Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp has backed Arsenal to comfortably beat Manchester United when the 2 sides meet subsequent month.
United held on to a nervy 2-2 draw with Liverpool on Sunday as two superb objectives from Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo undid a efficiency which noticed Klopp’s facet have 62% possession and unload 28 photographs on aim.
Arsenal at the moment are again on the high of the Premier League desk after comfortably beating Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday night and, primarily based on present type, Klopp doesn’t anticipate United to have any probability of stopping the Gunners once they face off later this season.
“Arsenal is an effective soccer staff,” Klopp stated after the sport. “If [United] play like immediately, Arsenal will win the sport, I’m 100% positive. I’m sorry to say that.”
The draw with United means Liverpool did not beat the Crimson Devils within the Premier League this season, after the 2 sides performed out a 0-0 draw at Anfield again in December – a efficiency which Klopp just lately named because the turning level of Liverpool’s season.
Regardless of failing to attain, Liverpool managed 68% possession and 38 photographs throughout the first face-off between the 2 groups, which means Klopp’s facet managed a whopping 66 efforts on aim throughout two video games with United, who responded with simply 15 of their very own.
“In all of the occasions since I’m right here, I do not assume we ever dominated United like in these two video games,” Klopp mirrored.
“We should always have gained the sport, that’s clear. Being 1-0 up at Outdated Trafford and having a 15-0 taking pictures stat is unbelievable. No photographs within the first half and 1-0 is the bottom we may anticipate.”
