Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp mentioned that his facet needs to be awarded Premier League factors if the match at Manchester United will get postponed owing to fan protests.
In May 2021, the match between Manchester United and Liverpool needed to be rearranged after followers marched to Old Trafford to protest towards the Glazer household’s possession of the membership. With the 2 sides scheduled to satisfy on August 23 on the identical venue, there are fears of one other protest going down.
“Plans for the game not happening? Yes, going home on the bus,” Klopp was quoted as saying. “I really hope it will not happen but if it does happen I think we get the points. We have nothing to do with the situation and if the supporters want the game not happening, then we cannot just rearrange the game again and fit it in somewhere in an incredibly busy season.
“People inform us we’re fantastic, we go there and play the sport hopefully and go house. But in a state of affairs like this, all the time the opposite workforce ought to get the factors as a result of they don’t have anything to do with it and so they have ready for it.”
Last year, it was the first time in the history of the league that a match, which was scheduled to played behind closed doors owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, had to be postponed due to fan protest. Apparently, thousands of Manchester United fans had gathered before the scheduled kick-off before around 200 fans broke into the stadium.
When asked about the protest against the Glazer family, Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said: “I can solely say the house owners wish to win – and the followers, we would like them behind the membership. I can perceive typically however I’m not that lengthy within the membership that I can see all of the backgrounds, however we’ve to be unified and combat collectively.”
Both Manchester United and Liverpool are searching for a first win of the season. Liverpool drew their first two opening games, whereas United suffered two back-to-back defeats. Ten Hag added that he wants to see “preventing spirit” from his team on Monday.
“It begins with your self,” he said. “Act as a workforce. Follow the foundations and rules and work onerous, as onerous as you’ll be able to maximise. If you do this, you then get confidence. It’s per week that is regular as a supervisor. That you see a recreation, you’ve a plan, a method of play and you then test how the sport went.
“And then you analyse and you see what’s wrong and what’s good. Now obviously, a lot went wrong [in the 4-0 defeat to Brentford], but what I say is you don’t have to talk about anything when the attitude is not right.”
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