The German was clear after drawing agonizingly against Newcastle: either they improve or they will be left without the Champions League next season.
Jurgen Klopp He sent a warning to his players after suffering an agonizing draw this Saturday against Newcastel on Anfield: “We learn or do not play the Champions“.
The Reds had everything to win the game against the Magpies, after taking the lead with a goal from Mohamed Salah in minute 3 and then counting on a lot of dangerous situations. But they could not convert them, and in the discount, the rival took advantage of one of their few chances to decree the tie. to
“I don’t think you can generate as many chances or as good chances as we did and not kill the game. Obviously we made a wonderful goal and then we didn’t kill the game,” Klopp told BT Sport after the match.
“That they have a counterattack from time to time, that can happen, you just have to keep playing and keep the ball and let them run. But we kept them alive and in the end they deserved their goal because they had scored a goal two minutes before the VAR canceled, “added the German.
If they won, Liverpool would have climbed to fourth place in the table to be in Champions League spots, but now they are in sixth place with five games to play.
On the chances of qualifying for the top European competition, Klopp said: “If you deserve it, you deserve it. Today I did not see that we deserve to play the Champions League next year. We have another five games, we will see what we can do until then.”
“We have a week until we face Manchester United, so it will be another difficult game. But we learn, or we will not play the Champions League next season,” he closed.
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