The dismissal of the coach is like a solution that is often taken by club management when the team is in a slump. Thomas Tuchel is the latest person to feel this way. Could Jurgen Klopp also be sacked like Thomas Tuchel?
The performance of the club he worked with, Liverpool, was also unstable. Most recently, Liverpool had to admit the superiority of host Napoli on the first matchday of the 2022-2023 Champions League group stage. The Napoli vs Liverpool match took place at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Naples, Italy, on Thursday (8/9/2022).
Liverpool as the visiting team looked in trouble when playing this match. They then had to end the match with a 1-4 defeat to the host Napoli. Piotr Zielinski (5′-penalty, 47′), Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (31′) and Giovanni Simeone (44′) scored goals for Napoli. Meanwhile, the only goal for Liverpool was scored by Colombian winger Luis Diaz (49′). This became one of the biggest defeats experienced by the teams participating in the Premier League for the first match of the Champions League group phase.
Previously, the Premier League’s biggest defeat in the first match of the Champions League group phase occurred when Arsenal lost 0-3 to Inter Milan (2003-2004). For Liverpool, this is also the second defeat they have experienced in their last seven matches in the Premier League and Champions League. Liverpool have only won two of those seven games. They swallowed the draw in the other three games.
Liverpool’s history in the last seven games is worse than Chelsea’s which later said goodbye to its coach, Thomas Tuchel. Together with Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea have only been able to win three wins in the last seven matches. The result tarnished Thomas Tuchel’s good image as a coach who was able to win the Champions League, European Super Cup and Club World Cup for Chelsea. Now, the German coach had to leave the Chelsea coaching chair with a series of bad results.
Thomas Tuchel’s relationship with the players and management is said to be one of the reasons behind the tactician’s dismissal. The BBC wrote, Thomas Tuchel was not communicative, so he lost the trust of the players and team management. Thomas Tuchel is also said to not have a good relationship with Chelsea’s new owner, Todd Boehly.
Todd Boehly is believed to want a coach who pays attention to young players in order to fulfill his long-term plans. However, Todd Boehly did not see that in the leadership of Thomas Tuchel. As a result, the management ended the collaboration with the coach as one of the transition steps for 100 days of ownership of Todd Boehly.
Will Jurgen Klopp be sacked like Thomas Tuchel after swallowing a series of bad results with Liverpool? Jurgen Klopp has been asked about this issue after the match against Napoli. He said he was not as worried about the sacking of his compatriot, Thomas Tuchel.
Juergen Klopp knows the leadership style of the Liverpool owner which he considers quite calm. In the eyes of Jurgen Klopp, it is different from the owner of Chelsea. Jurgen Klopp revealed that Liverpool owners have full confidence in him. “Not really, but who knows?” said Jurgen Klopp when asked about fears he would be sacked like Thomas Tuchel.
“The difference, they (Chelsea owners) are a different type of owner. Our owner is a bit calm and hopes I can improve the situation, don’t think anyone else has to solve it,” said Jurgen Klopp. After this, Jurgen Klopp has the opportunity to improve the situation when Liverpool meet Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wolves) in the 2022-2023 Premier League season.
