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Originally Posted by The Big Chill
I think you are reading into these comments way too much. He says he doesn’t like that style, not that games like that can’t exist. We can be pretty certain he didn’t go into the CL final with the plan of not creating many chances.
Does anybody actually disagree with his comments? Spurs have two of the best attacking players in the world, but seemed to be satisfied with a single point even though they desperately needed three to keep the fight for CL alive.
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They looked a lot better attacking then the other side of the field where liverpool kept banging crosses in the box
He also did say he literally cant cosch that way, not that he didnt like the style
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“I’m sorry, I’m the wrong person for that. I don’t like this kind of football,” he responded. “But that’s my personal problem. I think they’re world-class, and I think they should do more for the game. I think they had 36, 38 per cent possession (it was actually 35 per cent, according to Opta). But it’s my problem. I cannot coach it. So that’s why I cannot do it.
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The athletic article on him today has a few other recent times where he suffered a setback
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In the reverse fixture in December, a game in which Antonio Conte’s side more than played their part in a pulsating 2-2 draw, Klopp characterised Spurs’ tactics as they “just kicked it as far as possible and Kane and Son were on their bikes for it”.
In March 2020, after Liverpool were knocked out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid, the response was: “I don’t understand, with the quality they have, the football they play.” ...
Following a goalless draw with Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United two and a half years earlier, Klopp said: “I’m sure if we played like this, you could not do this at Liverpool. Obviously, for United, it is OK.
“It’s quite difficult when a top-class team like United has that defensive approach.”
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