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Liverpool boss Klopp on Lallana impact: I told him to be ready at start of week

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp hailed the impact of Adam Lallana for victory over Burnley.

Klopp admits he put the midfielder on notice at the start of the week.

After the 4-2 win, the manager stated: "We had a long training week and a lot of sessions, and I said at the beginning of the week it is possible to show up.

"You don't have to say that because anyway it is clear, but maybe in the situation when you play a lot of times with 12, 13, 14 players, it's important that the boys know it and Adam used that.

"Not only Adam, but Adam especially, so in the end it was clear that if he could play like he trained then he would help us a lot and that's exactly how it happened today. We all know it, he's always good on the ball and all that stuff, he is as well a pretty aggressive boy so the counter-press situation [ahead of Mane's first goal] is a game-changer.

"It was a brilliant thing in that moment – it didn't look really promising until Adam jumped in that situation. So well done, well deserved is all the praise for today. I'm really happy for him."

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