Almost a month after clinching the
club’s first league title since 1990,
the boss, his players and staff will head
onto the Kop to collect the glittering trophy once their clash with Chelsea concludes tonight.
As he detailed his mood during an exclusive interview for Liverpoolfc.com’s Match Centre this afternoon, Klopp again
stated the uniquely difficult circumstances of preparing for
such a tough match knowing what
is to follow the full-time whistle.
“Good, good,” he said of his current feeling.
“Different things to go for – one is
the game, which I like. But it’s a
difficult
one, we don’t have to hide that fact.
It’s really difficult because they are
good, they are strong and they fight
for the Champions League, and we
don’t obviously. We fight for
keeping different records going,
stuff like
that, that’s all clear.
“The boys looked really good in
training, that’s good. Then, after
the game
there’s a big moment, a big
moment.
I’m looking forward to it really,
it will be really special, it will be
really emotional.
“But it’s like you know behind the
wall is something which you really
like, but
you still have to climb or jump over
the wall, that’s how it is at the
moment. But that’s not a problem because we have enough time
after the game.
“We will be prepared as good as
we
can for the time after the game as
well. So, all good.”
The Reds take on Chelsea for
the
fourth time this season, having
claimed UEFA Super Cup and
Premier League wins before
losing
to the
Blues in the FA Cup.
Frank Lampard’s FA Cup finalists
journey to Anfield in the midst
of a
tight race for Champions League qualification, and Klopp
acknowledged Liverpool must
reach
their highest level to mark their
final home fixture of the
campaign
with success.
“It was always [tough]. This year we
won the away game, we won the
Super Cup final – it was a draw
and
a penalty shootout – and we lost
the
FA Cup game,” he said of the
visitors.
“Traditionally, we always have a
really tough draw; away at Chelsea, thank
you very much! With a changed
team obviously, but again, they are
just
good. That’s how it is.
“That we are 30 points ahead of
Chelsea, some people will
probably
take it that we are the clear
favourite
but when you see the games, you
know it was much closer in the
games. But I have no problem
with that.
“I respect what other teams do,
we
do our stuff and if we do it at our
highest level, we are really uncomfortable to
play against. I saw that in the City
game, I saw that in the Arsenal
game, that we were really spot on
– with
one or two situations which were not perfect, that’s true as well.
“We just have to make sure that the
good things are there as well again
and the not-so-good things we don’t show tonight – that’s how football is always.”
Adam Lallana will be named in Liverpool’s matchday squad for tonight’s final Anfield game of the season against Chelsea, Jürgen Klopp has confirmed.
