Klopp's pre-match press conference vs Arsenal:
On City's CAS verdict
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âI am, from a personal point of view, happy City can play Champions League football,â he told journalists in his pre-Arsenal press conference.
âIf I think about the league and City play 10-12 games less, I donât see any chance for any other team.
âApart from that, I donât wish anybody anything bad.
âBut I dont think it was a good day for football yesterday.â
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âFFP is a good idea, itâs there to protect teams and competitions, that was the idea in the start to not overspend and have clubs make sure the money they want to spend is based on the right sources.
âItâs not up to me to judge this ruling and I donât. I just think the FFP frame we should stick to and thatâs what I hope, that FFP stays because it gives kind of [financial] borders and I think thatâs good for football.
âIf you start [down the path] that nobody cares and the richest can do what they want, it would make competition really difficult.
âIt would automatically lead to a world super league, depending on who owns the club.â
On Arsenal & Arteta
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Mikel is part of very exciting new manager generation. Really exciting to watch. You can see the ideas, influenced by Pep. Mikel would have had the same ideas when he was a player. Arsenal are a really exciting squad.
"Unfortunately probably yes [they will challenge in the future]. Really exciting to watch, you can see the ideas, influence by Pep who worked with him. You can see a massive influence. An exciting squad with experienced offensive players."
Team News
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My last info yesterday is Millie is in contention for Chelsea game. He didn't train yesterday. Apart from that, no new injuries on the list. We should have same squad like we had for Burnley game.
On Mo Salah
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"He's played 50 games a season! A big number. We were lucky he can play these and isn't injured. I was very positive in the moment it was clear we signed him. I remember our talk when we first met face to face and spoke about his fave position on the right."
The front three has worked out in a manner we couldn't expected. They have scored 250 between them. It was a good day for Liverpool and a very good day for Mo (when he signed).
"He said Sadio plays there but [I said] Sadio can play on the left too. So it was really clear and now they have scored [as a trio] 250 goals between them. So it has worked well. You cannot change the world alone but together, you can."
On Lovren
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âDejan played for us outstanding games and is a very important part of the squad,â
â[I have] nothing to say on the contract situation because thereâs nothing to discuss in public. Dejan is a player of LFC and we need him.
âItâs always like this, we have four centre-halves and we play usually with two of them. But we needed all four always, so itâs a very important role.
âIn this moment with Joel [Matip] injured we have only three, Dejan had a little issue last two weeks, so thatâs what you need. You need the quality we have at centre-half to be successful.â