Jurgen Klopp applauded the performance of Danny Ings after he scored his first Premier League goal since October 2015 in Liverpool s shock 2-2 draw at rock-bottom West Brom.
Ings has had terrible luck with injuries during his Liverpool career, with Saturday s game only his 12th league appearance for the club since joining from Burnley in July 2015.
But the 25-year-old produced a lively display at The Hawthorns, scoring the opening goal of the game and causing the West Brom defence plenty of problems, while he was also unlucky to not get a penalty.
Ings display gave every indication that he could have been a solid option for Klopp over the last few years had it not been for his injury problems, and the German – who saw his side surrender a two-goal lead in the game – commended the striker s showing.
It was always clear that when Danny is fit, healthy and can keep the intensity in training – which he has been doing now for a long time – he will score goals in the Premier League, Klopp told reporters.
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But we didn t have too many opportunities for him; that s not so nice, but on the other hand it s a normal life for a professional football player.
It s really nice that he could do that. He was a real threat. The second chance was really big and I m sure he would have scored in another situation.
Then being involved in the penalty situation. It was a very nice game for him, for sure, but a very hard one as well. He was constantly a threat, that s good and I m happy about that.
