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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Andy Hunter

Jürgen Klopp ‘gets things off chest’ in Liverpool squad meeting after poor start

Jürgen Klopp at Liverpool training
Jürgen Klopp said: ‘It is not that I shout at the players, not at all, it is about putting things in perspective.’ Photograph: John Powell/Liverpool FC/Getty Images

Jürgen Klopp has demanded more effort and passion from his Liverpool players after “getting things off my chest” during a lengthy inquest into their poor start.

The Liverpool manager convened a meeting with his squad on Wednesday in response to Monday’s 2-1 defeat at Manchester United – they had the day off on Tuesday – and admits it was a one-way conversation. He believes Liverpool must react on Saturday at home to Bournemouth, in a game he described as “the first proper fightback early in the season”.

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