Klopp feels team isn't worthy of Champions League spot next season after Liverpool draw 1-1 with Newcastle
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (centre) walks off in dejection with Curtis Jones (extreme right) after their English Premier League tie against Newcastle at Anfield, Liverpool on Saturday. Pic/Getty Images
Jurgen Klopp admitted Liverpool are not playing like a side who “deserve” Champions League football next season after blowing the chance to move into the Premier League’s top four with a 1-1 draw against Newcastle on Saturday.
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Mohamed Salah had opened the scoring after just three minutes, but Liverpool wasted a host of chances to extend their lead and paid in stoppage time. The Reds even had a reprieve when Callum Wilson’s equaliser was ruled out after a VAR review for handball, but still could not hold on as Willock’s deflected strike secured a vital point in the Magpies’ bid for top flight survival.
Liverpool move up to sixth but are a point behind fourth-placed Chelsea and West Ham.Two more dropped points is a blow to Liverpool’s chances of a place in next season’s Champions League after their owners’ plans for ensuring they have top level European football every season without having to earn it on the field collapsed this week.
Jurgen Klopp
Liverpool were one of 12 clubs to initially sign up to proposals for a European Super League (ESL) last weekend, only to withdraw within 48 hours after a backlash from their own players and fans. “If you deserve it, you deserve it,” said Klopp, echoing the critics of the ESL as a closed shop for Europe’s big clubs. “I didn’t see us today playing like we deserve Champions League next year. We have another five games and we will see. We learn or we don’t play Champions League, that’s it.”
Everton beat Arsenal 1-0
London: An own-goal from Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno handed Everton a 1-0 Premier League win on Friday as 2,000 fans protested against Gunners owner Stan Kroenke outside the Emirates Stadium.
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