Liverpool FC – Jurgen Klopp on Wolverhampton in the FA Cup, response, solutions and more

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On how important Liverpool cooperation is to improving results…

So there’s always the question, what’s the first thing there – team spirit or success? When you become successful I am 100% sure it always comes [because of] Spirit first. But maybe there are some [other] Examples, I never got involved where it was different. No issues or whatever. Boys are good with each other, we are good with each other. It doesn’t mean I can’t be tough, it doesn’t mean they can’t be clear about what they want from each other and things like that. All of these things happen, obviously. Thank God nothing happened outside the dressing room or things like that. That would be really bad if, all of a sudden, you had to explain that kind of thing. So far at least we’re good with that.

We are very clear with ourselves. We do not hide – neither the information nor ourselves. That’s it. But we have to admit that many times this season we haven’t played to our potential. this is the truth. We had games where we did really well, but clearly it wasn’t enough to be really successful. This is where we want to go again because we can’t and don’t want to turn back time to start over and say, “Come on, we have to start from scratch.” It’s not zero but we have to start over because all situations.

So, we didn’t stick together in the game against Brighton, obviously. Then I’ve seen other situations where some players are still trying to press but the formation wasn’t there at all because the last line didn’t push anymore because we left them on their own so much and then they didn’t come and all of a sudden a Brighton player turns around and it looks like there’s no Liverpool player around . That’s why I said I’ve never seen a game like this before. This is something we have to change. It should be much more difficult to get out of any situation against us. I’m sure we’ll see glimpses of tomorrow night and then we’ll go from there.

On the possibility of Wolves going out to ‘prove a point’…

Of course, that’s how cup competitions are. Maybe the goal is still on their mind, I’m not sure, but we have nothing to do with the goal. It’s not that we said there’s no goal but it might be extra motivation, I don’t know. But they were good and it’s a home game now. In these situations now, the easiest explanation is to always try to put yourself in the opponent’s position the other way around – they come here. Yeah, we’ll be on our toes, they’ll be on their toes. Totally normal.

In terms of tactical switches, he might consider making a…

We have a lot of things to consider. Of course, we have two great strikers available, if you like, and the rest are midfielders, so how do you adjust that? That’s one thing. How can you get them to the best position? That was the real intention because we played Brighton, in a really good moment, how can you help them in defence, that they’re in the right place and things like that? That’s what we thought and it clearly didn’t work. But yes, we have to find solutions, that’s clear. We still have to find them for a few weeks, I think. This is what we do pretty much every day.

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