Jurgen Klopp was blunt in his delivery of Moises Caicedo ‘news’ and discussed Mohamed Salah‘s reaction to being substituted after the 1-1 draw at Chelsea.
Salah was not particularly happy when he was taken off and he did not hide it, but the manager understands and sees no problem. A quick line drawn through it.
“I don’t think you’ve ever seen Mo leaving the pitch happy, I can’t remember it,” Klopp said.
“It’s ok. Today, I didn’t think about the record [seven consecutive openers with a goal], I understand the disappointment but I am the manager of the whole team.”
But when it was put to him that Mauricio Pochettino was after more signings, he added, humorously, “Obviously, that’s what every Chelsea manager wants and usually they get it.”
“I saw a lot of things I liked, of course, things I didn’t like particularly. But our first game, tough place. I tend to see it rather positive,” he said. “We have a point and we keep working.”
But that isn’t to say improvements are needed, he added on the loss of control: “We tried to close the gaps by dropping instead of by stepping in, like we did in the beginning. We should’ve solved it better.”
No draw should be a good draw but with this the first game of the season and away from home, Klopp was looking at the result in a “rather positive” light.
