Jurgen Klopp says that there is “no shadow of a doubt” that despite not doing so until now Joe Gomez and Joel Matip will play together.
Jurgen Klopp is optimistic in the absence of Liverpool talisman Virgil van Dijk, that center-backs Joe Gomez and Joel Matip would have little trouble establishing a successful partnership.
Klopp expects the pair to adapt and “fight together,” but because of Van Dijk’s supremacy, they have yet to start alongside each other in this position.
“The reason for that is because I think Virg played pretty much all the games and one of them was injured,” Klopp said on official club website.
“As long as Dejan Lovren was still here and Dejan was in that moment fit, [he could play].”
“I didn’t know they had never played together, I didn’t know that, but they can play together – not a shadow of a doubt.”
“As I said for the Fabinho and Joe pairing, they need to get used to each other and the full-backs need to get used to them. The more stability you have in this line, the better.”
“We never had that really – especially one position was always with a lot of changes.”
“They will fight together, there is no doubt about that. It is football and it didn’t become rocket science overnight. We can help them with information but then they will get tested every three days – that’s the situation.”
