Trust Me, Liverpool Are Still As Ambitious As 'crazy People'

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JAKARTA - Currently, Liverpool is at the top of the Premier League standings by 8 points from second place Leicester City. In the Champions League, 'The Reds' only need one point to guarantee a place in the last 16. Coach Juergen Klopp emphasized that maintaining the motivation of Liverpool players is not a big problem because they are ambitious like 'crazy people'.

Liverpool travel to Salzburg on Tuesday 10 December, the night of their final Group E game to secure a place in the knockout stages in a competition they won last season. They will also compete in the Club World Cup later this month and also qualify for the last eight of the EFL Cup. This means that 'The Reds' match schedule is getting thicker and faster in the last month of this year.

Klopp urged his players to win games one by one, starting with their big fight against Salzburg, which needed three points to actually qualify.

"I'm not just expecting us to qualify. I hope we play the best game we can play," he said at his pre-match press conference Monday, December 9, as reported by Soccerway.

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- Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 9, 2019

"Salzburg are very happy they won against Genk in the previous match and we drew against Napoli, so this match is like a final. Napoli are happy because they know they only need to draw with Genk," continued the concoction interpreter.

Klopp admitted, fighting Salzbur will not be easy because they have to play every three days. But he realized that his team had to focus on every game and against Salszburg was the most important game of their life.

In the first leg, Liverpool conceded three times in a meeting at Anfield in October. In that thrilling 4-3 home win that phenomenal teenage striker Erling Haaland was one of the goalscorers for the visitors.

Klopp's men have kept their first clean sheet in the last 14 games against Bournemouth in the Premier League, but the Germany coach hopes his team can handle Haaland's goal-scoring ambition.

"Keeping a clean sheet is not really important for tomorrow's game," said Klopp. "We didn't defend well against Salzburg in the first leg. They are a team that surprisingly scored a lot of goals from the counter-attacks. We know their strengths very well."

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- Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 9, 2019

Haaland is enjoying a superb season scoring eight goals in five Champions League games and 16 goals in 14 in the Austrian Bundesliga. If the 19-year-old player scored against Liverpool tonight, he would be the first player to score in his first six Champions League games.

"How do you hold back a very good striker? Try and stop the ball into the penalty box," said Klopp.

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