Chapter 583 Preparing for War

After greeting Li Qing, Klopp began to prepare nervously for the game.

Before the final round of the Champions League group stage, Liverpool will have three league games to play. In addition to the home game against Everton, the other two games against Burnley and Bournemouth are all away games.

In the just-concluded Champions League, Klopp also learned that he might become his team's opponent in the quarter-finals.

In Group A, Atletico Madrid defeated Monaco at home and temporarily ranked first in the group. Dortmund, who drew with Club Brugge at home, ranked in the top two. However, because Atletico Madrid and Dortmund are relatively close in score, we will not know who will be in the final round. Who is first, who is second?

The first place in Group B has been booked by Barcelona. With the goals of Messi and Pique in the away game, Barcelona accumulated 13 points and secured the top spot one round ahead of schedule.

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Inter Milan with one goal in this round. They are ranked second and third with Inter Milan with 7 points, and Einhorn is at the bottom with one point. Therefore, the next round of games will be announced. Tottenham and Inter Milan, Who can continue on the road to the Champions League?

In Klopp's heart, he naturally hopes that Tottenham in the same league can advance smoothly, so that he can avoid Inter Milan, a strong opponent, but everything can only be revealed in the final round of Group B.

The form of Group D is the clearest, with Porto qualifying as the top scorer with 13 points, and Schalke 04 also leading the third place by five points, locking in second place one round ahead of schedule.

The situation of Group E is the same as that of Group A. Bayern Munich and Ajax have already qualified, but the suspense of who will be first is left in the final round.

Group F, known as the group of death, after the fifth round of fighting, the situation is still unclear.

Paris Saint-Germain defeated the visiting Manchester City team 2:1 at home, surpassing Manchester City by one point in the standings and ranking second. Napoli defeated Red Star at the San Paolo Stadium and ranked first in the group with 9 points.

But in this group now, almost all teams have the possibility of making a comeback in the last round and advancing to the next round. Therefore, except for Red Star Belgrade, the other three teams, except Manchester City, may become Liverpool's opponents.

In a focus battle in Group G, Roma was overturned by Real Madrid in an away game, which further clarified the situation of the first and second places in this group. However, both Real Madrid and Roma may still become potential opponents of Liverpool.

In Group H, Juventus relied on Mandzukic's goal to defeat Valencia at home, helping Manchester United, which also defeated its opponent 1:0 at home, to appear one round earlier, but the second place in this group also had to be in the last minute. It will be revealed after the round.

Therefore, as of now, Liverpool's next round of quarter-final opponents may include: Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Schalke 04, Bayern, Ajax, Paris Saint-Germain, Naples, Real Madrid, Roma, Juventus Sri Lanka.

Among these opponents, there is no team that Klopp is worried about, but in order for the team to enter the finals more smoothly, at this stage, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern and Juventus are all teams that Klopp does not want to touch.

But it is too early to consider these now. Klopp's main energy now still has to be put into the next home derby with Everton, as well as away games with Burnley and Bournemouth.

Although they are unbeatable in the Premier League, entering December, no Premier League team head coach dares to say that his team can win the opponent reliably, especially in away games.

In the winter in England, the weather is really bad. The Liverpool team injured their captain Henderson and two of their front three in the previous rainy game. If it weren't for the strength of the team's bench players and Li Qing, I'm afraid it would have been terminated. The winning streak is on.

Therefore, even if Burnley and Bournemouth are weak, Klopp treats these two away opponents with caution.

After all, Burnley, located in Lancashire in northwest England, qualified for the Europa Cup last season due to its good performance.

In last season, Burnley drew with the Manchester City duo at home and away, especially their upset victory over Chelsea in the away game, showing enough strength.

Burnley has experienced a decline this season, but there have also been highlights, especially the away game against Leicester, which showed the world that their strength cannot be underestimated.

As for Bournemouth, most Premier League fans may think that they are a relegation team.

But in fact, Bournemouth defeated Arsenal and Chelsea last season, and the game they defeated Chelsea was a 3-0 win away from home.

Bournemouth's strength has not diminished this season. They drew with Everton at home, defeated Leicester City 4:2, and even had a four-goal win over Watford in the away game. In one round, Liverpool only defeated their opponent 3:0 away from home.

In addition, Bournemouth's attacking power also attracted Klopp's attention. They showed strong strength in games against Manchester United and Arsenal.

Although they lost the game 1:2 in the end, being able to score goals against teams like Manchester United and Arsenal is enough to explain the problem.

It seems that it is not easy to continue to win consecutively and set records.

Klopp feels that he has a headache. Paris Saint-Germain has won 14 consecutive rounds in the league. Next, they will face Bordeaux away from home. With the strength of Paris Saint-Germain, if nothing unexpected happens, it will not be a big deal to create a 15-game winning streak. problem.

But Klopp doesn't even know now whether his team can defeat the city's rival Everton at home.

Everton's recent performance is also eye-catching. After they lost 1:2 to Manface in the away game, their state began to show signs of recovery.

After defeating visiting Brighton 3:1 at home, they drew with Chelsea, a strong away team, and defeated Cardiff City in the last round. Therefore, it is obviously impossible for them to surrender directly when they visit Anfield Stadium this round.

This is the 232nd Merseyside derby in the history of the two teams. In the previous 231 duels, Liverpool had the upper hand with 92 wins, 73 draws and 66 losses.

Among them, there were 76 league wins, 64 draws and 57 losses. In the last 17 meetings, Liverpool has 8 wins and 9 draws and remains unbeaten. The last time Liverpool lost in a derby was eight years ago, when Liverpool lost by two goals in an away game.

However, this derby loss was also the only time Liverpool lost to Everton in the past 27 derby games.

The last time Liverpool lost to Everton at Anfield was back at the end of the last century. In the following 18 years, Liverpool remained unbeaten at their home stadium.

But Klopp’s game against Everton was not aimed at being undefeated...