JURGEN KLOPP HAS hit out at the Premier League for scheduling Liverpool’s trip to Swansea City on Sunday to kick off at midday.
Liverpool travel to south Wales just three days after their Europa League semi-final first leg at Villarreal, which they lost 1-0 thanks to an injury-time goal from Adrian Lopez.
And Klopp is irked by the fact his squad will have little time to recuperate from their exertions in Spain, indicating that the Premier League is potentially undermining the efforts of its teams in continental competition.
Speaking at his pre-match media conference today, Klopp commented: “We have to respect intensity of the last game and think about the line-up for Sunday. Twelve o’clock kick-off? I can’t believe it. We got home at 3.30am [this morning] and I guess no-one slept straight away.
“On Sunday all English people will have lunch while we play football. It is my first time with a 12 o’clock kick-off. Who made this decision?
“A few years ago we played in Athens with Dortmund in the Champions League. They cancelled their game in the league because they wanted to beat Dortmund!
“I don’t want to make headlines, but nobody in this room can think we should start at 12. At 12 o’clock I am usually hungry. If my players are also hungry at that time on Sunday that will help us.”
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Well i answered 4 questions and got them all wrong, no need for me answer anymore.
Longford has a 100% record in All Ireland final too – they never lost a final..
I like the question about which team has a 100% record in All Ireland Football finals, I knew it but I’m from Limerick. It was the very 1st one as well.
2 stats that are great have associated with your county in their own right but probably not together.
0/12!!
I know you don’t want to appear controversial, but Michelle Smith still has her Olympic gold medals, knocking Pat and his hammer into second place?
4/12 and one was a guess… I didn’t study history for the LC, that’s my excuse!
Genuinly got 0 out of 12 bad instinct this week.
It’s Dr Pat O’Callaghan!
Oldest rugby player methinks is incorrect. Tony O Reilly played for Ireland in the 50′s/ 60′s/70′s
I have a feeling that there were more guys older than 36 !
Tony O’Reilly made his debut aged 18 in 1955 and his final appearance in 1970 aged 34. Younger than Paul O’Connell is now. Irelands oldest player was John Hayes who (god help him) played on until the age of 36.
7 out of 12 happy with that, some interesting questions there.
2 out of 12
how many counties have never had an all ireland final chance
how many counties have never had an opportunity to play in an all ireland final