Klopp deserves support in crucial time of season / Image via 90min.com
Hailed as the Messiah upon Liverpool arrival, Jurgen Klopp was welcomed as a man who would go on to change the Liverpool Football Club and lead Reds back to the good-old glory days.
After 55 games in charge however, Jurgen Klopp is facing numbers that suggest the German is no better than his predecessor. Quite contrary though.
Numbers stacking against Klopp
The Reds are coming off from a disappointing night that will have ruined the mid-season holiday feeling they brought home from Spain.
A 3-1 defeat at the hand of managerless Leicester City has got to hurt, most of all as this match extended the woeful 2017 run for the club which saw Liverpool record only two wins from their last 12 games in all competitions.
To make things worse, the Reds have been effectively ruled out of the Premier League title race, eliminated from the FA Cup and defeated in the EFL Cup semi-finals.
The top 4 finish remains the only way Jurgen Klopp can save his season as the German manager is beginning to receive plenty of stick lately. Some of the fans’ frustration is directed towards his team selection and seeming unwillingness to make changes to a system that is beginning to fail him, whereas others argue that the façade of his infectious smile is hiding the lack of ability to lead the big club such as Liverpool.
Having collected 94 points in his first 55 games at Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp has already been put in the Brendan Rodgers perspective with fans who refuse to see a bigger picture and realise that current miseries are not entirely Jurgen Klopp’s fault – and the word ‘entirely’ is crucial here.
Crucial Summer Ahead
He might be stubborn with his persistence on several team options, but Jurgen Klopp has a squad of limited quality he keeps lining-up against star-studded sides that are challenging for honours this season in the Premier League and there is no doubt that he is attempting to do best with what he’s got.
The current Liverpool team is not entirely of his own creation, although the players which came during the last two windows were his own choices. The German has learned it the hard way that the same recipe he so successfully applied at Dortmund will not bring success in the Premier League and that all the obscure Klavans and Marko Grujics – regardless of their talent and potential – will not win him silverware at Anfield.
Summer ahead of us is the crucial for Jurgen Klopp. The club officials are still infatuated by the charismatic German and that can be considered a good thing knowing how things can change overnight in the modern-day game.
But a family club Liverpool once were and the one they are again trying to become is not expected to follow the patterns of impatience and insecurity towards their own choices at bench. Jurgen Klopp was selected as the one to lead Liverpool forward and should be given enough time to see his reforms through.
Some would ask, at what cost? Well, Liverpool have been flirting with mediocrity for far too long over the past few years and it is not as if the current situation will do any real damage.
Klopp Is Doing His Best
He is trying to do his best at Liverpool and there is no denying.
But his limited options are beginning to leave him short of selection for places upfront, in defence, in the midfield and in goal – with Daniel Sturridge, Lucas Leiva, make-shift left-back James Milner and Simon Mignolet as the biggest issues.
All of the aforementioned players played rather well at the beginning of the season, when Jurgen Klopp’s revolutionary ideas were welcomed and applauded, but as the excitement wore off the German is now getting criticised for the same thing he was lauded for at the beginning of the season, in a paradox of sort.
The players are failing Klopp as much as he is failing them, but they are doing so unwillingly as it needs to be admitted that Liverpool are not the world-class side anymore. All of the achieved thus far goes down to Jurgen Klopp’s motivational skills and leadership powers which made Liverpool players play above their limits and capabilities.
And those who doubt Klopp’s tactical knowledge should take a look in the mirror before they go out to the stands to shout against him.
So what should Liverpool do?
They should offer their undivided support for the manager and for the team who need it to make the final push in a crucial part of the season. Liverpool are playing host to Arsenal next in the Premier League and are given 1/1 betting odds to defeat Gunners in a direct battle for the place No. 4 in the standings.
Klopp, and his men for that matter, need to be supported unreservedly and that is the hardest part of the entire story. Sticking to your club through thick and thin.
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