Klopp Talk: “Difficult Situations Always Fired Me Up”

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The Liverpool manager says he’s fired up by the challenge of getting the season back on track. For Liverpool, it’s now been two months of struggle on the pitch. The reasons are obvious and valid: the lengthy injury list, the lack of fans, the mental fatigue of playing in the midst of a pandemic and the physical fatigue of a compressed schedule.
Valid or not, though, their recent poor run has still been difficult to watch—more difficult perhaps for the fact that while Liverpool haven’t been at their best, they’ve been better than their results. Jürgen Klopp, though, insists he isn’t feeling beaten down.
“Difficult situations always fired me up rather than the other way around,” Klopp said. “It’s clear to say winning...