'When the boys actually see them here, they believe it': Reds youth coach on Klopp attending U21s game

Jurgen Klopp was in attendance as Liverpool U21s lost 2-0 to Tottenham. Calvin Ramsay picked up a first-half red card and the Reds found it hard to recover from thereon.

Barry Lewtas, Liverpool U21s coach, shared why it was good to have Jurgen attend the game.

“I love it! For us, it’s great. My job is to showcase the boys, that’s the job. They do watch the games back, they do watch the video. But when the boys actually see them here, they believe it really.

“Of course [Klopp being here is a chance for players to catch his eye], which makes it [the red card for Calvin Ramsay] a bit more of a shame really. But there’s always perks, isn’t there?

“The boys did show real good character when we did go down to 10 men. I actually thought we played really well. We just want to keep playing the way we’re playing, keep pushing on, keep developing, keep improving.

“I think he [Klopp] thought the goal was offside so that made it easy for me to have a little moan! We decided to change the shape a little bit just before half-time and keep going with that really, so it was more around that and the minutes for the boys as well.”