Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp disagreed on Monday with his Manchester City colleague Pep Guardiola’s statement that everyone in the UK will support his team in winning the competition and believed the Spanish coach, in making the comment, the emotions could be carried away.
“I have no idea if the whole country is supporting us. It’s not the feeling I get when we go to other places to play, it’s actually the opposite,” Klopp said at a press conference on Tuesday before his club’s match with Aston Villa.
“I live in Liverpool and yes, a lot of people here want us to win the league, that’s true; but even here it’s probably only 50% because the rest (referring to Everton supporters) are in another fight, at least until yesterday.”
Klopp suggested that when making his comments on Sunday, Guardiola may have been “influenced” by the emotions that sport evokes, particularly after Manchester City’s defeat in the Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid (3-1) on Sunday may 4th.
The German coach admitted to making emotional comments after Liverpool’s draw against Tottenham (1-1) last Saturday, putting the club three points behind City – who yesterday defeated Newcastle 5-0 in the English league – by three points. .
“I don’t know what situation Pep was in after he was eliminated from the Champions League, which in itself is hard to accept, but then Liverpool reach the final (of the Champions League), and then things are said like, ‘ They only Villarreal and we with Madrid’, and you say what you say,” said Klopp.
Guardiola told Qatari network beIN Sports yesterday that “everyone in this country supports Liverpool, the media and the whole world.”
“Of course, because Liverpool have an incredible history in European competition, but not in the Premier League, because they have won one in 30 years, but that’s no problem at all,” he insisted.
“We’ve been there for the past 11 or 12 years. I know we feel uncomfortable sometimes, but I don’t care if people want Liverpool to win more than us. It’s not a problem,” said the Spaniard.
Ahead of tomorrow’s appointment, Klopp said he may be able to count on injured striker Roberto Firmino and emphasized that his team is focused on trying to win the three remaining games in the English league.
Source: El heraldo
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