Kolo Toure: ‘Jurgen Klopp’s mentality is always about the next game’

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Kolo Toure who played for Liverpool in the early days of Jurgen Klopp’s takeover of coaching the men’s senior team had a few things to say about him. One of them was that Jurgen Klopp always focused on the next game instead of dwelling much on the past.

‘After we lost the Europa League, we were all really sad, losing against Sevilla, but after the game the way he carried himself, I think that was the key moment,’ Toure told Liverpool’s press.

‘We had a party after the game. No-one wanted to do anything because we were all down.

‘At one point we all saw him on the dancefloor, he started dancing and went to each of us to bring us on the dancefloor to dance.

‘This guy’s mentality is all about the next game, it’s all about the next challenge.

‘As long as you give everything, he will always back you up, always give you the support. For me that was incredible. He was such a positive man.

‘As you know, football is so tough and you go through tough times. You just need to think about the next day.’

Previously during the interview, Toure had said, ‘He wants the players to work and to work really hard, to run really, really hard. The first season was really, really difficult for most of the players – including me – because every session was high intensity.

‘I really enjoyed the way he managed the players individually. Even players who don’t start the game, they love him because he gave them the respect, he gave them the support.’