Klopp on Liverpool's dramatic comeback 4-3 Fulham win
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00:15 [LAUGHS]
00:17 Yeah, the feeling after the game was exceptional, to be honest.
00:20 During the game it was slightly different in moments.
00:28 I told the boy after the game, the game turned out as the game we saw,
00:32 because we were a bit dumb.
00:34 We gave it, we were really strong, we started really well, I liked it a lot.
00:40 Scored a goal, and I don't actually know, I forgot that a little bit,
00:43 timing-wise, when the long break, because Bernd Leno had to cut,
00:47 how influential that was, I have to watch it back.
00:51 But then we were still playing,
00:55 but the protection was not that good anymore.
00:58 He could have won the ball back high up the pitch, didn't.
01:01 They passed in the centre, they got a corner,
01:04 they had the counter-attack when they scored the first one, Harry,
01:09 then in the second they said the corner should never happen,
01:13 you should defend the corner better, but in the first place it should never happen.
01:17 They get another corner in a similar situation, score again,
01:20 and this time it was disallowed.
01:23 That's why I said the boys had half-time, this result is deserved,
01:28 and it shouldn't be like that.
01:31 Coming out and then obviously now Fulham is a different opponent,
01:35 because they realised, "Ah, that's the way it goes against them today."
01:39 But we still had our moments, we were unlucky with David on crossbar,
01:44 and other situations where we could have scored.
01:49 Then they scored a 3-2 and that was not deserved as well, we have to say that.
01:55 Football is sometimes like this, they had not 20 chances,
02:01 but they had enough and were pretty clinical.
02:04 You concede a 3-2, and then the opposite appears,
02:09 that's now easy to say and we will never find out,
02:12 but in the end the outcome was perfect, but I liked the way we played as well.
02:16 We changed the system a couple of times, and it worked out.
02:21 That's not always the case, but today it worked out.
02:24 And it ends up in a high, intense, hectic period.
02:30 We have a completely calm situation, ball to Mo, Mo to Vata,
02:37 and Vata fires in a far corner, completely free.
02:40 That was not once the case before.
02:45 And 3-3, and then obviously everybody could see the boys wanted more.
02:51 And because we were a bit lucky today we got it.
02:55 Yeah, outstanding experience, I would say, everybody was here,
03:01 I don't think anybody would have thought before the game,
03:04 Liverpool, Fulham, that it would be a game you will never forget in your life.
03:08 But welcome, whoever was here today will never forget it in their life.
03:13 Can you talk about the quality of the four goals?
03:16 Absolutely. I saw a few games, I never saw a game with the amount of worldies,
03:24 to be honest. I mean a competitive game, it was really competitive.
03:29 Trent's free kick, unbelievable.
03:34 Maka, before the game you could see his foot is right today,
03:40 he was really in the shooting, he was like, "Wow, I thought you should better try it."
03:44 He thought obviously the same.
03:47 Vata was just so important, he came on, so that was really good.
03:56 One decides with challenges, super passing, top goal.
04:02 Yeah, and then Trent makes it a brace.
04:06 Honestly, for whatever reason I didn't see that ball go in,
04:10 I probably was turning in that moment or whatever,
04:13 I watched that back, but all of them were pretty special.
04:17 The only reason that was true was, OK, it was Trent in the middle,
04:34 so...again, this game is for the six,
04:40 when the eights are not that compact, I didn't like how we defended with the front line,
04:47 to be honest, going back, our defensive press was not outstanding the first half,
04:52 that makes it really intense for midfielders, but especially for the six.
04:56 We changed the system in that moment as well.
04:59 We brought Joey, right?
05:02 Yeah, there was a change.
05:04 Joe, Gomez.
05:06 So we needed a width as well, we needed a wing, finally again,
05:13 because that didn't work out too well, it worked out very often very well,
05:17 but there are days when it's not happening, when you see Mo gets on the ball,
05:21 and in the first half it was really good, then Dom could underlap,
05:24 and we arrived there in a very important area,
05:27 but now we had Joey out there, which helped, and we had two midfielders,
05:33 a double six, we played with Ryan and Trent next to each other,
05:37 but Joey again in possession, first going inside, then with the next change staying wide.
05:43 So with all the things you try to do in these moments, if it works out,
05:48 it's tricky for the opponent as well, they get used to different things,
05:52 and I think Tom Kiernan played pretty much man-marking against Trent in moments,
05:59 when he was just in the middle, that's why it was really helpful that we had the wing.
06:05 I'm not sure how many crosses Joey fired in, in the end,
06:11 there were a few really good balls, and all of a sudden they had to adapt again,
06:17 and that worked not out for them, and that's why we could win the game.
06:24 In these moments, not that we played like that, it becomes a bit of chess,
06:28 you just try to change something to improve yourself,
06:32 but to make it a bit more tricky for the opponent as well, that's how it worked out.
06:36 Jürgen, we know how much quality Trent has,
06:41 but ever since he's been elevated to that position,
06:44 how much has that pleased you as a manager?
06:49 I'm not sure I have to say anything about it, nobody's in doubt how much I...
06:57 How highly I think about Trent.
07:03 The players here since I'm here, longer of course,
07:06 but for the first time pretty much since I'm here, the development is crazy.
07:11 His shooting skills we knew before, it's now a while ago I think he scored with a free kick,
07:15 so it would not be bad if we could do that better,
07:18 but we need fouls around that area, we don't have that a lot.
07:21 Today he was a real leader on the pitch, that's probably the biggest improvement,
07:28 because it was super intense, but got another push when we put him a bit more inside,
07:37 but he was so often in these positions, the position doesn't change really,
07:45 he's very often in half-spaces in the centre and stuff like this,
07:48 so he was just really good, but he was a real leader on the pitch, that was most important.
07:53 Jürgen, this is such a hectic month you've got coming up,
07:59 what can you do in a game like this in that manner?
08:02 I'll tell you on Wednesday, I don't know.
08:05 Of course it's much better to win a game and go into the next game,
08:10 speeds up recovery, but we lost today Joel,
08:14 we obviously have no pictures yet, no scan yet,
08:19 but after all what you hear and can see, that will not be a short one.
08:23 Unlucky, crazy, but we have to get through this.
08:27 You have to find always a specific mood and mentality to get into the next game,
08:37 to go for it and fight in the hard moments.
08:40 Honestly, I don't think I ever praised Newcastle before,
08:44 but I saw them playing last night and I was really impressed.
08:47 I said, "Wow, they play the same team like they do in Paris."
08:53 That was a big fight, and yes, it was not only a big fight,
08:58 it was an exceptional football game.
09:00 It was a commercial for pressing, counter-pressing and direct football,
09:08 really good football.
09:10 But it's hard for all of us, not so much for me,
09:15 but for the players it's really hard and we have to get through this,
09:19 we see if we have to make changes and who can play again and these kind of things.
09:23 So, yeah, going in that period, which is tough anyway,
09:27 with a positive result, is better,
09:29 but the real decision, how the next game will be, will be made at Sheffield.
09:35 Do you know yet what the problem is for Joel Matip?
09:39 When Alexis went off, did he take the tactical load?
09:44 Sorry?
09:47 When Alexis McAllister substituted, was that tactical or did he take it?
09:51 No, it's just a no.
09:54 I don't want to create now something...
09:57 He didn't get a knock, is tactical something bad?
10:02 Does that mean he was not good enough?
10:04 No, no, no.
10:05 But that's what they usually make of it, right?
10:07 If somebody gets changed tactical, then he was just not good enough.
10:13 It looked a bit like he was running out of gas,
10:16 and we have other players on the bench and that's why we changed.
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