This is Jürgen Klopp’s big week. Decisive for the options they have to enter the next Champions League. Liverpool play this Wednesday against Julen Lopetegui’s Wolves for the fourth time in 11 games and on Sunday. Manchester United will be measured by Erik ten Hag in English football’s greatest classic.
Klopp, the ‘reds’ coach, insisted on Tuesday that they must get back on track to the Premier: “It’s a very important week” for his side’s chances of securing a place in the Premier. Liverpool is in these moments 7th, 9 points behind Tottenham (4th) and the Champions League. The ‘reds’ have 2 games to go and on Sunday they host United.
The Anfield team played 2 games against Wolves in the FA Cup (2-2 the first, on January 7, and 0-1 in the tiebreaker, on the 17th of that month). In the Premier, at the Molineux Stadium, on February 4, Lopetegui’s team beat Liverpool 3-0. This Wednesday they are measured at Anfield and Klopp is hoping his team won’t repeat it the mistakes that led to that defeat.
Klopp said: “I didn’t see anything in training that suggested we didn’t have a chance. The two teams know a lot about each other And it won’t be easy.”
The Liverpool manager also said: “It’s a very important week, we can’t take that for granted. We have two games at home… I want to give the season a little push this week and we need results for that. And to achieve results we need good performance. The main difference is that we will be playing at Anfield and we have to do that. We need to find a strong mind.”
Thiago Alcantara and Joe Gómez are still out. Luis Díaz is back in training after a knee injury, but is not yet in the squad, according to Klopp. Darwin Núñez is doubtful due to a shoulder injury, but the German coach sees him. Klopp says it is “huge” to have former Wolves winger Diogo Jota back after a foot injury kept him out of the World Cup.
while, Lopetegui said “we have to be close to perfection to beat Liverpooleach of the 4 games we’ve played against them has been different and I think this one will be the same”. The Wolves coach also assured that “Anfield is a stadium that pushes a lot”.
Regarding his infirmary, Lopetegui indicated that Cunha’s injury is not as serious as expected, but he does not know if he will be able to play against Liverpool. Pedro Neto is improving and he might participate in the match. Boubacar Traoré suffered and will return in a week, while Hwang Hee-chan is not yet ready to return.
Source: La Verdad
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