Liverpool may have developed an uncanny knack of staging dramatic comebacks, but it’s a quality nobody should take for granted, insists Jürgen Klopp.
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The Reds have tallied 10 points from losing positions in the Premier League so far this season to remain unbeaten after 12 matches and open up a lead over their rivals at the summit.
Indeed, Klopp has often christened his team the ‘Mentality Monsters’, but it’s not a characteristic that’s developed and maintained without hard work and persistence.
“How important is the mental side in football? It’s all, if you like,” the manager told The Athletic in an exclusive interview.
“You can have the best technical ability but if you aren’t ready to show it then you can’t make the best of it.
“It’s no different in football than it is in normal life. The first step to achieve whatever you achieve is to think you can do it. You want to do it, you want to achieve it then you have to find a way to go there.
“It’s constantly like question and answer, question and answer. Right, not right, trial and error. That’s how we do it and in football it’s no different. If you are a naturally confident person you take challenges like this. If you are naturally an insecure person then you are pretty much constantly afraid of failing.
