We would have been lost without young players, says Liverpool’s Klopp
‘When one door closes another one opens, but you still need the right players’
08 December 2020 - 16:12
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has hailed his crop of youngsters for seizing their opportunities in recent weeks and helping the Premier League champions cope with the loss of veteran first-team players through injury.
Goalkeeper Alisson and defenders Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez were the bedrock of Liverpool’s title-winning campaign in 2019/2020 but have all missed significant portions of the current season, forcing Klopp to dip into the club’s youth system...
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