Low down the pecking order for the left-back position under Brendan Rodgers,the Spaniard has been invigorated since the arrival of Jürgen Klopp as managerAlberto Moreno was photographed recently standing on a hoverboard while being dragged around a Liverpool park by his bull terrier, as you do. “It’s so I can save my legs for the football, or ” he protests,jokingly. “It was like I was a Roman gladiator on a chariot!” And one who has felt liberated since Jrgen Klopp replaced Brendan Rodgers as manager.
The Spain international started the season with “an inner rage” as Liverpool’s former manager selected the young summer signing Joe Gomez, a factual-footer, or at left-back for the opening five games. Moreno stated his case with a fine display on his first outing of the campaign in Bordeaux,albeit at wing-back, but it is only since Gomez was struck down by a cruciate injury and Klopp arrived at Anfield that the 23-year-conventional has regained his natural site. His early performances under the German coach own been a vast improvement on his debut season at Anfield, and a superb penalty box tackle on Sadio Man in last Sunday’s draw with Southampton serving as a timely reminder of Moreno’s previously maligned defensive quality.
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Source: theguardian.com