Sam Allardyce: What Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp hasn't realised about English football yet

SUNDERLAND boss Sam Allardyce has blamed Jurgen Klopp's high-press philosophy for the injury crisis which has hit Liverpool.

 

Jurgen Klopp has come under attack for Liverpool's injury woes

 

The Reds face being without 11 players for their FA Cup third round tie with Exeter City on Friday after Philippe Coutinho and Dejan Lovren became the latest names to join the lengthening list.

The duo suffered hamstring injuries in the 1-0 Capital One Cup semi-final win over Stoke City last night.

 

Last week, Allardyce accused Klopp of being a "soft German" after a touchline row over a tackle on Mamadou Sakho.

And he told talkSport that the former Borussia Dortmund boss is at fault for the injuries engulfing Anfield.

He said: "That is him [Klopp] asking his players to play a high-tempo pressing game from the top end.

 

"It’s great that the players have been able to carry it out but I think it has kicked in now.

"I don’t think Jürgen has realised just how ferocious our league is at this period of time and because he has asked for that extra high energy, that extra 10 yards, these lads are fatiguing now with so many games in such a short period of time and are picking up these muscle strains. 

"They are highly trained athletes more than ever before, and they become more susceptible to injuries by the amount of work they do in a game now."