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Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp urged his team to get back to basics, as they prepare to face Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday, in the FA Cup third round replay, following a humiliating 3-0 loss in the English Premier League once morest Brighton.
Cup holders Liverpool drew 2-2 at home once morest Wolverhampton earlier this month, following Hwang Hee-chan scored the equalizer in the 66th minute, and were lucky to get away with this draw following the referee canceled a late goal for Wolverhampton due to offside.
And if Liverpool beat Wolverhampton, they will face Brighton once more, who scored three goals once morest the Merseyside team in both league matches this season and dominated from the start in the victory on Saturday.
“Football’s problems are solved by football’s mechanics,” Klopp told reporters on Monday. “The team should have played better once morest Brighton. The match shouldn’t have been so difficult.”
“We have to play aggressively, close the spaces and put pressure on the opposition. We have to defend better. In many moments the spaces are too big and we have to defend hard. We have to go back to basics, that’s what we have to do”.
Klopp said Liverpool would put together the strongest squad possible once morest Wolverhampton.
He added: “Wolverhampton is going through a good period, and is playing well at home. He won the match at the weekend 1-0 at home once morest West Ham United. It will be a difficult confrontation.
“Not all the players who played the last game are ready for various reasons and we will make changes. We want to win the game.
“I can say to the players who lost at Brighton, you put us in this situation. Let’s see how we get out of it.. I will make decisions and we will make changes, it makes sense.”
The German coach, who previously indicated that Liverpool were unlikely to sign more players in the January transfer window, said his team was not weak.
He added, “We are also looking at the matter in the transfer market. The club is not stubborn and does not think of keeping the current squad until 2060.”
“If the solutions are there, doable and available, of course we will buy players. We have a squad that is under-performing but I can’t blame anyone else. I have to take responsibility. That’s my responsibility.
“Our squad is not small. Of course we have to strengthen the squad but is this the right time to do it? I can’t judge very well because of the situation we are in now”.
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Guardiola participates in the club’s mockery of the owner of Chelsea!
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has agreed with his Liverpool counterpart Jurgen Klopp regarding criticizing Chelsea owner Todd Boley’s proposal to hold a match between the north and south teams.
Klopp had ridiculed this suggestion, saying that the American businessman “did not wait long to make his mark” and that “it would be better to find a date for that match or tournament and then start raising the issue.”
He continued the sarcasm a few days ago, saying that Polly should bring the Harlem Grocers with him.
Agreement with Klopp
Guardiola agreed with Klopp on this proposition, saying that “although he does not have an opinion on this matter, he supports Klopp’s opinion.”
“It would be good if they found us a date when we might play this match,” he added.
A tribute to Haaland once more
Guardiola once once more praised the Norwegian phenomenon Erling Haaland, saying that “he is a great player and it is very good to manage a player like him and he is a very nice person and that is the most important thing.”
He added: “I think he will develop more than that as well.. He is wonderful by all accounts and continues to provide what he has already been doing for a while.”
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Of the FC Barcelona still made it, with one exception at least. Except for Jules Kounde, all newcomers might be registered for play in good time before the start of the season last weekend. Barça has so far invested more than 150 million euros in the transfer market, although the club has debts of well over a billion euros.
Jürgen Klopp joins the crowd of football professionals who are now asking themselves: How can Barça even afford it? When asked if he can understand the actions of the Barça bosses, the coach of the FC Liverpool dem kicker: “No. Not for various reasons.”
Jürgen Klopp delivers anecdote regarding his credit card
The Liverpool coach emphasizes that he is not a financial expert. But: “If you tell me I don’t have any money, then I won’t spend anything anymore.” His credit card was also cut up a long time ago, Klopp comes up with an anecdote. That’s why he watches what’s happening in Barcelona like a football fan and has to say: “I don’t understand it.”
Klopp recalls his former club Borussia Dortmund: “The only club I know that sold the stadium and other rights in advance was Borussia Dortmund. Aki Watzke had to come at the last second and the whole thing save. And I don’t know if there is an Aki Watzke in Barcelona.”
Klopp seems to have a basically positive attitude towards the Blaugrana. The veteran coach is hoping Barça “get it right” as he has found the club “just outstanding” over the decades that he has been following football.
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has praised Darwin Nunez’s physical and technical abilities, saying that critics of the Uruguayan striker did not give him enough time to adapt to his new surroundings before being judged.
Nunez, who was signed by Liverpool from Benfica for 75 million euros ($76.45 million), has been criticized following he failed to do well in a tough 4-0 pre-season defeat to Manchester United.
After his early struggles, Nunez scored four goals in a friendly match once morest RB Leipzig, and scored in Liverpool’s 3-1 win over Manchester City in the Community Shield match, and in the league tie with Fulham last week.
Klopp told Sky Sports: “Five weeks ago, when we started pre-season, Nunez didn’t do well from the critics’ point of view in his first game. Relative to the rest of the players out there, he is an active striker and has a lot of energy.
He added, “He is very strong physically and technically, and these things will increase with more stability, harmony, confidence and a sense of security in his new surroundings.”
And Klopp stressed the importance of giving players more time to blend in with their new teams, and said that Erling Haaland, the newcomer to Manchester City, also faced early criticism.
Haaland missed several chances and struggled to fit in with his new teammates in the Community Shield defeat, but scored two goals once morest West Ham United in his first appearance in the league, and assisted in City’s 4-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday, and Klopp said: “You can’t ask Any player can give you 100 percent of his effort and skills right away, we are developing Nunez’s performance at the moment and in a good way.”