The Blues can move back into first place if they can record a win over Liverpool on Friday evening. Conte has yet to address the media, though given his previous interactions, we shouldn’t expect any Mourinho-esque sniping. Another such lesson could be in the offering Friday night at Stamford Bridge against Antonio Conte and a rejuvenated Chelsea. They defend well and attack quick and strong, so it’s not the easiest job in world football [to play against them], but still we feel quite confident we can do something there. Certainly strong praise and plenty of respect that he’s sure will be reciprocated by someone who watches the opposition as carefully as Conte does.
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“I don’t know Antonio well enough to say why, but he looks quite emotional when they don’t score”, said Klopp, who last weekend urged his own supporters to stop chanting his name until the game was over. “Obviously he is involved in the game, but that’s not the most important thing”, Klopp said. He is a real warrior on the pitch. “He was almost unstoppable against Swansea”.
Chelsea have just two wins in their last nine league home matches (2-4-3) versus Liverpool.
It was the sixth straight league contest dating back to last season that the petulant striker has notched either a goal or an assist. “That was not too nice or smart”.
“It was not smart, we have to do better”.
“The players showed they didn’t want to lose and tried to win until the end”, he noted.
Fellow new-boy N’Golo Kante will nearly certainly keep his place in the middle of the park and Eden Hazard, another player who is looking back to his imperious best, should join Willian to in the spaces that the Reds are prone to leave, but after they put four past Leicester, the aforementioned Frenchman an the likes of Serbian hard-man Nemanja Matic could play a far more important role than the flashy duo.
He told reporters: “There is still space for improvement and we need to improve for the Chelsea game”. They can play a game where nothing works but always stay cool. We are much younger. That’s how it is in life.
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Liverpool, who do not have the distraction of European football like so many of their rivals this season, now sit sixth in the Premier League table and will be back in action on Friday when they travel to London to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
