FC Liverpool | Known hurdle on the way to Klopp's title

Jürgen Klopp wants to win the FA Cup for the first time - but in the semi-finals, Manchester City with Pep Guardiola is in the way. Liverpools Team Manager makes a fight start.

Jürgen Klopp has an invoice still open. As many trophies, the German team managers already stood up with the FC Liverpool, but this makes a mistake trimmers. Ironically, with the FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, he could not close a friendship yet. "It's a glorious title. It's already cool to be in the semifinals in Wembley. That took a long time for me. But better late than ever," said the 54-year-old with a grin.

So far, since his start of service in 2015 in the FA Cup, a disappointment to the other, once quarterfinals was the highest of feelings at six attempts. Now he tails with his team on the final, but in the semifinals lurks with Manchester City and Star coach Pep Guardiola on Saturday (16:30 pm / Dazn) the greatest possible stumbling st1. After 2: 2 in the Premier League in the previous week, Klopp switched into the fight mode.

City was "very strong" in that league game, he emphasized: "But we did not show our best. So let's see what happens if we show our best. That's interesting. On some positions we can still be on one Throw different levels. "

While Klopp had seven players at the progress in the Champions League against Benfica Lisbon (3: 3), and now scoop out, plague Guardiola. "We are in great difficulties," he complained, "We played three days ago, now we have many injuries, I do not know what will happen in the next few weeks."

Both TOPSTAR Kevin de Bruyne as well as right-back Kyle Walker had to be replaced on Wednesday evening, Phil Foden went out of the extremely heated and at the end, even escalated duel with Atletico Madrid (0: 0). "The calendar is crazy," Midfielder Rodri coated: "There are too many difficult games at once, but it's like it's."

Klopp has long since resigned on the historic quadruple hunt. "It's our problem that we are in two semi-finals, but we like to go around. It's just like that," said the former BVB coach: "It's hard, but it's the best schedule you can have. Because that is, you still have opportunities in all competitions. "

He expects an open exchange on Saturday. "We will try to prevent your game, but there will be several games-shaped challenges. All players have to bring incredible in the place," leavened Klopp: "It will not be terribly boring, I'm sure."