{"id":288353,"date":"2023-09-20T20:34:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T20:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=288353"},"modified":"2023-09-20T20:34:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T20:34:43","slug":"jurgen-klopp-insists-liverpool-will-compete-in-the-europa-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/jurgen-klopp-insists-liverpool-will-compete-in-the-europa-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool will &apos;compete&apos; in the Europa League"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool will &#8216;compete&#8217; in the Europa League and look to win the competition rather than play fringe stars as they prepare to face LASK in Austria<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Liverpool are set to face LASK in their firs Europa League clash of the season\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jurgen Klopp vowed to take it seriously after missing out on Champions League\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool want to win the Europa League and his team are here to compete rather than hand out opportunities to youngsters and fringe players.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds begin their Europa campaign on Thursday with a trip to Linz in Austria to face LASK, with many feeling Liverpool would not risk their big-name stars such as Mo Salah, Virgil Van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai.<\/p>\n<p>But Klopp insists he won\u2019t be handing out free routes to the first team as youngsters such as Ben Doak and Jarell Quansah are knocking on the door of the starting XI. Fringe stars like Harvey Elliott, Joe Gomez and Caoimhin Kelleher would hope for minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are here to compete,\u2019 said Klopp. \u2018Not to give opportunities. I know we are favourites but we are here to play football, we take this game seriously and we want to take the most of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The stadium is wonderful, it opened in February, we are not arrogant but we want to compete and win here.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/20\/75654727-12541871-image-a-1_1695238715946.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has vowed to take the Europa League seriously this season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/20\/75654741-12541871-image-a-2_1695238721132.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Reds face LASK in Austria on Thursday and Klopp insisted he will play a strong side\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool last played in the Europa League in the 2016 final &#8211; a loss to Sevilla &#8211; but Klopp admitted the competition was \u2018too much\u2019 for his team that year. \u2018I thought the Europa League was a bit much for us that year,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We had to fly to Russia, long travel and trips to try to become a team somehow. The results helped of course. We played in Switzerland on a frozen pitch. We were not ready but we came somehow through, we played outstandingly well.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But I don\u2019t think we were exceptional that year. I would not compare it. We are better prepared. We enjoy it more to be here than we did that time. I am excited by the potential we have.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s not about what we\u2019ve got, but what we make of it. You can see the spirit &#8211; something is growing. The squad enjoys spending time together outside. We will use it, and channel it into the game.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/20\/75654915-12541871-image-a-14_1695238912887.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have not featured in the Europa League since losing the 2016 final to Sevilla\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Van Dijk added: \u2018We all wanted to be in the Champions League but we didn\u2019t deserve it. We deserved to be in the Europa League and we will give it everything we have to win it. We want to try and win the Europa League. We have to work at it and that starts tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are working very hard each and every day. New players are coming in, young players coming through, everyone is getting used to that. I see a lot of potential and good things already, the results have been there. We take it game by game.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We shouldn\u2019t get ahead of ourselves. Each game that we play in each competition is going to be tough, this is the same. It\u2019s an exciting time, there\u2019s a lot of young players with quality. If you look at the last game, the first half was not how we all wanted to perform.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But the reaction we showed is a sign of good things that could happen this year. We are looking good but we are only in September.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12541871\/Jurgen-Klopp-insists-Liverpool-compete-Europa-League-look-win-competition-play-fringe-stars-prepare-face-LASK-Austria.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool will &#8216;compete&#8217; in the Europa League and look to win the competition rather than play fringe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool will &amp;apos;compete&amp;apos; 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