Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Genk v Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp says Champions League away record must improve

Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp says the Champions League holders must improve their away structure to dodge an early exit from the challenge. 

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says his side must improve their away form to avoid an early exit from the Champions League.
Klopp's side are hoping to guarantee their first away success in this season's opposition

The Reds beat Tottenham in last season's last however lost each of the three away gathering games and in Napoli this season. 


Liverpool are second in Group E and play Genk in Belgium on Wednesday. 

"Last year we were fortunate with how tight the gathering was that we could lose three times away and still get an opportunity to endure the gathering," said Klopp. 

"That won't occur this year. It's totally extraordinary. 

"We know it's not historically great what we have done (in the away gathering games) in the last couple of years, however all in all the Champions League was obviously great. 

"We accomplished the correct things in the correct minute yet we don't depend on these things. We realize we need to improve and we attempt over and over and again until it works out." 

Liverpool have three points from two games subsequent to beating Red Bull Salzburg in the gathering opener at Anfield. 

Salah returns for the Reds 

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says his side must improve their away form to avoid an early exit from the Champions League.
Mohamed Salah (right) is joint top-scorer for the Reds this season with six goals


Mohamed Salah has come back to the Liverpool squad subsequent to recouping from a lower leg issue. 


The Egypt forward, 27, suffered the damage before the global break and missed Sunday's 1-1 draw against Manchester United. 

Full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold (virus) and individual protector Joel Matip (sore knee) will stay on Merseyside. 

Britain protector Joe Gomez is probably going to fill in for Alexander-Arnold at right-back with Croatia focus back Dejan Lovren poised to play alongside Virgil van Dijk instead of Matip. 

The match at Genk is the first of two consecutive fixtures against the Belgian side. 

Liverpool squad: Alisson, Fabinho, Van Dijk, Wijnaldum, Lovren, Milner, Keita, Firmino, Mane, Salah, Gomez, Adrian, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lallana, Brewster, Robertson, Origi, Kelleher. 

English strength - best of the stats 

1.This is the first gathering among Genk and Liverpool in any challenge. 

2.Genk's just previous meetings with English opponents in European challenge was in the 2011-12 Champions League gathering stage, drawing 1-1 at home and losing 5-0 at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea. 

3.Liverpool have won every one of the five of their European Cup/Champions League matches against Belgian teams, keeping five clean sheets in those games - one of those wins was in the 1978 European Cup last against Bruges (1-0). 

4.English teams are unbeaten in their last 14 Champions League games against Belgian teams (W12 D2 L0) since Manchester United's 2-1 annihilation at Anderlecht in October 2000 - five English teams have confronted Belgian teams since then without losing (Leeds, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Leicester). 

5.Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino is the main player since the start of the 2017-18 season to have both scored and assisted 10 Champions League goals (14 goals, 10 assists) - in spite of the fact that he has just scored or assisted in one of his last seven away games in the challenge (one objective away at Porto).

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