November 30, 2021-22 season at 4:15 a.m. on December 2, Beijing Time
England Premier Soccer League
14th round of the league.
Liverpool (England)
Will usher in the Merseyside derby away to Everton. Before the match, Reds boss Jurgen Klopp attended the press conference, he talked about some status about the match. Klopp said that Joe Gomez and Naby Keita are not far away from the team practice.
About the Merseyside Derby
Jurgen Klopp: "We know there will be some special work in the derby, but this is also a soccer game, this is how we face this game, we know what the fans want and we will try to satisfy their wishes. Derby will attract attention, but we will treat the game in the same way as a normal game."
About the Golden Globes
Klopp: "If you don't give the award to Levan now, it will be difficult to give it to him afterwards. Frankly, I'm surprised about Salah being in seventh place, he definitely deserves to be higher."
More on the Merseyside Derby
Jurgen Klopp: "I will not look for fun in the game, if the game is great, I will look back, the form is very important, we need to play a great game, when we do this, want to fight against us is very difficult, this is what we will try to do."
About Everton
Jurgen Klopp: "It's a three-point game, we just expect to try to win, and it's not related to their coach's 'special situation' or anything else. I watched the Brentford game but not after the final whistle, I don't know what the reaction of the fans was about."
On Van Dijk's injury in the Merseyside derby last season
Klopp: "Van Dijk's injury was unlucky and I haven't seen that happen in any other competition since then. Van Dijk is very experienced and what he needs now is to completely disassociate his mind from everything about that injury. He was great in his return, and if the job hadn't been exactly as it was, people would have reacted quickly and those judgments would have been meaningless. Van Dijk had moments where we had to play three games in a week and he looked in good shape, but we also gave him a rest. Now we don't confirm if we need to do that for the next game, but we will think about that a lot."
On the team's injury situation
Jurgen Klopp: "Everyone is in good shape since last Saturday and those players who are recovering are closer to a comeback. Joe Gomez and Naby Keita are not far away from team fitness and Firmino needs another week to do some soccer-related work."
