Seven-season curse, the end of the cycle, time for change…Those comments regarding Jurgen Klopp’s current status at Liverpool encapsulate the German’s position at Anfield, seen through the eyes of the fans and most pundits.Two defeats in a row – with the last one coming against Leeds United on home soil – caused an actual avalanche of criticism towards the coach, who was widely praised for his work with the Scousers until recently.Cruel SummervilleThe fact is the Merseyside club is in ninth place, eight points off the top four and 15 behind league leaders Arsenal.Ahead of Liverpool’s final Champions League group stage game with leaders Napoli, with the Reds needing to win by four goals to finish top of the group, Klopp made a staunch defence of his team’s recent form after just picking up four Premier League wins in 12 games.”The judgement of this will be later on in the season or maybe at the end of the season, where you say “that’s it” for the group of players or for this manager, if you want.”Questions will be asked then. In this moment, it’s not 100 per cent fair to judge the team because that means the squad and we didn’t have [some of] them available.”Up front, we miss top quality. With the amount of games we have, you usually would make changes and we can’t do that. It’s a similar situation in midfield, players who are out and come back. We’ve had this pretty much everywhere.”We expect more out of ourselves. The players expect more and I expect more out of them. But we have to make sure we get steps.”So, you were telling me about a “seven-season curse”…Klopp insists he is not “tired” in his role as Reds manager.”I didn’t read anything, but everything will probably be judged me now. People look at me, and they will say I look tired or whatever. I’m not. I cannot give that excuse.”My job is not only being here in the moment when the sun is shining and someone gives us a trophy. My job as well is to be there in a really rough period and I will do that with all I have or even more, 100 per cent,” concludes Klopp.##NAJAVA_MECA_6767806##
