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Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp: Lovren and Mignolet must pick themselves up
• Under-fire duo must wait to see if they will start against Huddersfield
• Klopp: ‘We all make a mistake. I would never let them down’
• Klopp: ‘We all make a mistake. I would never let them down’
Jürgen Klopp has told Dejan Lovren and Simon Mignolet he would “never let them down” but admitted the pair must wait to discover whether they will face Huddersfield Town on Saturday.
The Liverpool central defender and goalkeeper were both culpable for a 4-1 defeat against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, when Lovren suffered the ignominy of being substituted after 31 minutes. In an interview for Saturday’s Football Focus, Klopp declined to say whether the duo will be dropped for their poor performances at Wembley. But he insisted they retain his support and should ignore the criticism that has flowed their way since Sunday.
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