Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp has come out to confirm that the Reds are not EPL title contenders this season. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, Liverpool clearly have problems at the moment, and the team is definitely not in the kind of form that will suggest a title race this season.
Klopp added that playing Arsenal, Rangers and Manchester City back-to-back is also not a favourable schedule to put a good run together.
His words, “We’re not in the race. Imagine I would sit here and think ‘we are nearly there, wait.’ Look, we saw a lot of things.”
“So, we have problems at the moment but we caused the team in form, the leader of the table, massive problems today. Even in a really bad situation for us, with early changes and stuff like this, we caused them real problems. That’s the truth as well. We have to continue.”
“Of course, in a situation like ours, we play Arsenal, we play Rangers obviously and then we play Man City. Is that the perfect opponent for finding confidence back? Probably not. But we will go out there and fight. That’s what we have to do and that’s what we do.”
“We’re in a tough moment and we want to get through this together and that’s what we are working on.”
“What can I say now about that situation? He thought immediately it’s a penalty, which is interesting but it is his decision. [VAR] Mr. [Darren] England looked at it and thought as well it was a penalty and we know in life, if two refs think the same, it is the truth we have to live with.”
“If I see the situation back, if there is contact, I’m not sure there was contact, there might have been soft contact. But the player goes again on both feet and then down, that it is an indication that something might have been made up. But not for the refs.”
On Diaz, “Diaz we had to change before obviously — something with the knee not good, really not good, he will have a scan and we will know more, I do not know about the extent,”
“But on top of that Trent, really bad as well with the ankle, twisted ankle. Not good. Trent in seven years has never gone off when he could have played on, had too much pain, a slight swelling immediately so he will have a scan. That is the icing on the cake.”
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