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Jurgen Klopp<\/strong><\/p>\n Jurgen Klopp described Liverpool\u2019s fringe players as similar to \u201chaving Ferraris in the garage\u201d after the Reds took the Premier League title race to the final day with a 2-1 win at Southampton.<\/p>\n Nathan Redmond gave the hosts a 13th-minute lead before Takumi Minamino and Joel Matip struck to move Liverpool within one point of leaders Manchester City, despite making nine changes on the south coast.<\/p>\n Klopp, already without injured duo, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk, rested Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andrew Robertson and Sadio Mane, while handing Minamino his first league start since December 2020, and Harvey Elliott only his sixth start of the season.<\/p>\n \u201cActually, I am so happy about the performance because it was a bit touching to be honest,\u201d Klopp said. \u201cWow, these boys. Like having Ferraris in the garage, and then you let them out and they directly go like this. Harvey, I\u2019m not sure when he played last time, Curtis [Jones], no rhythm, Minamino, it is a crime he is not playing more often.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is really tough for the boys, but whatever happens this year happens because of this group. It is exceptional, and tonight they showed it again.\u201d<\/p>\n Liverpool host Wolves, while City play Aston Villa, managed by former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, at the Etihad on the league\u2019s final day. Trailing City on goal difference by six along with the point difference, Klopp admitted a title success was remote.<\/p>\n \u201cIf someone wants us to be champions then we have to win first, and Aston Villa need to get a point at City,\u201d Klopp said. \u201cIt is possible. Not likely, but possible. That is enough.<\/p>\n \u201cWe all know. We never gave up. We\u2019ll give it a try. It\u2019s our home game, last home game of the season. The atmosphere will be outstanding. We\u2019ll try to use it. We have to do our job. Football is a tricky game sometimes. Aston Villa play on Thursday and then Sunday. We\u2019ll see, but you have to focus on yourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked if he would contact Gerrard, Klopp added: \u201cThere\u2019s no reason to talk to him. We all know Villa wants to win because Villa wants to win, that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jurgen Klopp Jurgen Klopp described Liverpool\u2019s fringe players as similar to \u201chaving Ferraris in the garage\u201d after the Reds took the Premier League title race to the final day with a 2-1 win at Southampton. Nathan Redmond gave the hosts a 13th-minute lead before Takumi Minamino and Joel Matip struck to move Liverpool within one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1092636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[14209,13198,14210,13918],"class_list":["post-1092633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ferraris","tag-klopp","tag-likens","tag-reserves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1092633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1092633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1092633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1092633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}