Chapter 583: Preparation for War

After greeting Li Qing, Klopp began to prepare intensively.

Before the last round of the Champions League group stage, Liverpool will have three league games to play. In addition to the home game against Everton, the other two games against Burnley and Bournemouth are away games.

In the Champions League that just ended, Klopp also learned about the possible opponents of his team in the quarter-finals.

In Group A, Atletico Madrid defeated Monaco at home and temporarily ranked first in the group. Dortmund, who tied with Bruges at home, ranked in the top two. However, because the scores of Atletico Madrid and Dortmund are relatively close, it will take the last round to know who is first and who is second.

The first place in Group B has been booked by Barcelona. With Messi and Pique's goals away, Barcelona has 13 points and locked the top spot one round ahead of schedule.

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Inter Milan by one goal in this round, and ranked second and third with Inter Milan with 7 points, while PSV Eindhoven ranked last with one point, so the next round of the game will reveal who will continue to advance on the road to the Champions League between Tottenham and Inter Milan.

In Klopp's heart, he naturally hopes that Tottenham, who is in the same league, can successfully advance, so that he can avoid Inter Milan, a strong opponent, but everything can only be revealed in the last round of Group B.

The situation in Group D is the clearest, with Porto qualifying with 13 points, and Schalke 04 also locked in the second place one round ahead of the third place with a five-point advantage.

The situation in Group E is the same as that in Group A. Bayern Munich and Ajax have already qualified, but the suspense of who will be the first is left in the last round.

Group F, known as the group of death, is still unclear after the fifth round of fighting.

Paris Saint-Germain defeated Manchester City 2:1 at home, surpassing Manchester City by one point and ranking second in the standings, while Napoli defeated Red Star at the San Paolo Stadium and ranked first in the group with 9 points.

But now in this group, almost all teams have the possibility of turning the tables in the last round and advancing to the next round, so except for Red Star Belgrade, the other three teams, except Manchester City, may become Liverpool's opponents.

In a focus battle in Group G, Roma was overturned by Real Madrid away, making the first and second place situation in this group clearer, but Real Madrid and Roma may still become potential opponents of Liverpool.

In Group H, Juventus defeated Valencia at home with Mandzukic's goal, helping Manchester United, who also defeated their opponent 1:0 at home, to appear one round ahead of schedule, but the second place in this group will not be revealed until after the last round.

Therefore, up to now, Liverpool's opponents in the next round of the quarter-finals may include: Atletico Madrid, Dortmund, Inter Milan, Schalke 04, Bayern, Ajax, Paris Saint-Germain, Naples, Real Madrid, Roma, Juventus.

Among these opponents, there is no team that Klopp is worried about, but in order for the team to enter the final more smoothly, at this stage, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern and Juventus are all teams that Klopp does not want to play.

But it is too early to consider these now. Klopp's main energy now still has to be put on the next home derby with Everton, and away games with Burnley and Bournemouth.

Although there is a trend of being far ahead in the Premier League, in December, no Premier League team coach dares to say that his team can win the opponent steadily, especially in away games.

The weather in England in winter is really bad. Liverpool was injured in the previous rainy game because of the injury of captain Henderson and two of the front trident. If it were not for the bench players and Li Qing in the team, I am afraid that the winning streak would have ended.

So even though Burnley and Bournemouth are weak, Klopp is still cautious about these two away opponents.

After all, Burnley, located in Lancashire in northwest England, qualified for the Europa Cup last season because of its good performance.

Last season, Burnley drew with the two Manchester City giants at home and away, especially the upset victory over Chelsea away, showing strong enough strength.

Burnley has been in a slump this season, but there are also highlights, especially the away draw with Leicester, showing the world that their strength is still not to be underestimated.

As for Bournemouth, most Premier League fans may think that they are a relegation team.

But in fact, Bournemouth defeated Arsenal and Chelsea last season, and the game against Chelsea was won by 3:0 away from home.

Bournemouth's strength has not diminished this season. They have tied Everton at home, defeated Leicester City 4:2, and even won Watford 4-0 away. In the last round, Liverpool only defeated their opponent 3:0 away.

In addition, Bournemouth's offensive power has also attracted Klopp's attention. They have shown strong strength in the games against Manchester United and Arsenal.

Although they lost the game 1:2 in the end, being able to score against teams like Manchester United and Arsenal is enough to explain the problem.

It seems that it is not easy to continue to win and create records.

Klopp feels a little headache. Paris Saint-Germain has won 14 consecutive rounds in the league. Next, they will face Bordeaux away. With the strength of Paris Saint-Germain, if nothing unexpected happens, it will not be a problem to create a 15-game winning streak.

But Klopp doesn't know now whether his team can beat Everton, the city's arch-rival, at home.

Everton's recent performance is also eye-catching enough. After losing 1:2 to Manchester United away from home, they began to show signs of recovery.

After defeating Brighton 3:1 at home, they tied with Chelsea, a strong team away from home, and defeated Cardiff City in the last round, so it is obviously impossible for them to surrender directly when visiting Anfield this round.

This is the 232nd Merseyside derby in the history of the two teams. In the previous 231 duels, Liverpool had the upper hand with 92 wins, 73 draws and 66 losses.

Among them, the league had 76 wins, 64 draws and 57 losses. In the last 17 encounters, Liverpool has 8 wins and 9 draws and remains unbeaten. The last time Liverpool lost in a derby was eight years ago, when Liverpool lost two goals away from home.

However, this derby loss is also the only game Liverpool lost to Everton in the past 27 derby games.

At Anfield, Liverpool last lost to Everton at the end of the last century. In the 18 years since then, Liverpool has remained unbeaten at home.

But Klopp is not aiming for an unbeaten record in the match against Everton...