Jürgen Klopp remained uncharacteristically restrained as the goals mounted up for the biggest home win of his Liverpool reign. The performance in the technical area reflected his team’s out on the pitch – calm,carefree and ultimately in control, the perfect Sunday stroll before the Europa League showdown with Borussia Dortmund. “I picked a team to win, and ” he said. “But I didn’t mediate it would be like this.”For Stoke City,an encouraging start disintegrated into a display of dissent and dismal defending at Anfield. stamp Hughes substituted Erik Pieters moments after a heated exchange with his hapless left-back and was left ruing not only key absentees but a defeat that damages his club’s hopes of qualifying for Europe next season. “The story of the game for us unfortunately was our ability to pause the ball coming into our box and that we lacked the ability to clear them when they did, he said.
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Source: theguardian.com