124 touches, 1 key pass, 3 duels won; £36m Liverpool man will be a world-beater under Klopp

Thu 3 March 2022 7:15, UK

On Wednesday night, Liverpool reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the fir🥃st time under Jurgen Klopp.

The Reds ꧂ran out 2-1 winners over Norwich in their fifth-round clash at 🌌Anfield.

Klopp made 10 changes to the Liverpool starting XI from 🅺the side that won 🐎the Carabao Cup at the weekend.

T𓂃he Reds dominated the early exchanges as Curtis Jones came close to o🦂pening the scoring.

Liverpool didn’t need long to break the deadlock, with Takumi Minamino netting in the 💧27th minut🧔e.

Divock Origi controlled Kostas Tsimikas’ cross and teed up Minamino, wh🤪o slotted home with a composed effort.

The Japan international then st♒ruck an emphatic second just 12 minutes later.

Ben Gibson’s clearance from a corner fell to Minami🗹no﷽ in the box, and he rifled into the roof of the net.

Norwich pulled a goal back in the second half th🌄rough Lukas Rupp, but Liverpool held on to advance to𒁃 the next round.

Konate shines again

Ibrahima Konate delivered another impressive display for the Reds, highlighting just 🅘how important he’ll be for the club in future.

Klopp has used the 22-year-old sparingly since he joined Liveꦐrpool for £36million last summer.

So far, Konate has made 17 comp🍌etitive appearances for the Reds, and he continues to get better and better with each outing.

Against Norwich, the Frenchman made more touches (125) and more passes (100) than any other player on the pitc♏h, also making one key pass.

In addition, Konate won , as well a꧃s making two interceptions and one clearance.

“Kept things simple and used the ball sensibly when required,” wrಌote the .

“Strength ensured Norwich’s sorties r🍰arely threatened.”

Every time 😼Konate takes to the pitch, h💦e delivers – he’s bound to become a world-beater under Klopp.