Jürgen Klopp has addressed a number of topics in his pre-Part Two Manchester City press conference. on thursday by describing the race schedule ‘Packed’ of Liverpool But it was a fun situation.’
Liverpool are set to face Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in the Emirates FA Cup semi-final. at Wembley Stadium today
After meeting in the 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League last week, And both teams qualified for the semi-finals in the Champions League. in the middle of last week
Among the many topics covered in press conferences with the media Klopp also spoke of Mohamed Salah resting against Benfica. and Liverpool’s end-of-season ambitions.
Here’s what the manager said…
Talking about Salah’s form And on how the team is feeling the fatigue from the schedule…
Of course, he had one of the toughest moments of his career in January, a tournament (African Cup of Nations) where they played a 120-minute final, his role as a team he carried huge responsibilities. full of two shoulders Having to meet the team in the dressing room and a lot of other things, where there is no time to recover. Becoming the country’s superstar Everyone wants something. That was always tense and again that was okay for the boys but it wasn’t that it was a lighter moment. It doesn’t have a light range or anything. It’s normal like that.
A Mo player who likes to dribble through and do it well. Score a great goal with a dribbling pass. How am I going to talk to him now? ‘Didn’t dribble past?’ No, but dribbling in the right moments, keeping the ball, makes it easy and stuff, but that’s the process. The problem is, it’s not a long process. Maybe a week or two or something like this, but the kids are committed every day. I knew he would finish it strong. It’s just the moment we have to reset. And each game for us is the final. It’s been crazy since the beginning of January.
I’m not happy with doing something wrong. But it’s not that I think. ‘How could we possibly make the same mistake we made last night?’ I was sure at one point. It will have a proper break, so if we can cope with it. with our own mistakes If we can deal with problems in the game If we go through and judge it right and use it right. I think it’s better than being at the highest level. We have to push the results out, yeah, sorry.
We need more luck against City than City against us, in fact, often we need Ali more than they need Ederson. that’s true But it’s no problem. Again, we’re not playing our best games. City are very close to what they are good at, we know that, so let’s see, imagine we will play well. how will it look that’s my concern that we are still in the situation stuck with the process do what we do Try to improve and go out and fight again.
On being the first Liverpool team in history to be in this position at this point of the season in all competitions…
Imagine we could be the same for five years? That would be awesome. Was in the semi-finals 3 times and didn’t win anything. The world was not prepared for this kind of success! it is true It’s awesome and real. I am truly happy with the boys because in this club It’s hard to do something that our fathers and our grandfathers haven’t accomplished, this special thing, nobody can do in this club which is really special, but yes, I know if that’s the success this year. Well It won’t be seen like this in the future.
talk about ‘Feeling stressful’ as a manager…
The last time I saw a picture of myself was in 2015 when I just arrived at Teenra. And unfortunately I see myself every morning in the mirror, so obviously the last six years have been really intense. Chelsea have the same program as us. The same amount because the League Cup final Tomas[Tuchel]used to say about it, it’s tough, but it’s also fun. I really love having a full week of rehearsals, oh my god, we don’t even have to think about birthday presents. Give me a full week of training and that would be awesome. just in the middle of the season But we didn’t have it, so it was and we dealt with it. That’s why we have to change. As long as we can and all these things
In the year we are approaching the championship. To the Champions League final, to that trophy, these things, we didn’t have the size of the team and got past that. We weren’t champions by 11 millimeters, whatever, but we won the Champions League, crazy, can you imagine? Things are possible, but it’s always intense. This year, it’s intense. and also fun as i said It looks like we won four championships? No, three champions? No, one more championship. sincerely hope It would have been fine, but despite (requiring) the effort it was all the same.
I think Pep said last night that People talk about the great mentality of the City players. It’s definitely a great state of mind. But Atletico might have scored and we wouldn’t have said that. that’s a different thing We draw with City or we lose 3-2 and everyone will say, ‘That’s not good enough’ so that’s okay, that’s our life, these little things are really important and make all the difference. And being ready for that all the time is very difficult, but also very interesting. very exciting too
On how the desire to win four trophies affected the team’s attitude ahead of the semi-final…
We didn’t miss the four champs. What do you think? Just imagine I will sit here You wouldn’t ask me about it. And I’m just starting to refer to the four champions. You’ll think I’m completely crazy. It’s an important game. Three days later we will play Man United, right? We’re not lacking in confidence or anything. Or we don’t need another reason that we want to be successful.
Yes, winning against City would be a great result. But it doesn’t happen that often to anyone in football so if you can get it done that’s great. It’s not just 1% that we have a chance to win. We approach whatever you want to call it, it[just]means we are in the FA Cup final, which means we play Crystal Palace or Chelsea, which is not easy. They will go there and want to win it too. It has nothing about it. We didn’t think for a second until the end of the game. we just prepare If you told me during the game, ‘This is the FA Cup, right?’, we realized back then when it was a penalty shootout. that’s all you just go out for it and try to do the right thing on the field. We don’t have a future or a bigger picture than that. That’s not what it is. at least for me