Klopp reveals the reason for Liverpool's draw against Tottenham .. Things are difficult
Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp admitted that preparations before the match that ended in a 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday in the English Premier League were "difficult" in light of the situation the team is experiencing due to infections with the Corona virus.
Liverpool suffered during their preparations for the match against Tottenham, as tests revealed that Thiago Alcantara, Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho and Curtis Jones were infected with Corona, and Jordan Henderson suffered from a health problem, but he was not infected.
This came after the match that Liverpool beat Newcastle 3/1 last Thursday, and the team did not have enough opportunity to study Tottenham, who played yesterday his first match in two weeks, as three matches for the team were postponed due to injuries to Corona infection in its ranks.
Diego Jota and Andy Robertson scored Liverpool's two goals in yesterday's match, while Tottenham Hotspur, Harry Kane and Heung-min Son, but the match witnessed a great deal of controversy over the VAR system, which Jurgen Klopp believes affected the course of the meeting.
"Yes, it's tough, it was definitely tough," Jurgen Klopp said about preparing for the match. "You're playing Tottenham and you see that they look more refreshed in the second half than they did in the first, this is a difficult period and we have to make sure we have equal opportunities and conditions for all of us."
Klopp added, in statements published by the British news agency “BA Media”: “Things are difficult at the moment, I see that, but besides this, I do not know which team I can push because I always wait in the morning for the results of the tests, and of course we had no idea About the Tottenham team.
"Usually you prepare for a match and you have an idea of the squad you played a week before, but we certainly had no idea (of the opponent's squad)."
Klopp added: "We were better in the first half, or we were more in control... It was not an open game, but rather a reliance on counter-attacks, so things were difficult.
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