The Portuguese striker shared on the Liverpool homepage about the home team’s top 4 race for the rest of the season.
Liverpool has yet to find itself. Jurgen Klopp’s teachers and students received a humiliating 1-4 defeat against Man City over the weekend. This loss made The Kop’s chance to get close to the top 4 significantly narrowed. After 27 matches this season, the Anfield team ranked 8th, eight points behind Man United’s fourth position.
The remaining eleven matches will play an important role for Liverpool in their goal of finishing in the top four of the Premier League this season. In front of Klopp and his students is a great battle with Chelsea.
Sharing with Liverpoolfc.com homepage, Diogo Jota said: “It’s not easy. To be honest, this has been a difficult season for me. I wanted to try and got injured at the beginning of the season. I came back after that and continued to get injured.” “Liverpool needs to f/i/g/h/t and do the best they can for the rest of the season. There are 11 games left in the season.
Liverpool needs energy, ready for the new season. There is still a chance to be in the Champions League. impressive performance if we achieve the goal”.
“The return of Luis Diaz benefits everyone. He brings a lot of energy to the team.”
Is it all over, Liverpool?
Of course, defeating the great rival Man Utd with a score of more than a tennis lightning brings great joy to Liverpool. However, the great victory against Man Utd lost all meaning when The Reds lost again on the field of the team racing to relegation Bournemouth in the next round.
That is the r/e/a/l face of Liverpool this season: an unstable personality. Uncertainty is present in every aspect, from human, and tactical to spiritual. So the defeat at the Etihad Stadium in this round no longer s/u/r/p/r/i/s/e/d The Reds fans, even though they were the opening team and Erling Haaland did not play.
Witnessing the last minutes of the second half of the great battle with Man City, Liverpool had degraded too quickly. Klopp has no chance to turn back Pep Guardiola, even though he is the biggest “evil” of his Spaniard. Klopp does not have a good enough plan B to replace when plan A fails. Having to replace Mo Salah in the context of losing 1-3 only makes the situation more pathetic.
The final score is 1-4 and it is not Man City, Liverpool who are waiting for the final whistle. With 2 consecutive defeats, the opportunity to reach the Top 4 has just brightened up a bit and quickly turned off with the Anfield team. Now they are 8th, 7 points behind the Champions League group, and even though they still have 1 match in hand. The theoretical opportunity still exists, but with the current form, plus a challenging schedule (meet Chelsea and Arsenal in the next 2 rounds), only the most optimistic fans can believe that Liverpool can finish. in the top 4 teams.
Being in the Top 4 is a symbolic “title”, but it is most important to Liverpool at the moment. If it cannot be obtained, the consequences are extremely serious. Not only was it an empty season, but it was also the end of Klopp’s reign. He came to power when Liverpool did not qualify for the Champions League. After that, the German strategist renovated the team, becoming a team that reached the final of Europe’s top tournament 3 times and won 1 time. But now what?
This is an obvious rule to come, but Liverpool fans can’t believe it comes so quickly. Last season, they also dreamed of “eating 4” and completing 50% of the target. But now, the future of those involved is still uncertain.
Klopp has “run out of license”, or to put it another way, he and Liverpool have run out of love for each other. Tried a lot, and struggled a lot, but Klopp and his students could not stop the rapid downward momentum of a cycle. Change has to happen and can start with Klopp himself.
And if Klopp leaves, it will certainly bring others. In addition to the environment in the dressing room is no longer suitable, the financial problems when Liverpool does not participate in the Champions League will also make the stars especially think about the future. Not just the people inside Anfield but outside as well. Jude Bellingham, no matter how much he likes Liverpool, would not be foolish to move to a team that is going down. On the other hand, where did The Reds d/i/g u/p the money to pursue this luxury deal?
Crash, flee, and what else? Dark scenarios are gradually being exposed, and Liverpool must save itself before it is too late. Now is not the time for self-pity or blame, Klopp’s teachers and students have to f/i/g/h/t.