Koeman – Liverpool better under Klopp

Southampton manager Ronald Koeman has praised Jurgen Klopp’s impact on Liverpool since he took over the Merseyside club.

The former Dortmund manager took over from Brendan Rodgers and has had a positive impact on the Reds, masterminding 3-1 and 4-1 wins over Chelsea and Manchester City respectively. Both of those wins were away from home.

Southampton have already played Liverpool this season when they travelled to Anfield and earned a respectable 1-1 draw when Rodgers was still in-charge. Christian Benteke opened the scoring before Sadio Mane levelled matters.

However, Mane was then sent off for a second bookable offence in the dying moments of the match. The Senegal will be hoping for a much more disciplined display from himself tomorrow at St.Mary’s.

Koeman has spoken in the build-up to the game about how much of an impact Klopp has had on Liverpool.

I think the new manager (Klopp) brought a lot of energy, a lot of spirit to the team.

I think at the moment it’s more difficult to beat them. They play really offensively and try to play with high pressing.

He has also spoken about how little a difference there is between the two sides.

We know we have the experience from one month ago against them and I think Liverpool is strong, but Southampton is also strong, and I think they know there is not a big difference between both teams and I think the details are very important for tomorrow.