When Jurgen Klopp says he is on winter break, he will hibernating, just not all the time as he will watch Liverpool U-23, Neil Critchley team to play Shrewsbury in FA Cup fourth-round replay on his laptop.<\/p>\n
This is the second time Klopp in such situation after he decided not to compete in Carabao Cup and Liverpool youth team ended up losing 5-0 to Aston Villa in quarter-final, but in return he won Club World Cup for the first time ever for Liverpool.<\/p>\n
But Klopp’s decision not to involve in FA Cup drew criticism and was accused of disrespecting the historic competition, which Critchley disagrees.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnother great quality of the manager is he trusts people to do their job. The best support he gives the players is he gives them an opportunity,” he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what more support you could wish for as a young player. I know there has been a lot spoken going into the game, but there has been total clarity around the decision and we all support the decision. We all follow him because he has earned that.”<\/p>\n
Critchley admitted that, Shrewsbury have a physical advantages over his players but he believes it could be a great experience for the youngsters.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you are playing against men who are fully matured and developed physically they have an advantage,\u201d Critchley said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe we can play our way and take that advantage away a little bit. If our boys want to have a career in football then they need to cope with that side of the game and with nights like this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"