LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool is on a successful streak and speaking about European soccer once more.
Jurgen Klopp cautioned, although, that his group isn’t “out of the woods” but in what’s been a disappointing season.
Liverpool could make it 4 wins in a row Sunday when Tottenham visits Anfield as each groups struggle to maintain their slim top-four hopes alive.
The Merseyside membership has performed within the profitable Champions League six consecutive years however extending that streak would require a collapse by both Newcastle or Manchester United.
“This is obviously a season where a lot of things were difficult for a lot of teams,” Klopp mentioned Friday. “We have had our problems, Chelsea has their problems, Tottenham has their problems. It’s uncool for us (and) it opens the door for other teams.”
The second-tier Europa League is a extra seemingly touchdown spot, and the German supervisor mentioned he’d be “absolutely fine” with that.
“We take what we get,” Klopp mentioned. “The season taught us a few things. Little mistakes during a season can cause massive problems, can have big impacts.”
Fifth and sixth place within the Premier League are in line to qualify for the Europa League, reasonably than simply the fifth spot, due to implications of the FA Cup ultimate that includes United in opposition to Manchester City and since United is prone to end within the high 4. The third-tier Europa Conference League would go to the seventh-place finisher.
Spurs and red-hot Aston Villa each have 54 factors, with Tottenham in fifth place on purpose distinction, and seventh-place Liverpool is one level again with a sport in hand.
Villa takes its 10-game unbeaten run to Old Trafford on Sunday. United has a six-point cushion and two video games in hand over Villa and Tottenham.
Liverpool has a three-game successful streak and is unbeaten in 5 since a 4-1 loss to Manchester City to begin April. A victory Sunday would match the group’s longest successful streak this season, however Klopp says they’re not “out of the woods.”
“It is good but it can only be the start of something,” he mentioned.
Liverpool has misplaced 9 video games this season and hasn’t hit double digits within the loss column for the reason that 2015-16 Premier League season (10 defeats) after they completed eighth in Klopp’s first season in cost.
“We have to stay super focused. We have to be super aggressive, angry, greedy, whatever, show that the most important prize in football is the three points,” he mentioned.
Tottenham, at the moment on its third supervisor this season with caretaker Ryan Mason on the helm, is coming off a 2-2 draw with United on Thursday.
“The team they have is still absolutely exceptional,” Klopp mentioned of Spurs. “They were for some years by some distance the best counter-attacking team in Europe.”
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