Jurgen Klopp admitted that he had ‘nothing to say’ to his Liverpool squad after the Reds fell to a dismal 4-1 defeat in opposition to Manchester Metropolis yesterday.
The Merseysiders did take the lead by means of a Mo Salah strike on the Etihad however targets from Julian Alvarez, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Jack Grealish ensured Pep Guardiola’s aspect picked up all three factors.
The defeat leaves Liverpool seven factors adrift of the highest 4 with simply 11 video games remaining this time period and subsequent up is one other troublesome journey to face Chelsea within the capital on Tuesday evening.
Klopp stated (as quoted by Liverpool World) “I advised the boys there’s nothing to say for tonight, all the things is clear after which tomorrow we’ve got to speak about it. We don’t play tomorrow, we play Tuesday and we must always play higher and extra constant.
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“Being good while you don’t really feel 100% will not be attainable within the Premier League. We spoke about it, being 1-0 down modified all the things for us. Once more, right now we conceded two fast targets and it’s tremendous troublesome if not not possible to return again however we will make it harder in case you follow the belongings you did in your good moments. That’s the reason the distinction is so large.”
We by no means as soon as appeared snug yesterday and after Metropolis took the lead only a minute into the second half you could possibly see that these in a crimson shirt misplaced all confidence.
An enormous efficiency is required on Tuesday evening in opposition to Chelsea, one other crew which can be struggling for type this time period with them falling to a 2-0 defeat in opposition to Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge yesterday.
Hopefully Luis Diaz is concerned within the squad as we want a spark from someplace if we’re to complete the marketing campaign strongly and snatch a high 4 end.
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