Why Klopp put ‘keeper up front

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was forced to play 18-year-old goalkeeper Shamal George as an outfield player in the second half of their 2-0 friendly win over Huddersfield.

With all of Liverpool’s outfield substitutes already on the pitch, Klopp was faced with a dilemma on the hour-mark when Lucas went down with a hamstring injury.

The Brazilian could not continue, and Klopp turned to his reserve ‘keeper to play off lone striker Danny Ings, much to the crowd’s delight.

Asked about whose idea it was to bring on George, Klopp said: “They told me from the bench after I’d organised the system with 10 [men] and they said, ‘come on, we have Shamal’.”

The crowd at the John Smith’s Stadium lapped up the …

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