Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones revealed the details of the text message he received from his former coach Jurgen Klopp after playing 100 Premier League matches with his boyhood club.
The academy graduate sparked a century of outings in A Winning 3-1 against Leicester City on Boxing Day, achieving this achievement with a goal. Jones has been in good form this season, thriving in the more controlled version of football presented by Arnie Sloat while embracing his skills. Newfound fatherhood.
After scoring the 10th league goal of his blossoming Liverpool career, Jones revealed it was the manager who gave him his goal Premier League His debutant was the first to offer his best wishes after the match. “I came afterwards and texted the family and saw a text from Klopp saying: ‘Congratulations on 100 games and here’s 500,’” the 23-year-old midfielder told the BBC. Today's match.
“I was like, 'What is he talking about?' “It just clicked and I'm proud that he built the team we have now, and Arnie Slott has carried it on.
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Statistics across the first 100 appearances in the English Premier League |
Curtis Jones |
Steven Gerrard |
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minutes |
5,098 |
7,132 |
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Objectives |
10 |
11 |
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Helps |
7 |
11 |
Jones has seven Premier League assists alongside his double-digit goals tally – approaching the numbers provided by Liverpool's greatest academy graduate, Steven Gerrard, during his first century in the league.
The latest England international sparked major controversy during pre-season when he Reveal Slot's possession-based approach It was more “me” than Klopp's style, which Jones described as “a bit direct, up and down, up and down”.
boyhood Liverpool The fan quickly clarified his comments, and it is clear that Klopp bears no ill will towards his former player. Even if Jones achieves the optimistic tally of 500 Premier League appearances set by his former German boss, he would still fall behind Gerrard (504) and Jamie Carragher (508) on the club's list of players who have made the most appearances. However, unlike That legendary duoJones won the Premier League title.