After Chelsea’s 2-1 victory over Manchester City, Liverpool became champion of England. A coronation in the Premier League that had not arrived in 30 years for the Reds. Former coach of this team, Gérald Houllier reacted with great happiness.
Before taking the reins of Olympique Lyonnais from 2005 to 2007, Gérard Houllier went through England where he coached Liverpool from 1998 to 2004. He notably won the Europa League in 2001 with a team made up of Milan Baroš or Steven Gerard. Unfortunately, the former Reds coach did not lift the Premier League trophy with Liverpool. Never mind since the men of Jürgen Klopp won, for the first time since 1990, the Premier League in this 2019-2020 season. As a former coach, L’Équipe announces that Gérard Houllier did not hide his emotions from Canal + when he learned this news. “It is an immense joy that I share with the supporters. They (the players) perhaps deserved it even more last year because they had lost only once and finished the Championship with 97 points. “
Virgil Van Dijk and Alisson Becker considered key players
Gérard Houllier also praised the Dutch defender, Van Dijk, and the Brazilian goalkeeper, Alisson. They thus consider them as the great architects of the success of the Reds during this 2019-2020 season. “For me, the two key players were Virgil Van Dijk and Alisson, look at the results since they’re here (2018). They have won everything since. “ The former OL coach also underlined the efforts made by Jürgen Klopp, one of his successors as manager of Liverpool. « Klopp represents a system, he came up with his ideas, it was all difficult to understand at first. But this team has been playing together for a long time, Jürgen brought the urge to win, and a system that works well for these players ”, the conclusion Gérard Houllier.
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