Premier League updates: Young Liverpool side sent ‘important message’ with derby win, says Klopp

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp felt his much-changed side’s 1-0 FA Cup third-round victory over Merseyside rivals Everton was the perfect response to his critics. You can purchase Premier League Tickets safely from our website, around the world to enjoy its superb performances.

The Reds boss made nine alterations, handing two starting debuts to Nat Phillips brought back from a loan spell at Stuttgart to play in the game and new signing Takumi Minamino, and a third to 19-year-old Yasser Larouci.

Another academy graduate, 18-year-old Toxteth-born Curtis Jones, scored a brilliant 71st-minute winner, but the whole team with a value of just £43.9million at kick-off showed why Klopp put faith in them to give his first-team stars a day off.

When James Milner was forced off after nine minutes, to be replaced by Larouci, and handed the armband to Adam Lallana, it meant the latter had more appearances for the club than the rest of the side put together.

That did not show, though, as the Reds weathered an early Everton storm before clinically taking the victory.

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“We cannot always play the best football in the world, but we can fight like nobody else, and as long as we use our principles then we will be a difficult opponent to play against.”

This tie was the fifth competition Liverpool had played in the previous 27 days, so it was little surprise Klopp decided to give his jaded Premier League leaders a rest.

Had the injury situation at the club not been as bad as it is – the return of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain left six senior players unavailable – Klopp would have fielded a stronger side, but what was essentially a third-string line-up did him proud.

“I say them in training that it’s significant not all of them, in their first instinct, go out on loan. We saw these boys come faster and closer to being ready to play for us.”

Pride was not an emotion felt by Carlo Ancelotti after a performance former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher described as the worst derby display at Anfield in 35 years.

“I am not used to talking to the players after the game but I am going to speak to them about this,” said the Italian, who has now suffered back-to-back conquests after winning his first two matches in charge. I think in the second half we were not able to keep the right ideas on the pitch as we did in the first half when we had the opportunity to score.”

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