Jurgen Klopp, manager of Liverpoolit said it was friday your team must believe in itself to finally find stability and consistency in the midst of a season as difficult as the ‘reds’ have been and more so after losing 2-5 in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Real Madrid.
Klopp said this on the eve of Liverpool’s visit to Crystal Palace this Saturday in the Premier, at the first Anfield meeting after the recession against Carlo Ancelotti’s team.
Liverpool are 8th in the Premier table, with 35 points, 7 from the Champions League zone and with 2 games less than Tottenham, 4th. The defeat suffered against Real Madrid ended two victories (2-0 against Everton and 0-2 against Newcastle), the first in 2023 in the Premier. The ‘red’ team have won their last seven Premier League games against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park with a combined score of 22-6.
Klopp told the media: “Conceding five goals in the Champions League is unacceptable, but it still happened. We have to change things. The first half (against Madrid) was very good, the second half was the worst start. We’ve recovered a lot but it’s not stable yet.”
The Liverpool manager went on to analyze his team’s situation: “We have to find some consistency in the way we play. It can’t be about emotion… We need to start believing in ourselves again. and transfer our quality to the field”.
Liverpool’s seven straight wins at Crystal Palace they were relativized by Klopp: “These are difficult games with a good atmosphere. Palace is a really good club in a really good stadium.”
Klopp explained that Ibrahim Konaté, who has been training, will soon reappear after his injury but not this Saturday. He is confident that those who have just returned to the team after suffering from illnesses, such as Roberto Firmino, Diogo Jota and Virgil van Dijk, will take their best form. “Everyone expected Virgil to be like a robot, but he played the most games last year, including the World Cup, all the matches with his team, he played with us from the second game and was injured. Now he came back and played, game, game.”
Source: La Verdad
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