“What a goal!”
Klopp is completely intoxicated with his team
9/3/2023 8:04 p.m
Liverpool are having a strong season, three wins and one draw from their first four games mean third place before the international break and within striking distance of leaders Manchester City. Against Aston Villa, however, it is not the points that Jürgen Klopp is enthusiastic about, but simply: everything.
After the third win in a row, Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool FC remain on the heels of the English champions and Champions League winners Manchester City. The Reds easily beat Aston Villa 3-0 (2-0) and moved up to third place in the Premier League. Leaders Man City, who beat Fulham 5-1 on Saturday, are two points clear.
Jurgen Klopp was thrilled. from the game. From his team. Actually everything. “Apart from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s thigh injury, it was a perfect afternoon. The atmosphere. The weather, my God. And then it’s so early, it’s only a quarter to five. I can’t imagine a better Sunday,” enthused the German Trainer. “It was a top game for us, the best we’ve had in a long time. I can’t remember the last time we were so convincing.”
Ex-Leipziger Dominik Szoboszlai put Klopp’s team ahead in the third minute. “What a goal! I saw it straight from behind. It was the cleanest goal I’ve seen in a long time,” enthused Klopp. “And that was his slightly less good foot.”
“Huge compliments to my boys”
After Darwin Nunez shot the post, Matty Cash unluckily steered the ball into his own goal (22′). Mo Salah made the decision shortly after the restart (55th). “I don’t know when I’ll be able to say that next time, but for today it was as good as it can be because the opponent is extremely strong and we didn’t let that happen today,” said Klopp in a lengthy praise to his team. “That’s a huge compliment to my boys.”
What may have contributed to Klopp’s enthusiasm was the reaction of his attacker Mo Salah to the ongoing turmoil of the past few days: The Egyptian is still the focus of Saudi Arabian transfer efforts, but was extremely unimpressed by the news in terms of sport. According to media reports, Liverpool FC had recently rejected a lucrative offer for the striker. As the broadcasters BBC and Sky Sports reported on Friday, the Saudi football champion Al-Ittihad is said to have offered the Reds the equivalent of around 175 million euros (150 million pounds) shortly before the European transfer deadline.
In the Saudi league, the transfer window is still open. The Egyptian has been playing for the Reds since 2017 and has scored more than 180 goals for the club since then. He signed a new three-year contract last year. As the most popular Arab footballer, Salah is a particularly prestigious transfer target for the unlimited-funded Saudi football offensive.