Jurgen Klopp declares that Xherdan Shaqiri's performance in Liverpool was not "normal" | Football News

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp described the performance of Xherdan Shaqiri The elimination of Manchester United in the International Champions Cup is not "normal".

Shaqiri joined his new teammates only Wednesday, having played a key role in helping Switzerland compete in the knockout stages of the World Cup this summer.

Klopp was impressed by Shaqiri's desire to join them on tour so soon after playing in Russia, as well as his ability to play in an advanced midfield after being a part-time substitute in Michigan .

"This is not normal after four days in the club – the adaptation to the style of play," said Klopp

"We wanted to help a little with the position so that it is not too complicated, it gave him a lot of freedom, offensively playing natural, in addition to offering races at the back, what he did, especially around Sturridge's goal

"It was better than I expected. I think that today it was a game where it was easy enough to come all because we played over 90 minutes of very good football on very difficult terrain for both teams.

"We have always played in a simple and quick way, after the Dortmund match [a 3-1 defeat last Sunday] I did not feel very well but I knew that I did not have to make it bigger than it was

"C & # 39th is a pre-season match so if you make mistakes you should lose – if you learn that it's good. Today, we do not do it bigger of course.

"For Shaq, by the time he signed, he wanted to stay immediately in Liverpool and train with us, I think it was a week after the World Cup, so I'm not sure. I said, "No, no, no. "

" He came back a few days ago and he was really excited. For him it was a very good time in his career, having already lived a real experience at Bayern, Stoke, Inter.

"These are important moments in his career and now we have him and he can now play with some really cool football players."

Liverpool's next match is a friendly against Napoli at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday.

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