Reds’ manager Jurgen Klopp has insisted that keeping his Liverpool players motivated is not an issue as they are “ambitious like crazy” in their pursuit of major honors on multiple fronts this season.
The Merseyside giants are currently eight points clear at the summit of the Premier League table and require a point from Tuesday’s trip to Salzburg to guarantee a place in the last 16 of the Champions League, in an attempt to defend their European crown.
Liverpool will also compete in the Club World Cup later this month and are also through to the quarter-final of the EFL Cup, with the fixtures coming thick and fast in the last month of the calendar year.
However, the 52-year-old German boss Klopp has urged his players to take it one game at a time, starting with their big showdown against Salzburg in order to qualify into the next stages of the Champions League.
While speaking to reporters ahead of the clash against the Austrian side Klopp explained how his team is still ambitious to go through and progress, “It’s not that I expect us to go through. I expect us to play the best game we can play. Salzburg was very happy that they won against Genk last time out and that we draw against Napoli, so they have a final against us. Napoli was happy because they know they only have to play Genk. We are prepared for that. Salzburg has to win against Liverpool. It’s possible and I like that. We are still ambitious like crazy, we will run for our lives. It’s not that we come here and think we have to dominate Salzburg. We have to focus on the next game. It’s tough because we play every three days. Tomorrow night is the most important game in our life because there is no other one.”
