Liverpool have now started to look like a solid side, one whose title ambitions have been made clear to their fans and competitors alike. But anyone who knows about Liverpool and their recent and long term history of title chances, will know that it doesn’t take the Reds a great amount of time to go from the top of the table to the top of the upper half. Be it, a couple of seasons ago with Steven Gerrard and his famous slip that costed them the title or a year ago when their campaign had no consistency. They managed to overcome the Big four and faulted against bottom half teams.
“We are starting our history now because this is our first full season. History does not always work in your favour anyway. Leicester were champions last season but it is not helping them much this time. If you are still around with a chance of the title with 10 games to play, maybe you have to deal with some pressure but you should still fancy yourselves to win more than lose. My feeling at this stage is that we can win everything. We have nothing to lose in each game, so we might as well go for it.”
Klopp feels some managers live for the transfer window, he likes to either take it or not
“It’s our job to show we can still play football with the players that remain,” Klopp says. “I am not going to pretend we won’t miss Phil. Any team in the league would. But he has not been deciding games alone.
“It is important not to use injuries or absences as excuses. The team should still be able to function. When we won the title at Dortmund we had Shinji Kagawa and Mario Götze injured for half a year. You have to find a way to carry on. There are different ways to win games, different line-ups you can use.”
“I don’t need 20 options. I just need the right options. If I brought in more players of the same quality they would not get enough games, so it is better to select a young player if you are able. We have some young boys that look good; there are lots of things we can change. For me it is difficult to be part of this transfer market craziness. If I was to say now that we might buy, there is nothing else that will be talked about in this country until the 31st of January. I like to do my job behind closed doors, working with the players I have and, when we have something to say, we will do it.”
