Cody Gakpo scored a goal and provided an assist in the Reds’ 4-2 victory against Tottenham last weekend, bringing his season totals for those stats to 15 and 6, respectively. He was one of the team’s best players.
These astounding stats, meanwhile, were achieved despite Cody Gakpo’s noticeable mid-season slump in performance, which limited his ability to impact games.
Furthermore, Klopp has already talked about the talks that put a stop to that bad run, giving the impression that the primary subjects were aggressiveness and positional concerns.
“Cody Gakpo knows that he wasn’t at his best moment for a while,” he remarked.
“We talked there, obviously not for public consumption, but it was very beneficial to him. We could work things out somewhat.
It’s simply that, might I say, when a player no longer performs at the levels you expect them to, that’s the problem?
“You can, but if I don’t comprehend his circumstance, how can I have an answer for it? Thus, we need to try to investigate it a little further and wait for a particular time when I can provide answers.
It’s possible that I took too long to complete that. However, he stepped up following that conversation.
It’s impressive to witness his physical strength and skill as a football player. In particular, he can play centre and left wing.
“Again intelligent, self-assured, physically strong, and enjoying myself. Both for him and for us, good.