Liverpool achieved one of their most important victories of the ‘Klopp era’ by being able to win (1-0) in extra time of the Carabao Cup against Chelsea thanks to a header from Van Dijk. Although the final was tied for many moments, and could have gone either way, football fans did not get a little more ambition from Pochettino’s team, especially in extra time. The reason is that although Liverpool is more of a team now, they reached the final with a plague of injuries, without relying on players from the hierarchy of Salah, Darwin or Arnold. In fact, many extraordinary young people have to participate.
Neville cracked
The former English defender for Manchester United, who also coached Valencia with poor numbers, is a regular commentator on the big games on English TV. Its cracks are common.
In his words addressed to those at Stamford Bridge, he acknowledged having “no sympathy for Chelsea, a £1 billion bottlejob team”. In England when we talk about the term ‘bottlejob’ it means a football team that doesn’t react under pressure.
In his argument he emphasized that Chelsea should have taken advantage of Liverpool’s injuries and the inexperience of their players to chase them. ”Chelsea should have gone straight for the throat’‘. It should be noted that Bobby Clark (19 years old), James McConnell (19), Jayden Danns (18), Quansah (21) came from Klopp’s bench, joining other youngsters who have already acted.
replied Pocchetino
The Argentine looked sad and visibly affected by the defeat, as they had chances to win, but as is the usual trend of the season, they forgave and paid for it. Asked about Neville’s words, he wanted to retreat and defend his people.
”I didn’t hear what he said, but if you compare the ages of the two squads I think it’s similar. I feel proud. I’m proud of the playersI think they made a great effort. We are a young team and nothing can compare to Liverpool just because they got some young players. I think it is impossible to compare them. I have a good relationship with Gary Neville. I respect his opinion but he knows that the dynamics (of Liverpool and Chelsea) are completely different. If he said that, I don’t think it’s fair to talk like this.”
Source: La Verdad
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