Liverpool's Klopp on pressure of schedule and needing a response against Crystal Palace (Full Presser)
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp on the pressure of the schedule and the challenge of facing Crystal Palace and needing a response from their 3-0 UEFA Europa League loss to Atalanta
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00:00 Jürgen, do you feel any pressure?
00:03 The schedule is insane, so do you feel any pressure,
00:08 especially when you've got players coming back from injury,
00:10 to protect them?
00:12 When you're trying to schedule all the games in,
00:15 do you feel any pressure to protect your players coming back from injury, etc?
00:20 That's not pressure, that's my job.
00:23 I have to do that as much as I can do it, so that's how it is.
00:27 I don't know if you have 11...
00:30 You shouldn't have played Trent, or you couldn't have played Trent.
00:35 There was no chance to play Trent.
00:37 He was on the bench because we were allowed to put 23 players in the squad,
00:43 so he had two sessions.
00:46 Jürgen didn't have more, really, but the information from the medical department
00:52 is that he's a step ahead, so he can play a little bit longer.
00:56 No, I still don't get it.
00:59 No, it's no pressure, it's just a situation.
01:02 My job is not the easiest job in the world, not the most difficult as well,
01:08 but it's about when you have players you need to make sure you get them on the pitch
01:13 and that it works out somehow.
01:15 In different line-ups we played really good football this year,
01:18 today we didn't, so that's the reason why we lost.
01:21 We can now make a headline, "Bah, bah, bah, it didn't work out",
01:26 then it's absolutely fine and right, but we need them all.
01:32 And we need them all aggressive, fit, going for it, a bit angry, full of desire,
01:41 stuff like this, and not so much dealing with your own situation,
01:45 like, "I have no rhythm, I haven't played for ages", stuff like this.
01:49 You have to try to avoid that, bring them just...
01:52 I think Jürgen was absolutely fine tonight, like 20 minutes, 25, I don't know,
01:56 and it helped him a lot, and now we will see what we can do from there.
02:02 You saw Curtis, who was for the most part of the season the fittest player,
02:07 pressed like crazy for 90 minutes, today after 20 minutes he was 100 per cent surprised,
02:13 I was surprised as well, it looked like, "Ooh, now he feels the intensity already,
02:16 "that's why we made the change, 10.5 times, we don't have to force that through."
02:20 But they all have massive quality, we as a group all together didn't show it tonight,
02:26 and that's why we lost the game.
02:28 Sam?
02:29 Jürgen, it's a very quick turnaround between now and Sunday,
02:33 as you already mentioned, it's a low point for you,
02:37 how do you ensure, what techniques do you use to ensure that the feeling
02:42 that the players have got tonight doesn't carry over into that game on Sunday?
02:46 First and foremost, I cannot ensure that, never could, but it's still the job I have to do,
02:56 but first and foremost, what's really important, I don't think it's a general low point,
03:01 even when you see it like that, it was performance-wise a low point.
03:05 So the good thing about really bad performance is it's easy to play better,
03:09 so we should start from there.
03:12 First and foremost, this must feel bad, and it does, so we'll let the boys take it home,
03:17 nobody will sleep great, and tomorrow we come together,
03:20 then the boys recover and all the others get a proper session,
03:23 and then you go from there, and then on Saturday we will start preparing Crystal Palace.
03:28 So, yes, we have to show reaction, definitely, 100 per cent, that's clear,
03:33 but I cannot plan the reaction 20 minutes after the game,
03:38 when I gave in these 20 minutes constant interviews.
03:42 So I have to think from time to time, and I will think about that,
03:46 it's not the first time in my life that I lost a football game, unfortunately,
03:50 and yes, we will show a reaction, I can promise.
03:54 Thank you.