The FA Cup final 2022 will take place at Wembley today between Liverpool and Chelsea.
Liverpool have the chance to pick up part two of a potential quadruple this season by beating Thomas Tuchel’s side.
The Reds have already beaten Chelsea in one final this season after pipping them to a Carabao Cup triumph earlier this year via a penalty shootout.
Jurgen Klopp’s side are also in the Champions League final, with a massive clash against Real Madrid looming large in two weeks.
The Liverpool boss has made headlines already for claiming that the Spanish giants are ‘massive favourites’ to beat his side in the final [ESPN].
And Tuchel, speaking to Chelsea’s official website, has admitted that it’s a ‘miracle’ how Klopp consistently gets away with playing down his side’s chances of victory, claiming he is an absolute ‘master’ of pretending the Reds are underdogs.
He said: “Jurgen Klopp is the master of being the underdog. He can talk you into Liverpool being an underdog against Villarreal and against Benfica, and that it is a miracle how they make it to even draw against them. He does it a lot of times and that’s part of where the sympathy comes from.”
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In fairness to Tuchel, he isn’t the first to have noticed this.
Earlier in May, Liverpool legend Steve Nicol suggested the same via ESPN, claiming that Klopp ‘cannot be serious’ when he says that they’re huge underdogs to win the Champions League.
The truth is that the Reds are a magnificent football team, evident by the fact they’re going for a quadruple.
And if Klopp feels that his post-match spiel lessens the pressure and expectancy then he’s well within his rights to do that.
But honestly, Liverpool supporters will probably be a little more disappointed than Chelsea if they lose the FA Cup final 2022 – and that’s because everyone knows they’re a better team at the moment.
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