Klopp threatens to leave Liverpool - Was Mané's departure the beginning of the end?
Created: 09/09/2022, 13:35
By: Nico Scheck
Jürgen Klopp stumbles with Liverpool without Sadio Mané.
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While Bayern Munich made a successful start in the Champions League, Liverpool FC stumbled.
In England, the name Sadio Mané is mentioned as a reason.
Munich – 47 minutes were played in the Champions League.
Since the SSC Napoli already led 4-0 against Liverpool FC.
At that time, FC Bayern Munich with new signing Sadio Mané was 1-0 ahead of opponents Inter Milan.
In the end it was 1: 4 from the point of view of Liverpool, 2: 0 from the point of view of Bayern.
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Why was Mané specifically mentioned?
Well, the new star on Säbener Straße is being written about one of the main reasons for the crisis of the "Reds" in England these days and weeks.
The Mirror recently wrote that Mané's departure to FC Bayern would become a problem for Jürgen Klopp and his men.
Is that correct?
Will Liverpool's Mané departure be fatal?
In fact, in fact, the absence of Sadio Mané from Liverpool's ranks is the biggest difference from last season.
"Liverpool without Mané is no longer the same," headlined the
Sportbible
weeks ago after the 2-1 defeat by Manchester United.
In addition, there is a weakness in form of various Klopp stars that was not known from previous years.
First and foremost Mohamed Salah.
The striker is deep in the form crisis, has only scored twice in the Premier League.
Voices on the island are loud, according to which Salah has benefited primarily from Mané and his templates in the past.
And: Mané scored 23 goals in the past season and, alongside Salah, was the lynchpin in Liverpool's offensive game.
Salah is also missing this fixed point now.
In addition, Liverpool's top new signing Darwin Nunez has not yet ignited.
A goal and a dismissal after assault are on his still fresh Liverpool business card.
Sadio Mané has a small form low at Bayern
What is curious is that while the British media are complaining about Mané's absence, the Senegalese has to go through his first small slump at FC Bayern.
In the two draws against Gladbach and Union Berlin, he did not score.
And there was little to see from Mané in Bayern's 2-0 victory in Milan.
However, coach Julian Nagelsmann defended Mané after the game against Inter: "Of course, Sadio doesn't have it easy as a target player against such physically strong players." Even more: "But he had two crucial moments.
He was involved in the 2-0 win, and through his path in the 1-0 win.” So Mané doesn't seem to have fully arrived in the Bayern squad yet.
But Klopp and Liverpool can only dream of such problems at the moment.
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