Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp is confident his players will have enough recovery time to avoid a European hangover as they switch focus to their Premier League title bid this weekend, reports Reuters.
The Merseyside club, who clinched a Champions League semi-final spot after beating Porto on Wednesday, continue their tussle with Manchester City for the top-flight title when they travel to Cardiff City on Sunday.
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City, who have a game in hand, face Tottenham Hotspur for the third time in just under two weeks on Saturday.
“We are still in the Champions League and title race. We are not tired,” Klopp told a news conference on Friday.
“Training is low intensity because we don’t have to do a lot because the boys know it. We have a little session tomorrow and then we go to Cardiff.
“Because of another very strong team in the Premier League, we have to win all our games, and the Champions League is like this anyway in pretty much all the games.
Nothing has changed since July — we are in it, and now we want to win it.”
Following a trip to the Welsh capital, Liverpool must prepare for two more bottom-half clubs Huddersfield Town and Newcastle United and a two-legged European showdown with Spanish champions Barcelona over the next three weeks.
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“It’s always a challenge but it’s not anymore because we are used to it,” the German manager added.
“Barcelona? Before then it’s Cardiff and Huddersfield and that’s exactly the same importance to us than the game after that.”
