JURGEN KLOPP has urged the likes of Philippe Coutinho, Adam Lallana and Roberto Firmino to increase their output and start conjuring more goals and assists for Liverpool.
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| Jurgen Klopp has warned his Liverpool stars to find the net |
While much of the focus has fallen on Christian Benteke’s start to life at Anfield, Liverpool manager Klopp has warned the striker cannot be expected to shoulder all of the scoring burden.
Since Klopp took over at the start of October Coutinho has scored four goals, Firmino just once and Lallana has yet to open his account.
The lack of goals is underlined by the fact that Steven Gerrard – who left in May – remains Liverpool’s second highest goalscorer in the league in 2015 with six strikes. Coutinho is top with eight and Benteke joint third on five goals with Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Henderson.
Klopp wants his side to build on the weekend victory over Leicester City, which came courtesy of Benteke’s second half effort, and impressed the importance on goals being spread throughout his side.
Liverpool will be without Sturridge and Divock Origi at Sunderland on Wednesday, along with James Milner, and Klopp said: “If you don’t have enough goals, you always have to talk and think about how you can bring the others in position to score goals.
“We have such quality that we have to use this. We have our moments when we are shooting and we have a little bit of bad luck. For example, Adam has had some situations where he could have had goals, but we are working on this.
“It is always about more in these situations. You cannot wait for just one chance and then you will make it. It is not like this. We have to always be in position. We try to improve. We know about this. It is the truth.
“To be more dangerous from all positions is a big target for us.”
Firmino has struggled to find his range and rhythm since his £29m move from Hoffenheim this season, while Lallana has scored twice in the Europa League.
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