Klopp wants to complete the title collection with Liverpool
* Liverpool - Man City: 23:30 Saturday, July 30, Hanoi time.
"The new season will return in two days, and we are really excited," Klopp said at the press conference on July 28. "We have played a few super cup matches, and it would be great to win this weekend. This is the only domestic title we haven't won yet."
Super Cup British is an annual match opening the new season of English football held on Wembley Stadium between the latest champion of the Premier League and the FA Cup. Last season, Man City was crowned Premier League, and Liverpool won Chelsea 6-5 in the penalty shootout in the FA Cup final.
This year will be the first time in 10 years, the UK Super Cup does not take place in Wembley, because this is the place where the Euro 2022 women's finals between England and Germany on July 31. Instead, Liverpool and Man City will compete on Leicester City's King Power.
During the seven years of led Liverpool, Klopp won the Premier League, won the FA Cup, the British Federation Cup, the Champions League, the European Super Cup, the FIFA Club World Cup, but never won the UK Super Cup. He and Liverpool played two English Super Cups in 2019 and 2020, but lost to Man City and Arsenal 4-5 in the penalty shootout.
Klopp said that the British super cup was scheduled too early because Liverpool only ended the season at the end of May, with the defeat of Real 0-1 in the Champions League final. He said: "I like competition, but we can find another day. Liverpool has a longer season than other teams, and now there is a shorter season period."
The Germany manager also confirmed Alisson Becker is not in his best shape and has not played against Man City, but could return when Liverpool host Fulham in the 1st round of the Premier League on August 6. The Brazilian goalkeeper played just 45 minutes of the pre-season, in a 0-4 loss to Man Utd in Bangkok more than two weeks ago.
According to the newspaper Anh Sportmail, CaoMhin Kelleher was also absent and the main capture certainly belonged to Adrian. The 35 -year -old Spanish goalkeeper only catches a last season - a 2-0 victory on Preston in the round of 16 of the British Cup team.
Besides Alisson, Liverpool also did not have the service of another pillar - striker Diogo Jota. He was injured when the army and Portugal last season, and missed all the pre -season matches of Liverpool.
Darwin Nunez, so it is likely that there will be the first official match in the new shirt. The $ 107 million striker scored four goals in the victory of RB Leipzig 5-0 weeks ago, but the remaining three matches met Man Utd, Crystal Palace and Salzburg.
