Liverpool FC is reeling on the ropes, star coach Jürgen Klopp is being counted: The Reds’ crisis in the Premier League is getting worse and worse. Experts on the island are sounding the alarm, and various media are also poisoning the German coach.
Four games, one point, nine conceded with just one goal scored: it doesn’t take much to realize that a lot is wrong with Liverpool FC these days. The appearance on Saturday at 0: 3 in Wolverhampton ultimately only fit seamlessly into the sad picture that the Reds have been giving since the beginning of the year. Coach Jürgen Klopp was still combative after the final whistle and assured that he “absolutely” believed in the turnaround. But the number of voices that doubt this is growing. “They are in ruins,” ex-professional Perry Groves made a devastating judgment on “talkSPORT”.
There is a collective mess on the square. “There’s no leader, nobody’s in charge. When you play Liverpool now you can feel they’re not a team and they’re just off the mark,” said Groves, who said the Reds had “a lack of fighting spirit and energy” realized.
In the eyes of the ex-professional, Jürgen Klopp has long been infected. “Klopp is usually very present on the touchline but now he just sits down and crosses his arms.” This is a sign of “massive frustration,” Groves said. “He puffs out his cheeks as if to say: I can’t believe what I’m seeing here. I can’t believe this is my team.” Klopp used to constantly drive his team from the sidelines. “But now there’s nothing! There’s nothing from the bench at all. Klopp looks totally shocked,” said the former professional, who added: “It’s not a Klopp team.”
With Gabriel Agbonlahor, another ex-professional went to court with the Reds. He already wants to have recognized a break between Klopp and the team. “In my eyes, Klopp doesn’t motivate these players. This team doesn’t act like a team that plays for the manager,” said Agbonlahor. Klopp looks tired, said the former professional. “He’s sitting there on his bench and he just looks smashed. There’s no fire in him. You don’t see him getting up and helping his players. He just looks defeated.”
Incidentally, despite the sharp criticism, the expert duo does not believe that Jürgen Klopp will be fired from Liverpool FC. “He won’t be thrown out because he’s done so much for the club,” said Groves. Agbonlahor also takes this view. In his eyes, the question is rather: “Do the fans also want Klopp to stay? Because he just can’t do it at the moment.”
The British media also criticized the third away defeat in a row. “Wolves have shown Liverpool are easy to beat and the whole league knows it,” wrote the Telegraph. For the “Sun” it looked “as if Klopp’s world would end”. The tabloid reminded of the “mental monsters” repeatedly invoked by Klopp, who are sorely missed at the moment.
Klopp himself was not at all in the mood for reporter questions after the bankruptcy. “It’s not my job to explain here how I can build my team,” grumbled the Liverpool coach after the bitter 3-0 defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday. During the press conference, the 55-year-old was visibly tense. How could he help his players regain their confidence? “Not in press conferences.”
