Klopp has already spotted the culprit for the embarrassing game against Wolverhampton

After draw, replay between Red's and Wolves in FA Cup tie

08/01/2023, 06:49 AM +00:00

The Reds' FA Cup title defence continued on Saturday when they played out an embarrassing 2-2 draw with Wolverhampton at Anfield, a game in which Jürgen Klopp came away annoyed, frustrated and intolerant as he fielded a near first-choice side that failed to beat Wolves, who arrived here as underdogs, and will now have a replay at Molineux Stadium.

With the eagerly awaited debut of Cody Gakpo at Liverpool, Klopp hoped to give the Dutch gem his first smile, and even sent Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah on the pitch to join him in attack, with this the German coach predicted that the Red's would continue on the road to repeat the FA Cup title, but after 90 minutes he only found frustration in front of the 55,000 fans.

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After the equaliser, the fans found fault, and even blamed Klopp for the changes made throughout the game, one of them being Naby Keita who, after 23 minutes on the pitch, was one of the worst players for The Pool. The Guinean came on in the second half for captain Jordan Henderson, where he did little, thus having one of the lowest ratings.

Keita, who will leave Merseyside this year, has had constant participation from the bench, and after recovering from his knee injury that kept him away from most of the last semester, where after the Community Shield Grand Final game against City, he suffered from it and ended up leaving the pitch. With the return of the World Cup, Keita also returned to Klopp's squad.

Keita will be sold

The Red's are clear with Keita, it is to sell him in this transfer window and get some money out of the investment they made for him in 2018 with his purchase from RB Leipzig, or let him go free next summer so he can continue his professional career in another Premier League club. That's why Klopp knows he must give him minutes so that by playing him, a club can raise their hand and sign the African.