How Jurgen Klopp is Hugging His Way to Dominance
The Lead
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🗓️ 16 January 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Liverpool have been absolutely unstoppable this season. They now have a fourteen point lead over second-place Manchester City and are on pace to win their first league title in thirty years (among other historic accomplishments). Much of Liverpool’s success has been attributed to head coach Jurgen Klopp. The Athletic’s James Pearce joins us to talk about how Klopp has transformed the team through a rare combination of passion, tactics, and hugs.
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| 0:00.0 | We're just past the midway point of the English Premier League season, but the race is all |
| 0:11.3 | but over. |
| 0:12.3 | Here's to Mino, and now, Rapunzel for Mino, breaks the deadlock for Liverpool, who've been |
| 0:18.6 | in complete command so far. |
| 0:21.6 | The champions elect in the lead in North London. |
| 0:26.4 | Liverpool have been absolutely unstoppable this season, and now have a 14-point lead over |
| 0:31.8 | second place man city. |
| 0:33.7 | The reds are on pace to win their first league title in 30 years. |
| 0:38.0 | Much of Liverpool's success has been attributed to German head coach, Jürgen Klopp. |
| 0:43.1 | And today, the Athletics James Pierce joins us to talk about how Klopp has transformed |
| 0:48.2 | Liverpool through a combination of passion, tactics, and hugs. |
| 0:53.8 | And what it's like to interview the always entertaining coach. |
| 0:58.2 | He walked through his office door and I was sat on the sofa and the first thing he said |
| 1:02.0 | to me was, oh god it's you. |
| 1:03.8 | He said, if I'd known it was you, I wouldn't have bothered having a shower. |
| 1:08.0 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Kavitha Davidson. |
| 1:10.4 | And I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:11.4 | It's Thursday, January 16th, and this is the lead. |
| 1:15.7 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:21.2 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart. |
| 1:25.3 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:28.4 | You can't play. |
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