James Milner has admitted there is frustration amongst the Liverpool team at the moment following their disappointing start to the season.
Jurgen Klopp’s side have won just four of their first 12 Premier League games and are already 15 points behind league leaders Arsenal and eight behind Newcastle United, currently bottom of the Champions League. .
The Reds host Napoli at Anfield in the Champions League tomorrow and the 36-year-old has explained that he and his team-mates are working hard to find consistency at the moment.
“Yeah, obviously there’s always frustration,” the No. 7 explained (via Liverpoolfc.com). “The expectations that we have of ourselves, the expectations that the fans have and how we’ve performed over the last couple of years and the success that we’ve had, obviously when things don’t go your way, it’s hard and you’re frustrated and you’re trying. to put it right
“The performances are there in certain games, which is obviously not ideal because it shows that we’re not a million miles away, but we’re not performing at the level where we should be consistent enough and that’s something I definitely we have to work hard. put it right
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After coming achingly close to completing a glorious quadruple last term, the FA Cup champions have looked brittle this time around with some suggestions that Klopp’s side are fatigued after their efforts last season.
The veteran midfielder has explained that he is trying to silence any external noise at a time when the team is receiving some criticism.
“I can only answer that personally,” Milner added. “I don’t give it too much importance, really, if things go well or badly because that’s football, things change very quickly. You can’t get too high when things are going well and you can’t get too low when things are not going well.
“Football is full of that and the more you keep your balance [the better]. That’s your job, to care and have opinions, and everyone is entitled to their own opinions. But when things go well they are going to get out of proportion; win the first six games of the season and you’re going to go undefeated and if you have a losing streak you’re going to be relegated. It is the world. For us, that doesn’t help: we have to focus on the next game, try to play the best we can and try to get a result.”
Liverpool are already through to the Champions League round of 16, so getting a result against the Italian team is not imperative, but after our shocking loss to Leeds United on Saturday, a strong performance is needed to increase the trust of all involved. club.
However, Luciano Spalletti’s side are in frightening form and will pose a real threat tomorrow night: the Serie A leaders are looking for their 14th win in a row, beating us 4-1 in September.
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