Liverpool beat burnley to finish in the premier league top of the table, and jurgen klopp praised wataru endo’s efforts. Darwin nunez’s first-half opener was followed by diogo jota’s strike late in the game to secure the three points at turf moor. Var denied the visitors, who were twice denied strikes in the first 45, sandwiched between those two goals. Endo played in midfield, but the japanese star isn’t known for his outstanding individual performances. Klopp praised his summer signing, who is gaining traction ahead of his debut in the asia cup next month.
After winning, the german, who named several of his players, told amazon prime video: “wataru endo, what a game he played.” We’ve had a lot of opportunities recently and haven’t used a great many of them, but in the end it’s about winning. We’ve played four games in ten days, and you just have to get through it. Since we have five days until the next game, it seems as if we should go on holiday? No, the boys will have two days off with the family. “it was a great first goal.” Cody gakpo did a great job, as there were so many great combinations. A striker will need these situations. This time, the dice is in. In general, the game we played was exactly how we wanted to play it. They had no solutions at the time, but we left the door open and that’s how it is. “darwin nunez is an amazing finisher, but the whole system is not the same if a striker doesn’t score.” You question everything. It’s not just the outside world, but you also have to look at it. But it was just in the moment, and he has it, so it’s all fine.
Endo was a part of liverpool’s midfield recruitment drive. In the summer, he joined dominik szoboszolai and ryan gravenberch in swapping the bundesliga for anfield and has settled at the base of midfield. In the carabao cup victory over west ham less than a week ago, his boss also picked out the japan star. “we have to say, klopp gives the team something different,” klopp said. He’s the one for the tackles. We don’t have 20 players on the field today who tackle as a hobby. He is doing it. On top of all of that, his passing is really smooth, his memory is really sharp, he finds himself in possession at a better rate. It’s football, and it takes a little bit of time, but for me, it’s no problem.”
