For Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp, the surprising 0-3 defeat by relegation candidate Watford on Saturday evening was also a relief. “I see it rather positively, because from now on we can play football free again. We don’t have to defend or set a record, we can simply try to win games again, ”said the German.
With the 19th win in a row, the sovereign leader of the English Premier League would have set a new league record. However, this prevented a weak performance from an opponent who was 55 points behind Liverpool before the game as penultimate. For the first time since 3 January 2019 (1: 2 at Manchester City) the “Reds” once again left the field as losers. There were 44 games in between.
Klopp rejected that his team was tired. “It has nothing to do with fatigue. It is not easy to explain, but what happened should not be the biggest sensation in world football, ”said the 52-year-old, whose team has the first championship title since 1990 and the 19th overall in front of their eyes. “What the boys have done so far is exceptional, but it is not over yet,” said Klopp. “I promise that we will give 100 percent again.”
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