As Liverpool prepare for their Champions League semi-final second leg away at Villarreal on Tuesday night, they know if they are to reach their 10th European Cup final it will have been without the help of the Premier League.
The Reds came through the last week unscathed as their push for an unprecedented quadruple continues, beating the La Liga outfit 2-0 at Anfield last Wednesday night before defeating Newcastle United 1-0 in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off. However, given their trip to St. James’ Park fell just two and a half days after their Champions League semi-final first leg, they had asked the Premier League to push back their trip to Tyneside.
“If you want to cause us problems you send us to 12.30 at Newcastle,” Jurgen Klopp bemoaned before his side’s FA Cup semi-final clash with Man City. “I don’t understand it. I can understand that people want to see a football match between Liverpool and Newcastle but I don’t see why any team should have an advantage or a disadvantage.
