Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has pleaded with Liverpool fans to “ignore” his departure from the club as he heads to Anfield for Wednesday’s Premier League clash with Chelsea. The German admitted after Sunday’s 5-2 FA Cup defeat by Norwich City that he will quit at the end of the season, Red’s first game since the bombing.
Klopp told the Liverpool press he wanted to do his job between now and the end of the season, but the Anfield faithful were sure to be serenaded as they left the tunnel on Sunday. Klopp and his departed assistants – Pep Lijnders, Peter Kravitz and Vito Matos – had smiles on their faces as “You can never walk alone” were chanted throughout Anfield before Liverpool’s attack overwhelmed the Championship side.
Klopp’s long-time friend David Wagner saw his Norwich side threaten Liverpool through Ben Gibson and Carlos Sainz, but Curtis Jones, Ryan Gravenburch, Diogo Jota, Darwin Nunes and Virgil van Dijk anchored the Canaries’ backline. Breakthrough.
A fifth-round draw against Watford or Southampton would be Liverpool’s reward, and while Klopp admitted he “needs to come to his senses” after an emotional afternoon, the 56-year-old hopes fans will not be disturb He is scheduled to leave the country against Chelsea in midweek.“[It’s exciting], but my job… Well, it’s not always easy, but I have to keep my head together and take all the messages that people send me. “I understand everything because I’m not a tree,” Klopp said in his post-match press conference.”Recently I said, ‘Don’t sing during the game.’
It definitely made people stop listening to me, which is good! But it was good because I won the game, I scored and that was superstitious and great. After the first game I told people that I’m not here to tell them what to do. “It would be great if we could play again on Wednesday and get 95 or 100 minutes without thinking that the manager will leave at the end of the season and do everything we can to make Chelsea as uncomfortable as possible.
” Everyone already knows, so there’s no need to say it. “But it was a beautiful color by all accounts.”Five of Liverpool’s most highly-rated players found the net on Sunday, while two of the Reds’ academy players caught the eye as right-back Conor Bradley set up passes for Gravenburch and Nunes in another eye-catching display.Klopp has urged Liverpool fans to ignore the away game against Chelsea.
Meanwhile, 19-year-old James McConnell was included in Liverpool’s starting XI, with the teenage midfielder providing a header from Jones’ face in the 16th minute. McConnell has been given the chance in the absence of Alexis McAllister out in the Canaries with injury, but Klopp expects the Argentine to be fit for the trip to the Blues.Klopp added: “Alexis, if it’s the last game of the season, whether it’s a decisive game or not, he’ll be available, but he won’t be available for every game.”
“It felt a little longer and I didn’t just say, no, I don’t want to know, I gave him peace. “I think it should be ready on Wednesday.”Mac Allister was ruled out, but Dominic Szoboszlai Andrew Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold made their first appearances since recovering from injury.
