Jurgen Klopp has said he has no issue with Liverpool parking the bus against Manchester United on Saturday and a defensive approach will have to be taken at times during his team’s trip to Old Trafford.
“This United team has a specific way of playing football — that’s all,” Klopp said. “We have to defend there with all we have and not gambling and thinking we are flying when playing Man United. Nobody flies. They are too strong, physically too strong, tactically too strong.
“It’s not a battle of systems or philosophies. It’s two very good football teams who will face each other.
“When United will attack, I hope all my players are involved in defending, to be honest. And if somebody then says that was parking the bus in that moment then we park the bus — I have no problem with that.
“Over 95, 97 minutes, of course, we want to bring our football on the pitch as well and that’s difficult to cope with as well to deal with. That’s the plan for this game.
“I don’t think there will be a lot of space in a lot of moments. It will be a big fight — how derbies are in general. Hopefully at the end with a positive result for us.”
“I know how the situation is at the moment and what people are saying. They play a specific kind of football, we play a specific kind of football — and everybody makes a big thing of it. But it’s all about winning and there are different ways to win football games.”
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