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Liverpool boss Klopp: Jota really good boy, really good signing

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is delighted with the impact of summer signing Diogo Jota.

The former Wolves striker again proved the matchwinner for victory over West Ham on Saturday.

"We never hold players back at the beginning, it's just that they usually need time to adapt," Klopp said.

"I knew before that it would not take too long for him because of the way Wolves are playing.

"They play a different system, but the intensity level for Wolves is always incredibly high. The only one player who has to defend less - and only slightly less - is Raul Jimenez, but the boys on the wings they had to run like crazy.

"It was clear that physically he would be fine, technically we saw he is good, all the rest is then about finding your feet in a new environment."

Jota will hope for a starting role after travelling to Italy as part of the squad to face Atalanta in Liverpool's third Champions League group D match on Tuesday.

And Klopp added: "He is at the best age, 23, already experienced, already played a lot of Premier League football, he is a really good boy and is a really good signing. That's the situation.

"The boys always make it easy for new players, and Diogo is very good. He is really open, his English is brilliant, and it made it easy for him to step into the team and the squad and the dressing room. Now he plays and has been involved."

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