Jurgen Klopp has revealed he believes Adam Lallana could’ve netted four or five goals on his Liverpool return, if he had performed like he had in training.
According to the Daily Star, Klopp has revealed that Lallana, who made his return to the Liverpool first team last week, has been unbelievable in training since returning.
Lallana made his first start since his injury against Huddersfield, after last playing for the Reds back in March.
However Klopp revealed he expected more from Lallana after his form in training.
The German boss said:
If he would have played like he’d trained in the last two weeks before the game, we would have scored four, He was unbelievable.
[But] in a proper game, you need to have some rhythm to bring it into the game because everything is different – you are in the dressing room, you are changed, you know it’ll be a proper ref and not the manager whistling the game and stuff like that. It’s all a bit different.
It’s all good and the game was more intense than what we did with him in the last few sessions because we didn’t want to kill him, we only wanted to prepare him. That’s good.
He is an outstanding player – and especially with the few injuries we have it is so important to have him back and all good that we do.
Klopp’s Reds take on Red Star Belgrade on Wednesday evening, before taking on Cardiff this Saturday.
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