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Gary Neville hit Jurgen Klopp for his outburst of the weekend by Liverpool’s congested schedule and showed a table showing that the German team are not playing more than in previous seasons.
An irate Klopp engaged in a war of words with BT Sport reporter Des Kelly after James Milner was forced to retire with injury in a 1-1 draw at Brighton on Saturday, when he once again blamed broadcasters for their accumulation of matches this season.
The Liverpool manager has already had to deal with a series of serious injuries to key players, including Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Trent Alexander-Arnold, and has repeatedly called on the Premier League to reintroduce the five-substitution rule to protect your players.
Klopp has continually expressed concern about the fatigue of his players in recent weeks and was not happy that his team had to play in the first Premier League matches just three days after their defeat against Atalanta in the Champions League, but Neville has insisted that the Liverpool manager has no reason to complain or feel unfairly treated.
Sky Sports expert Neville presented a table to back up his point, showing Liverpool’s hectic schedule is not as demanding as in previous seasons with Klopp’s men set to play a maximum of 60 games this season, nine fewer. than Chelsea did in 2012. 13 campaign, and that their current average rest days between games is higher than the one the club has faced before.
‘It ended with BT Sport but in some things [I agree with Klopp]”said the former Manchester United defender on Sky Sports Monday Night Football.
‘The start of 12:30 and the start of 12 p.m. I don’t know why, I can see why some fans may not understand why there is a difference between 12 and 3 p.m. in terms of recovery, but I personally hated the 12pm start, particularly after playing the Champions League in the middle of the week.
“ I felt like your legs were never the same again, it felt like you were eating pasta at 9 in the morning, I agree with that, I have no idea if it’s psychological or a body clock thing, it doesn’t feel like it. Same for a player, we got it. ” Why did you have to, we always play at 12 because we had to get to the Asian market, where it is 7pm.
‘I have a certain sympathy for him here, because you can’t deny it.
But Sir Alex Ferguson wanted that advantage. He wanted to be able to recover more and play different times for me to command Manchester United. That’s what Klopp wants now. Do you have a point in the larger context? I don’t think it is an exceptional season, it is only more exceptional because the players have rested more than ever. They had three months of Covid, then they had nine games where even though they had won the league, Klopp played with all of his best players, then they had five weeks off before the start of the season.
“In any season, I only have three or four weeks in the World Cup and in the Euro, so there is more rest this year than in any other year. I don’t understand why it is a unique season. I understand that the fans are not there and the feeling is not there for the players ”.
He continued: ‘I remember the third of the 2002-03 season season that we played at 11am, 11:30 noon, we played so many games in that slot, as Liverpool did in 2006-07, this is not It is a novelty problem, this is an 18 year old problem.
“Liverpool have played two games in that space. The maximum Liverpool can play in that space is six, so I don’t think Jurgen Klopp can have a big complaint about being at a disadvantage, if you are successful and you are Liverpool or Manchester United, they want to see you in Asia and the Premier. League will pay for it and foreign broadcasters will pay for it.
‘Volume of games? They are days per game, Liverpool plays one game every 5.4 games, Liverpool is not at a disadvantage looking at history, the players they have are asked to play every 5.4 games ”.
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher responded to Neville, insisting that the complaints by Klopp, who has been criticized by Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder for being “selfish”, are not just motivated by personal interests.
‘I think you [Neville] We are the only person in this country who said it is not an exceptional season, ”Carragher said.
You’re talking like this is completely normal. Everyone has said all the time, you have players with Covid. It is outstanding. There is no denying that it is no different as a season. You talk about the players being away for three months, nobody knew when the season started, the players were training at home. ‘
He added: ‘This discussion started with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with Istanbul and Everton. When he said that the authorities want us to fail, I said no, I don’t agree, because everyone loves Liverpool and Manchester United.
But Klopp defended Solskjaer, I think the Liverpool manager is sincere in not thinking only of Liverpool, I think so. Why leave and return to Solskjaer? He backed it up.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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