Jurgen Klopp predicts again that Liverpool will finish in the top four, and he also warns Manchester United

If Liverpool beats Brentford on Saturday night, they can get within one point of the Champions League spots.

The team led by Jurgen Klopp won their fifth game in a row on Wednesday when they beat Fulham 1-0 at Anfield. Mohamed Salah scored the game-winning goal. It put them four points behind Manchester United, who was in fourth place, in the race for the top four.

The Red Devils had a chance to make that gap bigger, but they didn’t take it. On Thursday, they lost 1-0 at Brighton, leaving the race for the top four teams wide open. But Liverpool’s next game won’t be easy by any stretch of the imagination. Brentford, which is led by Thomas Frank, has done well this season and won the first game 3-1.

Here’s what’s going on at Anfield right now.

Klopp’s thoughts on the Champions League

Jurgen Klopp has warned Manchester United and his own team, Liverpool, that Brighton is in the running for a spot in the Champions League.

Brighton is four points behind Liverpool in the table, but they play Manchester City and Newcastle in their next two games.

He said, “Other teams are better than us, and we have no chance if they win their games.” We have teams behind us, and based on how they played last night, Brighton could win every game this season.We have 59 points out of a possible 71, and I think United will get the points they need. We have plenty to do on our own. Brentford, oh my God, this game is so hard. They are really good at defending themselves. The players and the coach are both very good.We can only take care of what we need to do. From how the top four teams have done this year, it doesn’t look like any of them will lose more games than they win between now and the end of the season.

Team news from Liverpool

Thiago will miss the rest of the season because he had surgery, and Jurgen Klopp has stated that. Diogo Jota has another problem and might not be able to play against Brentford because of it.

The Spaniard has missed the last two games, against Tottenham and Fulham. Klopp said at his news conference that Diogo is having trouble with his back and has a bruised rib. Bobby hasn’t started working with the team yet, but we hope he can start next week.Thiago will have surgery, and he won’t be able to play again for the rest of the season. Hendo we have to see. He had a scan yesterday, but we still don’t know what it showed. It’s not that important.”

As Liverpool tries to get into the Champions League, they join Calvin Bassey and Stefan Bajetic on the injured list.

Liverpool will sing the national anthem

Before Saturday’s game against Brentford, Liverpool will play the national song. However, they have given fans a “personal choice” about how they want to hear it.

Liverpool will have a number of important events before the game. The Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the city in September 2022. The city was chosen to host the event on behalf of Ukraine. Liverpool will celebrate this success by putting a special section in the matchday programme where Jurgen Klopp gives his support for the competition.

In addition, players and officials will gather around the centre circle when the national song is played to honour the Premier League’s request to mark the coronation of King Charles III. But Liverpool said, “Of course, it’s up to the people who are at Anfield on Saturday to decide how they want to mark this occasion.”

They also know that some Liverpool fans have strong feelings about the issue, especially since the King’s coronation is happening at Westminster Abbey at 11 a.m. and will last most of the day. During the event, the King and Camilla, who is also Queen, will be crowned.