Jurgen Klopp looks to the intense challenge to be presented through Salzburg on Tuesday as Liverpool continues to be tested before the new season.
Liverpool’s pre-season schedule continues with an opposite fit for Salzburg, a rival to the Champions League organisation last season, a team that has given the Reds a race for their money.
And the boss expects more of the same at the Red Bull Arena, as he hopes his team will be asked a series of questions as they prepare for the Community Shield on Saturday and the inaugural game next season against Leeds.
However, changes have been made to the Salzburg attack since their last encounter, with the departure of 3 key players, Takumi Minamino.
A regime win came here from The Premier League champions opposite Stuttgart, with two other XI on the pitch in any aspect of the half, but this time Klopp hinted that players can be driven beyond forty-five minutes with time in their appearance. be at ease in games.
“Some players are still [in Salzburg]. Defensively, nothing has happened too much,” Klopp told the club’s official website.
“Obviously, offensively we have [now] Taki, Haaland on the left and Hwang also on the left, so 3 is very dominant for them. It’s going to be interesting.
“They’ve had answers in recent years, they’ve had answers and taste has never changed. He was very lively, very aggressive, so it will be a challenge for us.
“For our particular accumulation, they will pressure us and that is good. That’s what we were looking for and when you play in Salzburg, you know you have an opponent with a lot of energy and intensity. We have to be prepared.”
“We’re going to give some players a few more minutes to get close to the 90s, but I’ve said before, we can’t do less now because we’re betting on Saturday’s game; we have to prepare for a full game. Season.
“After Arsenal, many of our players will move on to foreign matches, so they have to play there for their country, so now they want proper training. It’s going to be a tough weekend, but we’re becoming like in a position as we can. »
And Liverpool’s arrangements allow them to summon an almost complete team of players without further injuries sustained at the rainy weekend event, meaning that “the same team as the Stuttgart match” will be on Tuesday.
This suggests that Divock Origi, Xherdan Shaqiri and Loris Karius will remain on the sidelines, while Ki-Jana Hoever has suffered the adverse effects of a crooked ankle.
In the field itself in Austria, which was originally scheduled to take position at Evian, Klopp enthusiastically said that he could exercise with most of his team during a prolonged era, as this will form the basis of Liverpool’s attempt to retain his league title.
“Until now, I may not be happier, to be honest, because 10 or 11 days after we didn’t know if we could move into a camp, we didn’t have a genuine solution. But thanks to our guys, with Ray [Haughan] and Phil Holliday — and thanks to OnSide, I have to say, who organized it here – it’s amazing,” he added.
“This is one of the most productive camps ever, and no one would have any idea about that a few days ago. It’s definitely unbelievable.
“It’s not great that right now we have one or two injuries; it’s not massive, but enough, and for the players, it’s bad and we need to have the pre-season for everyone.
“But so far, most of the things we can do with most players, it’s helping, but we have to do it because in five days we’ll play against Arsenal and it’s going to be tough.”