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“I don’t want to make it the biggest subject but I cannot forget the Tottenham game,” Klopp went on.
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He can probably forget the dozens of games in his Liverpool career when his own side have had the benefit of dubious decisions but not the ones he felt went against him.
And that ferociously one-eyed approach was part of what made Klopp such a success at Liverpool and so fantastically popular with the fanbase.
But even Klopp must grudgingly accept that Hooper’s performance on September 30 was not the reason Liverpool faltered in the latter stages of the season, both in the Premier League and the Champions League(
But there is no doubt that a punishing schedule caught up with Klopp’s personnel.
It is easy to ridicule Klopp for his persistent moaning about the fixture demands on Liverpool and, of course, his persistent beef with the 12.30 kick-off on a Saturday(
And over the years, this column has led the way, pointing out to Jurgen that Liverpool won the title in 1965-66, using only FOURTEEN players in the entire season.
But, absolutely, he has a point in denouncing the demands on the big clubs at the business end of the season.
Klopp went on to explain why he doesn’t see it that way but such has been the commercial avarice of Premier League clubs, it IS that way.
The television companies have control of the Premier League schedule because they paid the clubs billions of pounds.
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