Liverpool, placed eight in the table, are 12 points behind fourth-placed Manchester United, while Leeds are in the middle of a tense relegation battle.
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Liverpool have a tricky test away to Leeds United in their next Premier League match on Monday night. Both sides are not where they would like to be at this point in the season. Liverpool, placed eight in the table, are 12 points behind fourth-placed Manchester United, while Leeds are in the middle of a tense relegation battle. The Reds are out of all the cup competitions and a Champions League finish also seems like a distant dream at this point.
Either way, Liverpool have shown in the past that they are capable of ending the season on a high note. First up on their agenda is an away trip to Leeds United in the Premier League. Asked about what to expect from Leeds, Jurgen Klopp, as quoted by their club’s website, told in a press conference, “A big fight, a massive fight. In the situation Leeds is in, the last game [a 5-1 defeat by Crystal Palace], of course, as well – these kind of games can happen. They try everything.”
“I actually think they are in a pretty good moment but in that game they got a proper knock, that’s clear, because magic Roy [Hodgson] is back and Palace anyway is a really good team and you could see that again in these situations – how they played their counter-attacks, how they played football in general. So it was a tough one where maybe people thought, ‘Leeds should win against Palace.’ But when you see Palace playing, you ask yourself, ‘Why are they in that area of the table?’”
Klopp wants to build on their last two draws against Chelsea and Arsenal when they head into this game on Monday night. “So we expect them to be absolutely on their toes, massive fight, proper atmosphere. It will be a tough one but we have to build now again on two games that were good, in moments really good and for different reasons – and especially the second half against Arsenal was obviously really good and we have to build on that. That’s what we’ll try,” he explained.
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Later, Klopp was asked whether his underperforming Liverpool side have “nothing to lose” between now and the end of the campaign. He replied, “Yeah, we have nothing to lose really. We are in a position where we don’t want to be in the table, that means we have to act a little bit like this. We have to try new things, we have to fight for things, that’s how it is. The things we tried so far this season didn’t work out properly and especially not consistently, and that’s what we have to do. Especially from the moment when we scored our goal [against Arsenal], we were really in the game and then it was a top performance even, so that’s good.”
“How I said, we had a long training week and now we have to make sure that we do the right stuff and bring it on the pitch, so that’s how it is. All the things are on the table, everything is clear. Our home record is not as bad as the away record but we play away. Anyway, I’m looking forward to the game and it’s a tough one. Leeds will go with all they have, we have to go with all we have and these kind of things. Leeds will never be an easy game whenever you go there.”
