Before every game, Jurgen Klopp tries to make sure that his statement is remembered.
It was the same before tomorrow's duel with Atlético in Madrid, at the opening of the elimination phase of the Champions League.
"Playing against Atlético is one of the most difficult things in a footballer's life," said Klopp at the press conference.
Liverpool enters the duel with the "colconeros" as a great favorite, an undefeated team of the Premier League, the current champion of Europe, as, it seems, an unstoppable football force.
"This will be a hellish test for us. We are playing against a team that knows how to get results. This season may be a season of transition, but it is a team full of intensity, firmness, class... I read that Atletico do not play attractively "I absolutely do not agree with that, it depends on how one observes football. Also, I do not forget that we are coming to the country of tiki-taka, which I like a lot as a German," said Klopp.
The German reiterated that he does not consider his team to be the first favorites for the title. He recently declared Juventus as his favorite.
"I like pressure, but not those mental games that exist in football. If I say that I think Juventus is the favorite, then it is so, not that I would play with Sarri. I do not take football and life so seriously that I would take care of what am I going to say to that," said Klopp.
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