one way to win football games. There are different ways. “There’s only one way to win a title, and that’s to win football games. But sometimes I prefer the spectacular way.” He added: “The basis we’ve created so far is brilliant – 23 points. I don’t think I’ve ever had that after nine games.” Klopp acknowledged Liverpool were fortunate to win against a Huddersfield side managed by his fellow German and longstanding friend Wagner, and that they may also have got a break in not conceding a penalty for Milner’s handball.
However, his side’s ability to earn victories when not at their best is an encouraging sign for Klopp as Liverpool attempt to keep pace with City and fellow title contenders Chelsea, and win the English title for the first time since 1990.
“We were lucky with the handball maybe,” said Klopp. “You need luck to have only conceded three goals at this point of a season.
“It was a good game from Huddersfield and not so good game from us. So we’ll take it (the win).
“The performance wasn’t 100%. I sometimes look frustrated on the touchline even if we are winning.
“It looked as if we could have scored in six or seven situations but we needed one better pass
“We did lots of good things and then the last pass wasn’t good. How can I explain that? I need to look back at the game. The players weren’t great with their last pass.”
Huddersfield remain without a victory after nine League matches, and have scored only once at home in the top division since February 11.
“If it is the case that luck always evens out, then we will have a lot of luck over the next 29 games,” said Wagner, whose side are secondbottom in the table, with only Newcastle beneath them.
“We have had problems scoring goals and we are focused on it, but it is also the truth that we have performed at a high level. “I would be concerned if we didn’t have the opportunities. As long as we create the opportunities, I have no concerns. The goals will come,” he added. – AFP
owned by Malaysian business tycoon and Berjaya Group founder Tan Sri Vincent Tan, secured their first Premier League victory of the season with a 4-2 win over Fulham at the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday.The Bluebirds were behind early on thanks to an absolute thunderbolt from 30 yards out by Andre Schurrle, giving Neil Etheridge no chance.But they weren’t behind for long as Josh Murphy left Callum Chambers in his wake before rifling it into the bottom corner to get Cardiff back on level terms.And it only took another five minutes for the hosts to go in front.After making a mess of the freekick, the ball found its way to Bobby Reid, who was through on goal before slotting it beyond Marcus Bettenelli.But they could not take the lead into the halftime break after Ryan Sessegnon equalised in the 35th minute, despite Neil Warnock’s side enjoying the better of the play.Cardiff then hit the front again with less than 25 minutes remaining when Callum Paterson squeezed a shot into the bottom corner, setting up a tense finale.But Kadeem Harris sent the Cardiff City Stadium into raptures when he secured the victory with a goal in the 89th minute.“It’s been a long season with no results,” Warnock said after the match. We’ve played well the last few weeks. I’ve not been disappointed with performances, just goals. We worked on certain situations and everything came to fruition today.“It’s good for a manager when you see something like that. Everything was positive today. We never let them control.“This is where our season starts... We know we can create goals. We have got to take those opportunities and be solid at the back (and) we did both of those today,” Warnock said.“The crowd was unbelievable as well. We haven’t had any stick so it was nice to give them that. We know we can compete at this level.“We should have had eight or nine Cardiff City’s Kadeem Harris (left) celebrates scoring his team’s fourth goal with teammate Bobby Reid during their English Premier League match against Fulham at the Cardiff City Stadium yesterday. – points at home. We are a bit naive at times. But I thought today we were on the front foot from the start and it made for a great game.”English winger Harris, who came on as a substitute and scored the Bluebird’s final goal said: “It’s absolutely buzzing to get my first Premier League goal.“I think the boys have been terrific in training, despite results not going our way. All the boys have worked hard and everyone’s really happy with the result.“On a personal note I’m happy with my first Premier League goal, but I think we deserved the win, and we’ve got to cherish this moment. I think this just proves that we can compete at this level,” he said.“We showed amazing belief with the game, despite going down at the start; it was an amazing feeling to come back from that and to go on to win the game.“It just goes to show the character that we’ve got in this squad. Everybody’s really happy with the result.” – Cardiff City FC/WalesOnline