Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp praises Mikel Arteta’s influence at Arsenal
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta is part of an „exciting new coaching generation“ and he expects the Gunners to challenge for the top four again under the Spaniard.
Klopp’s side travel to the Emirates on Wednesday, live on Sky Sports, needing a win to maintain their hopes of surpassing Manchester City’s all-time points record for a Premier League season.
Arsenal head into the match on the back of a damaging 2-1 defeat to north London rivals Tottenham but Klopp believes the Gunners are showing signs of improvement under Arteta, despite their ninth-place position in the Premier League.
When asked if Arsenal could challenge for the top four next season, Klopp said: „Unfortunately, probably yes! It looks very much so.
„Mikel is part of this very exciting new coaching generation. Really exciting to watch, you can see the ideas behind it – influenced by Pep.
„He worked together with him and probably had the same idea before when Mikel was still a player. You can see a massive influence of him and on top of that Arsenal are a really exciting squad.
„They have more experienced offensive players with massive quality and coming up a lot of really good [young] ones.
„It looks like Arsenal will be proper challengers again.“
Klopp: Lovren still important for Liverpool
Liverpool are planning to activate an extension clause in Dejan Lovren’s contract which will keep him at the club until the summer of 2022.
The defender has one year remaining on his current deal at Anfield but Liverpool will take up an option to extend his contract for another season, if he remains at the club at the end of the summer transfer window.
Lovren has made just 10 Premier League appearances this season, with Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez largely preferred in central defence, but Klopp insists the Croatian remains a key figure at Anfield.
„Dejan has played outstanding games for us and is always a very important part of the squad,“ said Klopp.
„There is absolutely no problem. It is always like this, we have four centre-halves and we usually play with two of them, but we needed all four always. It is very important role.
„He played for us in the Champions League final, played in a lot of big games, and has always been a very reliable player.“
Russian club Zenit St Petersburg are thought to be interested in signing Lovren but Klopp has refused to discuss a potential move for the defender.
„There is nothing to say about the contract situation because that’s nothing to discuss in public. I think the situation is absolutely clear – Dejan is a player at Liverpool,“ added Klopp.
„At this moment, with Joel (Matip) injured, we only have three centre-halves. You need the quality we have at centre-half to be successful. That is why there is nothing really to discuss.“
Soccer Accumulator Bonus
Our fantastic Euro Soccer accumulator offer gives you the chance to earn a bonus of up to 100% on accumulators on the top domestic leagues in Europe along with the group and knockout stages of the Champions League.
This offer applies to returns on pre-match accumulators of 3 or more selections on Full Time Result or Result/Both Teams To Score markets for the English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spanish Primera Liga, German Bundesliga 1 or UEFA Champions League.
The maximum bonus that you can receive is ˆ100,000 or currency equivalent. The bonus will not apply where a stake has been fully Cashed Out. Where a stake has been partially Cashed Out, the bonus will be calculated based .on the remaining active stake. If a qualifying bet is edited .using our Edit Bet feature. The bonus will be calculated based on the new stake. Where a bet has been edited to include or amend a selection for an event that is In-Play, the bonus will no longer apply. Double Chance bets or combination bets with bonuses. Such as Lucky 15’s or Lucky .31’s do not apply for this offer.
If your bet is successful, we will add the following bonuses to your returns:
Bet Type Bonus
14-folds and upwards 100% bonus
Terms and Conditions
Applies to straight pre-match accumulator bets on the Full Time Result or Result/Both Teams To Score markets for UEFA Champions League, English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spanish Primera Liga, German Bundesliga .1 or Australian A-League matches. Maximum bonus ˆ100,000 or currency equivalent. Soccer Accumulator Bonus does not apply to Double Chance bets or combination. bets with bonuses such as Lucky 15’s, Lucky 31’s etc.
If any selections are postponed/void then the bonus will still apply, but the percentage bonus added will reflect the actual number of winning selections. For example, an 8-fold accumulator with 7. winners and 1 postponed match will receive a 30% .bonus to returns.
The bonus part of your returns will be added to your account within 24 hours of your final selection having played.
This bonus will not apply where a stake has been fully Cashed Out. Where a stake has been partially Cashed Out, the bonus will be calculated based on the remaining active stake.
If a qualifying bet is edited using our Edit Bet feature, the bonus will be calculated based on the new stake. Where a bet has been edited to include or amend a selection for an event that is In-Play, the bonus will no longer apply.
Where any term of the offer or promotion is breached or there is any evidence of a series of bets placed by a customer or group of customers, which due to a deposit bonus, enhanced payments, free bets, risk free bets or any other promotional offer results in guaranteed customer profits irrespective of the outcome, whether individually or as part of a group, bet365 reserves the right to reclaim the bonus element of such offers and in their absolute discretion either settle bets at the correct odds, void the free and risk free. bets or void any bet funded by the deposit bonus.
In addition bet365 .reserve the right to levy an administration charge on the customer up to the value of the deposit bonus, free bet, risk free bet or additional payment to cover administrative costs. We further reserve the right to ask any customer to provide sufficient documentation for us to be satisfied in our absolute discretion as to the customer’s identity prior to us crediting any bonus, free bet, risk free bet or offer to their account.
All bet365 offers are intended for recreational players and bet365 may in its sole discretion limit the eligibility of customers to participate in all or part of any promotion.
.
