Jurgen Klopp confident Liverpool can compete with the best
Friday 9 September 2016 18:03, UK
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is confident the Reds can bridge the gap with the Premier League's big-spenders and promises to give their top-four rivals 'hell' this season.
Saturday's visit of champions Leicester, who won the title on a budget considerably smaller than some of the so-called bigger clubs, will also mark the first use of the new Main Stand at Anfield which has increased capacity to 54,074.
While that will help reduce the deficit with the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City, who all had bigger net spends in the summer transfer window, Klopp admits what really matters is what happens on the field of play.
"We are the only people that can change our circumstances, nobody else will do it for you," said Klopp ahead of Saturday's clash with Leicester. "You can say but they have this, they have that - it is useless. We will work with what we have.
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"We have to do more from our side. We want to go to the best teams in the world and give them hell in the moment we face them - in Manchester, in London, wherever I don't care. This is football.
"If there is one part of life where you can challenge the best in the world, then it's football.
"It depends on our attitude. If always the people with the best circumstances would win, this world would be an ugly place.
"We all have the chance to fight for everything. It's not about having a guarantee, it's about having the opportunity.
Liverpool will play their first home match of the season in the new renovated Anfield stadium and Klopp believes the extra 8,500 fans in the new stand will help boost the atmosphere.
"If anyone comes in here and thinks that this stadium doesn't give us a chance to fight then they are dead - no emotions. They can't feel this place," the manager added.
"The new players couldn't really compare (to the old stand). For them it's big, massive, impressive, but the other players walked out and they were stunned.
"I couldn't think how it would work. It was a big shock to see it - a good one - and it's much better than I could've imagined."
