“We’d like to challenge to win the league but we finished eighth previous year so you can’t say “unless we finish second or third it’s not success”. I look for other players, the ones who have the quality and ability to play in the Champions League but are ready to qualify together.
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“You can believe I didn’t want to do things like this, I like to be a nice guy until I can’t be a nice guy any more”.
Klopp has been having double, sometimes triple, sessions in order to ensure his players are in the best shape possible to carry out his high-tempo pressing game. He was good today in a lot of situations.
Liverpool have already brought in the likes of Joel Matip, Georginio Wijnaldum, Loris Karius, and Sadio Mane, all of whom are relatively unknown quantities compared to Paul Pogba, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
“I knew quite early that he was going this way [to United]”.
“I’m not really interested in things from other clubs”.
“We will try everything 100 percent and see what happens”. They can do what they want and spend as much as they want. But as long as we’re moving in the direction and we’re competitive in every game we play and coming into April we are still not far off the top of the league, that’s success. “We have to build a special bond with the right mentality”.
Sturridge has revealed how Klopp has put him and his team-mates through the “most intense” pre-season of his career, as he pushes himself in a bid to avoid another injury-disrupted campaign.
“It’s odd really, being so far away and then your club rolls into town with so many familiar faces”, he said.
Chelsea are preparing to face Real Madrid in MI before they end their ICC tour in Minneapolis against AC Milan. “I focus on pushing myself and doing the best for my body”, he added.
The Spain worldwide flew into a risky tackle on new Liverpool defender Ragnar Klavan before receiving a straight sending off.
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The German tactician has certainly created a positive environment, as noted in his comments above, but that will matter little if he is unable to secure the results on the pitch where it all matters most. “I’m looking forward to seeing how well they do this year”.
