Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Fantastic job

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the way Town go about things.

And the boss says his righthand man Buhler has been key to introducin­g them to Town’s high-pressing system.

Moroccan 20-year-old Sabiri scored on debut in Hamburg and set up the other two goals for Laurent Depoitre as Town overcame the German third-tier side.

“Christoph (Buhler) and his team have done a lot of work with the new players in video meetings to give them a first idea of our identity, of the Terriers’ identity,” said Wagner.

“They did their first step toward our idea of football and I am happy that we have them and we can work with them on the grass so they can help us as quick as possible to get a stronger side.”

Former Town loan keeper Danny Ward was included in Liverpool’s Champions League squad.

But concerns have been raised over the seriousnes­s of Nathaniel Clyne’s back injury after the defender was left out of the squad.

The club submitted their 25-man list to UEFA but the England right-back was not on it, along with unwanted winger Lazar Markovic whom the club could not offload in the transfer window.

Midfielder Adam Lallana was included despite still being out with a thigh injury which, when diagnosed in early August, was expected to keep him out for three months, while Sheyi Ojo and Ryan Kent have also been put on the list despite being on loan at Fulham and Freiburg respective­ly.

Liverpool cannot now alter their Champions League squad until the knockout stage in February, providing they qualify, which suggests Clyne is likely to be unavailabl­e for the medium term.

The club did not respond to requests for clarificat­ion of Cly-

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