Manchester City are on the cusp of winning the Premier League title. Manchester United are pretty much in the final of Europa League. Liverpool on the other hand is struggling to get in the top 4. The Reds lost a lot of players to injuries this season.
Injuries to Centre-Backs like Virgil Van Dijk and Joe Gomez have cost a lot to the team. The midfielders Fabinho and Henderson had to come back and play in an unnatural position of centre-halfs. This disturbed the whole formation of the team and have cost them a lot of games. Jurgen’s mother also passed away this year which further made it worse for the gaffer.
Moving forward, Jurgen Klopp admits ‘life’s too short’ to worry about the current success of both Manchester clubs but he accepts next season is likely to be even tougher as the competition for the top four increases.
When asked about other Manchester club’s success Klopp said:” We are responsible for the things that happen to us. We were involved in the last few years constantly in semi-finals and fighting or league titles. I don’t know if other teams felt bad because of us but I wish for them not, I’m not like that. I’m not a person like this.”
Klopp further added:” They deserve the situation they are in. That is football, that is fair. They (City) won an awful lot of games. United turned the game around (against Roma) – like they did 20 times this year. I had my bad moments in the season for other reasons, not because other teams are winning more games than us. That’s not my problem, my only problem is with the opponent of the specific weekend and not think “Oh my God, City again and United are back on track. Life is too short for these kind of worries or thoughts.”
Liverpool face United on Sunday looking for their first win at Old Trafford in seven years – before Klopp’s arrival at the club.
