Klopp satisfied with Liverpool performance in draws with Wacker Innsbruck and Stuttgart | OneFootball

Klopp satisfied with Liverpool performance in draws with Wacker Innsbruck and Stuttgart | OneFootball

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·20 July 2021

Klopp satisfied with Liverpool performance in draws with Wacker Innsbruck and Stuttgart

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was satisfied with drawing 1-1 with Wacker Innsbruck and Stuttgart.

The Reds kicked off their preseason friendlies with two games each lasting 30 minutes back-to-back in Austria on Tuesday evening.


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Divock Origi and Sadio Mane got on the scoresheet, while summer signing Ibrahima Konate made his debut.

Asked by the club's website about his assessment of the games, Klopp said: "It was a workout and it was good.

"Physically it was all that we wanted to see, we had to do it and it was an important test for that. From a football point of view, obviously a lot of space for improvement; I saw a lot of wild pressing.

"We wanted a wild press, we had a little competition between the two teams to see who wins the ball back more and how many counter-presses we have. We'll have to think about the prize that the team will win!

"First game was obviously a very young team, Innsbruck did well and were obviously in a better moment than we are because they start next week with the league and we started last week with pre-season, so it's different.

"But the kids did well in all the situations, they lost a little bit of organisation here and there, that's how it is. The second game was a tough test, Stuttgart are a really good team. We started really well and then conceded a goal.

"Then we came more and more in the game again and scored a really nice goal. I'm really happy about it, it's all good. I saw what I expected to see, actually – it would be strange if I was standing here and saying, 'My god, I didn't know we can play this kind of football' but I am fine with it and now we keep working."

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