One Liverpool participant has vowed to take ‘extra duty’ inside Jurgen Klopp’s line-up within the absence of quite a few injury-stricken teammates.
Ibrahima Konate is without doubt one of the Reds’ defenders who’s nonetheless standing, and if he can keep away from damage within the meantime, he’s set to be an important participant for the second half of the season whereas fellow centre-back Joel Matip recovers from a cruciate ligament rupture.
In an interview with liverpoolfc.com forward of the journey to Bournemouth on Sunday, the 24-year-old spoke of his dedication to contribute his justifiable share to the staff and atone for the Cameroonian’s absence, in addition to that of defensive colleagues Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andy Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas.
The Frenchman stated: “We’re all conscious of what an excellent loss Joel is to the staff, and I simply want him a extremely speedy restoration.
“However on a private stage I’ve all the time put myself ahead to take duty and so the extra time goes by I’m going to develop extra as a participant and I’m going to imagine increasingly more duty and I’ve to proceed contributing much more to the facet. I’m proud of what I’ve been doing to this point and I hope that may proceed to get even higher.”
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Konate’s deeds in current weeks point out that his phrases aren’t mere crowd-pleasing rhetoric – simply have a look at his performances in opposition to Arsenal over the previous month.
The £70,000-per-week defender received seven duels and 5 tackles within the 1-1 draw in opposition to the Gunners previous to Christmas (Sofascore), whereas he additionally led by instance alongside Jarell Quansah two weeks later when the Reds dumped Mikel Arteta’s facet out of the FA Cup.
At 24 and with virtually 200 video games in senior soccer beneath his belt (Transfermarkt), our quantity 5 is now at a degree in his profession the place you’d prefer to see him demonstrably changing into a pacesetter inside Klopp’s staff, and he’s been doing simply that along with his current shows.
Konate nonetheless has a pure born captain in Virgil van Dijk subsequent to him, so he boasts the proper centre-back companion from whom to develop his recreation even additional.
Our message to the Frenchman may be very easy – simply hold doing what you’ve got been of late and also you’ll be nearly as good as your phrase!
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