The global break is a necessary evil for plenty of football fans who don’t really care that Moldova and Lithuania are in action.
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Klopp was asked if he had used the global break to watch the first three games back – the Liverpool manager responded that he had already watched them twice before the worldwide break adding “that’s a normal part of what we do”. “I don’t think about what is the target of games I should play this year, I just want to train hard and improve myself”.
“I watched Leicester lose this fixture last Christmas when most expected the bubble to burst – they lost only one further game, and they’ve made a habit of spoiling dream scripts in the last 12 months”.
He has been rightly critical of fans inside Anfield in the past, both for leaving early and failing to generate enough atmosphere outside of the big games. The more quality players we can have in the squad then it’s going to help everyone. We want to go to the best teams in the world and give them hell in the moment we face them – in Manchester, in London, wherever – I don’t care.
“What they did there… outstanding job”, Klopp told Liverpool’s official website Thursday.
“It’s one of the nicest stands I’ve seen in my life”, he continued.
In the grand scheme of things, it’s not a big issue, but it’s hard to comprehend how a Liverpool player can go nearly five months without having any desire to visit his home stadium. No one really knows their ambition after what happened last season.
“When you stand in front of it, it’s really wonderful”. It’s against the current champions so we need to be good. “I know the first year will be hard for me, because I’ve come from a relatively small league where it was easier”.
“Eight-thousand more fans in the stadium”.
By contrast, Klopp revealed French defender Mamadou Sakho has returned to full fitness ahead of the Leicester game.
“Leicester are aggressive, well organised, very direct”. With the Foxes playing a counter-attacking brand of football, they will get Liverpool on the break at some point during the match. “We’ve had almost two weeks to prepare, just not with the players because they haven’t been here”.
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“That is part of the business I am not interested in”.
