"Why me? I wear a cap and have a bad shave†– Liverpool’s year of triumph in Klopp’s words
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"Why me? I wear a cap and have a bad shave†– Liverpool’s year of triumph in Klopp’s words
- Title: "Why me? I wear a cap and have a bad shave†– Liverpool’s year of triumph in Klopp’s words
- Date: 26th June 2020
- Summary: LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (RECENT - JUNE 23, 2020) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL MANAGER, JUERGEN KLOPP, ON MANCHESTER CITY, SAYING: "What I mean is I'm really only concerned about what we are doing and I only think about what we have to do."
- Embargoed: 10th July 2020 22:34
- Keywords: 30 years Juergen Klopp Liverpool Premier League champions
- Location: LIVERPOOL & LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / MADRID, SPAIN
- City: LIVERPOOL & LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / MADRID, SPAIN
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA002CK0D7PB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: From a Champions League victory to a Premier League title and everything, including the coronavirus pause, in between, we look back at some of manager Juergen Klopp's most memorable and colourful quotes over the past year, June, 2019 to June, 2020.
Liverpool were crowned Premier League champions with seven games remaining in the season after second-placed Manchester City lost to Chelsea 2-1 on Thursday (June 25), leaving Klopp's team, who have lost just one game this season, unreachable at the top with a 23-point advantage.
Along the way, Klopp saw their undefeated season slip from his grip when he said he didn't expect history to look back and say, "Liverpool nearly did it."
When fears were mounting over the spread of COVID-19 and what that meant for the sport, Klopp was often quick to swat down questioners saying he was the wrong person to ask, "Why me? I wear a baseball cap and I have a bad shave," he said when asked about the disease in early March.
It was a year full of ups and downs, all throughout, Klopp was Klopp and that means never at a loss for words right up until his side secured their first Premier League title in 30 years. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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