Jürgen, we'll start with the injury news,
how is Joe Gomez, Fabinho, Virgil van Dijk and Mo Salah?
How likely are they to feature this weekend, in particular Mo,
who's going up against Son [Heung-min] for the Golden Boot?
Just one goal separating them.
Joe is first and foremost good news.
Yesterday we had a reassuring further scan, but like we and he thought after the game,
we were lucky.
It was a proper knock but nothing happened.
It was the leg where he was injured, so I understand 100 per cent
that everybody was a bit concerned -
I was, until I saw Joey’s face in the dressing room.
I think most of the time we know best about our body.
The result of this scan is not here yet but we don’t expect anything really different,
it was just reassuring, it’s all fine and from there we go.
If it’s fine then it’s about pain, how can you deal with pain,
and then we will see what Joe can do today or tomorrow.
But I don’t know in the moment.
With the other boys it looks all good.
What we do with them for the weekend, I have no idea.
I actually understand 100 per cent the goal-scoring battle with Heung-min Son,
but we have no chance that we take any risks.
But Mo doesn’t want to take any risks, there is no doubt about that.
It looks good, but the boys make steps and we will see.
My preferred solution would be that they all could play at the weekend for rhythm reasons,
stuff like this, or at least could be on the bench
and then we can bring them on or not, but they are involved.
But if not, then we take it from there.
I cannot say 100 per cent.
Obviously I realise first and foremost
your mind will be on taking care of business yourself this weekend,
but there's another element to it as well,
we know that Steven Gerrard has spoken in the past about his disappointment
at missing out on the title in 2014,
so how much do you buy into the romantic notion that he could go and get the result
that ultimately hands you the title?
I can understand these kind of situations only by thinking myself in that role.
If I would play a game and could help Dortmund or could help Mainz,
it would make for me extra motivation.
But I don’t play.
And Stevie doesn’t play - that’s a shame!
Much more a shame that Stevie is not playing than that I’m not playing.
So, of course, we are all human beings and have these kind of things,
but Stevie will take it 100 per cent serious, I’m sure, without me calling him or whatever.
I don’t have to. Probably the rest of the club did it already but I didn’t!
I think a really good example of how motivated football teams are to fulfil their own targets
is last night’s game from Crystal Palace - wow.
It was such an important game,
one of the most important games for Everton in their history,
and then Crystal Palace shows up there and plays incredible football.
In the end they lost, but the effort they put in, the passion they showed...
the whole game from Crystal Palace was really good.
They lost - and congratulations now to Everton for staying in the league -
but that’s a good example just how football teams usually are.
We play to win. And Aston Villa plays to win - that’s it.
It’s a difficult place to go and City is like this:
if you go there and are not at 100 per cent, you concede five or six easily.
If you are fully there, then you have a chance to get a result,
how it always is in football.
But this is the game I’m not concerned about, not thinking about in the moment at all.
All the things we speak about - I speak already too long about that game -
but it’s completely disrespectful to Wolverhampton Wanderers,
because they will do exactly the same.
They don’t come here and want to be part of our celebrations,
they come here and want to win and get three points, definitely.
We have to be ready for this game and not for the other one.
As you touched on, last night, we've seen various celebrations with pitch invasions,
I just wonder how worrying they are for managers,
are you concerned about your safety and the safety of the players,
and is there a message for fans as to how to celebrate in the right way?
It's difficult, you cannot always give a message...
In the 83rd minute or so, I saw fathers with little sons on the pitch.
I thought, "I'm not 100% sure what you're thinking",
that you lose your mind for yourself is OK,
but you lose it for yourself and your son, I didn't get that.
Because if the other thousands would have been there as well
it could have been really dangerous.
After the game, I'm not sure how you can avoid that, it's really difficult.
I don't want to really judge emotions
but it's for the players of the other teams especially, massively uncomfortable,
and it should not be dangerous for them.
These are things where people cannot hold themselves back,
like the two guys obviously in the last few games -
they should for sure not be there.
But it's always like it is with these situations, I really hope we learn from it.
It's not a nice picture, and we should make sure nothing - absolutely nothing - happens.
People threaten themselves by jumping over whatever,
these kind of things should not happen.
I think we can celebrate things without threatening ourselves and the opponent.
That should be possible. We will see.
Morning, Jürgen, I was wondering how proud you are of the season,
of the journey the players, yourself and the club have been through this year?
It has been tough, but great. It’s absolutely a joy to be part of it.
Being part of this group is exceptional.
By the group, I mean not only the players,
we are here in the building of the group. It’s insane.
Working together with these people is a pure joy.
Being where we are is...so rare, you cannot plan it.
Imagine somebody tells you before the season
you’re going to be in all three cup finals and want to fight for the league.
You would say, "Yeah, good luck with that!"
It’s actually not possible, but the boys did it -
fed by the people - literally and not literally -
here in the building, by our supporters,
by all these kind of things.
It’s a fantastic time for a Liverpool supporter
and now we have to make sure we enjoy the last two games as well.
The most enjoyable thing in football is winning football games,
that makes everything much easier.
Two massive games to come, one directly on Sunday,
and we have to make sure we are ready for that.
In terms of Wolves, what do you make of their season and what do you expect from them?
