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14-08-2018 | 12:20 Football
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Jurgen Klopp explains how midfield hard work made 4-0 win against West Ham

Liverpool started their 2018/19 Premier League campaign with a 4-0 victory against West Ham United. The Reds manager Jurgen Klopp explained how their players made all the difference as Liverpool started the Premier League season in style. “Naby had six weeks’ pre-season with us. Together with Millie and Gini, they had all of the pre-season. That’s really good,” the manager told Liverpoolfc.com. “You saw that helped a lot and helped him; organisation always helps. And in the moments when he gets the ball, you can see he is quite a nice footballer. “What Gini and Millie did was quite impressive, I have to say. That’s good, we need that. “At the end, it looks like 4-0 is quite comfortable but I’m pretty sure that all three midfielders – or at least these two – had to run 13km or more. You have to work really hard so a game can look like that. “The good thing is all our midfielders – Hendo, Adam [Lallana] – all work. They accept the offensive line sometimes has not exactly the same desire to defend, so they close the gaps and help us with that. That makes their life a bit more uncomfortable, but helps us in other situations.” The manager has also talked about new signing goalkeeper Alisson Becker. “Alisson played a fantastic game, being really concentrated. We all expect these boys to act like machines but they are not, they are human beings,” he said. “In the first game, you could be nervous. Obviously, both [Alisson and Keita] were not nervous, which is good. Especially in our possession, he was a very dominant figure.”

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