LIVERPOOL MANAGER Jurgen Klopp insisted he was “not alone” despite being without his assistant Zeljko Buvac.
The German’s long-time assistant Buvac will play no further part with the Premier League outfit this season due to “personal reasons”.
Amid reports the duo have fallen out, Buvac has also been linked with a potential switch to Arsenal, to replace outgoing manager Arsene Wenger.
But Klopp played down any concerns the Bosnian’s exit had added to his workload at Anfield.
“Is there more responsibility or stress? No, absolutely not,” he told UK newspapers.
“I am not on my own, I have still a lot of people around me, Peter Krawietz and Andreas Kornmayer’s team.
“So I am not alone. Nobody needs to worry about that.”
Liverpool are on the verge of sealing a top-four finish in the Premier League, likely needing only a point on the final day against Brighton and Hove Albion.
They are then set to leave England for warmer weather ahead of the Champions League final against Real Madrid on 26 May.
“The players will not be totally relaxed really, there will be hopefully moments when the boys can relax which is what they deserve and what they need. But we will do training too,” Klopp said.
“It’s not a camp. It’s not like we will go there and train twice a day or three times a day. It’s more to recharge the batteries. Then when we come home we have another week to prepare for the game.
“We will prepare for the game there as well. We have time together and stuff like that. We can maybe analyse stuff earlier while we are there, and there are a lot of things we can do then to get used to the situation of playing the final in Kiev.”
The Ukrainians looked shattered out there, they were playing on pure adrenaline and national pride a few months back but the ongoing war is definitely taking its toll on them now as this group goes on.
fair play for them booing that ridiculous minutes silence, reaffirmed my affinity for the Scottish national side. Made easy when there are so few currant buns in the support.
On a serious note, our midfield has a problem on its hands with McGinn if plays like that
@Sam Murray: No match for Jay Molumby the Waterford tank
@Sam Murray: Fouled the defender for the first goal me thinks,penalty if it was in the other box?
Impressive??????? Bit strong. Ukraine got tired would b more accurate I think. I would have thought for 70 mins they were far from impressive. Gave away plenty off ball, sloppy passing and terrible In front of goal for 70 mins until Ukraine just tanked. Hardly impressive.