{"id":289303,"date":"2023-09-03T21:34:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=289303"},"modified":"2023-09-03T21:34:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:34:23","slug":"jurgen-klopp-lauds-close-to-perfect-performance-against-aston-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/jurgen-klopp-lauds-close-to-perfect-performance-against-aston-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurgen Klopp lauds &apos;close to perfect&apos; performance against Aston Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp lauds &#8216;close to perfect&#8217; performance against Aston Villa&#8230; as he singles out Dominik Szoboszlai for praise after \u00a360m star netted his first Reds goal in 3-0 win<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Liverpool continued their fine start to the season with a win over Aston villa\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Manager Jurgen Klopp says it was his side&#8217;s best performance for &#8216;a long time&#8217;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The German boss heaped praise on Dominik Szoboszlai after the 3-0 win\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool were \u2018close to perfect\u2019 in beating Aston Villa 3-0 on Sunday at Anfield, with the German manager praising his team\u2019s performance as \u2018the best in a long time\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Summer recruit Dominik Szoboszlai opened the scoring after three minutes and put in a mercurial midfield performance, before Darwin Nunez forced Matty Cash into an own goal and much-discussed Mo Salah added a third in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>After sub-par overall performances against Chelsea, Bournemouth and Newcastle, the Reds registered their first clean sheet of the season in an all-round fine display, which Klopp described as a \u2018top game\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Absolutely, it was a top game (from us),\u2019 said the German boss. \u2018The best game for a long time, we had a few good games obviously but this was really good, we were right in both departments offensively and defensively, you cannot do one step less against this Aston Villa team.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The early goal might have helped but we looked really good. The mix in possession between control and direction was close to perfect. That is how it felt, we used the formation properly, everybody wanted the ball, it was as good as could be.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/17\/75013913-0-image-a-1_1693758919851.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool were \u2018close to perfect\u2019 in beating Aston Villa 3-0 on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/17\/75014125-0-image-a-2_1693759123659.jpg\" height=\"577\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Reds boss heaped praise on\u00a0Dominik Szoboszlai after he netted his first goal for the club\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/17\/75014127-0-image-a-3_1693759132682.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Salah also got on the scoresheet asAl-Ittihad continue their chase of the Egyptian<\/p>\n<p>Klopp singled out Hungarian captain Szoboszlai for praise after the match, with the \u00a360m addition looking like one of the signings of the summer. \u2018That is now four games, pretty impressive,\u2019 said Klopp on the 22-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He is tactically smart, absolutely ready for the dirty part of the game, really hard working &#8211; not the fancy stuff, not shooting, passing, running forward, no, closing down opponents. And what a goal, I saw it from behind, the cleanest strike I saw for a long time!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Klopp also noted the individual performance of Joe Gomez, who had big shoes to fill with Ibrahima Konate injured and skipper Virgil Van Dijk suspended. \u2018Both centre halves played an exceptional game with different jobs,\u2019 said Klopp.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa forward) is hiding in midfield so Joe had to step in there, leaving Joel (Matip) in one on one with Ollie Watkins, we know Watkins might be quicker than Joel. But top performance and Joey I am pleased with him. Today we were really together and compact.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Villa boss Unai Emery was disappointed with his team\u2019s \u2018weak\u2019 defending. The Spaniard said: \u2018After the first goal we conceded we were not bad, we had chances. We were weak defensively and they were clinical.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12476089\/Liverpool-boss-Jurgen-Klopp-lauds-close-perfect-performance-against-Aston-Villa-singles-Dominik-Szoboszlai-praise-60m-star-netted-Reds-goal-3-0-win.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp lauds &#8216;close to perfect&#8217; performance against Aston Villa&#8230; as he singles out Dominik Szoboszlai for praise after \u00a360m star netted his first Reds goal in 3-0 win Liverpool continued their fine start to the season with a win over Aston villa\u00a0 Manager Jurgen Klopp says it was his side&#8217;s best performance&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jurgen Klopp lauds &amp;apos;close to perfect&amp;apos; 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