Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has insisted that they must not let their Europa League campaign distract them from finishing strongly in the Premier League.
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The clashes between the two clubs have resulted in 20 red cards – the most sending-offs ever between Premier League teams – but there has not been a dismissal in the last nine meetings. It’s my first derby against a team in the same city, so of course that’s different.
“In the game against Bournemouth, I think – and what I have heard so far is – it was cramp with Kolo”, Klopp told reporters at his pre-match press conference”. A lot of people around me – a lot of players and a lot of fans – know much more about this special derby. I don’t like that showing.
“I don’t want to see this… not to show “I am the man”.
“I understand aggressiveness in one way – be prepared to hurt yourself, not anybody else”.
“That’s clear but at the end, to handle emotions and the pressure is one of the big challenges in football, especially in top-class football”. I know it. The best thing for us, for him and for England for the European Championships is to keep him in the best shape since I have been here.
For Everton, who have not won at Anfield since September 1999, it is their biggest week of the season with this match followed by an FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at the weekend.
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“Last week they had the situation, this week they have the situation”. “They have outstanding individual quality in their squad and are extremely hard to play against”.Liverpool face off against Dortmund less than 12 months after Klopp departed the club following a seven-year reign, during which he delivered two league titles and guided them to the Champions League final. If somebody thought when they saw our line-up for Bournemouth that we didn’t want to win the game, then it is the biggest misunderstanding in history.
