Jurgen Klopp has revealed he gave Liverpool’s struggling stars two days off after last weekend’s embarrassing 3-0 defeat against Wolves — their third loss in four Premier League matches. Klopp branded the result at Molineux the “pinnacle” of Liverpool’s problems in an already turbulent season — just months after they came close to winning an unprecedented quadruple.
Liverpool are languishing in 10th place in the Premier League, with their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League via a top-four finish fading by the week. The frustrated Reds boss said he felt in an “average mood” after speaking to his players on Sunday to review the game and decided it was best to give everyone some breathing space.
“In Germany this question would have come much earlier — ‘How can you give them two days off in the situation you are in?'” Klopp said on Friday.
“You can — but it is not beneficial — train every day. We played bad at Wolverhampton, next day we came in, made the analysis and spoke to each other and then gave them two days off because it is a very long time between Saturday and the following Monday.
“But of course I could have said ‘Sunday training, recovery’ and from Monday on we go for Everton.
“It wouldn’t have been helpful at all. It would have been bad, it would have caused injuries, it would have caused a lot of problems.”
Klopp said his decision was also partly motivated by a desire to give himself time to mentally refresh.
Liverpool have had a dismal period that included two defeats at Brighton, in the Premier League and FA Cup, and a miserable loss at Brentford.
Source: Legit.ng
