LIVERPOOL MANAGER JURGEN Klopp would find it tough to deal with another Champions League final defeat, according to Jose Mourinho.
Klopp’s men are in the decider of Europe’s premier club competition for the second straight season, facing Tottenham in Madrid on 1 June.
The German saw his team suffer a 3-1 loss to Real Madrid in last year’s final, while his Borussia Dortmund side were beaten in the 2013 decider by Bayern Munich.
Mourinho, a two-time winner of the Champions League, said another loss for Klopp would hurt.
“If Jurgen wins it’s an incredible achievement for him,” Mourinho told Sky Sports News.
“If Jurgen doesn’t win, you know… to lose three Champions League finals… phew… that has to be really, really hard, but he is a very positive guy, I’m sure he’s just thinking about winning.
“Being a manager, and understanding what it means for a manager to play a Champions League final, there is always a negative side of it and the negative side is that one team will lose and one manager will lose.”
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is also yet to win a trophy at the helm of Spurs, although he has achieved top-four Premier League finishes in the past four seasons.
Mourinho believes a win at the Wanda Metropolitano could lead to a period of sustained success for Tottenham.
“Spurs are not winning titles and to win the first one would be fantastic and could lead to other domestic trophies because the Champions League is the biggest one of all,” he said.
“Finals are not to play, finals are to win.”
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He’s grand this season if he’s loses the final, sure didn’t he win the 97 points trophy. Get off his back lads…
@Chippy OMalley: you were funnier when you were Tony Shoulders
@samstheman: What’s your feeling for the final?
@John Connolly: I think I’ll be tight enough & I’ll go with 2-1 Liverpool. Yourself?
@samstheman: 2-2 all draw in normal time,
@samstheman:
There’ll be definitely no shortage of goals.
@Declan g: Tony Teeth Fetish
@samstheman: im thinking 1-0 liverpool at the break spurs equalise liverpool make in 2 – 1 around 70mins and then get a goal close to the end to make it look easier than it was. Not writing spurs off though
@Eoin Murphy: I’ll take that scenario all day
Mouronho trying to get into Klopp’s head because…. Jose knows Klopp is a far superior manager and winning the CL with Liverpool will top anything Jose has done with his dour Park the bus achievements.
@Stanley Baggins: are you for real Stanley? Or just a poor troller ?
@Stanley Baggins: You do know Jose won the champions league twice
@John Connolly: And the league in every country he managed in…
@Stanley Baggins: he won the CL with Porto. Hard to fault that. The inter team he won with we’re daycent enough too.
@Stanley Baggins: come on very harsh and biased I as a neutral I admire both ,,Jose probably had one of the best teams ever in prem his first stint at Chelsea Christ can even name there usual starting 11 , and his achievement to win champions league with Porto was amazing and inter, Klop who I think is an unreal manager and just seems like he could turn any player into a better player probably a better manager as well not fickle or vein as Jose is ,but as proper debate you can’t just throw Jose to the dogs as much as I like Jurgen more as person/manager compared to pep and jose , they both have the better cv’s/achievements won more, but if I had a choice of all 3 for say Leeds being promoted or say Watford/Everton/Leicester etc.you would go with Klop all day
@Paddy D: Jesus Paddy… there must be Guinness world record there for sentence length :-)
@Stanley Baggins: superior in what way? Mourinho ahead by miles. Go see The trophies btw.
There will be NO anfield to rescue them here just like last year’s final.
@Bryn Capstan: and 2007, 2016 etc etc.
And a final with 2 teams with a combined total of 87 YEARS WO a league title. Funny old game said one former player!