Match Day Thread Vs Tottenham (N)

Liverpool's Klopp to put players through 'preseason' ahead of Champions League final

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Jurgen Klopp says he will fill the three-week gap before the Champions League final against Tottenham Hotspur by putting his Liverpool players through a two-week "preseason."

The two Premier League clubs played their final domestic games of the season on Sunday and are in the unusual position of having a lengthy wait for the June 1 clash in Madrid.
lopp has given his team a few days off to recover from a gruelling Premier League campaign in which they pushed Manchester City to the final day in the title race, eventually losing out by one point.

They will reconvene next week to prepare for the showpiece meeting at Atletico Madrid's Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.

"We have to do a couple of things in preparation for the Champions League, media stuff," Klopp told the club's website.

"We have to do that, then the boys will have a couple of days off and then we have two proper weeks as a preseason for the Champions League final.

"We will do that, we will play that, [hopefully] win it, come home and then the people get what they deserve."

Liverpool, who defeated Barcelona to reach their second consecutive Champions League final, are bidding for their sixth European Cup, which would be their first piece of silverware under Klopp.
Tottenham, who produced a superb comeback to beat Ajax Amsterdam in the semifinal and reach their first Champions League final, will hope to use the gap to their advantage with top striker Harry Kane recovering from an ankle injury.

Manager Mauricio Pochettino, also seeking his first silverware after five years at Tottenham, said at the weekend: "We have our idea, we have our plan ... We need to be natural. It is not a pre-season, but it is not going to be a holiday. The most important thing is that we apply common sense, we have the plan and we are going to deliver the plan so the players arrive in the best condition to win the final"

 

sounds like spurs are nursing players back while we are all fit and know what to do.

 

The worry is always injury to let players in this period, hopefully we'll have everyone fit.

 

Harry Kane has declared himself fit.

 

we already know dribs

 

it's really interesting to see what the period does.

I recall 2007 being really undercooked and never really got going.

I just wonder if spurs will fall into that.

it really is a tough one for spurs as they've not been there before so have all the injuries and the big day to negotiate and then get down to the actual.game.

 

All the way to North London
Just to watch the Son
Liverpool won five
City have got none
Sterling thought he'd won it
The Etihad got loud
VAR saved football
The goal was disallowed

Allez Allez Allez

 

apparently ref for final is same ref we had when we beat napoli, don't know who that was lol any one?

 

Same geezer that gave Man Utd the pen vs PSG.

 

that was var wasn't it? or you saying he was the one looking at var?

 

var

it will be interesting to see how many dives Kane tries on as a result.

 

he.looked at screen and gave it.

 

He was the ref for that game. Is there VAR in the final?

 

not heard yet, let you know if i hear anything would have thought so.

 

They had it last year I think?

 

Mohamed Salah asks ONE thing of Liverpool fans ahead of Champions League final
MOHAMED SALAH has asked Liverpool fans to “bring Anfield to Madrid” as they try to win their first Champions League title since 2005 at the Wanda Metropolitano on June 1

 

we always do in finals, that's what makes this club so ruddy great to follow and other clubs can't get close to it, or wish they could buy it

look at 05 final ac milan are huge in europe yet we out numbered them.

 

The ref reviewed it before giving it so he was both

 

FFS

 

Needs to be careful saying things like that, some fans will take it literally....