Klopp ready to
It’s a challenge but if something special’s possible, it is here
JURGEN KLOPP believes Liverpool can use the lift provided by their Premier League form to keep their European hopes alive, insisting they can fight successfully on two fronts.
Reaching the summit of the top flight on Saturday with an emphatic win at Bournemouth was just the boost Liverpool needed ahead of a date with European destiny.
And after dismissing claims the pursuit of glory on two fronts might prove too taxing, Klopp claimed he was hopeful success in one can fuel a charge in the other.
“We are in a good moment for weeks and months as a club and a team. We have to use it,” he said. “This is an opportunity for us to stay in the competition. And the boys, I know, are desperate to stay in the competition.”
Putting off an exit from Europe was the dominating theme for many up and down the country yesterday. But if Westminster appeared irreparably divided, a heaving Anfield will be very much united in the remain camp when they go head to head with Napoli tonight.
Klopp said the stadium, as usual, will have its part to play yet he conceded a Napoli side led by the experienced Carlo Ancelotti are no snowflakes ready to melt at the first blast from the Kop.
“It will be difficult because Napoli are good in possession, are good at counterattacking as well as a typical Italian team, good at defending,” said the Liverpool manager. “It is a big challenge