Jürgen Klopp
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He doesn't know what he's talking about. One season outside Germany suddenly makes him an expert in La Liga 
If journalists knew their jobs they would have thrown Messi stats in Champions League in his face.
Or..... So many nobodies and average players from La Liga became stars in EPL. He might chew on that a bit too.
Or.. Simple look at the stats of Spanish teams in European Cups versus Englanders.
List goes on but hey, opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one.
If journalists knew their jobs they would have thrown Messi stats in Champions League in his face.
Or..... So many nobodies and average players from La Liga became stars in EPL. He might chew on that a bit too.
Or.. Simple look at the stats of Spanish teams in European Cups versus Englanders.
List goes on but hey, opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one.
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Flavia
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Infected with the epl hype. Messi would destroy most epl teams by walking 1 km.
Gary Neville also thought la liga would be easy.
Gary Neville also thought la liga would be easy.
TornAndFrayed
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Klopp doesn't like barca's philosophy. He previously said that not only is it too easy for barça to win some games, but the passing game bores him. He was still at Dortmund then.
barcafan161
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newsflash klopp
barca and madrid would make the PL teams look the same as what they do in la liga.
barca and madrid would make the PL teams look the same as what they do in la liga.
TornAndFrayed
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The EPL is more competitive because the top clubs are weak. The only reason that people can say that the average club is better in England is because since the average club doesn't get to Europe, there isn't any data against foreign clubs. That little "something to do with it" is probably a chauvinistic feeling + a shitton of money. Also, compare that part of Klopp's statement with the dumb-as-fuck comment about barça. Doesn't exactly inspire confidence.
Yannik
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That seems new to me. When did he say that?
El Flaco
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Klopp (back in 2013): Barcelona's team of the last four years, with their serenity, winning 5-0, 6-0... Sorry, that's not enough for me. If Barcelona's team of the last four years had been the first one that I saw play when I was four... I would have played tennis instead
Probably the one [MENTION=9569]TornAndFrayed[/MENTION] is referring to.
Mitchell1978
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Lost a lot of respect for him because of those comments on Barcelona. He's a dumbass.
Yannik
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Okay, but wasn't the context to this one that he was asked about different playstyles and why enjoys his pressing game over possession football? I believe it was the one where he mentioned orchestras and metal concerts and what he prefers to see from his own teams.
serghei
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Imo, his critique is more towards the other teams at the time, that Pep's Barcelona made to look obsolete by comparison and also forced them to improve to keep up, Madrid and Bayern being the best examples of sleeping giants in 2009. It's a major difference between Madrid and Bayern in 2009, and Madrid and Bayern now, and being absolutely trashed by Barcelona, (the 6-2 and 4-0 flattered Real and Bayern) surely raised some red signals at the time, because the difference was absolutely huge.
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TornAndFrayed
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It was that quote indeed and yes, sure. I don't really mind what Klopp says, still a great coach, but that other PL quote was just some nasty PR. I doubt Klopp actually thinks that mid table liga teams are inferior to PL ones.
Yannik
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Well he didnt say that though. He only said the gap is closer between bigger and smaller clubs in England, and thats true since there is no team equal to Barca or Madrid there and Liverpool/City etc are not as ahead of the bottom table teams, as Barca is. He can't afford the luxury to rest anyone because even a fit Liverpool squad can loose to Watford and it also barely happens that Liverpool leads with 3-0 at halftime and can afford to sub out starters for recovery reasons. It's not particularly wrong what he says.
TornAndFrayed
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Actually i think it's pretty clear he's stirring it the other way because that's what they want to hear. He really doesn't come across as pointing out EPL weaknesses and praising Barça. Rather he's suggesting Barça is having an easy time, which apparently doesn't happen in England.
That is praise in his eyes, not "no club is good enough to dominate here". You're letting your own (more reasonable) interpretation get in the way of the words he used.
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