Riise confident of trophies for Klopp

Former Liverpool defender John Arne Riise believes Jurgen Klopp’s attacking brand of football will pay dividends in the form of trophies.

The 2005 Champions League winner would rather the German achieve success playing his way than that of Manchester United rival Jose Mourinho, despite the Portuguese’s record which already includes securing two cups at Old Trafford.

The Norwegian is relishing tomorrow’s Champions League quarter-final first leg at home to Manchester City, which pits the top flight’s two highestscoring clubs against each other.

The competition is Liverpool’s last hope of silverware this season but, even if they do not make it all the way to victory in Kiev in May, Riise believes it will only be a matter of time.

“When you come to a club like Liverpool you are expected to win trophies and Mr Klopp knows that but at the same time he needs to play the kind of football fans want to see,” he said at an event to promote the LFC Foundation, the club’s official charity.

“If the fans turn against you then you are in trouble, but the fans love Mr Klopp.

“Every manager needs to win trophies at a big club – that is part of the job. He needs to win trophies to show they are progressing, which they have done this season.

“Mourinho is doing his job, he is winning trophies, he wants to win games. Certain teams would rather win games than play good football or do both and Liverpool want to do both.

“What Mourinho is doing at United, I don’t care much about, but what I think about is that Klopp does his magic and wins trophies.

“He will win trophies, I am sure of it. As soon as you start winning trophies there is no way back and he is just going to keep going and going.

“The style of play now is amazing.”

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