In the previous month and a half, Liverpool lost a step in three races, which reduced Jurgen Klopp’s last year at Anfield to a modest decoration in the form of the League Cup. Eliminations in the FA Cup and the Europa League were followed by setbacks in the Premier League, as a result of which the Reds were left with no real chances in the race with Arsenal and Manchester City, so the duels with Tottenham, Aston Villa and Wolves will have no real competitive significance.Defeats against Crystal Palace and Everton, along with a draw with West Ham, meant that Liverpool could face May without the pressure of the title race and the last three matches under Klopp’s command, but the German strategist emphasized that he does not look at the remaining tasks from such a perspective, but that focuses only on the first subsequent match.”I’m not thinking about leaving and I’m not counting the games until I leave. I’ve never looked at leaving that way because I don’t have time to think about it every day,” said Klopp in an interview with Sky Sport before the duel with Tottenham and reflected on the games below expectations during the past period:”We haven’t played great football in the last few weeks, and as a result you hear more and more that I look really tired. Actually, I’m just old. However, I’m determined to be 100 percent in football, until the last day.”Haaland scores four past Wolverhampton in a 5-1 winFrom the current perspective, for the Liverpool strategist, a departure in the upcoming summer is an ideal scenario.”I was sure that next year – if I hadn’t made the decision to go now – everything could be awkward. The thought of embarking on another preseason brings with it big decisions. You really have to be full of energy for that. It’s not enough to be on 80 percent. That’s too much. It’s a 24-hour job. Yes, there are more important things in life, but you have to be at work 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I’ve been doing it for quite a while and I knew I couldn’t continue at the standard necessary for a club like Liverpool.”Klopp pointed out that farewells usually come in moments of decline and crisis in the club, but that his successor will be greeted by a different situation and will come to a well-run club, with a clear structure and an established philosophy.”Of course, the situation is not ideal because if it was we would have five or six points more and we would still be fighting for the title, but if you go back to the start of the season, I said this is Liverpool 2.0 and Liverpool 2.0 doesn’t stop after I leave. It’s just the beginning of another project with a really good team.”At the mention of the team and his successors, the question of Mohamed Salah arose. At the previous match, the Egyptian footballer got into a verbal conflict with the strategist, and Klopp touched on the future of Liverpool’s first star on this occasion.”Salah hasn’t discussed his future and he shouldn’t. We didn’t leave school when our favorite teacher retired. I haven’t had the same teachers all my life. I’ve had different influences from different people and you take what you can get from the people you meet during our trip. We really like each other, with little bumps here and there. It’s good that the players don’t know what to expect. It’s good that we always go on the same holiday hotel and the same place on the beach, but actually, it makes sense to go to another beach as well,” said Klopp.PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 36Friday Luton – Everton 1-1 (1-1)/Adebayo 31 – Calvert-Lewin 23 pen/Saturday Arsenal – Bournemouth 3-0 (1-0)/Saka 45 pen, Trossard 70, Rice 90+7/Brentford – Fulham 0-0Burnley – Newcastle 1-4 (0-3)/O’Shea 86 – Wilson 19, Longstaff 35, Guimaraes 40, Isak 55/Sheffield Utd – Nott.Forest 1-3 (1-1)/Brereton Diaz 17 pen – Hudson-Odoi 27, 65, Yates 51/Man.City – Wolverhampton 5-1 (3-0)/Haaland 12, 35, 45+3, 54, Alvarez 85 – Hwang 53/Sunday 16:00: (2.85) Brighton (3.50) Aston Villa (2.40)16:00: (1.67) Chelsea (4.00) West Ham (5.00)18:30: (1.50) Liverpool (4.70) Tottenham (6.75)Monday22:00: (2.50) Crystal Palace (3.45) Man.Utd. (2.75)***odds are subject to change***