Wolves played an incredible season. I’m not sure if Bruno [Lage] is 100 per cent happy
because I think here and there they dropped points that were not necessary.
I think it’s now the first week where they cannot fight for Europe anymore?
Last week if they would have won there was a chance.
Then in the decisive moment, Bruno got COVID and was not involved.
I don’t know him that well, but from the game we played
I think I have a sense how competitive he is!
And it must be horrible for him then to sit at home
and he cannot do that.
But it’s always like this;
for the development of the team it’s always important the season
and the end of the season as well, because you work with that.
That’s why I expect them extremely strong,
with the best possible line-up, with a clear plan.
Obviously they didn’t score that many goals in the season,
but they conceded pretty much none.
That’s a really special thing and that’s a way to build a team -
obviously you have to be solid before you can be fancy.
That’s what they did and that’s why I expect a lot from them next year.
A very difficult opponent for the weekend.
Jürgen, when you won the Premier League title
you said you'd celebrate when the time was right,
you have the opportunity to do that now,
the two cups and what else could come in the next week or so,
so I just wanted your thoughts on that.
We have so many reasons to celebrate, to be honest.
We don’t know how many reasons, but we have already enough reasons.
I think already it’s enough to celebrate life.
Of course, the Carabao Cup, the FA Cup and whatever will come.
And of course, that we didn’t have the parade two years ago
when we became champions is not the reason, but another reason.
I’m really happy that we can deliver what I promised that time,
when I said whenever it’s possible we will have a parade.
Now there’s a parade. It’s all about us, what we want to celebrate.
It’s not about what other people think and I couldn’t care less,
but I know already what people will say about it: "Really?"
It’s just for us, just for Liverpool FC, for the people,
that we celebrate that we are together in this moment in time.
That’s for me actually already enough to organise a parade without any trophies.
But we have already two and let’s see how many more we will have until then.
Whatever happens on the 28th, the 29th will be a great day.
Jürgen, you spoke about the whole squad playing its part in the season,
about how Minamino should be playing more and that kind of thing,
there's already talk about players leaving to get more gametime,
but are they the kind of players you want to see leave,
when they make your squad so strong?
I don't want to see anybody leave, but that's life.
I have no idea. Nobody came to me and told me, "I want to go."
No agent called me and said, "If he is not playing more…"
We will see what happens, honestly that’s not the time to think about it.
But it’s 100 per cent true: whatever happens this year,
what happened already this year, is just possible because of the group we have.
That’s the only reason for it.
We have top-class players, world-class players,
in moments where in the past we didn't.
Mixed up with kids, the kids still played their part, which was absolutely nice.
We were lucky in moments - we had to come back against Leicester or whatever
in cup competitions, these kind of things.
It was a lot what happened in this past year, and again,
I have no idea who wants to go or whatever and I don’t see that really.
But if somebody comes around the corner and says,
"I have a club where I would love to go"
then it is the normal thing that always happens:
the other club has to make an offer,
because as long as the boys are here, we have to agree as well.
That’s how it is.
But it is really not the moment. It is the moment where we need to focus,
where we need to 100 per cent keep everybody in line -
which is not a problem actually - for these two games.
So, the last Premier League game, which is a massive one,
and then for the other one as well.
Did you realise you were almost quoting words from your song there,
when you talked about delivering what you promised/said?
Oh, that was not on purpose!
But maybe I heard it that often...
That would be really embarrassing. Yeah, sorry.
I can sing it, if you want.
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Just on your 'Ferraris in the garage' that you spoke about in midweek,
I'm just wondering how difficult is it to park those Ferraris again
when it comes to the next couple games?
The boys bought in completely in this project, definitely, 100 per cent.
The boys accept the decisions, that’s what I say,
that’s why they play like they play.
I have to make decisions in the end,
and that’s what I did for the whole season, and now they would start arguing,
moaning or whatever - it would not happen and will never happen, for sure not this year.
That’s what made it all happen, that’s why we are where we are.
No, I have to make sports decisions and the rest we deal with each other in a specific way,
and obviously we have a lot of respect for each other
and like each other and everybody bought in.
We want to be as successful as possible and I have to make a few decisions,
and that’s it.
Jürgen, you obviously said you don't want anyone to leave,
but there are players with contracts up in the summer,
potentially for some it could be the last time Anfield gets to see them,
would you encourage Origi, Milner, the fans to give them a special ovation?
We can only do that with those we know are definitely leaving,
and I think that's only Div, right?
So, yes, I expect Div to get a special reception, or farewell, or whatever.
He is, and will be for me, forever a Liverpool legend
[and] one of the most important players I ever had.
That sounds completely strange with the amount of games he had,
but it is - and was - a pure joy to work together with him.
So, it’s not over yet just because it’s now the last Premier League game,
and, yes, he deserves all good thoughts we can generate somehow for his future,
and wherever he will go he will be successful, 100 per cent.
[He’s] an outstanding player, [an] outstanding boy.
Everybody in the team loves him because he was just a relaxed guy
and a really lovable guy.
So, yeah, it will be a harsh moment when he actually leaves.
For us, it will not be now, but whenever it will be,
it will be hard, because since I’m here, Div is here.
I remember so many things when I think about Div that’s incredible:
important goals, injuries...bad injuries, and all these kinds of things
- ups and downs.
He is a Liverpool legend, no doubt.