Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp is happy about the rate of development his team is undergoing this season.
This comes after a 2022/23 season in which they struggled to adapt to changes in the team’s setup as the manager tried to phase out a generation of players slowly.
With most of the old guard gone, Liverpool are now looking like a new team literally and figuratively. The new signings have slotted in perfectly and are giving glimpses of the team that Klopp took years to build to the point that they were able to compete with the tactical and financial brilliance of Manchester City.
Against West Ham United in week six of the 2023/24 Premier League season, the Reds produced a great display to overcome the Hammers and add another win to their record so far. They are now second on the table with five wins and one draw, thanks to Arsenal’s slip up against Tottenham Hotspur in the same week.
Memories of the two-horse title race between Liverpool and Man City have begun to spring up among fans and the media as well. Klopp sees all the positives and is happy about the positive development that his team is undergoing this season.
“Yeah, the start is promising, how I said. We have to get used to different things, that’s how it is,” the German tactician said. “The penalty came from a counter-attack, that was a sensational pass from Darwin I think to Lucho and then he is the one in the box as well, if I remembered right.
“And then Mo arrives there completely free and if he is not getting fouled then he probably finishes it off from a similar position like he did then with the penalty.
“That looks positive. Again, these boys are good footballers and when they have a great day they are extremely good. But when it doesn’t start as well – that’s why I liked the development into the game. This time we didn’t concede first but we conceded anyway.
“It feels the same, to be honest, not great. But again the reaction was really top and that’s for us in the moment the most important thing because we have to become this kind of team where it is really difficult to deal with.
“When we are not playing well we are solid, when we are playing well we are really good then. That’s how you can get kind of consistency and that’s what we obviously need.”
