Mohamed Salah mentioned it’s “too soon” for optimism after Liverpool failed to succeed in the Champions League.
Jurgen Klopp isn’t as downcast as his star ahead.
The Liverpool supervisor acknowledged that “we didn’t deliver” however rattled off causes for optimism at Anfield the morning after Manchester United’s victory over Chelsea doomed his workforce to fifth place and a spot within the second-tier Europe League subsequent season.
Missing out on Champions League cash hurts, the German mentioned Friday.
“But besides that, we have European nights next year. Instead of Tuesday-Wednesday, it’s a Thursday, who cares,” Klopp mentioned forward of Sunday’s Premier League season finale at Southampton.
United’s 4-1 win over Chelsea on Thursday ended top-four hopes for Liverpool, which had performed within the Champions League six consecutive years, successful the title in 2019 and reaching the ultimate two different instances together with final yr.
“We didn’t deliver what everybody wanted and everybody expected, rightly so, but we are still really united and that’s the good thing about it,” Klopp mentioned. “If you can go through difficult moments like we did in the last year, I think that’s a really good basis for a better future. So I find a lot of reasons for an optimistic view.”
Liverpool’s high scorer this season turned to social media Thursday evening whereas United followers have been nonetheless celebrating their Champions League qualification at Old Trafford.
“I’m totally devastated,” the Egypt worldwide’s put up mentioned. “There’s absolutely no excuse for this. We had everything we needed to make it to next year’s Champions League and we failed. We are Liverpool and qualifying to the competition is the bare minimum. I am sorry but it’s too soon for an uplifting or optimistic post. We let you and ourselves down.”
The Merseyside membership took final yr’s Premier League title race to the ultimate day earlier than ending second to Manchester City. Liverpool struggled for a lot of this season however the present 10-game unbeaten streak, Klopp mentioned, exhibits the “trust and faith that we have … it’s a super basis.”
The supervisor mentioned he had no points with Salah’s message.
“In the world of social media, so many bad things happen constantly, I don’t think that was one of them,” he mentioned. “In that second proper after the sport, he’s proper, that’s not instantly a second to ship any optimistic messages, however perhaps an hour, a day later.
“I saw him now in the canteen and he was smiling. I don’t know for which reason, didn’t ask him, but he was not in a bad mood.”
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