After a string of Premier League losses, Jürgen Klopp claims he is not afraid of the firing squad, but he also acknowledges that struggling Liverpool must perform as he gets ready to take on Chelsea without a manager.
After Saturday’s agonising 4-1 loss to reigning champions Manchester City, Liverpool, which agonisingly missed out on a historic quadruple last season, sits eight points outside the top four.
With the firing of Graham Potter over the weekend and the departure of Brendan Rodgers from Leicester, Klopp leads his club to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.
This week, Antonio Conte “mutually agreed” to leave Tottenham.
This season has seen a record-breaking 13 management changes in the English top division.
“I think the elephant in the room is probably why I am still sitting here in this crazy world,” Klopp said at his pre-match press conference on Monday. “Last man standing.”
The German admitted the current season had been a disappointment for the club, who are used to winning silverware.
“I’m aware of the fact that I’m sitting here because of the past and not because of what we did this season,” said Klopp. “If this was my first season it would be slightly different.”
But he said he was not fearful over the future, even though his team, eighth in the table, face an uphill task to qualify for next season’s Champions League.
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“I don’t think that Graham was afraid but there’s no need to be afraid,” he said. “I’m here to deliver. I’m not here as a talisman or for murals on a house wall.
“I’m here to deliver. I know that 100 per cent. There’s nothing else in my mind.”
Klopp, 55, who has been Liverpool manager since 2015, reiterated his commitment to the club.
“I’m fully in,” he said. “There’s no doubt about that. We have to sort it. We cannot just continue playing like we do from time to time, not always, thank God, but from time to time and that’s not allowed really.
“I’m really disappointed about us that we do these kinds of things but it has happened so now we have to find a way out and that’s what we are constantly working on.”
AFP
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