F365 says: Klopp shuffles his pack and the Liverpool jokers keep Quadruple dream alive

Jurgen Klopp shuffled his pack and even the Liverpool jokers can’t help but win games of football. The Quadruple is still on, folks.

The Liverpool boss was very frustrated at his knackered side being forced to play on Tuesday night, 72 hours after their FA Cup exploits, and he selected his team to face Southampton accordingly.

They couldn’t play on Wednesday because of the Europa League final, but why not Thursday? Well, there would have been even less of a gap than the one he’s just negotiated between the end of that game and their last Premier League fixture of the season. The schedulers weren’t to know the FA Cup final would go the distance; this Southampton game could have been the lung-buster of the two. Klopp would have complained either way.

The Liverpool manager’s only gripe can be with his own team, who are so bloody good at football that they’re still in the hunt for an unprecedented quadruple. Too many games, Jurgen? Stop winning so many of them.

The team selection was a risk. Only Alisson and Ibrahima Konate kept their places from the cup final; it was for all intents and purposes a Liverpool second XI. Klopp was presumably told the majority of those who played on Saturday were in the red zone and couldn’t be risked, but he sure as sh*t would have done had they been neck and neck with Manchester City. He wasn’t quite giving up on the Premier League, but moving most of his eggs into the Champions League basket. 

Had Liverpool lost or drawn at St Mary’s, Klopp may as well play the ball boys on Sunday. But they didn’t lose, they won, again; the ball boys probably would too. Despite the nine changes, the hunt is still on.

And Liverpool’s second string were so impressive. Takumi Minamino brilliantly smashed in