KLOPP: I’M SO PROUD OF YOU, MARCUS
‘ As Kop boss it’s tricky to compliment a United player, but what he has done is incredible’
JURGEN KLOPP has spoken ok ken passionately of his pride in n Marcus Rashford despite e Liverpool’s fierce rivalry with Manchester United.
The Kop boss broke down n football’s tribal barriers with h emotional support for the striker er r in showing leadership over child ld food poverty – where the British h Government has failed.
And he insisted that football is always united when it comes to o such “wondrous” acts of humanity. ity y.
Klopp said: “I hope his mother er is really proud of him. I don’t know no w him but even I am proud of Marcus. cu us.
“And he plays for United which hic ch makes it really tricky! What Marcus rcu us has st art ed there i s absolutely t e ly
MANCHESTER UNITED players have been told to use their latest epic win over Paris SaintG e r m a i n a s t h e s p r i n g b o a r d f o r a sustained winning run.
Th e Re d s p r o d u c e d a n o t h e r m e m o r a b l e display in Paris with a 2- 1 victor y over the French c h a mp i o n s o n t h e i r C h a m p i o n s L e a g u e return.
The pre v i ous t i me United beat PSG, in March 2 0 1 9 , t h e i r form fell away after, w i t h O l e Gu n n a r S o l s k j a e r ’ s s i d e winning just two of their remaining 12 games that season.
And after beating today’s opponents Chelsea 4- 0 on the opening day of l ast season, United took just two points from their next three games.
Solskjaer acknowledged that failure to build on big wins and said his players l must s h o w t h e y hav e l e a r n e d h o w t o p u t together a consistent run of form.
He s a i d : “We n e e d consistency. We’ve been too much up and down. We need to address our home form.
“The next week is a great
HE’S STILL GERMAIN MAN test f for us because b we all ll remember what happened after the last time we beat PSG. The response wasn’t the greatest, was it?
“This week is a chance for our players, and us as staff. to show we’ve moved on from that time.”
Solskjaer and his players have shown t hey have what it takes to win big games, with the wins over PSG and Premier League victories last season home and away over Manchester City and Chelsea.
But that consistency of performance and results is what Solskjaer knows his s i d e m u s t s h o w , particularly after back- tob a c k d e f e a t s a t O l d Trafford, including a 6- 1 mauling by Tottenham.
“C o n s i s t e n c y c o me s f rom the mindset,” said Solskjaer. “We know we’ve got talented players.
“As I ’ve said quite a few t i mes, we j ust need t o r e s p e c t t h e b a s i c s i n football. We need to outrun and outfight teams.
“If these players do that – like we’ve done the last two games – then suddenly we create chances.
“We need to defend as a team. That’s the mindset we need to have in every single game.
“We’ve got different ways of playing.”