Xherdan Shaqiri: “This season we have the depth”

Xherdan Shaqiri believes Liverpool have enough strength in depth to get through their current injury crisis, and thinks the Reds were unfortunate last night against Wolves.

The Swiss international saw a superb free kick effort somehow saved by the Wolves goalkeeper in Liverpool’s FA Cup third round tie.

Two well-taken goals from Raul Jimenez and Ruben Neves were enough to send Liverpool out of the competition, with the disappointment further compounded by an injury to Dejan Lovren, which leaves Jurgen Klopp with a major selection headache.

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WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 07: Divock Origi of Liverpool celebrates his goal during the Emirates FA Cup Third Round match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Liverpool at Molineux on January 7, 2019 in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. (Photo by Getty Images)

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However, Shaqiri is confident his side have enough about them to pick up a positive result against Brighton on Saturday in the Premier League.

“Of course, we are disappointed after this game because we lost, first of all, but I think we didn’t deserve this result because we tried to play football,” the No.23 told Liverpoolfc.com.

“We tried to come back. We tried everything until the end and you cannot say the attitude wasn’t there until the last minute. We tried everything.

“Sometimes you need luck also and the free-kick was very unlucky. I saw the ball inside already, but it never went in.

“We obviously had a lot of young players and a lot of players in who didn’t play for a long time. We wanted to win this game to go to the next round, but the FA Cup is like this: you lose the game and you are out.

“So, we close this game now and are looking forward to the weekend and the Premier League.

“I think we have enough players who can jump in. This season we have the depth. There are a lot of players who are going to come in and give everything and the quality is still there.”

Shaqiri also reserved special praise for 16-year-old Ki-Jana Hoever, who entered the fray inside the opening five minutes to replace Lovren, making him the third-youngest player in Liverpool history.

“He is very nice,” said Shaqiri. “He is still very young, you see that on the pitch also. He came on and he tried everything. He is going to be a very good player in the future.”

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