Summary: Brentford - Liverpool 4:1/Sport1
The championship battle in England is fascinating and heats up as you get closer to the finish line, and yesterday (Saturday) Liverpool was the one who dealt the first blow when they defeated Brentford 1:4 and opened a gap from their rivals.
Although later Arsenal defeated Burnley 5:0 and narrowed the gap from Liverpool to only 2, but Manchester City lost points in a 1:1 against Chelsea and the gap between the champion and Liverpool is four points (City has a game missing).
Another day at work.
Klopp excites the people around him/GettyImages, Ryan Pierse
At the end of the Liverpool game, Jurgen Klopp was seen hugging for a long time on the field with Ivan Toney, a Brentford player, in a very emotional hug that revealed mutual appreciation.
After the game, Klopp revealed the truth behind what was said between them.
It turns out that Tony really appreciates Liverpool and Klopp - and simply took advantage of his last opportunity to meet Klopp face to face, to thank him and express his appreciation for the coach, who announced that he was leaving Liverpool at the end of the season.
"I smiled at him," Klopp said.
"Obviously he's an effective player who's very difficult to play against. I used another word, but it's really difficult to play against, obviously. Am I right in thinking he's a Liverpool fan? He's not shy about saying that, so we talked about it a bit - and he wished me well for My time after I leave. A lot of players said that, but it's nice anyway. But no one should worry, I'll find something. So yes, it was a nice conversation. I also had it with Vitali Yanlat."
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Klopp admitted Saturday's victory over Brentford "came at a price", with Liverpool losing Diego Jota, Curtis Jones and Darwin Nunez to injuries - a week before the League Cup final against Chelsea.
All three will need to be tested to see if they can be fit for the clash at Wembley Stadium.
Looks alarming.
Jota/GettyImages
At least Salah is back.
Jones injured/GettyImages
Jones was seen boarding the Liverpool bus wearing an ankle brace, while Klopp admitted Jota's injury looked "worse", while Nunes was substituted at half-time because he felt "something".
Liverpool was already missing Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dominic Soboslai, Joel Matip, Thiago and more.
They added three points to their Premier League total - with the return of Mohamed Salah a big boost - but also three problems before facing Chelsea.
"It was a very good game in strange circumstances but we are still happy with the result," said Klopp, who at least got Mohamed Salah back, who came on and excelled with a goal and an assist.
Ibrahima Konata, the French defender of Liverpool, was asked at the end about the possibility of Kylian Mbappe coming to Liverpool next season, and began to laugh: "You really think Mbappe will come here. In all honesty. I think everyone already knows where he's going. And I really don't intend to try to convince him." .
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