{"id":1123853,"date":"2020-01-06T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1123853"},"modified":"2020-01-06T18:06:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T18:06:00","slug":"klopp-praises-minamino-liverpool-debut","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/klopp-praises-minamino-liverpool-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Exactly the player we wanted&#8221; \u2013 Klopp praises Minamino for Liverpool debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jurgen Klopp has heaped praise on Takumi Minamino after impressing on his Liverpool debut on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Japan international recently sealed a \u00a37.25m move from RB Salzburg to Anfield and was given his first taste of action in a red shirt as Liverpool overcame Merseyside rivals Everton 1-0 in the FA Cup.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Takumi Minamino&#8217;s Liverpool debut in numbers: Five key stats&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Touches of the ball:\u00a0<\/strong>33<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total shots:\u00a0<\/strong>1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pass success:\u00a0<\/strong>82%<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dribbles completed:\u00a0<\/strong>1<\/li>\n<li><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Happy managers: <\/b><span>1 \u2013 as Jurgen Klopp hailed his &#8220;outstanding&#8221; display.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7467210\/embed\/v4?image_option=fullsq\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nMinamino lasted for 70 minutes of the derby clash and left the pitch to a standing ovation from the Anfield faithful.<\/p>\n<p>Following the match, Klopp described Minamino&#8217;s performance as &#8220;outstanding&#8221;, going on to say the 24-year-old is &#8220;exactly the player he wished for&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;He was super, outstanding, exactly the player we wanted, exactly the player we wished for,&#8221; Klopp said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1123716\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/liverpool-1-0-everton-match-analysis-jones-milner-minamino\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1123716\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1123716\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/05180643\/liverpool-1-0-everton-featured.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/05180643\/liverpool-1-0-everton-featured.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/05180643\/liverpool-1-0-everton-featured-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/05180643\/liverpool-1-0-everton-featured-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/05180643\/liverpool-1-0-everton-featured-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/05180643\/liverpool-1-0-everton-featured-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/05180643\/liverpool-1-0-everton-featured-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/05180643\/liverpool-1-0-everton-featured-940x530.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1123716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/liverpool-1-0-everton-match-analysis-jones-milner-minamino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThat was pure Coutinho, pure football\u201d \u2013 Five things learned from Liverpool 1-0 Everton in the FA Cup<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;In your first game fo<span>r a team you don&#8217;t know, it&#8217;s not a settled team, it&#8217;s already difficult.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Klopp then explained that he was particularly impressed with how Minamino bedded into what was essentially a second-string\u00a0Liverpool team made up of youngsters and fringe players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;This team we threw together on the pitch with basically two sessions together, to show this sort of understanding, his football skills were exceptional and his attitude was outstanding,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1123853-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/06104144\/klopp-minamino-liverpool.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/06104144\/klopp-minamino-liverpool.mp4\">https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/01\/06104144\/klopp-minamino-liverpool.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;He led the chasing pack so often. He didn&#8217;t look tired, but we don&#8217;t know the player that well yet so we took him off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With Liverpool safely through to the FA Cup fourth round, attention now turns back to their Premier League title charge.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds currently sit 13 points clear of second-placed Leicester City with a game in hand, but face Tottenham Hotspur away and Manchester United at home in their next two fixtures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jurgen Klopp has heaped praise on Takumi Minamino after impressing on his Liverpool debut on Sunday. The Japan international recently sealed a \u00a37.25m move from RB Salzburg to Anfield and was given his first taste of action in a red shirt as Liverpool overcame Merseyside rivals Everton 1-0 in the FA Cup. 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