Liverpool face Brighton and Klopp's challenge to Guardiola and Messi

The Merseyside side will face round 20 of the Premier League with the obligation to add, as in their current situation I could not afford to continue dropping points, and now against Brighton, the pupils of Jürgen Klopp have a new opportunity in their next visit to East Sussex. Paradoxically, the gap between the two sides is just one point, seventh and eighth respectively.

The German coach sparked the networks with recent statements he made in the run-up to Matchday 20. The same words referred to Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola and even Paris Saint Germain striker Lionel Messi, who are in the privilege of their clubs who have squandered money over the seasons.

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"I know in a dreamland, you just buy players but I don't see that coming. We cannot sort the problems like other teams are doing, and I know it creates headlines, but we do it our way. We really squeeze everything out," said the coach, who at the same time acknowledged what they have done on the transfer front so far with the signing of Dutchman Cody Gakpo, who has already made his debut.

Klopp arrived at Anfield in 2015, radically changing the face of The Pool, which had only won one title in nine previous years, the 2011-2012 League Cup. Klopp, who dubbed himself 'The Normal One', said that with hard work good things could come to the club, and since then the Reds have won everything that has been put in front of them, including that long-awaited Premier League in 2020.

Money is not everything

On the subject of transfers Klopp knows that this transfer window could see very little activity, as the philosophy is to buy intelligently and not because the market demands it. "We can't solve our problems by buying players," said the German, who this weekend will be using Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo in attack, hoping Liverpool can get back to winning ways with them.