But while Klopp was reticent to discuss his side’s hopes midway through the campaign, he could not hide his delight at the result at Turf Moor as Liverpool won for the first time in three games after being held to a draw at home by Manchester United and Arsenal.”I love it, I can hardly put it down,” said Klopp. “But to get 41 points is very good It’s very cool.
Why Jurgen Klopp angered the Anfield crowd before making harsh comments about Liverpool”The first part of the season is over and what we did was very good. It’s not perfect, but it’s good. And that takes us away from a point of normalcy. It’s pretty close. Let’s do this.”Klopp also revealed why he decided to sub Jota in after a month with a neck problem. The Portugal international scored the decisive second goal after replacing Nunes at Tough Murda and the Reds boss was delighted with the striker’s cameo. Klopp added: “We have no idea what the outcome of the fourth game in 10 days will be.” It’s really intense, no matter what the outside world thinks. It was very special to come here and play the games we played. “And it’s also unusual that we didn’t score many goals – actually we did, but we got knocked out for various reasons, So we had to wait longer. We gave Burnley a lot of problems for a long time, so we played a great game. It was unexpected because it was the last game in a very busy period, but I did it anyway. I really enjoyed the game I played. “But we should have scored more goals, understandably. After that, the game was wide open and Burnley had good chances to score. But in the end we deserved to win this game, two great goals from Darwin and Diogo.
Jurgen Klopp was cynical when asked about Liverpool’s chances of becoming Premier League champions but admitted his side were “within striking distance” after beating Burnley 2-0 on Boxing Day.Goals either side of the game from Darwin Nunez and the return of Diogo Jota were enough to put the Reds ahead of Arsenal ahead of Thursday’s trip to West Ham United.
