You could even say blame yourself. Liverpool will face a repeat game against a third division club on February 4 in the FA Cup. Klopp does not want to be there, nor will his winning elf. The U23 can go. His Reds need rest. Klopp reaps criticism.
Liverpool (AP) - A team from a location near the Welsh border could do great things. For the club called Shrewsbury Town, even very big, historical.
The team actually plays in League One. Is there, in the third highest class in English football, table-16. Most recently, Shrewsbury Town suffered a 0-1 loss to Rochdale AFC, table 18, in front of 2829 spectators at the Crown Oil Arena. of the league comprising 23 teams.
On February 4 (8:45 p.m.), the Shrewsbury team will compete at Anfield, in the Reds Mood Temple. Right: the Liverpool FC stadium. The team that won the Champions League last season and is entering new spheres in the Premier League this season. Jürgen Klopp's team, who has long since achieved cult status in Liverpool.
Colleague Samuel Ricketts, once a Welsh national team, should not meet Klopp at all. When asked if Neil Critchley would take care of the team in the replay of the fourth round of the FA Cup, Klopp had replied shortly after the embarrassing 2-2 in Shrewsbury: "Exactly." The U23 competes for the Reds. Klopp's first guard is supposed to keep fit during the short winter break, but soccer training is not inevitable.
"I don't want to be the center of this whole discussion," said Klopp. "I'm not a revolutionary who wants to show how strong he is or what I know." If people thought he was lazy because he wasn't going to be in the game, he couldn't change that. "But I don't care too much either, because I'm only responsible to the players."
Not everyone understands Klopp's approach. The Shropshire Star wrote "Chaotic and Disrespectful" for Shrewsbury. The comments of the 52 year old German before the "magical opportunity" for Shrewsbury were "disgusting" and "stubborn".
The English association is also not amused. "Before the start of the season, all clubs accepted that round four reruns, if necessary, should take place in the first week of the break between matches," a spokesman said. All clubs knew that the winter break could be limited. Klopp countered: He did not know which of the clubs had been there. In any case, it wasn't the coaches or sports directors.
After the 4: 0 on the first of the month against Ralph Hasenhüttls FC Southampton, Klopp wants to take the time until the next game of the sovereign leaders in the Premier League on February 15 against Norwich City to take a deep breath. After that, Liverpool went on to go through the round of 16 of the defending champions in the Champions League against Atlético Madrid.
So the U23 can run, as it did in the insignificant League Cup in December. Liverpool were knocked out by a 5-0 win at Aston Villa, while Klopp won with his top squad at the Club World Cup in Qatar.
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