Klopp praises resurgent Benteke

Claudio Ranieri

London: Jurgen Klopp will not be surprised if Christian Benteke comes back to haunt Liverpool on Saturday. Kop sold the striker to Crystal Palace this year.

The Reds boss said of Benteke's form: "It's no surprise. When you have a player like Christian in your squad, we knew about his quality.

But every player needs the space to perform, to develop. For different reasons we couldn't give him all the time (he needed), you lose a little bit of confidence, you feel pressure.

We couldn't change it and I'm pretty sure Christian thinks the same. It made sense. He made the transfer so, for Palace, what a player," Klopp added.