Jurgen Klopp believes it’s ‘simply not truthful’ to match his present Liverpool facet to people who gained the Premier League and Champions League earlier in his tenure.
The Reds have made a quick begin to the 2023/24 season off the again of a disappointing 2022/23 marketing campaign and have misplaced just one match in all competitions up to now – a controversial 2-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur.
They are among the many favourites to win the Carabao Cup and Europa League, whereas a Premier League title problem is not out of the query. If outcomes go their approach, Liverpool might finish the weekend prime of the desk.
Klopp has christened his new-look facet as ‘Liverpool 2.0’, however forward of Sunday’s journey to Luton Town, he was fast to minimize comparisons to his all-conquering cohort from 2018 to 2020 after they gained the Champions League and Premier League in a 12-month stretch.
“It’s new, I understand. It’s just not fair if you [compare]. We had a fantastic team two years ago who could have won the Champions League and we could have won more competitions,” Klopp mentioned.
“We could have won the Champions League two more times, [with] the team we had. Not that we should but we could with that team. We cannot forget but then everyone wants change but at the right moment and you don’t want to change when you don’t need to and people say: ‘Hey why do we change?’
“But clearly it was time. We went from the oldest midfield within the league to almost the youngest within the league in perhaps one and a half or two years, it is good. The gamers we purchased in are all high quality and completely different to the gamers we had earlier than.
“Macca [Alexis Mac Allister] is a different No.6 to Fabinho. Ryan [Gravenberch], Dom [Szoboszlai] and even Wataru [Endo] are very different and that is very cool. The most important thing is that we could train so long together and we are kind of stable.
“That’s the factor no one desires to listen to or discuss however that we do not concede and concede and concede is an important [aspect]. That’s the place you construct actual confidence. Then you possibly can present up offensively after which every thing is all proper.
“As a team then you don’t have to score from each chance. Not only the player but the team. It’s good. I love the team, it’s really cool and good to work with, and yes the potential is there. Now we have to make sure together that we can make quality of it, consistent quality and that is the job.”
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