Playing In A Neutral Place Or Not, Liverpool Are Ready To Win
JAKARTA - Jurgen Klopp doesn't care when or where Liverpool lift the Premier League title because it will be a "truly extraordinary day" regardless of the situation.
Britain's top competition will resume on June 17 after three months of absence due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Liverpool need a maximum of two more wins to ensure top spot.
However, police have asked for six of the division's remaining 92 games - including those in which the Reds can secure the title - be moved to neutral ground.
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters revealed on Friday that a decision on where Liverpool's remaining matches will be played is expected to be made at the end of next week.
But Klopp does not believe his team should play on a neutral ground. But if that has to be done, he will still be happy that the Reds have a chance to win their first league title in 30 years on the pitch. Not through the pagebluk route.
"Right now for me whenever it will be played, in an empty stadium, blah blah blah, with all the thoughts and prayers and love of people all over the world it will remain a truly extraordinary day in my life," he said. to beIN SPORTS.
"Wherever it is I don't know - we hope it will be played at Anfield but we don't know and it doesn't matter. I'm pretty sure that we can resolve the situation here (a neutral venue) as well as at Liverpool.
"We want to keep playing and now we really want to play because we want to be champions on the pitch and it looks like we can do it.
"It (playing on a neutral ground) will not be perfect but we know for the moment it will not be perfect so we are used to it. We want to have it (the title) and then we will see how it feels. I'm pretty sure it will feel good enough.
"Most of the people on this planet never have a chance to become Premier League champions. For us, it looks like we have a chance, so we will take it."
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Social distancing rules remain in place in England and Klopp stressed the importance of supporters staying away from Anfield over the coming weeks.
"I heard one day ago a very good expression, that we have the best home fans in the world, and now we need the best fans there is in the world," he said.
"There will be moments in our life when we have the time and opportunity and it's allowed to celebrate together then we will have that moment, and we will celebrate it in the right way. Whenever it is, then we decide how much we just enjoy.
"So who cares, it's really not that important. We just want to be together at that point and we'll see how close contact is allowed at that point."