Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp expressed his delight at his team’s 3-0 victory over Leicester City on matchday 36 of the English Premier League and stressed the need for his team to use the gifts of their rivals to reserve a qualifying position for champions. League.
Liverpool secured their seventh successive English Premier League win on Monday, lifting their tally to 65 points and finishing fifth, one point behind Newcastle 3 and Manchester United 4, but the latter two have two rescheduled match.
“We need to think a bit about how we build the match in the first 15 minutes,” Klopp told the BBC after the Leicester match. “I really like what we did after that.”
And he continued: “We scored great goals. The second goal was special. We presented a match that was closer to the ideal, but between the 55th and 75th minutes the match was a bit more open than I wanted.”
Regarding his team’s pressure on Newcastle and Manchester United to finish third or fourth to qualify for the Champions League next season, Klopp said: “That’s all we can do. I don’t think it’s possible to finish the season first.” four positions when looking at what Newcastle and Manchester United have to offer.
And he added: “They have many qualities, but it would be a shame not to use (gifts) if they stumble, and then we must do our job.”
And he continued: “I think we qualified for European competitions, which were not available 6 weeks ago, and I would not have believed that we would fight for places in the Champions League. We have not shown this level of stability.”
Source: agencies
