Manager laughs off suggestion of any easier matchesLiverpool play at
Chelsea on Sunday before hosting ArsenalLiverpool have been handed one of the tougher starts to a
Premier League season, with the awkward opener against Leeds followed by Sunday’s trip to Chelsea and then the visit of
Arsenal, but Jürgen Klopp burst into laughter when asked if he would have preferred a gentler introduction to his first title defence.
“Can you supply the names of the teams who would have given us an easy start?” he responded. “I have never really known that to happen in this league. I agree that what we have been given is tough but I can’t say I thought about it too much. Pretty much any team you come across in the Premier League can cause you a problem.”