Jurgen Klopp says that there is no sense of concern in his mind in regards to where his team is placed for the future.
The decline of Liverpool’s form during this campaign has been one of the main talking points during this Premier League season.
It has been difficult to put your finger on exactly what has been the cause of the drop-off due to the wild variations of performances.
The highs have been euphoric such as the injury-time winner against Newcastle, the 7-0 thumping of Man United and a performance of great professionalism and focus when they defeated Man City in a tense contest in October.
But to well and truly counter that, the lows have been rock-bottom, such as the truly dismal displays against Bournemouth, Nottingham Forest, Leeds, Brighton and Wolves.
Much has been made of the need to regenerate the squad and speaking ahead of the lunch time fixture against Man City, the manager was again adamant that Liverpool would be spending money in the summer transfer window but did not go into major specifics.
But more broadly, Klopp is focused on the present and finding a way to once again challenge for honours like have done consistently in previous seasons as the Mirror reported.
“It is an anomaly. Look, of course it's completely normal for people to say 'that's not good enough, and here's not good enough, and there's not good enough', but that’s b******* because (of what happened) the years before.
“It doesn’t change overnight, you don't lose all our brains and fitness and medical (department). Things happen and then you have to react, but when you are a little bit unlucky in this direction then it's really difficult and the league is running away at that moment."
Such is the inconsistent nature of performances, even someone as wise and experienced as Klopp does not have a idea what his side will produce against their great rivals from the modern era this afternoon.
“I would love to say; ‘How can you ask this question?’ But yes, in this moment nobody can be 100% sure what we will be like.
“That is the situation we brought on ourselves - we showed all these kinds of faces, but the extent of it is a surprise. We are sixth, or seventh with the games in hand, and that is not where we want to be. For us that is not possible because we are not where we should be and where we have to be.
“There is inconsistency in moments, and we seem to struggle when we go behind. That's something we have to change, obviously. If you can only perform when everything is going in your direction, then there's absolutely no chance.”
Klopp intimated that talk is cheap however, and the proof will be in the performances from this point on.
“All the talks we had, all the sessions we had, and when the players came back and I spoke to them - everything looks like it goes in the right direction and now we have to show it.”
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