adminLiverpool manager Jurgen Klopp bemoaned the fact that his over-worked team will be required to play yet another crucial game in January following the 2-2 FA Cup third round draw at Exeter City. The German coach fielded an unrecognisable, young line-up against the League Two club, blaming a lengthy injury list and the need to rest senior players for what was his team’s fifth game in 14 days.
After Friday’s draw, Liverpool now face an Anfield replay with Exeter before a second leg of their League Cup semifinal with Stoke, as well as a scheduled Premier League meeting against Arsenal on Wednesday.
Further, next month sees Klopp resurrect his interest in a fourth competition this season when Liverpool face German club Augsburg in the knock-out stages of the Europa League.
“We have to play again, I can’t believe that is another game but we will be there,” said Klopp who admitted that he could not judge his young players on this one game alone.
“It can’t be the future. I can’t judge the young players after this one game, it doesn’t work like that. However, they certainly helped us in our situation today but it’s obvious what we have to learn in the future. We have to be more robust.
“I think the Exeter players were more robust than us and we have to work on that. But we certainly deserved a draw. And that is what we have got.
“Now we have got another game to play. But I am not complaining. We have more games than most teams because we are still in other competitions.” — AFP
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