JURGEN KLOPP HAS emphasised the need for Liverpool to focus on results and ignore any pressure to provide a spectacle, insisting: “We are not the Harlem Globetrotters”.
The Reds were involved in another entertaining encounter on Saturday as they overcame Leicester City 3-2 in the Premier League.
Philippe Coutinho set up Mohamed Salah for the opener and scored a fine free-kick, while Jordan Henderson was also on target, but the hosts could have snatched a point had Jamie Vardy not seen his late penalty saved by Simon Mignolet.
The result ended a four-match winless streak for Klopp’s side and the German spoke afterwards about the supposed pressure that had been building on the back of that run.
“I know about pressure a lot – I actually had it all my life because of different reasons,” he said.
“Pressure when it is the right pressure, it always helps. When it is without sense then it doesn’t help – and I’m very good at ignoring it.
“But, you can imagine, we want to be successful. We know the quality we have makes us responsible for being successful. I know that.
But I said to the boys before the game that we are not the Harlem Globetrotters. We don’t go out and try to play really good football, we are here for results and so we play for results.
“I loved how we fought for it. It could have been clearer but, after a few games with no results, or not the right results, you have to fight back.
“That’s what we did and now we can build on this.”
Next up for Liverpool is Tuesday’s trip to Spartak Moscow in the Champions League, having drawn their Group E opener 2-2 against Sevilla.
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No you’re the Crystal Palace of Merseyside
@Nucky: in that Liverpool have won more games, scored more goals and conceded less than palace is it?
@Mick Power: you’ve won one more game then palace so far this month and both of you got spanked by city
@Nucky: didn’t realise it goes by the month, the premier league have the wrong table up.
@Nucky: First English team to ever complete the Historic treble in 1984 league cup, league title, european cup. 5 times winner’s and retainers you’ll never sing that.OUCHHHH ACERS girlygirl xx
@Mrs. Nugent: I do hope there’s a cure for what you have. You strange little boy
@Mrs. Nugent: poor Marcus but you’ll never be the first English team to win the European cup or win the ‘clean sweep ‘of all trophies available to clubs.
@Johnny Bravo: that was Chelsea
@Johnny Bravo: first team with the clean sweep that is
@Johnny Bravo: its great knowing its eating you up. 1984 : original treble completed by the Pool. First done by us. Haahhah OUCHHHH ACERS girlygirl xx
@Philip Mc dermott: The clean sweep includes the Intercontinental cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. Chelsea nor any other English team have won them.
@Mrs. Nugent: dream on petal x
@Johnny Bravo: 5 TIMESSSSS YOU’LL NEVER EVER EVER EVER SING THAT OUCHHHHH ACERS girlygirl xx European cup for keepies baby girl pop down to Merseyside if you ever want to see the real deal. It lives there permanently. Hahaahahahahahahaahaa poor darling xx
@Johnny Bravo: Liverpool have won as many Super cups as the Mancs have won European cups you mug, we have double the Europeans titles. And that is a FACT my sweet little potatoe !!
@Johnny Bravo: sorry i thought you meant actual trophies played over months not one off games.
@Mrs. Nugent: you’ve never won them all angry boy and never will. I’m so glad you have a silly song about the past to sing cause you don’t have one about the future. BTW what time is it ? 5 past mingolet?? Blahahahaha Ciao jealous ladyboy …
@Mrs. Nugent: It happened 5 times …..it happened 5 times …….at the Etihad Stadium …..it’s happened 5 times
There ya go ya big girls blouse
Need to get some real defenders so, sharpish!!
Beginning to believe that mignolet is a good keeper doesn’t help that defence changes every game
@Trevor Carpenter: Drunk already on a Sunday lad?
@Trevor Carpenter: Delusional!
@Trevor Carpenter: valid intelligent comment imo
More like the RodneyTrotters !
Surely Klopp would love a winning record that came close to that of the Harlem Globetrotters
Damn right your not!! they always won