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Liverpool boss Klopp: FA Cup defeat not why I am leaving

Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp does not believe their FA Cup quarter final loss will impact their season negatively.

The German was asked about his feelings after his side lost 4-3 after extra time against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.

While Klopp was disappointed about the result, he was adamant that his team would fight back and not let the negative emotions of the game linger.

He stated: “Neither, nor – nothing to do with that. If you see me watching football for a team I like, quite emotional as well. So you can have that as well without being in the dugout. Didn't think about that, it's other things. We can talk about my situation as long as you want, I just can't change my answers, to be honest.

“When you are winning that [the touchline] is a great position to watch a game; when you are losing it's pretty much the worst, you stand there. That's how it is. It's all fine, I had that all often enough, I don't know exactly how many games I had now as a manager but I had that quite a few times. It's nothing to do with that, [like] if we win a game then I want to stay manager, if we lose a game I don't want to stay manager. [Or] if the atmosphere is great I want to be manager, if the atmosphere is not good I want to leave.

“It's a general decision about something which has nothing to do with these little moments or whatever. I am really sorry if I cannot explain it properly enough. Maybe I have to say it in German and you can all translate it! I'm not sure that will be better, by the way! Nobody has to worry about anything. It's not that I say, oh my God, that's so great.

“I love absolutely everything about the things I do. But I need to be on my top game to do it like I do it. If I feel I am not there then I am not the manager I have to be anymore. That's how it is. Then you are not only a little bit worse, you are then immediately properly worse and then you are in the wrong place. If you can see that early, you make a decision."

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