Jurgen Klopp: “Liverpool will absolutely respect the Europa League”

Her intention Liverpool not to underestimate at all the European event that he will be participating in this year, he clarified Jurgen Klopp.

The “reds” failed to qualify for the Champions League for the first time after Klopp’s first full season in 2016/17.

But they had arrived at final of the Europa League in 2016 under the instructions of the German coach, who said that the aim is to make it happen the same and this year.

Specifically stated:

“First and foremost I think we need to make sure that everybody we respect competing in the right way, that we respect opponents in the right way:

I would love to go to the final, obviously, but I have no idea if we can get there because there will be a lot of fantastic teams between us and that goal, so we have to take care to perform”.

Liverpool begin their Europa League campaign against LASK Linz in Austria on Thursday before hosting West Ham in the league on Sunday.

Klopp said that while the talent coming through Liverpool’s academy shows that the future is brilliant for the club, it would not use the Europa League as a field test for young players.

“We’ve got real talent there, but it’s not experimental»he added. “I think if we don’t get hit by a major injury then we should have enough players to field a top team on both Thursday and Sunday, and that’s our goal.”

Editor: Konstantina Tolia