Cook hopes boss can do Klopp run

STEVE COOK wants Eddie Howe to do a Jurgen Klopp if Bournemouth score against Liverpool today.

The Anfield boss was fined £8,000 by the FA for running on to the pitch to celebrate Liverpool’s dramatic stoppage-time winner against Everton in Sunday’s Merseyside derby.

Bournemouth boss Howe is renowned for staying cool on the touchline but Cook, 27, said: “I hope we don’t see Klopp running onto our pitch because that means they have scored a goal.

“It would be very unlike our gaffer if he sprinted onto the pitch but, I won’t lie, I would love to see it.

“Klopp has been punished but I think it’s good for the game to show passion. You don’t want to take the celebrations out of football – that’s what the game is all about.

“He’s passionate and I quite enjoyed his celebrations and I like seeing that in football.

“It’s a derby day, a last-minute winner and I’ve never seen a goal like it.

“It’s going to be frowned upon by people who think it’s unsportsmanlike but he apologised straight away to the other manager.

Firepower

“There’s a fine line between passion and unsporting behaviour but I enjoyed it.”

Cook believes Bournemouth have the firepower to end Liverpool’s unbeaten start to the Premier League season – if they can stop them scoring.

He added: “If we manage to keep a clean sheet we can win it because we are going to get chances. It will be an end-to-end game and whoever defends the best will win.”

Liverpool face Napoli in a crucial Champions League clash on Tuesday but Howe does not expect Klopp to rest too many players at the Vitality Stadium.

The Cherries, who will be without

Lewis Cook and Dan Gosling due to knee injuries, are flying high in seventh place in the table.

Howe said: “We have to be excellent to get something because they are still unbeaten. They are not going to take us lightly.

“We anticipate a full-strength Liverpool team. I think they will look at our game as a very important one in their Premier League season.

“You look at the way they approached the Burnley game. Yes, they made changes, but they were very professional in the job that they did.”