Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has lauded the “very decisive” Guinean Naby Keita and believes there is, even more, to come from the midfielder after reaching the final of the Club World Cup.
The 24-year-old midfield gem opened the scoring in Reds’ 2-1 semi-final win over Mexican side Monterrey on Wednesday to continue his fine run of form of late
Keita has now managed to find the back of the net in three straight games, while already matching his goal tally of last season with the three strikes.
And Klopp has praised Keita and admitted that the midfielder has the possibility to get even better for the Premier League leaders as the season progresses.
Following the 2-1 win against Monterrey, Klopp showered praise of the midfielder who joined the Merseyside club from Red Bull Leipzig back in the summer of 2018 for a transfer fee of £50 million, “Naby, what a player, very decisive, super goal, another super chance. That’s his strength, in small spaces he feels quite comfortable, so that helps us a lot. The runs in behind when we are already high up the pitch, that’s an exceptional skill of his that he goes there.
The 52-year-old German head coach further explained that there is a lot more to come from Keita as the season progresses because his quality is yet to be unveiled, “He scored already a goal like this, had another chance in a similar situation. But Naby is a player who can score goals. It is not the highest number of games he’s played for us, but he’s scored a lot of goals already, important goals as well. Absolutely brilliant how he did that, and there is so much more to come. Maybe if you know Naby a bit longer you would say, ‘OK, that looked really good but there is still some space’. That’s absolutely brilliant news for us.”
