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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Press conference: Jurgen Klopp on Champions League chances, struggles of the season & Jordan Henderson fitness

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Reach Podcasts

News, Soccer, Sports, Sports News

4.4979 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been speaking with the media ahead of Southampton's visit to Anfield. The German was asked about the Reds' Champions League hopes for the remaining five games of the season as well as where the impact injuries had on Liverpool's Premier League title defence. There's also a team news update as Klopp shares the latest on captain Jordan Henderson, who continues his recovery from injury and whether or not defender Nat Phillips will be fit for the visit of Southampton. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield?

0:08.0

First of all, Jorgon, there are five games to go this season. is it a case that you have to be perfect to have a

0:16.1

chance of a top four finish?

0:20.4

Yeah that's easy to say and even then it's not, there's no guarantee for it.

0:25.0

I said that already before the last two games, I think,

0:29.0

we threw them both, so that didn't help really and so yeah I'm not sure there is still a

0:35.8

chance but we will we will try to make sure that if there is one we will be

0:41.0

there but that's clear.

0:44.0

This is the first time we've had a chance to speak to you

0:47.0

since the events that happened in Manchester on Sunday.

0:53.0

Did what you see there surprise you and can you give us an insight into what it was like for you and your players?

1:08.9

Oh, we were sitting in the hotel, we had no idea, we came downstairs an hour before the team meeting round about, or when we thought we will have the team meeting and then our team

1:15.8

told me that we that are some problems at old Tripot and it's not clear if he will be in time.

1:24.4

Yeah, then I prepared a meeting.

1:28.0

Five minutes before the meeting I got told yeah, we will be in time time so we did the team meeting and after that we

1:36.4

got told there will be some delay then it's probably the problem is you cannot

1:41.2

send the players back to the room or whatever.

1:43.3

You just have to sit there and around in a hotel lobby.

1:47.4

And because it could happen that they tell you, okay, now you can go and then we have to go. But that was not cool but there are bigger problems in the world out there.

1:57.0

And then we got hold that the game is

2:02.2

cancelled, postponed, whatever we want.

2:04.0

Yeah, that was it.

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