Jurgen Klopp urged Liverpool’s players not to allow Arsenal to lose against Burnley last week after ending their 15-match unbeaten run. Manchester United suffered their second Premier League defeat of the season on Sunday, losing 3-1 at the Emirates in a game in which Ibrahima Konate was sent off for a second foul.
The change marks just the third time Liverpool have finished top of the table since the start of April and their performance in recent months sees them head into the weekend two points clear at the top of the Premier League ahead of the visit of Manchester City. Everton kick off on Saturday afternoon. Klopp will be eager to see his players take on Vincent Kompany’s Clarets at Anfield as 60,000 prepare for the biggest league crowd in the club’s history.
One Marking Jurgen Klopp comforts a distraught Virgil van Dijk after Liverpool’s loss to Arsenal last weekend.
Jurgen Klopp consoles a disappointed Virgil van Dijk after Arsenal lost to Liverpool last weekend, Jurgen Klopp urged Liverpool’s players not to allow Arsenal to lose against Burnley last week after ending their 15-match unbeaten run. The Reds suffered their second Premier League defeat of the season on Sunday, losing 3-1 to the Emirates in a game in which Ibrahima Konate was sent off for a second foul.
The change was just Liverpool’s third in the top flight since the start of April and their success in recent months sees them go into the weekend two points clear at the top of the Premier League ahead of the visit of Manchester City. Everton kick off on Saturday afternoon. Klopp will be keen to see his players take on Vincent Kompany’s Clarets at Anfield as 60,000 prepare for the biggest league crowd in the club’s history.
Jurgen Klopp admits Liverpool could make tactical changes after return of ‘very influential’ playerAnd the Reds boss insists the side must not overlook the visitors from Merseyside in their fight for survival as he warned them not to settle for hosting a side who have won just three games all season. “Before we played against Arsenal they were barely fit, they were behind the competition and behind in every way,” Klopp said.
“They won the game and everything was perfect. When we beat Chelsea a few days ago, I really felt, “Wow, Liverpool are going to work really hard this year.” So it doesn’t matter, the endgame doesn’t matter if you want, the only use it can be used for is reaction. “We have to keep doing a good job in games where people expect us to win. Nobody thinks we’re going to beat Arsenal and there’s always reasonable doubt about that, but at Burnley it’s completely different.” “It’s important for us not to ignore who the opponents are. We don’t care about all the information, the standings in the table, the name of the club, the history, everything.” This is our game, we want to win and we have to do the right thing.“We have a toolbox full of the right tools. We have to use him and we didn’t do well at Arsenal. We have to admit. So in addition to the complete loss, I was really devastated that I couldn’t do it that day. But now it’s been a long time and we have to try again.””This means defeat,” added Klopp. It doesn’t feel like “much” but we haven’t lost 2 or 3 games in a row this season. But losing after a long losing streak doesn’t help at that point. Because you lost and it looks exactly like it should. That’s exactly what happened.”There was nothing from us, no apologies, no one was asking questions, we all knew what happened. I told the boys that the world outside was talking about the second goal I scored, but the boys weren’t. But I we were more interested in what we thought about it. “Yes, we are better after the break. When it’s 1-1 and the pitch gets a bit restless, nobody knows how it could have been, but we never can. It was good, but overall I expected us to do things differently on the ball and we tried to do things differently this week. This is.”