Liverpool title winners have already proven to be one of the best in club history, David Maddock, Daily Mirror’s football correspondent in the north, told Sky Sports’ Sunday Supplement.
The Reds won the First Division trophy four times in the 1970s and six times in the 1980s, during which time they also won four European trophies. The competition’s largest score since its inception in 1992.
Jürgen Klopp’s commanding team has won 28 of their 31 games in the campaign so far and is the first team in history to win the competition with seven remaining games. Because of this intensity, Maddock, the Daily Mirror football correspondent in the north, was convinced that the team, even without having built up the dynasty that it had in the past decades, was on an equal footing with these famous teams.
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“The combination of players is one of the best teams in Liverpool history,” he told the supplement. “I almost hesitate to say it because of the incredible teams they have had over the years, but this one goes through the whole page and the statistics are consistent.
“It’s an incredible combination of things. Klopp himself is clearly one of the managers of his generation, he combines this passion that every fan sees, this emotion, how reliable he is, the ability to inspire her. In a way, he’s an old-fashioned manager in this way, but incredibly modern. He combines all modern techniques, the coaching techniques, but also the analytics.
“They are remarkable, they score goals, they don’t concede goals. Then you win titles. Klopp’s ability to combine all these personalities and use all of these ingredients as a manager and produce what he has is remarkable. “
The Premier League trophy is the fourth piece of silver that Liverpool has won during Klopp’s five-year tenure – after last year’s Champions League victory and the UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup this season.
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Klopp’s approach to this Champions League win set the tone for Liverpool’s relentless consistency before this campaign, Daily Telegraph Northern Football correspondent James Ducker told the show, showing players that despite such an impressive 2018 / 19 couldn’t rest on their laurels.
“One of the great things Klopp did was that after the European Cup victory after the end of last season, he didn’t make too much of it. There wasn’t much focus on it, ”he said.
“He didn’t dress Melwood up in European cup paraphernalia, it was just another trophy and it sent news to his players that this wasn’t true. Now the focus is on the Premier League. They don’t want to look back, there was too much of that in the past, they have to look ahead.
“Every single person, obviously the players, but all of the employees down to the owners have followed this mindset and really made progress. During the ban, there was an interesting quote from Patrice Evra trying to find out what made a serial winner, and he said Didier Deschamps told me that winning was important, but Sir Alex Ferguson told me that winning was normal. I think Klopp does the same in Liverpool. “
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After breaking the three-decade-old Liverpool duck this season, Klopp told Sky Sports that the first title in the Premier League was far from a “goal” for him or the club.
With a potentially resurrecting Manchester City next season and Chelsea already disregarding his financial muscles in the transfer window, Ducker said the challenge Liverpool will face to keep the crown next season should not be underestimated.
He said: “I think it will be very difficult for a team to win multiple titles. Guardiola’s were the first to win titles in a decade, and all you have to do is look at the history of the Premier League to see how things can change. Liverpool ended 25 points behind Manchester City two seasons ago, each of whom thought no one would catch them. City are now 23 behind Liverpool.
“I’m sure that’s a message that Klopp will pass on to his players. We’re just scratching the surface here. If you want to do more, you have to go again, face the challenge, and take it there.” It will be teams like City, Chelsea and United who have been injured and want to correct it. “
This article was originally published by Sky Sports and reproduced with permission.
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