Championship

KLOPP’S DECISION? JUST PUT IT INTO CONTEXT

by
The LeaguePaper Team
9 February 2020

ABSENT: Jurgen Klopp

THE big story of the past week was Jurgen Klopp’s decision to miss Liverpool’s FA Cup replay against Shrewsbury in order to ‘respect’ the new winter break.
Klopp watched on a laptop as Neil Critchley’s Under-23s won 1-0 at Anfield to set up a fifth round tie against Chelsea.
Would I have done the same in his position? If I was top of the Premier League, World and European champions and hadn’t lost a game all season, absolutely.
If I wasn’t in that position, I might not play my first team but I would be at the game. Because fo...

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