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Liverpool Echo
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Phil Kirkbride

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp knew Everton equaliser was coming after hearing coaching staff

Everton's coaching staff knew Dominic Calvert-Lewin would equalise against Liverpool as soon as the cross left Lucas Digne's boot - because Jurgen Klopp heard them say so.

The Blues responded to Mo Salah's volley, that put the Reds 2-1 up at Goodison yesterday, by levelling the game nine minutes later when Calvert-Lewin headed home Digne's centre.

Klopp believes Liverpool had done well to limit the amount of times Digne was in position to pick out the Premier League's leading scorer but feared the worst less than 10 minutes from time - especially when he heard the confidence from Ancelotti's backroom staff.

“The second goal, we avoided pretty much all situations like this over the 90 minutes but one time we let Digne cross," Klopp said.

“I heard already when the ball was in the air from the Everton bench, ‘That’s it’.

"It's because they know he is really strong in these situations and he scores that goal. Good goal.”

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