Jürgen Klopp hits out at Liverpool’s crowded fixture schedule
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Manager unhappy with Saturday lunchtime game at NewcastlePremier League and TV firms ‘throw a stick between the legs’Jürgen Klopp has accused the Premier League and TV companies of throwing “a stick between the legs” of Liverpool’s quadruple chase with a fixture schedule that he claims no other league in the world would impose.Liverpool are firm favourites to reach the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday when they take a 3-1 lead into their quarter-final second leg against Benfica at Anfield. Klopp’s team then face Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday followed by home league games against Manchester United and Everton. Continue reading...