Klopp Admits He Misses Liverpool Players Amid Covid-19 Lockdown
Like two lovers in a long-distance relationship, Jurgen Klopp has admitted that he misses his Liverpool players as the Coronavirus pandemic continues to keep them physically apart.
It has been more than a month since Liverpool trained at their Melwood training base, with the UK under lockdown to combat the spread of Covid-19.
Klopp has been keeping an eye on his players as they make use of modern-day technology to train remotely but that is nothing for the German compared to the day-to-day physical interaction he used to have with his league leaders.
Klopp told Liverpool's club website: "When we have these training sessions, I could have never imagined I would enjoy it that much but it's just the moment when I see the boys again and that changes everything.
"For a minute, for an hour, for two hours, however long the sessions are - the boys are all in good spirits; you feel immediately why you miss them so much, because it's just an exceptional group.
"You want to be together with them, you want to be closer to them than you can be. These are the closest moments, so I enjoy these sessions a lot.
"It's getting worse, the longer it takes. I accept the situation 100 per cent like it is but the longer you don't see somebody you like, the more it hurts. That's the situation we are in at the moment."
"Some people may say it's like a normal meeting or normal session we have - but it's not like this. I like that as well.
"That's the best thing of having this situation in 2020 - we have this technical opportunity. Imagine if we would have had that in the '80s - not because of football, because of all the social contact and interaction we can have and use now. That makes a big difference."
With a bumper 25-point lead at the top of the table, Liverpool will be itching for a resumption of the league to claim their first title in 30 years.
