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Klopp hails Sturridge impact
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JUERGEN Klopp has praised Daniel Sturridge’s impact off the bench in Liverpool’s 1-0 English Premier League win at local rival Everton on Monday after the striker’s opportunistic shot bounced off the post to set up Sadio Mane’s late winner.
Sturridge, back from a calf injury, was sent on in the 80th minute and as the 227th Merseyside derby drifted into injury time, held off Leighton Baines to fire a shot through a crowd of defenders with the rebound falling into the path of the onrushing Mane.
“It’s not usual or normal that after two sessions a player can really help you, but he helped us a lot tonight in a very difficult game,” Liverpool manager Klopp told British media. “He could make a kind of the difference in this moment. It was a real intense game and so then to bring in real fresh legs, that’s a good thing to do.”
The German was pleased with the win that took his side up to second in the standings but upset that Everton midfielder Ross Barkley had escaped a red card after a studs up challenge on Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson.
“I saw it was a really harsh challenge. But you saw it all so I don’t really have to say anything about this,” he added. “I think Ross is lucky. And Hendo is lucky that nothing else happened.”
The win puts Liverpool six points behind leader Chelsea ahead of a busy run of fixtures. Klopp’s team hosts Stoke City on December 27 and third-placed Manchester City on December 31, before travelling to struggling Sunderland on January2.
Klopp said his team had to combat “wild football” from Everton before the last-gasp winner from Mane
“I can’t remember one chance for Everton. The plan of Everton was wild football. They were chasing us everywhere, it is really difficult to play against this.
“We couldn’t handle it at first. We will be better at reacting against this in a few months,” added Klopp.
Referee Mike Dean added eight minutes of stoppage time after Everton goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg sustained a leg injury in the second half and was replaced by Joel Robles. “We are really disappointed to concede in extra time,” Everton manager Ronald Koeman said. “The eight minutes killed us.”
The Toffees’ struggles in this local rivalry continued — the blue half of Merseyside has been victorious only once in the past 20 meetings.
Everton’s defeat left it ninth in the table with 23 points from 17 matches.
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