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title: "Gerrard: Klopp’s advice is like gold dust"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Jai Worsman"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2018-03-23T21:42:12Z"
modified: "2018-03-23T21:42:12Z"
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# Gerrard: Klopp’s advice is like gold dust

Liverpool Under-18s boss Steven Gerrard has praised Jurgen Klopp, saying that his advice is like gold dust.

In an interview with [BetVictor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=How9beoenZU&feature=youtu.be), Gerrard and Klopp spoke of management, with the first-team manager saying that management is a “job you have to learn”

In his first season of management, Gerrard took the Under-19s squad to the UEFA Youth League quarter-finals, only to be finally knocked out of the competition by Manchester City.

Talking about his experience in coaching, Gerrard said;

> There’s so much information to learn and take in. Everything that’s new is not a struggle but different.
>
> For the first time you’ll have 25 players around you, and you have to take what’s on the paper and go and deliver it on the field.
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> Then you get your first player knocking on the door \[asking\]: ‘Why aren’t I playing?’ But with time, if you’re faced with these situations again, you think: ‘What did I do right, what did I do wrong?’

When asked whether he had approached Klopp for advice, Gerrard responded with;

> That’s already happened. There are numerous times I’ve phoned him, texted him or been here \[to Melwood\] and asked a question. For me that’s gold dust.
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> He is obviously a lot more experienced than me in what I’m trying to do. Any little bits and bobs I can get from Jurgen and his staff, or anything I see him doing, I obviously need to take it in and add it to what I’m already doing.
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> I’m enjoying the role and making loads of mistakes, but they’re off-camera – which is what he suggested was the best move.