For his 1,000th game as a professional football manager, Jurgen Klopp used his programme notes to berate the eternal roadworks on the M6. As you do.
“I was not happy that the motorway was not fully open,” wrote Klopp, referring to a tortuous return journey from the FA Cup replay at Wolves last Tuesday. It is NEVER fully open, Jurgen. But at least his team was heading north, albeit slowly, the other night.
After hitting another roadblock – this one provided by Graham Potter’s mixed bag – Klopp has a squad that is on a slow slide south, a squad facing a serious challenge to finish in the top four.