Klopp happy with ‘job done’ ahead of City test

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was happy to get the job done against Genk and is now looking ahead to their crucial clash against Manchester City. Despite Tuesday’s 2-1 Champions League victory over Belgian outfit Genk which put the Reds top of their group and within one win of qualification for the knockout phase of the competition, there is only one fixture that really matters to Klopp’s side at the moment.
That is Sunday’s highly-anticipated visit of reigning Premier League champions Manchester City to Anfield, which may go some way in determining the destination of the title.
Both Georginio Wijnaldum and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored for a much-changed Liverpool team on Merseyside either side of Ally Mbwana Samatta’s equaliser. “‘Job done’ is the headline for the game, pretty much, but the group is not decided. It’s a tough group,” said former Borussia Dortmund boss Klopp. “The most important thing; we won and nobody is injured. Apart from that, the result is the result because we didn’t finish our situations off like we should and could have done.”
German tactician Klopp decided to rest a host of his first-team regulars for the match, with the likes of forwards Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and defender Andrew Robertson all on the bench against Genk.
Skipper and England international Jordan Henderson was not even in the squad as he rests up ahead of the upcoming showdown with Pep Guardiola’ Citizens this weekend.
Liverpool currently hold a six-point lead going into the encounter on Sunday, with City making the trip to Merseyside for the first league clash between the clubs this season.
The two sides did meet in the Community Shield in the season’s curtain raiser, with City coming out on top that day on penalties but it is this weekend’s mouth-watering encounter that really matters to both of the English giants.