28 January 2023 , 22:30
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Jurgen Klopp has warned Liverpool fans their days of Premier League domination alongside Manchester City may have gone.
The Kop boss has guided his Liverpool stars to six trophies in four spectacular years at Anfield with City an even bigger domestic force under Pep Guardiola.
But he believes Liverpool’s dip in form this season allied to the emergence of Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle in the top four could signal the end of two clubs ruling English football in the future. “What happened in the league with City and us in the last few years was absolutely exceptional," said Klopp.
“It is a bit embarrassing to say but the level of consistency we showed in that period is crazy. Absolutely crazy” says Klopp who takes his team to Brighton in the FA Cup 4th round on Sunday. "But we don’t use that even one percent as an excuse to say ‘five years we have been in charge of football, now we have to watch it like this’.
“Consistency is really the most difficult thing to have in football and we will see how that goes for other teams when they have little drops or injuries. But it’s pretty likely it’ll get tougher for everybody up there to stay up there, to qualify for Europe, the Champions League and especially become champions.
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“It will be absolutely difficult because of the quality of the teams, the money around and the quality of the coaches which has improved a lot as well.
Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola's two-horse races for the Premier League title might be over (Getty Images)“Arsenal are a sensational team. Mikel had time pretty much with just a little bit of European football in the last few years and he is doing an outstanding job.
They will not go away easily and say ‘we had a year, thank you very much. United is in a really good moment, whatever happens there they will not stop investing and improving.
“If City, theoretically, do not win the league, I do not think Pep will accept this kind of situation for a couple of years. They will go again.
“ Tottenham, Newcastle, Brighton are doing really well. We have to see how long Brighton can keep that team together. We know these kinds of things could happen so it makes it really interesting.”