Dhe memory of the last meeting is good for Thomas Tuchel. When he was still a coach at Paris Saint-Germain, he and his team defeated Liverpool FC and Jürgen Klopp 2-1 in the group stage of the Champions League. That was in November 2018. Now, around two years later, the two German coaches are facing each other again, for the first time in the English Premier League, when Klopp’s Liverpooler receive Chelsea FC next Thursday, where Tuchel has been on the bench since the end of January and still without defeat in nine games.
–
Tobias Rabe
Responsible editor for Sport Online.
–
–
–
–
It is astonishing how quickly Tuchel ensured an upswing in the “Blues” after he replaced the club legend Frank Lampard, who once shone a lot more on the pitch than then on the coaching post. Chelsea have conceded only two goals under Tuchel so far, against Manchester United there was no goal from the opponent in the top game for places in the Champions League. However, they didn’t have their own either, so the 0-0 win left everyone a little unhappy. Nevertheless, Tuchel was pleased with the strong defensive performance: “We defended strongly. That was extraordinary, ”he said.
Before the duel on Thursday (9:15 p.m. on Sky), Liverpool FC and Klopp are only one point behind Chelsea, who is fifth. The battle for participation in the premier class is tight in England. And Klopp, even if he is currently plagued by a few worries, has rather positive feelings when he thinks about the games against Tuchel. In nine out of fourteen games he and his teams were winners, but this was also due to the fact that Klopp was often the favorite with Dortmund against Tuchel and Mainz and used this advantage. Now the cards are reshuffled. Red against blue, Klopp against Tuchel – round fifteen.
After weeks of defeats and injuries, little went wrong for Liverpool at the last Sheffield United. Rather, Klopp and Co. were lucky: an own goal by Ozan Kabak did not count, in the end there was a 2-0 victory. Curtis Jones gave Liverpool the lead, then an own goal made the score.
Manchester City is currently floating in other spheres. The 2-1 win over West Ham United was the 20th success in a row for coach Pep Guardiola’s team. The lead at the top is already twelve points on city rivals United. Defenders Ruben Dias and John Stones met.
Surprise eleven Leicester City cannot follow the pace of Manchester City either. The “Foxes” were defeated by Arsenal FC in their own stadium despite early leadership. David Luiz, Alexandre Lacazette and Pepé turned the game for the “Gunners”, who are still stuck in the middle of the table.
Atlético Madrid are back on the road to success in the Spanish La Liga. After a period of weakness, Diego Simeone’s team picked up three points in the difficult away game at Villarreal CF and consolidated first place. An own goal showed the way, Joao Felix put his goal to the 2-0 final score.
– .
