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Football: Jota hat-trick says nothing about Firmino - Klopp

Jurgen Klopp insists he does not have a selection headache, despite Diogo Jota scoring a hat-trick. Klopp: "Good performances never give me a headache. For tonight that was the decision, it was clear it makes sense for tonight, first of all, to use the good shape Diogo [Jota] is in. And because of the way Atalanta plays and defends, it made sense that the skillset of Diogo helps. But the world is sometimes a really bad place that at the moment when somebody is shining, we speak immediately about another player who played for us, it feels like, 500 games in a row. We would not be in the Champions League if Bobby Firmino was not with us. And immediately I have to explain why he is not in the team. He will be in the team and for a lot of people in the world if you would ask them: ‘What makes Liverpool special?’ I would say the way Bobby Firmino is playing because on a good day we don't have to defend him. For us, it’s important that we have more than 11 players and tonight Diogo used his shape in an incredible way and played a super, super game. But that says nothing about Bobby and has nothing to do with me causing headaches. I’m more than happy that the boys played like they played tonight."

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  • Released : 04-Nov-2020

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