Klopp ready to “carry on” after encouraging Community Shield clash

Jurgen Klopp says he was able to draw a lot of positives from the Community Shield defeat yesterday after Liverpool were narrowly beaten by Manchester City.

Joel Matip cancelled out Raheem Sterling’s early goal to send the game to penalties, where Claudio Bravo saved Gini Wijnaldum’s spot kick to win the game for the Premier League champions.

However, the Liverpool manager was encouraged by his side’s performance ahead of the start of the new campaign.

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“I thought they looked pretty hungry. That doesn’t mean it will work out but we fought today,” Klopp said.

“After all the things that were said about the competition, both teams wanted to win it desperately, I saw that.

“My team is not in doubt about being satisfied or whatever, to stop working or stop running. The character of the team is still incredibly good.

“We had a difficult pre-season but the boys did what they had to do and were affected by it. We played football games against really good teams and that didn’t feel too good.

“It was very important we all gave ourselves and our supporters a sign of the performance today. Now let’s carry on.”

Klopp added: “It was a really good performance, a powerful one in the second half. Both teams had a similar pre-season – I spoke to Kevin De Bruyne after the game and we both said we don’t really know where we are yet.

“The least we deserved was the equaliser. One save decided it and I cannot be disappointed. The performance was much more important today than a win. We know we are still here; we can still play proper football.”

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