Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has explained that his team has plenty of room for improvement in their away record against the big six in the Premier League.
The Merseyside giants will hope to maintain their 100 percent win record in England’s top flight when they make the trip to Stamford Bridge on Sunday to face Frank Lampard’s Chelsea. Liverpool currently sits at the top of the League table and have a five-point lead ahead of 2nd place Manchester City but face a tough test against opponents that are looking for a Champions League berth.
Since winning 3-1 at Stamford Bridge on September 2016, Liverpool has won only once in 12 subsequent away Premier League games against the Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham and Arsenal.
The 52-year-old German was asked about the reason for the poor form behind the top six sides in England in a pre-match press conference and Klopp replied by saying that it is a difficult job but not an impossible task either, “Because they’re really good, eh? Could be one reason, Crystal Palace and Man City, obviously, there are different ways to win away games. We have to find one. This is not good news but I don’t feel it. Give it a try… the longer things like this happen, the more likely it is it will change. We can’t go there to Chelsea and have a guarantee we’ll win a game there, they are too strong for that. We’ve been unlucky in moments, really good performances of the opponents in others. There are different reasons. There’s obviously a job to do, we will prepare besides that statistic. It’s all about the quality in the performance. It is not written in the stars that we are not allowed to win against Chelsea. Obviously it is difficult but still, we should try it.
Chelsea boss Frank Lampard will give his youngsters faith to play in the crunch encounter against Liverpool as the two sides’ suffered defeats in their midweek Champions League games.
