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like Tottenham away, he was not always in the best shape. “It was kind of a solution for us to give him the ball. We don’t have to look for that now. “You cannot use him if he’s not 100 per cent. Philippe Coutinho is a world-class player but if he’s not 100 per cent, he’s not that international class, Premier League class. “If I would have said, ‘No way’ the club would have said, ‘Okay, let’s try’ – but it was clear there was no chance. “It’s not that there was open question or an something and in the end 50 per cent pro, 50 per cent contra and I had to make the decision. In the end, it was quite easy.”
An easy decision in the end maybe, but one that will be questioned if their campaign starts crumbling.
“We don’t play ‘hero’ football,” added Klopp, who insists that he will have all the money he wants to spend in this transfer window to replace Coutinho.
“It’s not one hero and the rest who try to help them a little bit. We already put responsibility on different shoulders.
“Our game worked with him really well, sometimes not. Without him really well, sometimes not. It’s all about how we react as a club.”