Jürgen Klopp has come out in strong defense of his squad following a surprising 1-0 defeat to Greece in the UEFA Nations League, insisting that he takes 100% of the responsibility for the result and calling on the media to give his new players room to grow.
Speaking directly to SkyDE after the match in Augsburg, the 59-year-old manager rejected early panicking over the performance while demanding that any backlash be directed at him personally.
He said: “I will not come here and just say: we are a bad team. We’re not. But we are not that good yet either.”
“If you want to criticize someone, criticize me. Let the new players develop.”
“The lineup, the composition, and the substitutions: all of that is 100 percent my responsibility.”
Lasisi Toluwani
