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Amid a spate of managerial sackings in the Premier League as the season enters its home stretch, Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp jokingly questioned why he still had a job.
Brendan Rodgers was sacked by relegation-threatened Leicester City, while Chelsea dismissed Graham Potter on Sunday, with both clubs languishing outside the top six. Tottenham Hotspur had also parted ways with Antonio Conte in the previous month.
Despite leading Liverpool to Premier League and Champions League titles since joining the club in 2015, Klopp is currently facing pressure as his team sits in eighth place, eight points behind the top four, after suffering a 4-1 defeat to Manchester City.
“What can I say about that (the sackings)? The elephant in the room is probably why am I still sitting here in this crazy world? Last man standing,” Klopp told reporters ahead of Tuesday’s game against Chelsea.
“So I think both clubs are not in the spots where they expect to be… I respect them (Potter and Rodgers) a lot. Really good people and fantastic managers, both of them. But things can go wrong.
“We all accept that part of the business, but that’s it. Conte was last week, (Julian) Nagelsmann and now these two. The season is in a decisive part, people are afraid of maybe not reaching their targets.”
When asked about his own future, Klopp commented that Liverpool has “smart owners.” However, he expressed discomfort with the idea that he still held the job only because of his past accomplishments with the club.
“I’m here to deliver, I’m not here as a talisman or for murals on houses’ walls,” he said.
“I know as well I’m still here because of what happened in the last few years, I don’t like the fact that I have to rely on that.
“But we have to sort it, we cannot just continue playing like we do from time to time. Not always, thank god. That’s not allowed, really. I’m really disappointed about us, but it happens and we have to find a way out.”
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