Bayern, Real Madrid and us all under performing this season.
Jurgen Klopp Sack Watch
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Bayern, Real Madrid and us all under performing this season.
Real Madrid aren’t underperforming. They are at the level one expects when one of the best players ever to play the game leaves the club
Taylor was a disgrace today. If I were a City supporter I would be furious.
VVD is banned for that game and they're atrocious away from home in CL this year.
Aren't Real closer to the top of the league than they were this time last year?
Actually I feel more comfortable going into it with Kovac (usually I would not think like that) than with Pep as I know for sure that Kovac will try to play more pragmatic. With Pep and CL matches it was always that he wanted to control the first matches - what is poisonous against teams like Liverpool. But it will hurt us that Müller is not playing for sure the first - but maybe even the second match. James instead of him might make sense with another opponent but you will not win this match by playing pretty but by playing pragmatic. Müller with his workrate and the pairing with Lewy as targetmen - and Coman and Gnabry with their speed but workrate when needed could work really fine. Lewy alone might be too "thin" and manageable for the Liverpool defense. And the others in a compact deep block. Beating him with his own recipe. The biggest mistake you can make is to play an open game against opponents like this. We seldom won like this against Dortmund either - only during periods in which they were weak.
Won the first seven matches of this season - then they had problems - and won 6 out of seven of the last seven matches (only drew against Ajax and there the draw was enough to win the group). Oh, they are for sure not brillant. But they went successfully out of the crisis they had in October. And you never know what happened. There is lot that have doubt about Kovac's coaching. But atleast he sat together with Ribery, Neuer, Lewy and Müller and after that they changed to a 4-2-3-1 with double six and hanging striker again (the system that the team seems to work best with) and since then they are on the rise. I still think that the season can go into all directions. There is no rifts in the team. And even the mole was quiet in the recent weeks.
I remember someone posting a gif showing Klopp eating Indian curry and then running around the pitch like a mad chicken. I would be forever grateful to the soul who can help me find it.
What was he doing to that bottle?
Really surprised that they went with a defensive approach against a team which had Danilo and Laporte as their fullbacks. There was definite weakness there.
Had a good chuckle in the pub last night. There were loads of Loserpool supporters in there making a hell of a racket.
Went very quiet in the end
Went very quiet in the end
I get that he's an inspirational coach & has great tactics & can spot a player who will fit his system.
But he's so full of shit, it's unbelievable.
Perfect simple explanation how business works!
Oh come on, he's so genuine. I mean laughing when asked what's his assessment of the game. Whats wrong with that?
Seems to get things wrong in the big games. Too negative last night and should have started Fabinho.
Do you guys actually watching full pressers of klopp?
Even I can't be bothered with that. Jeez.
Even I can't be bothered with that. Jeez.
It almost looked like he'd prepared a celebration and then was like ah shit it's in my pocket.
It's a bit of a mix. Games like Arsenal, United and Spurs away he clearly got right. Even Chelsea away wasn't a bad result.
Last night and also the away games in the CL is where he's really got it wrong this season. He relies on the midfield three of Henderson, Milner & Wijnaldum too much. You can't control the midfield against top quality opposition with those three playing.
He isn't interested in controlling the MF.
Press or break (transition)
If the other team 'transition' - he fouls them.
Press or break (transition)
If the other team 'transition' - he fouls them.
Diabolical selection in his midfield is the reason they lost IMO. You can't play that trio against a midfield with two players that are strictly attackers. Playing Fabinho and Keita with Henderson would have helped them put more pressure on those playmakers when they had the ball and given their counters more bite.
Klopp and Pep are probably two of the best managers at the moment but c'mon they provide comedic value when they lose. Pep looks so coked up and Klopp forgets to put periods in his sentences.
That Henderson-Milner-Wijnaldum midfield almost cost them in the CL, didn't it? They lost all 3 away games with that midfield.
Maybe the bottle celebration was meant to be more metaphorical rather than literal. By choking out the bottle he was demonstrating he is choking his reputation of being a bottler to death once Liverpool equalised. Only then he went and bottled it as City went on to win the game.
I think we started Keita in Naples but had to switch when he got injured.
I'm not a fan of it in big games.
Is this the one?
Bottle episode was pretty strange.
Genius.
Still yet to get further than the 4th round. Had four attempts now.
Bloody Wolves with their long grass...
I'm sorry, I can't stop laughing at the thread title.
It's their year.
Most likely going to finish the season trophyless again, and some deem him successful
Will look foolish if they don't win the league.
Risky business bombing out of cups. Puts huge pressure on their next few league games.
"When James gave Jiménez the ball I was close to crying."
They have about an 80% chance of winning the title.
Can't lose another cup final if you're not in it