Chapter 609 - 311: Next Match, You Play Striker

Post-Match Press Conference

A reporter asked Klopp if it was possible for Liverpool to make a comeback at the Camp Nou in the second leg.

"Forgive my disrespect, but after all, your team is already 3 goals down."

"And Barça's home win rate this season is a terrifying 90%!"

Hearing this, Klopp pulled the microphone closer.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "There are no absolutes on the football field. Their home win rate is 90%, which means that Barça's home ground is not impregnable."

"Even if it were 100%, there would always be a day when it's broken. We will not give up the match. We will go there with the mentality of winning."

On the other side, the Liverpool players were also being interviewed.

Salah: "We are Liverpool. If there is one team that can come back from a 3-goal deficit, it is us."

Mané: "Our predecessors once completed an epic comeback after being 3 goals down at halftime. And now, we have a full 90 minutes."

Van Dijk: "We didn't do well enough in this match. We will adjust in time for the next match. Don't forget, our squad was not at full strength."

Arnold: "This result is disappointing, but we will not give up just like that."

Tendou: "The pressure is always there, whether at the Camp Nou or elsewhere. Let's see what happens next."

He couldn't even be bothered to act cool anymore.

But his use of Yi Jianlian's famous quote still won the applause of many reporters.

The reporters were now used to Tendou's "eloquence." This superstar could always say things that were thought-provoking.

But the Barça fans only had ridicule for his interview.

"All he has left now is a big mouth!"

...

The next day, major European media outlets were all reporting on the match between Liverpool and Barcelona.

"A Liverpool Miracle? That's Impossible!"

"Leading by 3:0, and Barça's win rate at the Camp Nou this season is a staggering 90%!"

"Is Liverpool Finished? Yes, They Are Finished!"

"Experts predict that the probability of Liverpool coming from behind to advance is 0%!"

"European betting companies have opened a market, with the odds of a Liverpool comeback at 1 to 200!"

"..."

In response to the bold words of the Liverpool coach and players after the match, the major media outlets clearly felt that they were just comforting themselves.

For Liverpool to come from behind by 3 goals away from home was as difficult as climbing to the heavens.

There was no way.

Barça's home win rate this season was just too astonishing.

They only lost one home match every 10 games.

And Liverpool was now 3 goals down.

Regarding an away comeback against Barça, only the Liverpool fans still held onto a glimmer of hope.

Especially 3 days later, after the Champions League match against Barça, Liverpool returned to the league.

They went to Newcastle's home ground to challenge the Magpies away.

Although Liverpool had tenaciously won the match with a score of 3:2, securing a precious 3 points, what added frost to the snow for Liverpool was that the eternal reference point of their attack, Salah, was injured and substituted off in the 79th minute of the match.

Even though Liverpool had concealed the extent of Salah's injury, everyone was speculating that both Salah and Firmino would miss the second leg at the Camp Nou.

3 goals down, and the deadly trident's Firmino and Salah were injured.

What was there left to play for?

Even a legend like Gerrard had publicly said, "Now is the team's most difficult moment. We have to go to the Camp Nou without two important players."

"Of course, Liverpool's DNA will not change. We will always be warriors, but perhaps we should focus more on the present."

What present?

Of course, the league title.

After Gerrard's statement, the Liverpool fans and the mouthpiece newspapers all followed suit.

Everyone was unwilling, but they still spoke up, advising Klopp to give up the Champions League and go all out for the league.

Because they were just one round away from the Premier League title.

With two key players absent from the squad, they could no longer be distracted. They should go all out in preparation for the match against the seventh-placed Wolves!

"Can we make a comeback? Will there be a miracle?"

The day after the match, after Liverpool's training, Arnold couldn't help but ask.

Tendou turned to look at him and said, "Trent, if we doubt ourselves, miracles will not favor us."

"Because miracles are created by people, with the sweat and effort we put in. The so-called miracle is just a reward after going all out to achieve victory."

"We earn it. It's not a handout from others."

"..."

Hearing this, the light in Arnold's eyes was restored.

That's right.

Miracles are created by oneself.

That night in Istanbul, Liverpool's comeback was won by their predecessors' own efforts!

If they had given up at that time, there would have been no "Miracle of Istanbul."

Barça could score 3 goals at Anfield!

Liverpool could also score 3 goals at the Camp Nou!

We are the never-say-die Liverpool!

He smiled and bumped fists with Tendou.

Klopp watched the two of them, then continued to study the match with Krawietz.

After the match against Newcastle, he had stayed away from the internet.

Of course, even if he didn't look, he knew what the outside world was saying.

It was nothing more than telling him to give up the Champions League and focus on the league.

Among them, the ones shouting the loudest were surely those mouthpieces from Barça.

In fact, the La Liga media was indeed advising Liverpool to go for the Premier League title.

Their purpose was known to all.

But Klopp would not give up.

He pulled the coaching staff to study and, along with the players, believed that they could come from behind in the second leg.

They were three goals down away from home.

The most likely scenario was that Barça would park the bus.

With Firmino and Salah absent from the lineup, Liverpool's current attack was not enough to complete a 3-goal comeback.

Tendou's position!

It had to be moved forward!

He needed to make up for the lack of firepower in Liverpool's attack in the absence of Salah and Firmino.

Only he could provide that firepower!

"TJ!"

"In the next match against Barça, your position is the team's center forward!"

The moment these words were said, everyone in the meeting room was stunned.

Klopp's meaning was that he had no intention of giving up on the Champions League!

"I know what you're thinking. The people outside are probably all advising us to focus on the league and not to waste too much time and energy on a match with little hope."

"But I only have one thing to say to those bitches: 'Fuck giving up!' The word 'give up' is not in Liverpool's dictionary! Never!"

"We have spent a whole year to get to this point. This is our harvest season. No one can make us throw away the trophies we've fought for."

"..."

Klopp motivated the team passionately in the meeting room, then went on to explain the tactics for the next match at the Camp Nou.

The others were all shocked after hearing it.

In the next match, at the Camp Nou, Liverpool's billion-euro lineup would be creating chances for Tendou alone.

This was too crazy!