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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sachin Nakrani

Liverpool have become ‘too easy’ to play against, admits Jürgen Klopp

Jürgen Klopp salutes Liverpool’s travelling supporters following the team’s Europa League exit to Atalanta in Bergamo on Thursday
Jürgen Klopp salutes Liverpool’s travelling supporters following the team’s Europa League exit to Atalanta in Bergamo on Thursday. Photograph: Antonio Calanni/AP

Jürgen Klopp has admitted Liverpool have become “too easy” to play against and must toughen up if they are to stand any chance of winning the Premier League title.

Klopp’s side travel to Fulham on Sunday in third, two points behind Manchester City and below Arsenal on goal difference, having drawn and lost their past two league fixtures, against Manchester United and Crystal Palace, respectively. On Thursday they also exited the Europa League at the quarter-final stage after a 3-1 aggregate loss to Atalanta and, all in all, are performing poorly. Their hopes of winning a quadruple in Klopp’s final season in charge are long gone but the German still believes he can leave on a high, though only if his players rediscover the character, as well as class, that had them competing on all fronts a little over a month ago.

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