Jurgen Klopp has revealed what was written on the piece of paper handed to Daniel Sturridge.
Southampton defeated Liverpool 1-0 in the EFL Cup semifinal first leg with Nathan Redmond scoring the solitary goal. He could have piled more misery but Loris Karius’s brilliance at the goal denied them from scoring further.
Liverpool haven’t managed a win in their last three matches. The match was dominated by the Saints as the Reds displayed one of their most awful performances this season. Klopp made a last gasp chance by introducing Philippe Coutinho in the second half but he didn’t make any difference.
Klopp was seen handing a piece of paper to the 27-year old who later passed the instructions to his teammates.
Klopp later explained what was the message in the paper, “New system. Whatever we want to call it, 3-5-2. Lucas at the back, Emre in the centre, two wingers, two strikers. Half space for Lallana and Coutinho. That’s all. No more information but it was enough. Maybe it was a little bit too late.
“We gave the paper when the game was already running again, that was our mistake.
“I would say seven or eight [of my players] knew immediately. Roberto [Firmino] needed a little longer [to understand]. But he was close enough to us. Things like this happen.”
