Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp played down Manchester United’s current problems, insisting his side’s weaknesses are the first to show ahead of Sunday’s game.
Erik Ten Hag’s side lost 7-0 to their lesser rivals at Anfield in March. United conceded three goals in seven first-half minutes, suffering the heaviest defeat by any team in the club’s 211-match history.
At halftime, the hosts went wild, four more players were sent off in the 22nd minute. Several other teams have exploited this flaw this season, but not nearly as much. United have lost half of their 24 games in all competitions to put pressure on Ten Hag. But Klopp is still wary of his old foe.
“I never like the headlines that say Manchester United are not good before a game because it’s like, ‘Okay, this is a game where United can do anything.’ “The more people say bad things about them, the more powerful they become. This will always be the case. I do not like.“I don’t follow United closely enough to know exactly what the problem is. But last month we saw Eric Ten Hag win the Manager of the Month award and last month we saw them being a terrible team, so how does it go?
Should I be wrong? this won me over”What happens at Manchester United – don’t get me wrong – it doesn’t matter to us because we are preparing the team. “I try to understand my opponent’s situation before the game, I really do, because I think it’s important to know why they are motivated and want to fix the situation. There are times when I will tell the players (his opinion) and when I Sometimes, I don’t you tell the players.Before last season’s humiliation at Anfield, United had been slow to get back into the title race with eight wins and one defeat in 11 games.
Ten Hag’s sixth-placed side are currently 10 points adrift of leaders Liverpool and an eighth Premier League defeat this season would surely end their long-held hopes of catching up with their rivals. But Klopp believes putting more pressure on his old rivals is not a motivating factor.”
If I was… I think I would have said no. “We’re aiming for three points on match day,” he added.“Does it help with motivation? I would have mentioned it if there were about 4 game days left in the season and we could have made a final decision, but in this case it doesn’t really matter.“The 7-0 we got that day was the shock of a lifetime. If he assists someone in the next game, it will be the team that lost 7-0, not the team that won 7-0.“All that aside, playing a home football game against Liverpool’s historic rivals at Anfield would be a special game in itself and I would like to see a special performance from us.
“It’s a home game. This is for the people. We know what that means. No one expects us to be indifferent. “We’re getting a lot of attention, but we can’t get excited before the game,” he said.
Klopp’s main choice will be who will pair Virgil van Dijk at centre-back, with Ibrahima Konate and Joe Gomez in the second half alongside 20-year-old Jarel Quansah, who impressed in the 2-1 defeat in the Europa League on Union St. Louis. The hood.
