Klopp - a whinge or the facts?

[cerbera45]

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says Manchester City would not have won the Premier League this season if they had to deal with his side's injury crisis

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57207985

 

[johnlattimerssponge]

Neither in IMHO whilst not a fact as it has not happen but if the injury crisis was reversed I feel almost certainly Liverpool would have won the PL. Last season City pointed to the Laporte injury as to the reason they underperformed but Klopp has lost his three first choice centre backs for most of the season.

 

[RobM]

If we hadn't had the injuries, Chris Powell would still be our manager!

 

[cerbera45]

Neither in IMHO whilst not a fact as it has not happen but if the injury crisis was reversed I feel almost certainly Liverpool would have won the PL. Last season City pointed to the Laporte injury as to the reason they underperformed but Klopp has lost his three first choice centre backs for most of the season.

IMHO the lack of the distribution of goals have also cost LFC this season. Salah has 31 out of the team's 66 overall scored

 

[Shrimping Around]

It's tough for the smaller clubs like Liverpool with their limited resources. A few injuries and their season's over.

 

[OldBlueLady]

It's a whinge. What he means is they are a one man defence and Salah and Mane have been poor this season compared to last! City lost Laporte for quite a while, they covered his loss with others.

 

[Kris]

In fairness Henderson has been a massive loss as well. He covers a hell of a lot of ground and is pivotal to Liverpool’s pressing game. Will be a big loss for England too if he’s not available.

 

[johnlattimerssponge]

It's a whinge. What he means is they are a one man defence and Salah and Mane have been poor this season compared to last! City lost Laporte for quite a while, they covered his loss with others.

Really !

How do you make Van Dijk, Gomez and Matip equal one ?. There is no squad in the world that could lose there first three choice centre backs for a vast amount of the season and not have there form suffer. Whilst Mane's form has dropped off significantly for most of the season Salah still scored twenty two PL goals so is widely immune from any criticism.

 

[rigsby]

Klopp should be sacked, injuries are down to the manager. Just ask Chris Powell.

 

[southendkid]

Klopp's probably right (it's a hell of a lot more than one player, they've been playing a 24 year old centre back that last season was on loan to a second tier German club, and he couldn't even cement a place in the starting XI for them so there's no way he'd be starting for Liverpool if they hadn't had an injury crisis) but that's the way football goes, Liverpool had less injuries than normal last season from what I remember which probably helped them win the title.

 

[RHB]

I've been trying to decided whether I care enough to respond, and I've decided I don't. So why didn't I just ignore the thread you may say? In response I would say that that is not the ShrimperZone way, if it's there ya gotta comment.

 

[Spenser]

Tbf If Man City had lost 3 centre backs to injury they would just have signed 3 more so they probably would still have won the league.

 

[Tribal Chief]

I have no love for Manchester City but **** Liverpool.