![]() I just don’t know because it depends massively on the teams around us,” Klopp said. “I have no clue where we can end up this season. The foundations are being set to return to where Klopp feels they belong, should they replicate performances like this. ![]() This time around there is more traffic between them and their rivals, yet Klopp believes these are important games for next season. In the 2020/21 campaign they made a late run from eighth to third place in the final months. It could take them into the European places, which would be a remarkable achievement from where they have been this season. He considered it their best counter-pressing game of the season. The most impressive moment for Klopp? It was when his players swarmed around Leeds players in stoppage-time, hunting the ball. When Leeds pulled one back, they sped away through a couple more goals from Diogo Jota, another from Salah and Darwin Nunez also finding the net. Look at how they seized on Leeds’ mistakes - and generous refereeing for their opening goal - to lead through Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah, with Trent Alexander-Arnold orchestrating play from central midfield. In red, they can be a fleet of Ferrari’s. Without Bellingham, his team can still have speed and are pleasant on the eye. The seven goals against Manchester United and six at Elland Road are the markers for his players, the standards they need to maintain. In his Telegraph Sport column, Jamie Carragher pointed out how important it was to get recruitment right this summer.īut performances like this and the second half against Arsenal, clawing back a point against the Premier League leaders, is what Klopp’s team is capable of. After five games without a victory it may not have been what supporters wanted to hear, given the gap to the top of the Premier League. Last week Klopp compared wanting Jude Bellingham to a child asking for a sports car as a Christmas present, given his price. ![]() ![]() His Liverpool team motored to a first victory in more than a month to even offer a glimmer of hope they could qualify for Europe. Jurgen Klopp may have ruled out signing a Ferrari this summer but here was a reminder of the high-powered engines he already has in his garage.
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