{"id":69310,"date":"2022-09-08T01:18:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T01:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/reinvention-the-high-line-an-apology-4-key-things-from-klopps-post-napoli-press-conference-liverpool-fc\/"},"modified":"2022-09-08T01:18:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T01:18:58","slug":"reinvention-the-high-line-an-apology-4-key-things-from-klopps-post-napoli-press-conference-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/reinvention-the-high-line-an-apology-4-key-things-from-klopps-post-napoli-press-conference-liverpool-fc\/","title":{"rendered":"Reinvention, the high line &#038; an apology &#8211; 4 key things from Klopp&#8217;s post-Napoli press conference &#8211; Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p><strong>Jurgen Klopp cut an honest figure as he talked apologies, high lines and reinvention after Liverpool&#8217;s dismal 4-1 defeat against Napoli.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"uB1xQSUNjmPrdz6DJeV9KLWR3YXiFaAbcoZEhH4s2\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;I have to say sorry&quot; - Napoli 4-1 Liverpool | Jurgen Klopp Press Conference\u00a0#UCL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IsImgxlk7eg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen title=\"\"I have to say sorry\" - Napoli 4-1 Liverpool | Jurgen Klopp Press Conference\u00a0#UCL\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Here are four key points from the manager&#8217;s press conference after the defeat in Italy:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;I had to say sorry&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-121-600x400.jpeg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"NAPLES, ITALY - Wednesday, September 7, 2022: Liverpool's manager J\u00fcrgen Klopp after the UEFA Champions League Group A matchday 1 game between SSC Napoli and Liverpool FC at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.  (Pic by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-272036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-121-600x400.jpeg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-121.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After the final whistle, Klopp made his way over to where the traveling fans were located in the stadium and he felt it was the least he could do after all they invest into following the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a long flight from Liverpool to Napoli, all the things people invest.  I understand it 100 percent, it was a very disappointing night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, I had to say sorry to the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Time for reinvention?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"NAPLES, ITALY - Wednesday, September 7, 2022: Liverpool's manager J\u00fcrgen Klopp (L) speaks with Mohamed Salah during the UEFA Champions League Group A matchday 1 game between SSC Napoli and Liverpool FC at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.  (Pic by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-272022\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-37-600x397.jpeg?resize=600%2C397&#038;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-37.jpeg 1200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-37-600x397.jpeg?resize=600%2C397&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-37-600x397.jpeg?resize=600%2C397&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"NAPLES, ITALY - Wednesday, September 7, 2022: Liverpool's manager J\u00fcrgen Klopp (L) speaks with Mohamed Salah during the UEFA Champions League Group A matchday 1 game between SSC Napoli and Liverpool FC at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.  (Pic by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-272022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-37-600x397.jpeg?resize=600%2C397&#038;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-37.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The manager uttered the words &#8216;reinvent ourselves&#8217; a number of times to different outlets after the defeat, and that could mean any number of things.<\/p>\n<p>From personnel to systems to approach, anything and everything is susceptible to scrutiny, not only after this defeat but the poor start to the season.  And Klopp clearly expects more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to kind of reinvent ourselves.  Basic things were not there.  It&#8217;s a difficult period, no doubt about that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are not playing exceptionally well you can still defend on a really high level, you should be able to do that \u2013 and we are but in this moment we are kind of in between. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s not that we have to reinvent a new kind of football, we always try to improve, but at this moment everyone one would be happy if we could play similar stuff to what we &#8216;used&#8217; to play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was the least compact performance I&#8217;ve seen from us for a long, long time.  Napoli were really good, but we made it easy for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;High line is not the problem&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"NAPLES, ITALY - Wednesday, September 7, 2022: Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk looks dejected as his side conceded the fourth goal during the UEFA Champions League Group A matchday 1 game between SSC Napoli and Liverpool FC at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.  (Pic by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-272026\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-80-600x373.jpeg?resize=600%2C373&#038;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-80.jpeg 1200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-80-600x373.jpeg?resize=600%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-80-600x373.jpeg?resize=600%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"NAPLES, ITALY - Wednesday, September 7, 2022: Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk looks dejected as his side conceded the fourth goal during the UEFA Champions League Group A matchday 1 game between SSC Napoli and Liverpool FC at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.  (Pic by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-272026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-80-600x373.jpeg?resize=600%2C373&#038;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-80.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The defensive line has always drawn attention, when it goes right you see that offside flag raised more times than you&#8217;d care to remember or one counter-pressing moment after another.<\/p>\n<p>When it doesn&#8217;t, the scrutiny comes from everywhere and it&#8217;s down to the pressure Liverpool can put on the ball \u2013 which was nonexistent for more than two-thirds of the game at Napoli.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were never compact.  I cannot remember a situation where we were compact.  We had not one counter-pressing situation in 60 minutes,\u201d Klopp explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust because we were too far away from everything.  That means too wide in possession, we don&#8217;t push up with the last line, the midfield is not connected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe high line is only a risk if we don&#8217;t have pressure on the ball.  If we have a high line and we don&#8217;t have any pressure, yes, then it is a risk \u2013 but it&#8217;s usually not the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is not the high line.  We need the high line to be compact.  The problem was we never get close enough to put the opponent under pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are injuries, yes, but it does make some of the personnel choices seem odd, right?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Tuchel inspired this line of questionning<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"NAPLES, ITALY - Wednesday, September 7, 2022: Liverpool's manager J\u00fcrgen Klopp during the pre-match warm-up before the UEFA Champions League Group A matchday 1 game between SSC Napoli and Liverpool FC at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.  (Pic by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-272041\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-14-600x400.jpeg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-14.jpeg 1200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-14-600x400.jpeg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-14-600x400.jpeg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"NAPLES, ITALY - Wednesday, September 7, 2022: Liverpool's manager J\u00fcrgen Klopp during the pre-match warm-up before the UEFA Champions League Group A matchday 1 game between SSC Napoli and Liverpool FC at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.  (Pic by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-272041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-14-600x400.jpeg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/P2022-09-07-Napoli_Liverpool-14.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In light of Tuchel&#8217;s sacking this week, the manager was asked if he was worried a similar fate would befall him after Liverpool&#8217;s start to the campaign, the answer was pretty clear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are different kinds of owners, our owners are rather calm and expect for me to sort the situation, not thinking someone else will sort it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s how they always sort it and the day they change their thoughts they may tell me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t think they&#8217;ll be changing their minds anytime soon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jurgen Klopp cut an honest figure as he talked apologies, high lines and reinvention after Liverpool&#8217;s dismal 4-1 defeat against Napoli. Here are four key points from the manager&#8217;s press conference after the defeat in Italy: &#8216;I had to say sorry&#8217; After the final whistle, Klopp made his way over to where the traveling fans &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/reinvention-the-high-line-an-apology-4-key-things-from-klopps-post-napoli-press-conference-liverpool-fc\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reinvention, the high line &#038; an apology &#8211; 4 key things from Klopp&#8217;s post-Napoli press conference &#8211; Liverpool FC<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[20065],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69191,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/humiliation-for-liverpool-as-vibrant-napoli-rip-them-to-shreds-champions-league\/","url_meta":{"origin":69310,"position":0},"title":"Humiliation for Liverpool as vibrant Napoli rip them to shreds |  Champions League","date":"September 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A rupture occurred in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. 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