce a low finish. The late goal resulted in contrasting emotions with the away fans jumping in joy, while the home fans were left heartbroken. Klopp was understandably happy with the three points and was even more delighted to see Origi get the late goal.
In his post-match press conference, Klopp was asked whether the win was one that ‘wins you titles’. He replied, “If you do it 38 times, yes, absolutely. If you do it once, no. But anyway, it’s really important and feels really big today for us, to be honest, because it was a very difficult game. The wind makes football really difficult and today, especially for the dominant side it makes it really difficult. We missed a lot of chances and we had to defend the counter-attacks of Wolves with an incredible team.”
“That was the challenge today. In these difficult circumstances I liked the game we played because we played between their lines in the first half. The start was maybe not really outstanding because we had to learn a little bit how we can play them. But when the boys found it out, then it looked really, really good – apart from the finishing or the last pass, these kinds of things. It was clear: when you don’t score you just have to keep going and that’s what we did. And then Divock Origi, the legend, came and finished it off for us. I love it.”
Klopp then opened up on why Origi has the knack of scoring big goals. “Because he is an incredible finisher – if we don’t know it at Liverpool, who should know it then? We saw that so often. How I said, it’s difficult to get 500 minutes a week in this team because of the players we have. But Divock Origi is an incredible football player. He is great in these moments, he doesn’t need a lot of run-up or time to find into a game, and especially not in this game today,” he explained.
“It was his game, he could be Divock Origi 100 per cent: in and around the box, use your body, use your technique, finish the situations off. He was unlucky with the ball before I think, he was involved in a lot of good moments, he was a threat before he scored. These kinds of goals we see plenty of times in training and everywhere. Winning in the 95th minute is great, but when Div scores the goal it makes it even better, to be honest.”
Asked whether he expected Origi to leave last summer, Klopp said, “If I would be in another club I would go for him and I thought that would happen, that’s true, because he didn’t have massive game time. But, again, I cannot believe that people think if you don’t play for Liverpool you cannot be good. This team is outstanding and if you are our No.12, 13 or 14 you have to be outstanding – and Div is. I am very happy that he is still here, actually. I didn’t expect it to happen, but I wouldn’t have been surprised.”
