James Milner scored for Liverpool against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
The Merseyside outfit played out a 1-1 draw with Arsenal away from home at the Emirates Stadium in North London on Saturday evening.
It was goalless at the break, and Liverpool manager Klopp has revealed that former Leeds United and Newcastle United midfielder Milner was not happy.
Klopp told The Guardian about Milner: “You have a compact formation, you force [Arsenal] to pass the ball somewhere – that’s pressing, it’s not that complicated.
“The best way is to do it right from the first moment and then you can build on that, but we didn’t do it right from the first moment. That means there’s a time that it’s not there and we all felt like, ‘What the heck is here?’
“Milly was the one who saw it first and was quite – how can we say, was not happy – was animated. That’s good. That’s how it is in a dressing room, there is a lot of men, a lot of testosterone.
“One is talking – that’s me – and sometimes before I start talking the boys have a few words and that’s all. Milly is a proper leader.”
Leader
Milner is a senior figure in the Liverpool dressing room, and it is encouraging to see the former England international – who can also operate as a winger or as a full-back – take a leadership role.
It was the former Aston Villa star who scored for the Reds, and the 32-year-old’s overall performance against Arsenal was also very good.
The draw with the Gunners means that Liverpool are now third in the Premier League table with 27 points from 11 matches, just two points behind leaders Manchester City and level on points with second-placed Chelsea.
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