Jurgen Klopp rates Thiago Alcantara’s debut as Liverpool celebrate victory over Chelsea

Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp was impressed by Thiago Alcantara's debut against Chelsea on Sunday. The Reds completed the signing of Thiago from Bayern Munich on Friday. The midfielder started the game against the Blues on the bench and came in on as a substitute at the 46th minute as he replaced Jordan Henderson. Although Thiago played just the second half of the game, he immediately made an impact. Speaking after the Reds 2-0 win, Klopp said: "It was top timing I would say, in a game like this "He [Thiago] trained, he had eight days off, he played with Spain, he trained with Munich, he’s fit, that’s not the main problem. "But of course he’s not used to our things, that’s clear. "They [Bayern] played a different system, they played slightly different that’s how it is, that’s how football is, you have to get used to your mates next to you. "But then when they had one man down it was pretty much the perfect game. "And Hendo felt a little bit, we had to react and we decided to bring him on. "Yeah, I liked it, I liked the game a lot. "Defensively it was tricky for him because we set it up differently but offensively with the ball, yeah, that’s him. He wants to pass the ball." source - Metro Join us on Telegram

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