When Liverpool win the English League Cup in midseason, they are still expected to become the "quadruple winners", and fans are hoping to lift the Premier League title again and bid farewell to the heroic manager Jurgen Klopp, who left the team at the end of the season. It's just that within two months of winning the cup, everything suddenly stalled and plummeted: the FA Cup, the Europa League, and the Premier League lost points one after another, and the dream of winning the championship was almost shattered, and Klopp's fairy tale ending suddenly turned into a nightmare.
Liverpool's latest chapter is a public quarrel between Salah and Jurgen Klopp for many years, what happened?
On February 28, Liverpool reached the League Cup final and won the championship even more smoothly with the outstanding performance of a group of young players and the perseverance of the core players who were only healthy. At that time, the Red Army was jubilant, and everything seemed to be moving in a good direction: in the last season of Klopp's leadership, young players who could take charge of their own lives were cultivated, and the trophy was lifted, senior players such as Van Dijk and Endo showed strong fighting spirit and leadership, and the dream of the "Quadruple Crown" has been completed.
On March 17, Liverpool lost to Manchester United in the FA Cup quarterfinals, and the fans felt that it didn't matter, there were still two titles to fight for; on April 12, Liverpool in the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinals at home to Atalanta, swallowed three eggs, and even Anfield's magic failed, and the fans seemed to finally hear the sound of the Reds cracking...... "Focus on attacking the league title", even the famous Jamie Carragher said at the time. At that time, the team was exhausted, and in the face of Atalanta's full man-to-man marking, it was unable to break through at a higher marching speed.
Unfortunately, that crack is only the beginning, the Reds have fallen sharply, losing to Crystal Palace at home in the Premier League, losing to Everton away, and being forced to draw by West Ham United on Saturday night (April 27), compared to Manchester City's stability and Arsenal's strength, Liverpool's title race has become empty talk, and the salt on the wound is also Salah's 77 minutes when he was about to come in, and Klopp had a verbal altercation on the sideline, the main player did not want to be interviewed after the game, and only left one sentence: "If I speak today, it will cause trouble" , this sentence may hurt the hearts of Reds fans more than Antonio's goal.
Although Klopp later said that he had spoken to Salah in the dressing room that "for me, it's over" and the truth is unknown, the rift in Liverpool is deepening.
The Reds did have some unsolved problems this season, and they ended up with the most points in the entire league when they were behind, with 31 points, but the opposite is that Liverpool often have to fight hard from behind. However, the team has been plagued by many injuries this season, although it was still able to maintain the record at that time, but in the process, many "full-time" players may have been overdrawn, and when it comes to the end of the season, the magic of the final stage of Ligu is no longer the magic of winning against the opponent, which may become one of the reasons for the collapse of the team.
In any case, his achievements at Liverpool are unquestionable and the fans will see him off in the best possible way. But what will happen to the Reds in the long run? The rumoured Feyenoord coach Arne Slot will take over as a "manager" rather than the traditional Premier League "manager" who is in charge of the team's affairs like Jurgen Klopp, which also means that the Reds' management structure may change.
Although the British media regards the conflict between Salah and Klopp as a major trouble for Slote to take over, Klopp has indeed left many potential rookies for his successor, and Liverpool needs to adjust and strengthen a lot, but the quality of the team's squad is still there, and it is not enough to cut off and retrain, and Slot's takeover can still be built on a certain foundation, which is still worth looking forward to.