Kevin Keegan has revealed that he feels that Jurgen Klopp is the right man to turn things around with Liverpool and that the German must be given more patience.
The Reds have been below par in terms of their form lately having won just one of their past several games in all competitions and Klopp as well as the clubs defence in particular has come under intense criticism.
Klopp is soon to celebrate his two year anniversary at Anfield and defensive woes have been ever-present since his arrival at the club.
Keegan has however highlighted that Klopp is the right man to lead the club forward and that Liverpool would be wrong to consider a change.
He said, “I think he’s a great manager. He fits Liverpool, he gets Liverpool. There are a lot of teams in the Premier League struggling in defence. All the rules have been changed to suit attackers – yellow cards, red cards. It’s no fun being a defender.
“If a defender misses three tackles he’s off so it’s no wonder they are cautious. I don’t think Manchester City, Manchester United or Chelsea are great defensively. It’s not just a Liverpool problem. Nowadays everything is built for teams to go forward, which is great. Who shows highlights of defending?
“Yes they are conceding goals and they say it’s a bit like my [Newcastle] team, but at Liverpool fans want to see a good game of football and they want the team to have a go.
“I think Klopp is the hand-in-glove type guy. You can understand what he is saying, he doesn’t talk in riddles, he says what he thinks. I hope they have patience with him if it doesn’t actually go quite right because he is the right guy.”
