In a pre-game press conference held at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Tuesday evening, Jürgen Klopp gave an overview of Liverpool’s Champions League matchup against Napoli.

For their first match in Group A of the 2022–23 European Cup, the Reds are in Naples.

Before the competition, Klopp spoke with the media and answered questions about a variety of subjects.

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He said’ “Sure, we haven’t won here, with Dortmund not, with Liverpool not.

“But I am not sure, we quite frequently qualified for the Champions League final after Napoli was with us in the group stage.

“I am not sure if all the time, but maybe twice if I am right, with Dortmund and one year with Liverpool as well.

“But, who cares? How we say in Germany, I’m a late bloomer; I always need a little bit longer to achieve my stuff and that means sometimes I have to try two times, sometimes three times, sometimes four times – and Napoli [could be] four times, obviously.

“What do we have to do? Play better than in the previous three games, that would be very helpful because we didn’t play particularly well when we came here.

“One reason is because Napoli are pretty strong.

On Napoli ‘rebuilding’ under Spalletti and the young players they have the gaffer responded

“They are not all young, but they’re all good.
“I’m not 100 per cent sure, but I think not too long ago there was like a bit of a nervous situation in Napoli around when players left for different reasons, obviously it has all settled again.

“I’m really happy for the people here.

“But one player who always stayed is Zielinski and around him you could build again another team – it’s [a] really, really interesting project, I have to say.

“Good football, intense style, different approaches, so really good, I have to say.

“Spalletti is a good coach, so nobody should be surprised and he’s obviously pretty relaxed about maybe some nervous things around. So, probably a really good fit – that’s how it looks.”