Even though Klopp was happy with the Premier League win over Nottingham Forest, he believed there was still room for improvement.
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Liverpool produced a stellar performance to comfortably walk past Nottingham Forest 3-0 in the Premier League. It was a game where the Reds were the clear-cut favourites even before the ball was kicked, and the home side did not let the fans down. They came up with a professional display from back to front to get the well-deserved three points. The win also helps the hosts maintain their place at the top end of the table.
Even though Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was happy with the Premier League win over Nottingham Forest, he believed there was still room for improvement. When asked whether it was a complete performance from the team, Klopp, quoted by the club’s website, said after the match, “Yeah, I told the boys after the game the best thing you can say after a game like this [is] that we played really good and there’s so much space for improvement.”
He added: “Still, that’s obvious as well, the goals were fantastic, the patience we showed, the fluidity in a lot of moments on the ball, a lot of moments, the creative, the togetherness in how we connected with each other was really good, the goals we scored, I’m not sure, 70, or something, per cent possession, didn’t look at it, but the first goal was a counter-attack. So, really good, the third goal was a counter-attack as well, by the way, the second goal was a wonderful team play.”
The conversation then shifted to Alexis Mac Allister playing in a holding midfield position – No.6 role. It is a position where the Argentinian World Cup winner has played before and Klopp was happy with his contribution. “It’s obviously not really a discussion we have otherwise we wouldn’t play him there. I think today everyone could see the benefit of a player who comes from the offensive side of the game than from the other side,” he explained.
“In a game where you have to create things, where you have to pass, where you have to switch sides. That’s how it is then because not all balls reached the target. If you try something in tight spaces that’s completely normal, I have no problem at all with losing balls around the box because that’s where we should be then for counter-pressing and that can happen.”
While stressing on the topic, Klopp liked Mac Allister’s defensive contributions. “I am really pleased for him and [he had] a lot of defensively top moments, really killed the counter and stuff like this. He was really there. He’s good in these things, that’s why we play him there. In one-on-one situations he is really good and we have to make sure as a team that the spaces are really small in these moments. We can do that with the eights, with the wingers and with the central striker. We can do that with centre-halves who defend into midfield in these moments. Then we have just a really creative player in the centre of the park together with Trent in some moments, which is helpful. Very helpful,” he elaborated.
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