Liverpool coach, Jurgen Klopp has said his club will take their FA Cup clash vs Everton seriously.
This is coming as Klopp gets ready to make changes for Sunday’s game. The ex BvB boss added that the house next door to him is available if Carlo Ancelotti is looking for where to stay.
The EPL leaders welcome their neighbours to Anfield for the 3rd-round matches of the FA Cup, with Everton trying to clinch their first win in the stadium since 1999.
He added that he respects Ancelotti and he only wants to cause him major harm on the pitch.
His words, “The mood. What is obvious is that one team was in a sensational mood with momentum on our side and the other team was not. That is what has obviously changed.
“Everton had these three or four weeks, I don’t know exactly how long, when there were question marks over Marco Silva. That is never a good situation. And then they met us on that night when we were on our toes, 100 per cent focused, in really good shape and in a good moment.
“It was always like this, but it was one game. We can go to Goodison Park and it is a completely different game. They are 100 per cent in a different situation to a few weeks ago. We know that, so we don’t compare the last game, we just try to find a solution for this game.”
“We will make it the occasion it should be,”
“We will have a line-up. I said I have no clue about who I will select, but what I said is that I cannot make it different because it is Everton or it is another team, that is what I cannot do.
“We are in the middle of the season: 18 games to go plus hopefully some more in cup competitions. I cannot say we throw everything at it [Everton] even if some players are limping, that is not what I say. There are no more important or less important games, I just have to make a decision.
“I know I have to make a decision right for this moment by respecting a game from two days ago and five days ago and a week ago and stuff like this. That is it.”
On his relationship with Ancelotti, “We used to be!”
“We didn’t see each other a lot, so it is strange that we both feel like this. We’ve met around games and meetings as manager.
“When he came here I thought ‘If I had a party could I invite the Everton manager?’ I am not on social media but if I took a picture like this [with him] and sent it out, I don’t know how exactly that would look to the outside world!
“But I would not bring him into this kind of situation. I only want to bring him difficulties on the pitch and we always respect each other.
“I am not sure where he lives but the house next to me is free and that would be really funny!”
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