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Jurgen Klopp thrilled with Liverpool comeback in 3-1 win over Wolves.
Liverpool rallied from a goal down to defeat Wolves 3-1 at Molineux, and Jurgen Klopp was thrilled with the result.
Liverpool battled mightily in the first half against Wolves, falling behind 1-0 to a goal from Hwang Hee-Chan and finding it difficult to penetrate the Wolves defence.
However, Jurgen Klopp made numerous substitutions in the second half, and goals from Cody Gakpo and Andrew Robertson turned the game around before a late own goal from Hugo Bueno secured the outcome.
The Reds’ tenacity impressed Klopp, despite the fact that he acknowledged that the first half was so terrible that he was forced to change his own tactics. He acknowledged that midfielder Alexis Mac Allister was among the worst offenders.
He told TNT Sports: “The good thing about the first half was that it was that bad, I didn’t think we could play a second half like that. Obviously, we wanted to start completely differently, but for whatever reason, it was not possible for the boys. You can see it, the low energy levels, Macca, some others as well, you could just see they were struggling. We couldn’t change five times at half time so we thought we’d change the system, add one player, and give us a bit more speed up front and we had to control the game better.
“We changed pretty much everything at half time and that worked out pretty well. The first half was really bad and the second half was really good so do I want to see that every week? No. But today I’ll take it, and a massive, massive three points. I thought we were bad first half but Wolves was really good, they did exceptionally well, they played, they caused us so many problems, especially in one-on-one situations with Pedro Neto, which we shouldn’t have let happen but we were not able to close the gaps. In the end, a massive, massive three points.”
Liverpool moved to the top of the table with their win, having gone five games unbeaten at the start of the campaign.
They were impacted by the fact that numerous players had to travel great distances during the course of the international break, especially Mac Allister, who played for Argentina in a midweek game at altitude.
On Thursday, Liverpool plays LASK in the Europa League.