{"id":11321,"date":"2023-12-15T09:15:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T09:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=11321"},"modified":"2023-12-15T09:15:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T09:15:04","slug":"klopp-sees-bright-side-after-liverpool-slip-to-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/12\/15\/klopp-sees-bright-side-after-liverpool-slip-to-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Klopp Sees Bright Side after Liverpool Slip to Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jurgen Klopp focused on the positives after seeing an experimental Liverpool side slip to a 2-1 defeat to Union Saint-Gilloise in the Europa League.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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With top spot in Group E and a place in the last 16 already secured, Klopp shuffled his pack for the trip to Belgium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mohamed Amoura opened the scoring for the hosts after 32 minutes but Jarell Quansah levelled matters with his first goal for the Reds seven minutes later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And although Cameron Puertas bagged what proved to be the winner just before half-time, Klopp was content with what he saw.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He said: “It was a deserved win for Union.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Even though I heard now the first goal might have been offside, nobody can tell properly. We will see that but who cares?<\/p>\n

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“They are well set up, they are top of the [Belgian] table, they played a stronger side. I mixed up the team completely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“We needed to grow into the game. I am really happy that happened in the second half more and more and that we gave it a game, a proper game in the end.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Before that, they gave us possession, won the balls on counter-attack and it was really tricky, to be honest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“It was pretty intense on a really difficult pitch. It was not great and you saw how intense it was, a couple of players had cramps for Union.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“In the end, we could have scored the equaliser and it would have been nice. We would have loved to have got the point here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“For some it was a really important experience and for others good for rhythm.<\/p>\n

“I saw good performances. We gave it a go and that’s OK for me. Nobody got hurt, nobody is injured, so we recover, go home and go again.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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