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What Jurgen Klopp Did For Xherdan Shaqiri At Half-Time After Subbing Him Is Class

What Jurgen Klopp Did For Xherdan Shaqiri At Half-Time After Subbing Him Is Class

Shaqiri's first Liverpool league start lasted 45 minutes.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Jurgen Klopp has revealed what he did for Xherdan Shaqiri after substituting him at half-time.

The Swiss midfielder started his first Premier League game for Liverpool on Saturday against Southampton and produced heroics, creating Mohamed Salah's goal courtesy of a superb free-kick.

But Shaqiri's outing lasted just 45 minutes.

At half-time, Klopp re-jigged his team by drafting on James Milner in replace of Shaqiri.

It was a purely tactical decision as the German boss confirmed no injury to the player.

And, uncharacteristically, he explained the substitution to Shaqiri in a brilliant gesture.

"It was not easy, to be honest. It's my job to sometimes deliver news nobody wants to hear," Klopp told liverpoolfc.com.

Image: PA
Image: PA

Klopp added: "That's how it was at half-time but he is a fantastic boy. I explained it to him so it's no problem.

"Usually I don't explain substitutions at half-time but I thought it made sense.

"It's just good to have him; the free-kick was outstanding. That's good.

"The whole team was not used to what we did today. As a new player, usually you struggle most but he didn't - he tried everything. The only problem was defensively. Offensively, it was a good idea but, how I said, we have to work on that more often. But he was good and I liked it."

Despite only playing one half of football, Liverpool fans liked what they saw from their summer signing.

Will the 26-year-old get much game time this season?

Let us know what you think in the comment section below.

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Topics: Liverpool, Football News, Football, Xherdan Shaqiri

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Michael Bisping and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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