Liverpool (England)
This season's record is dismal and the team
captain (of sports squad)
Klopp is under tremendous pressure. Coaching Liverpool has been 7 years, Klopp seems to have suffered a similar predicament with the beginning in Dortmund. However, when a reporter asked whether Liverpool is going downhill, Klopp decisively refuted, to prove that the team is not in crisis.
Liverpool (England)
At the beginning of the season, Liverpool was seen as a key force to stop Man City from defending their title, but their actual performance has been disappointing. By the end of the 12 rounds of the league, Liverpool's ranking in the Premier League has dropped to 9th, and there are many opinions that Liverpool is unable to recover, and Jurgen Klopp is once again facing the challenge of the "seven-year itch". Whether it was at Mainz or Dortmund, Klopp had hit a low point in his seventh season in charge and eventually left the club.
During a conference, Klopp was confronted by journalists, one of whom asked if Liverpool had lost their fighting spirit. Klopp immediately responded, "You're all right and I'm wrong! (You're all right and I'm wrong)"
Jurgen Klopp emphasized that it is still too early to judge Liverpool: "Maybe we have to wait until later in the season or the end of the season. It's not entirely fair to evaluate the team's performance right now because we don't have a full squad, we have players missing up front and injured players who are overmatched. We have to make changes."
"It's not fair, but it's not that important. It's normal for you guys to ask these questions. Maybe Manchester City and Arsenal will face similar questions soon. It's inevitable that we will be judged, neither the coach nor the players."
As Klopp said, Liverpool is really facing the problem of injuries, Wakita, Keita, Luis Diaz, Matip and so on are absent due to injuries. Klopp admitted that there is no special medicine to revitalize the team immediately: "Consistency and stability is our problem. There are highs and lows, it's inevitable."
