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Lovren: I had to start again

Dejan Lovren has discussed the mountain he had to climb to reclaim his spot in the Liverpool starting line-up.

Lovren had a 2018-19 season which was blighted by a number of niggling injuries that saw fall the Croatian fall well back in the pecking order to partner Virgil Van Dijk.

In football just like in life, you are bound to your ups and downs and it is how you respond from adversity which will dictate the direction that your career heads.

If you put in the hard work, more often than not you are bound to reap the rewards.

An injury to the incumbent in Joel Matip and Joe Gomez being in indifferent form allowed Lovren to return to the starting CB spot alongside the imperious Dutchman.

Lovren described his comeback plan to Sky Sports.

“I started from zero again to prove that I deserve to be in the first XI but that's football.

“When you've been out for months in the last season and didn't have so many minutes on the pitch, it's about restarting.

“ In pre-season, I did hard work behind the scenes and again, maybe it didn't start as well as I thought it would, but I've been speaking with the manager, been patient and sometimes it's easy to say that but not to do.

“ I did it in the end and everything came back... It's good to feel that you're important here again and this is what matters for every player."

For all intents and purposes, it appeared the veteran was heading to the exit door in the summer with a number of Italian clubs interested in his services.

It would have been more than understandable if the veteran wanted a fresh start especially as his Liverpool career has been anything but straight forward.

However his love for the club is undisputable.

 

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“ It's a big place to leave after everything I went through here. 

“There have been more positive days than the bad, especially after the Champions League final and the win was a big relief for me because I wanted to win something with this club, having been here for so many years.

“ I would ask myself if we didn't win, should I stay or not and there was some interest with some other clubs but I had a good conversation with the manager. 

“After that, the decision was easy so I had stayed and I think we are on the right path to do something big this season again.

Lovren was full of praise for the way that Gomez responded to the adverse crowd reaction he suffered from a group of England fans in their European qualifier againstMontenegro 

"I think he reacted well, to be honest.

"I've been speaking with him two or three days ago and asked about it and he was OK, positive and this is what is important for the club and his team-mates. 

“We are behind him and that's what he needs at the moment.

“He's an unbelievable man and player but it's aggravated everything about that and he didn't deserve it. 

“You're playing for the national team and he's there, giving his best so I don't think he deserved the boos."











 

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Overall he’s not that bad a player. When he is bad though...fuck me he is shite.

 

Also very dislikable for me. His face, his comments, his arrogance, everything.

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28 minutes ago, belarus said:

Overall he’s not that bad a player. When he is bad though...fuck me he is shite.

 

Also very dislikable for me. His face, his comments, his arrogance, everything.

 

Which isn't really good enough in that area of the pitch when we pretty much need to win week In week out now. 

 

Him and Lallana are the last of the weak links, two players who will joining much smaller clubs very soon. 

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As always the truth lies in between.

 

He is neither shite, nor is he the best defender in the world. 

 

He is a solid centerback who has a mistake in him, but whose play is often very solid for long stretches of time. Unfortunately those solid periods are often overshadowed by the comic errors he commits.

 

 

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Lovren is ok these days with VVD alongside and Fab in front . He was a major problem pre- Virg when he simply couldn’t hold a line when we were under pressure . Dropping back with Mig in goal often ended badly . This aside there is always a brain fart ready to escape. 
Still with better players around he can do the job required more often than not 

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1 hour ago, redinthehead said:

As always the truth lies in between.

 

He is neither shite, nor is he the best defender in the world. 

 

He is a solid centerback who has a mistake in him, but whose play is often very solid for long stretches of time. Unfortunately those solid periods are often overshadowed by the comic errors he commits.

 

 

He hasn’t played 7 games on the trot has he. So not too long the stretches.

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Let's just take a moment to appreciate that we're bickering over which of three very, very good centre-backs should be first-choice alongside the world's best defender.

 

It hasn't always been like this. 

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On 22/11/2019 at 08:29, Bruce Spanner said:

If we now win this and break the Lovren curse I’ll genuinely start believing.

 

The big mouthed blurt.


Right, I’m in now.

 

Libpool, top o’the league, libpool, libpool, top o’the league!

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2 hours ago, Bruce Spanner said:


Right, I’m in now.

 

Libpool, top o’the league, libpool, libpool, top o’the league!

 

*Slides open the door of the Dejan fan van*

 

Step inside, my friend. We’ve got sweets and poorly kittens. 

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9 hours ago, Captain Turdseye said:

All of us Lovren supporters should hire a vehicle, paste his image all over it and take it on tour to convince others how boss he is. 

 

The Dejan fan van. 

Well up for this. 

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On 22/11/2019 at 12:42, Bjornebye said:

I still don't know if he is shit or not. Sometimes he looks really shit and sometimes he is like Baresi. 


Don’t be a fucking bellend all your life! 

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4 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Any news on the injury? 

From the Echo:

Jurgen Klopp played down fears that Dejan Lovren could face a spell on the sidelines after the Croatian limped off in Liverpool’s 3-0 victory over Bournemouth .

Having seen Adam Lallana and Gini Wijnaldum ruled out before the game, the Reds were given an unwanted scare just before the break as the defender limped off after receiving treatment with Trent Alexander-Arnold coming on in his place and Joe Gomez switching to centre-back.

 

Facing the threat of having only two available senior centre-backs heading into the festive period with Joel Matip still sidelined, Klopp revealed the defender actually wanted to carry on only to be overruled by his manager but was satisfied it wasn’t a serious setback.

“As always we don’t know exactly but it doesn’t look serious,” he said. “It looks like a little cramp. That’s what I think at the moment but I don’t know 100 percent.

 

“He felt something, he told us. He wanted to get through to half time, receive treatment and carry on but we said no and stopped it there.

“That’s the status quo when you have these kind of things in this moment of the season.

 

It’s similar to Gini and Lallana as it’s not serious but serious to keep them out so now we have two days to make sure they can go again.”

 

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jurgen-klopp-gives-update-dejan-17381884

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7 minutes ago, magicrat said:

Pearce reporting Lovren says he has a hamstring problem . Doesn't bode well 

That’s a shame. He’s done so well too. Opens the door for BJG I guess. I hope he takes it with open arms.

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14 minutes ago, magicrat said:

Pearce reporting Lovren says he has a hamstring problem . Doesn't bode well 


It doesnt. We should find someone to play alongside Gomez in the so called world cup. Rest Van Dijk for the league until Matip and/or Lovren are back.

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