The farewell has begun. Jurgen Klopp and all the Liverpool staff took a group photo today, along with all the trophies he won with Liverpool.
A few hours earlier, Jurgen Klopp had his last pre-match press conference at Liverpool. Uncle Scum's speech at the press conference, combined with the content of his interview with the British media today, is summarized as follows:
1: The player said goodbye to Uncle Scum yesterday
"This week has been the busiest week of my life and we've had some memorable moments. Yesterday the players said goodbye to me, we had a barbecue together, of course there were some touching moments, I don't know how many shirts I signed. ”
"Goodbye is a hard thing to do, it's never easy to say goodbye, but it's a goodbye without sadness and hurt, which means we've had a great time together."
2: Liverpool could have won more titles
"I know we could have won more titles, but that can't change and we could have won fewer titles. Not winning the championship by one point is not a great experience, but it is an experience. We didn't score against Manchester City and Sergio Aguero scored against Burnley because we didn't score by a few millimeters, so it's not my fault. ”
'Maybe we were unlucky, maybe we weren't good enough to win three Premier League titles and three Champions League titles. I know for the fans, if we win more, it feels completely different. If I win three titles, I'm a successful manager, and if I win one title in nine years, people think I'm not successful enough, but I don't care at all. ”
"In those seasons where we had more than 90 points, 364 days were enjoyable and there was only one moment when it didn't go as well. Manchester City's goal-line clearance, Rodri's handball, Kompany's long-range shot, that goal can be scored once in 1,000 shots. Against the post of Real Madrid, the foul by Ramos on Salah, I'm not sure if it's a red card or not, but it was cruel to us. ”
'A few seconds before Kompany's goal, I was thinking, Brendan Rodgers, you should replace Maddison, he can't run. Maddison was just five yards away from blocking Kompany's shot. I sat stiff on the couch with my hands in my pockets as if I was paralyzed, what else could you do when that happened? ”
'We could have won more Champions Leagues as well, but reaching three finals is a very outstanding achievement. It's easy to lose in the final and Real Madrid always find a way to win and we tried again. ”
"In 2018 we lost the Champions League final, the following year we won; In 2019 we were one point away from winning the Premier League, but the next year we did it and it was all a reversal, a crazy reversal. We could have given up, but that's not in my DNA, (defeat only fuels me to be more motivated) and I said that after losing to Real Madrid in the 2022 Champions League final, but I can't do it anymore now. ”
"[In the 2022 Champions League final] we had a shot every three minutes, but the goalkeeper had 12 hands and then they scored a goal and all the talk after the game was that we made a mistake and could have defended better. The opponent has 23 out of position, but we didn't punish the opponent, it has nothing to do with our defense, then it's because of TMD Courtois. We didn't do anything wrong, we have to accept the rules of the game: if you don't score, whoever scores wins the game. I understand life this way, I want it, others want it, sometimes you get it, sometimes someone else gets it. I can accept this with a calm heart. ”
"If I feel like I could have done more, I'd be unhappy, but I can't do more. Who else could do it better than me? Maybe, but not me, and I'm totally fine with that. People will judge, and most people should be able to accept it. ”
3: Can Liverpool be more successful if Fenway invests more?
"I could have said to Fenway, 'You didn't support me enough, or I could have been more successful,' but I never looked at it that way. We had discussions, but never put them in public. I don't want the outside world to think we're not together enough. Even if there is an argument, it is only internally, externally we will say, this is our way. If it would have helped us to involve the outside world in this discussion, I would have been the first to do so, but it wouldn't have helped. ”
'For us, that's the Liverpool way. We did it the right way, we didn't overspend, we spent the money we earned on the team, we expanded the stands, we built a new training centre. It's a healthy club. You can say Barça is unhealthy, but I don't think we can do it the Barça way. ”
4: Jurgen Klopp self-rated the best moment of his Liverpool career
"This season's Carabao Cup final is my favourite final. We know how people take the League Cup lightly, but in that moment we felt like nothing beaten. It showed people what Liverpool is and together we created a very special moment that night. From a club point of view, it was the best night of our lives and I love it. I will never forget the look in the eyes of the children that night. ”
The best performance: "This season [at home] against Manchester City, we have never controlled Manchester City like we did that day, we have won Manchester City before, but we have never put so much pressure on Manchester City as we did that day. ”
The most special game: 4-0 Barcelona
Goal of the match: Alisson
Best assist: Alexander-Arnold v Barca
Best save: Alisson v Napoli (final group game of the title-winning season)
Best heel goal: Sadio Mane
5: Talk: Anfield and Liverpool fans:
I love Anfield, it's a very, very special place and it's the Liverpool fans who make Anfield so special. This club is special, and for a lot of people, the club means the whole world. I get a lot of emails, letters, and if I reply to them all, I'll probably be here in 2028. Yesterday Liverpool TV read me some fan letters and one of them brought tears to my eyes, football changes lives and we did it. You have to continue to do that with the next manager.
"When you're getting older and the light is gone, you look back on the experience with a smile and say, 'Great!' We did everything we could, we did everything to the extreme, and we enjoyed everything as much as we could. I will never forget every day of these nine years. I'm in one of the best clubs in the world I can imagine. ”
"Nothing is perfect in today's world, but the way the people in this city treat me makes me feel like it's wonderful to be here for so long in my life. If the city needs me to do anything in the future, I'm willing to help in any way I can. ”
6: On the club's official announcement that Matip and Thiago are leaving the club this summer
'Joel Matip needs to decide whether to keep playing and the club will be lucky to get him. Joel Matip is probably the least important player in the world who cares about being underrated, but on the contrary, we have a high opinion of Matip. ”
'How I would love to see Thiago have an injury-free career, he's one of the best players I've seen here, controlling everything on the pitch.'
'I said to both of them, thank you for everything you do for Liverpool. They were fantastic, otherwise they could have left last year. ”
7: Before the game on Sunday, Klopp will also give a pre-match mobilization at the team meeting for the last time, and Uncle Scumbag said: "The person who made the documentary asked me if I could film this team meeting, which has never happened in Liverpool, and I said no because I don't know what will happen at that time. ”
At 23 o'clock Beijing time this Sunday, Anfield, say goodbye to Uncle Scum.