And he still believes Liverpool against Manchester United is still the biggest game in English football despite both teams now being outside of the Premier League’s top four.
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Liverpool is three points behind United in ninth after failing to achieve the uplift anticipated in the three months since hiring Juergen Klopp as manager.
Klopp said: “I had a few really good moments with Sir Alex. I don’t know. I think it was positive because we had a good time together”, he added.
Klopp, who has overseen an incredible 21 games during his 100 days in charge so far, said, “I love derbies”.
“Maybe he is the greatest ever, the John Lennon of football or something”.
Mike the chef has said it to me also, with his way of saying it. I think everybody is ready to play this game, but you have to do it at the right time and in a different schedule – I think we have to play at five past two on Sunday, which is new I think.
United are now sixth in the Premier League, and can move six points clear of their bitter rivals with a victory at Anfield this weekend.
Bastian Schweinsteiger and Michael Carrick are set to miss Manchester United’s trip to Liverpool but Adnan Januzaj could make a first appearance for Louis van Gaal’s side since August.
“We could have done better, we could have done worse, some ideal moments, some average moments”. “We have to watch what we can find out and make a plan”.
The German coach was altogether more reserved and diplomatic in assessing Louis van Gaal’s relative merits. If everyone who was in the stadium on Wednesday if he or she could get tickets again, do it again.
“As we have witnessed in the Premier League this year with other clubs, money no longer buys success”, Hollis said, in a clear reference to Saturday’s opponent, Leicester. We are closer than we were a few weeks ago but it is not only our job.
And United v. Liverpool, with the Red Devils stumbling and the ambitious Merseysiders facing problems of their own, could be just that. “You can play the whole season how you want but you have to be prepared, at your best for these games”. We showed character and resilience and we didn’t give up until the end of the game.
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“In football the most important thing is the results and we are going for it, I think everyone can see that”. The “worried” Manchester United titan couldn’t hide his admiration for Klopp’s “fantastic personality”, sportsmanship, and track record at Borussia Dortmund.
