Klopp on Hertha Defeat and the Return of Van Dijk and Gomez | OneFootball

“It’s pre-season. So, I prefer winning football games obviously but the goals we conceded tonight were obviously for all different reasons. First goal, unnecessary free-kick, then a tricky situation, Caoimhin knows probably that he can come, stuff like this. Second goal, no challenge from Kostas, ball inside, then worldie. But we were back in the game. In the moment when we started playing the game and not the position, we were in the game and played really good football. 2-2 at half-time, all fine. Then a lot of changes and stuff like this. Jovetic came on and obviously the situation with the cross, Robbo is in the situation but Curt has to be there, two-v-one situation, avoid the cross. When the ball is in the air it’s difficult, a little misjudgement from the centre-half, that’s it. Then the fourth goal, a counter-attack. It’s like it always is but we have to get there again and it’s fine. Really good moments. We have to get much more compact in all situations as a formation. We have still a job to do obviously. We are sometimes really too far away from each other and that’s why they can play football there and we don’t get a proper feeling. A wonderful goal of Ox, our goals were brilliant, we could’ve scored more. A pre-season game, how I said.”

“It was a nice feeling. Started immediately well and usually, we all know that the fourth goal is a clear situation which saw and defend well. But that’s it. I’m not sure, 260-something days for Virg and not much less for Joe they didn’t play football, so it’s nice to have them back. It was the first step, really important.”

“Nearly all are back, then during Evian, they will pretty much all be back I think. That’s good and then we can really start preparing, involve them all, get used to each other again and all this kind of stuff. Then we have a tricky start away at Norwich, that’s how it is. They obviously were flying last year, they’re probably still flying, so we have to be ready to fight – and I saw glimpses of a fight tonight. I saw the boys want and all this kind of stuff, there’s no doubt. All the things I said before the game – that we are in full training all the time. No doubt there was a lot of good things as well but, of course, conceding four is not an option – but for tonight we have to take it.”

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