Jurgen Klopp admits Liverpool are beneath strain as they attempt to salvage a troubled season by ending in the Premier League‘s top four. Klopp’s facet have didn’t defend the Premier League title they gained final time period and have been knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid on Wednesday. That quarter-final exit means Liverpool’s solely route again into Europe’s elite membership competitors subsequent season is through a top-four end in the league. The sixth-placed Reds have been outdoors the highest 4 since early February and so they slipped as little as eighth earlier than successful their final three leagues video games to get again in the race. Fourth-placed West Ham’s 3-2 defeat at Newcastle on Saturday was a serious increase to Liverpool’s hopes.
With seven pressure-packed video games left, they might go above the Hammers on purpose distinction with a victory at Leeds on Monday.
“We just go for it, go and go and go and play our best football,” Klopp stated.
“We are of course under pressure as we want to finish in the top four but we don’t know in the moment if we will. We have seven games to prove that and we will try.”
Leeds are coming off a powerful victory at leaders Manchester City final weekend the place they performed half the match with 10 males.
Klopp is properly conscious of the risk posed by Marcelo Bielsa’s facet and he stated: “We should not forget the opponents we face. We won the last three and that’s why we’re still around, still in the fight for the Champions League spots.
“It’s clear we have to win football games. It would be best to win all of them, but they are tough opponents and we have to respect all of them.
“We have to win games and put pressure on teams. That’s all we know and we will try.”
Injury-plagued Liverpool’s current robust type domestically has been helped by the creating partnership between centre-backs Ozan Kabak and Nat Phillips.
Liverpool have gained the 4 Premier League video games they’ve began collectively, providing an answer to the defensive points triggered by long-term accidents to Virgil Van Dijk and Joe Gomez.
“Using the information you have just given me I’d better start them in the next game as well,” Klopp stated.
“These things have to develop. There was never a question about their quality, the boys have quality but you have to bring it together.”
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