Graeme Souness has questioned whether Ibrahima Konate should be starting for Liverpool, claiming the centre-half is ‘very raw’ and ‘still learning the game’.
Konate endured a tough second-half, also involved in an incident where Tottenham could have been given a penalty for pulling back Richarlison in the box.
Graeme Souness:
‘He still looks like he is learning the game, he looks very raw,’
‘I get why they want to push Trent [Alexander-Arnold] there because he is their best kicker of the ball. But I think Konate found life very difficult today.
‘Going forward for Liverpool next year they must be thinking, [Joel] Matip can’t keep himself fit, is he the answer? He’s a young man learning the game, maybe he will be, maybe he won’t.’
Jürgen Klopp:
"Of course not. If United and Newcastle wins all the games then how can we get there?
If they start losing them we are close. Until then we have to win football games to qualify for Europe at all.
‘Brighton played one of the best football games this weekend I’ve ever seen in my life, I have to say, Roberto De Zerbi, wow.
‘They are behind us with two games in hand. Aston Villa are developing. If we can keep them behind us that will already be success.’
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