On the eve of the match against Aston Villa, Jurgen Klopp returns to the words spoken after the draw with Tottenham (“I don’t like this kind of football, the way they play works for these games, but they are fifth …”) and apologizes to Antonio Conte. “As a manager, and I had this experience recently, after a match we are obviously … we are enormously influenced by the game, the situation and things like that – she explained – Would I say it again? No. I said after the game: ‘They play as they play and they are still only fifth.’ At that moment it seemed like a thing to say, but I was wrong anyway. It was just my feeling at the time. I couldn’t respect Antonio more, for what he does and how he organizes the teams“.
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The Liverpool manager also replies to Guardiola, who had pointed out that all of England were cheering on the Reds who have only won one Premier League in 30 years. “He was right, as I was right about Tottenham and fifth place, he was right when he said we only won one Premier, but I don’t know if the whole country is cheering for us. This is not and it is not the feeling that I have when we play away from home, but maybe he knows more than me “.
Liverpool, who have already posted the Carabao Cup, are in the running for a sensational quadruple, being also in the Champions League and FA Cup final. The draw with Spurs, however, has complicated the path in the Premier: now the points away from City they have risen to 3 and the goal difference is also to the advantage of the rivals (+4). There are still 9 points up for grabs and Salah and his teammates just have to win them all and hope.
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Liverpool, Klopp against Conte: “I don’t like his football”
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