Jurgen Klopp has criticised both BT Sport and the Premier League for a fixture schedule he believes is harming Liverpool's quadruple hopes.
And the Reds boss believes the reason a team has never won all four trophies in a season before is because of the difficulties of adjusting to the fixture timetable at the business end of the season.
Liverpool entertain Benfica in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final at Anfield on Wednesday night before an FA Cup semi-final showdown with title rivals Manchester City on Saturday afternoon at Wembley.
The Reds also play Manchester United and Everton at Anfield next week but it is a 12.30pm kick-off at Newcastle on April 30 that has seemingly riled Klopp as he took aim at those who decide when games will be played.
Klopp said: "You cannot go for four trophies, you are part of four competitions and we are thankfully good enough this year not to go out early. But the fixture list we have now is [about] getting through. We play tomorrow and that is the only thing I am concerned about.
"It's Benfica, then we play Saturday against Manchester City because of the success we've had. That would usually have been Aston Villa, it might have been Saturday or Sunday, I don't know.
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"Then we play Manchester United and Everton and then if we get through (against Benfica), we have a (Champions League) semi-final and then BT and the Premier League thought they would give us Newcastle away at 12.30pm!
"All these things; the schedule and how people use the fame at the moment [thinking] 'Liverpool is hot at the moment'. They couldn't care less. I know I am angry, but it's just not OK.
"If we play a Champions League semi-final...if we find another league in the world and another broadcaster who thinks to put the one team who is in the semi-final, and it might be two or three [from England], at a 12.30 kick-off on a Saturday, it is like a little stick between the legs. It is like what!? What are you doing!? Why would you do that? It’s because nobody cares
"That is why [the quadruple] is so difficult and why it never happens because nobody can. It is unbelievably difficult. We are still in three competitions and we play Man City, we saw how difficult that was (on Sunday). How can I sit there and think about other cups when we play Benfica tomorrow night?
"How could I think about winning the Champions League, I don't. We just try to squeeze everything out to stay in the competition as long as possible and then we are there, hopefully in a final or not, we will see. Or in the league, then you can be in the last, decisive final step.
"And if we don't have enough players I would think I wouldn't sit here now because I'd have a day off because we wouldn't have the Champions League anymore."
Klopp was also asked about comments made by Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola before Sunday's 2-2 draw where he appeared to suggest he would like to remain at the Etihad for the remainder of his career.
The Liverpool manager was asked if he has a similar sentiment for his tenure at Anfield but refused to commit, saying Guardiola's situation has nothing to do with his own on Merseyside.
"What has my future to do with Pep's?" he added. "I saw it because I prepared for the game and Pep said he could stay there forever, but he won't. You are cheeky enough to pick out the one phrase that he says he'll stay there forever. I am really not sure if that is too cool. It's nothing to do with me.
"The next game has absolutely no influence on the game tomorrow night but the one before it does. So we have to see. We have a really intense schedule. There is nobody injured as far as I know at this moment but we need to have a look at who is fresher for this game and stuff like this.
"We see this as a super-important game and I know we won the first leg 3-1 which means to people who have nothing to do with the game that we are halfway through and then we play City left and right of the game so the focus is somewhere else. We see it slightly differently to be honest.
"This is a super, super important game for us. And it is like we said last season, we tried so hard to get to the Champions League and now we can make it to the semis which is incredible and that is what we want to show tomorrow night that it means a lot to us.
"We were good in Benfica. I liked it a lot. The main target, and it can be the headline again, is to be the one team no-one wants to play against and Benfica don't want to play against. So we need to be really aggressive in a football sense. Defending them knowing more about how they play.
"They tried to isolate Darwin Nunez with Ibou Konate at times and they play football if you don't defend properly. There's a lot to do. They also have speed with Rafa Silva, so it's just how it should be. At half time, we know the opponent more, so we just go again."
