Klopp says he had to ‘pull himself together’ for Liverpool’s FA Cup tie: ‘I am not made of wood’
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insisted he had to “pull himself together” for the FA Cup victory over Norwich on Sunday 28 January amid an outpouring of emotion from friends and fans after he announced he would leave the club at the end of the season.His players followed through on his insistence that nothing should change with a 5-2 win over Norwich to set up a fifth-round tie at home to either Watford or Southampton.Liverpool turn their attentions back to the Premier League next - with a mouthwatering midweek match against Chelsea at Anfield on Wednesday night.
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00:00 Can I ask how it was from a personal point of view as well, emotionally?
00:04 Yeah, it is, but my job is to...
00:07 OK, it's not always easy, but I have to put myself together,
00:11 but I received all the messages that people sent,
00:18 I'm not made of wood, so I get all these.
00:21 I said not too long ago, "Don't sing the song during the game."
00:25 People obviously stopped already listening to me, that's good.
00:29 But it's fine, we won the game, we scored after that,
00:34 so superstitious, if ever, is done as well.
00:38 A reason for being superstitious in that case, and it was great.
00:42 But it's the first game after that, and I'm not here to tell people what they have to do,
00:48 it's just we play on Wednesday again,
00:51 and every time you could ignore for 95 or 100 minutes
00:55 that the manager is leaving at the end of the season,
00:58 and do everything to make it as uncomfortable for Chelsea as possible,
01:03 that would be great. I know the people know that as well,
01:05 so I don't have to say it, but it was a wonderful afternoon in all parts of it.