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Jürgen Klopp continues to look on the bright side after Liverpool's 3-0 defeat in Barcelona, insisting that there will be no hangover in Newcastle on Saturday night and denying that he could be sentenced to spend his life just out of the way of superior opposition.
The Liverpool coach lost two teams in the Champions League final and may lose the league title in Manchester City with points that would have won most of the Premier League seasons. According to some indicators, he could have outrun Barcelona's upsetting result at Camp Nou, though he dismissed any suggestion that he might feel cursed or doomed to failure.
"I do not think at all that way," said Klopp. "I'm healthy, my family is healthy, I do the job I love, which makes me very lucky. In football, if you want to win, you have to accept that there are opportunities where you could lose. No need to spend too much time on the last game, and anyway, we did very good things in Barcelona. The result may not have been the one we wanted but the performance was good. We do not have to hug the players or anything like that; we can always have positive thoughts about the game. "
Klopp revealed that he was lying midweek against Jordan Henderson – at least that was his intention, before Naby Keita's injury – because he wanted to keep him fresh for the last league games. "Everyone seems surprised because it was a very important match, but we had three games in six days to think and they are all important," he said. "Hendo was the only midfielder to have played five straight games, so I eliminated him. Naby did not play the same amount of games as the others, but he was still injured. "
The season of Keita is over after the rupture of an adductor muscle. The midfielder is facing two months behind that will put him out of the Africa Cup of Nations. "Naby was very unlucky – it's a serious injury," Klopp said. "The tendon is broken, so it's bad news for us and bad news for Guinea. They are not regular starters in the African tournament and I know that being in Egypt next month was a big target for him. "
Liverpool will finish second if Manchester City wins the remaining two games, but with points, a goal difference and close goals, there is a distant possibility of results leaving the two teams tied at the end of the match. If the points, the goal difference and the goals scored are equal, a playoff match would be held in accordance with the rules of the Premier League. "I have to admit it would be a good way to end the season," Klopp said. "We could do a bit of a confrontation like High Noon, but I doubt that will happen."
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